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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Capt. M. E. Pentecost

Gadsden. April 9-(Special.) .)-Capt. Mil ford E. Pentecost, S3 years old. died yes terday evening at his home on Christo. pher avenue after an illness of about a year. He was one of the oldest and best known residents of the city, and had an enviable record as a Confederate veteran. He i5 survived by his wife, four sons, Eu- gene, Frank. Percy and Holmes. and one step-daughter, Mrs. C. B. Garlick of Wayresboro, Ga. The funeral was con- ducted at o'clock this afternoon by the Rev. w K. Simpson of the West GAds- den Methodist church. assisted by the Rev. R. Excell Fry of the First Presby- terian church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
TOWNS THREATENED
 BY FOREST FIRES

Lexington, April 9.-Whitley and Bauer, two towns in Pulaski county, were threatened today and tonight by forest fires that already have caused thousands of dollars of damage to owners of timber, according to a re- port from Stearns, Ky.
 The fire burned close to Whitley before it was checked by volunteer fire fighters. At Bauer a wide furrow was plowed around the town but to- night it was feared this would not stop the flames.
 ]. E. Barton, state forester, has or Ganized a forest fire protective as sociation and has many volunteers fighting, the flames
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
William J. Hull

William J. Hull, aged GA years, died at his late residence, 272S North Nine4 teenth avenue, yesterday afternoon at $40 o'clock. He is survived by two sons, H. Y. Hull and R. H. Hull; and one daughter, Mrs A. W. Cooper all of Birmingham Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at o'clock from the residence. Dr. J. R. Stodghill will officiate Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
WILLARD BEGINS
 TO REAP THE COIN

New York, April 9.-Jack Curley and II. H. Frazee, two of the promoters of the Willard Johnson fight, arrived here tonight from Havana and made arrangelhents for Willard to appear tomorrow night at a boxing club. Tie champion will box three rounds each with Charley Semple, Jim Savage and Walter Monohan, his sparring part ners.
 Willard has similar engagement at Philadelphia club tomorrow night also, but he expects to get through there before o'clock and leave by spe- cial train, arriving here in time for him to appear at II o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
To Collect Back Taxes

Jackson, Miss. April Especial )-State RevAnue Agent Johnston has thrown big bombshell into the ranks of the cotton buyers of Jackson by demanding back taxes for more than S5o0O0 worth of cotton, every cotton buyer being struck for thou sands of dollars each. Lists of the claims have been filed with the board of supervisors for the county tax and with the commissioners for the city taxes The taxes claimed amount to nearly $1O0,00O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Registrars Sit Today

The board of registrars of Jefferson county will be in session again today at the courthouse for the purpose of reg istering voters who were unable to get certificates at the regular sitting of the board by reason of absence from the city or those just coming of age. Only the residents of Greater Birmingham will be allowed to register
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Mrs. Dora H. Howard

Funeral services for Mrs. Dora H. How ard, aged 2S years, who died Wednesday night in a local infirmary, were conduct ed from the family residence, 705 Third avenue. yesterday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. Interment followed in Elmwood cemetery. Mrs. Howard is survived by her husband, H. G. Howard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Col. c. S. Cornelius

Ashland, April 9.-(Special.)- c. s. Cornelius of the firm of Cornelius & Cor nelius died last night at 2:30 at his home on Ilineville street. Colonel Cornelius was 37 years old the same day he died. He was circuit judge of the Seventh cir cult. He will be buried here tomorrow with the Masons in charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Horace Kidd

Horace Kidd, aged 2 years and months, died yesterday morning in a local infirm- ary. The IDdy was sent to Anniston yesterday by Shaw & Son. The deceased Is survived by his father and mother, MT and Mrs. William z. Kidd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Going to Luxemburg

The Hague, April 9.-(via London, $50 D. m.)-Dr Henry VanDyke will leave to- morrow for Luxemburg, to which state, as well as The Netherlands, he is accred- ited as American minister His visit is in connection with his official duties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Miss Annie Lee Reese

The body of Miss Annie Lee Reese, aged g years, who died Thursday after noon at local infirmary, will be sent to Clanton, Ga, by Warner x Smiley, this morning at o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Discountenances Election

Chicago, April 9.-Chairman McCombs of the democratic national committee today expressed the openion that the recent republican mayoralty victory in Chicago was due entirely to local issues, and would have no bearing on the next presidential election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Our "JI1NEYy Offer-rhi. and sc

DON'T/MISS THIS Cut out this slip. enclose with 5c to Foley & Co.,. Chi cago. H., writing your name and ad- dress clearly You will receive in re- turn trial package containing FoIey's Honey and Tar Compound. for coughs. colds and croup; Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in sides and back, rhelma : tism, backache kidney and bladder ail- ments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a wholesome and thoroughly cleansing cathartic. especially com mforting to stout persons. Sold everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Mrs. Luther Gear

Gadsden. April s.-(Special) )--Mrs. Luther Gear, 29 years old, died at her home in North Gadsden this morning of pneumonia. The funeral will be held at Union Hill tomorrow afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Dedicate Athletic Stadium

San Francisco, April 9.-The athletic stadium at the Panama-Pacific exposition was dedicated today. The Pacific coast interscholastic track and field champion ships were started.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10
Ritchie Wins Bout

Pittsburg, April 9.-Willie Ritchie, for mer lightweight champion. outboxed Johnny Griffith of Akron in sx-round bout here tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-10

quit here, In Rochester and in Buffalo at the same hour of the same day"
 No disorder was reported in the Syra- cuse district today.
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soHNs underakinz Co.,. Fhon. looa.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18
RIGS IN CIMARRON
Go OUT WITH RAIN
River is Almost Cleaned of Dcrricks,
and Drilling is Fast Proving
Improbable.
Special to The World.

Special to The World.
DRUMRIGHT, July 17.-What n
large per cent of the III producers OF
the Gushing field call the 'ust retrib-
ution of the Lord" has practically
wiped the CimarrJn river clean or
drilling rigs. Every rain recently has
taken rig after rig from its perch on
q sandbar. and laid it full length in
the river miles below. When a rig Is
washed from a river-bed location it is
100 per cent loss. Everything lighter
than water has floated away in pieces,
the engine is buried in sand, nobody
knows where, the tools are in the
Ground and the hole full of mud. Even
the location is washed away and
where sandbar was, deep pool may
be
Oil men say that proportionately
"A very few of the river-bed rigs oper-
ating a few weeks ago have withstood
the recent floods, and that river-bed
drilling is suspended until some de-
vice can be contrived to enable the
drilling outfit to Withstand at least
the less boisterous freShets.
Feeling that they were done an in
Justice when the river bed was orig
jnally leased to other persons, pro-
duccrs holding adjacent leases laugh
to see the Cimarron Oil companys
rrotracted siege Of misfortune. They
have even resorted to rather peculiar
methods to draw the oil all out from
beneath the river before. the Cimarron
company could manages to overcome
the water and get to the producing
sand.
Two producing wells on the Mc-Man
property adjacent to the river tre so
close together the derricks are
actually connected at the base. The
lower derrick was built first and
well sunk l,4OO feet to the Layton
sand. Although it had to be pumped.
/. produced in paying quantities and
in the rush to reach the Batlesville
sand at 2,400 feet, the taller derrick
was built close enough that the two
wells might be pumped with the same
power II necessary. The Bartlesville
well. however, flows without pumping.
All along the banks Of the Cimarron
Ntween the ledge of rock which
forms the bank and the waters edge
many Of these double rigs can be seen.
Upon the contention that in leasing
the adjacent oil production they leased
to the middle Of the river, and that
their leases were legal coming from
the Creek Indians the original own
crs. and the allottees, the leasers
along the river feel jutsifiable in
logging the brink of the river and
drawing oil from under the surface
# the water, where Governor Cruce
presumed to lease a second time
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18
THE AUTOMOBILE TAX MIDDLE
Drumright Car Owners Cannot Figure
Out Who and What They Owe.
Special TO The World

Special TO The World
DRUMRIGHT. July IA large
number Of automobile owners in town
are wishing they could invent some
device whereby they could give them
selves a good "booting" The state
law which went into effect July |, pro-
vided that automobiles were subject
to but one tax and that to be collected
by the state Drumright officials have
been collecting automobile tax, lust
the same, and the automobile owners
must consider themselves relieved of
50, as a result Of not posting them
selves on tho recent legislation which
affected them directly and exactly 50
worth In DrumliEht the now lcgis-
lation takes considerable money from
tn, municipality.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18
CORRESPONDENT AT
DRUMRIGHT DREAMS
Fills His "PipC" on "Piping" Hot
Night and "Pipcs" OFF About an
Avalanche of pipe"


DRl'MRlGIIT July l7.-Thcre are
more miles of iron pipe under Drum
right than any town of twice its size
I'm the world without doubt. There are
pipes to wells and tanks. gravity lines.
large pipes through which oil flows
from the Mid-Coutincnt field to the
Eulf pipe lines for gas water pipes
and sewer pipes. There is even a
considerable amount OF metal con-
duit for electric wires hidden beneath
the surface of the earth in Drum
right.
If one could imagine force so
powerful as to lift the pipes under
the city directly upward, it would
form a basket so finely woven that
not single house would fail through.
This sounds ridiculous, but # is sta
tistlcal Blue prints of the local gas
and water and electrical departments
each depicts perfect network OF
pipes and cables. one can sit any.
where I'm the town in late night when
the noise of She streets has hushed
and hear the constant ticking of the
The ditching crew Of the Don Toll
bert Construction company i'm laying
the sewer lines recently put in, en-
countered am iron pipe VARYING i'm size
tiom fourteen inches TO two inches.
every 10 feet The city engineer saw
one might Couscrvativcly estimate
thai he will have to encounter train
load OF iron pipe i'm grading Broad
way from one end of town to the
other Passing along the street on "a
hot day one can hear Kissing sound
and see a little cloud Of dust rising
where the gas escapes from a faulty
connection i'm the pfpp Small bpys
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18

Jail last Friday night and have not
been heard of since. The two men
were arraigned in court charged with
vagrancy and found to be drug fiends.
They confessed to numerous thcfts
and told the officers where the prop
erty they had taken might be recov-
cred. Before any very serious charge
was placed against them, they seemed
to recuperate from the effects of the
opiates and were wise enough to break
the city Jail
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18
FIRST CHURCH BELLS TO RING
bf"n'rlght Has Had Service All tho
limc but Nothing TO Toll

Special to The World.
bRuMRIGHT, July 17.-Cb,,rob
itlIs VIII ring in Drumright for tbn
ilfst time next Sunday July ID. pero
sons VINO have lived in Drumright
since 1t was a very small place 30 1'
member that there has never beor
church bell heard here. If has ornu,n
up from mere village to a cir, in
two years and has been built u9 bv m
and populated with great pony ny
CHRISTIAN people, but until reccntIy
church work took a very positive seat
In the rear 'e"'
The NJ. h. church Of Drumripbt ,yas
iirst To build and is first to he beIi bS
Aaron Drtmright, who gave them tbo
bell mnde the donation several
months ago, and it would have been
hung and rung regularly before this
but for the fact that the conglega-
uon preferred to wait until the chuTch
mu!ldtng had permanent location
ne church Is now standing on tbe
exact lot which was given them and
new concrete foundation was puilt
under it to improve the structural
The bell is being hung.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18

IN section 27 are all along the Cimar-
ron and will provo up several rniiaa
OF the river bed This stretch includes
thc only two islands of any imnort.
ahce IN the Cimarron. Both lie directly
east Of OiltOu e''iy
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18
whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves

Iut Old standard Groves Tasteless
INN Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because It contains the
WciI known properties OF QUININD
anu lliON. II acts on the Liver.
drives out Malaria, enriches the blood
Ahu Dlilds up the whole system. 80
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18
TO Make Good River Bed Property

OlITON, Okla, July 17.-Should
The northeastern extension Of the oil
field as now being played northward
along the Oilton valley prove success
tul, it will bring into prominence an
other stretch OF the Cimarron river
bed. The White & Sinclair test in see.
tion 34-l9-7. the Metropolitan wells i'm
sections S3 and "a. the Prairie in sec
tion 81 and the Mitchell Boudinot test
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18
TWO BREAK DRUMRIGHT JAZZ.
Dope Ficnds, Who Confessed to Bur
glaricS and Thicycry, Hit Rods.

DRUMRIGHT, July II. - After
making one of the most pathetic pleas
TO the city court and confessing to all
kinds of theivery and crookedness to
one of the officers. Uplin Norwood
and Harry Miller. two very desperate
characters, broke the lock in the city
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-07-18
DRUMRIGHT SUED FOR $4,000.
John II. CrcCh Wrcnchcd His Ankle
in n EHll and Wants Pay for IL.

DRUMRlGHT. July 17.--Alleging
that injuries which he sustained when
he fell from a buggy on Oak street on
June is, had damaged him $1,000
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-13
MORTGAGES ISSUED.
ON PREbLE FARMS
EXCEED PAST YEARS

EATON, O., Aug. 13.-While no one
thing is cited in explanation, the an
nual report of the county recorder
shows that during the last fiscal year
the number of mortgages given by
Preble countians was far in excess OF
those cancelled. Quarantine restric-
tons. enforced during last winter had
it's effect upon the farmers prosperity
and. may be responsible, in measure,
for the apparent adverse condition
MORTGAGES cancelled numbered 444, OF
which 262 were upon farm lands, ana
involved a total of $640,721.52. The
number of acres involved number 49,
ia Mortgages given numbered Az
and represent a total of $3.50, 1925
Of these, 297 involved 20,423 acres OF
land and money aggregating $S11,99S.-
43. On town and village property le9
cancellations were made for $15S, 49,
49, Mortgages recorded on town and
village property numbered ~175 and in
volved sum totaling $14S, 1876:
On agricultural land, other than
those for a consideration of one dollar,
206 deeds were recorded These cov-
cred 1876 acres and involved $1,O46,-
925.25, showing an average value per
acre of 1854.
The grand total of deeds is 667,
conveying 21,O56 acres. The consider
ations represented reach Sl,25S, 226.59,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-13

PALLADIUM WANT ADS. PAY.
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lady's departed relatives, the photo
graphs on the walls-to such adorn-
ment she had been accustomed all her
life. Behind the folding doors was her
tiny bedroom-really a bedroom. as
Mrs. Jones. in an outburst of candor,
admitted Through the open window
she co,lld hear the whirring Of the
cars along the Chiswick Highroad
But for that welcome. sound she could
almost have fancied herself back in
her aunt's second-best parlor at LET
fingham How very different all this
was from the home to which she had
so often in Imagination seen herself
brought as bride!
Somehow the two little rooms had
not seemed so bad the night that her
soldier lover had brought her there
after their departure from Hastings.
It had had all the romance and ex-
element of an elopement, that jour
ney to London, these two alone togeth-
err while the train roared through a
night Of storm and rain And then the
drive through an unfamiliar part of
London-their passionate embrace as
he left her with a promise to zee her
again the next day. That night she had
had no missivings, no regrets-only
exultation and a delicious sense Of Sc
curity in his love.
Two mornings later she had gone
alone to be married to him at the
Hounslow Registry Office. For the
first time she saw him in uniform
How gallant and splendid he looked
his spurs made the merriest music
He was taller by an inch. she noticed
with intense pride, than the two com
rades he had brought with him. They
were very good fellows, he had told
her, and she liked them, but she
wished that they had not conducted
themselves with such rigid stiffness
during the brief ceremony, or con
graduated her with such boisterous
good humor when it was over, assur-
ing her with knowing winks that
Steele was one of the best, regular
out-and-outer.
She Finds It Delightful
to Go to Meet Him.
Happily Victor had invited no one
to share their wedding breakfast at
a pretty riverside inn at Hampton
They had spent the afternoon roam
ing in the gardens round the old pal
ace. returning in the misty autumn
twilight to their home-these furnish
ed apartments at Chiswick.
Their honeymoon lasted less thar
twenty-four hours, 1t was with diff
Guilty that Victor had obtained leave
for so long Immediately after his eX
tended furlough.
"It's no good asking you to stant
the life in the barracks" he sail, I've
ten or twelve pounds put by. Will
that and my pay We'll manage some
aow." He looked a trifle worried as
he said that, but all further discus
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-13
True Secret of Keeping
Youthful Looking
(The Beauty Seeker.)

''The real secret Of keeping young-look.
ing and beautiful" says a we'll known
hygienist, 'is to keep the liver and bow
els FORMALLY active Without , these re- re-
QuiSites, poisonous waste products re.
main IN the system, polluting the blood
and lodging In various organs. tissues
joints. One becomes habby, obese. nerv-
gus, mentally sluggish. dull-eyed' wrin-
but to get liver and bowels Working
as they ought. without producing eva
after effects, has been the problem; For
tunately. there is prescription of un3
questioned merit, which may now be mad
In convenient tablet form. Its value Is
due largely to an ingredient derived from
the humble May apple. or its root. which
has been called Vegetable calomel, be.
cause of its observation-disclosures OF
course it is not to be classed with the
real calomel of mercurial origin: TE:sn
is no ha bit- forming constituent In 'senta-
mel tablets--that's the name-and their
use is not followed by weakness or ex-
haustion. On the contrary, these harm.
less Vegetable. tablets tend to inpart
tone and elasticity to the relaxed lntes-
final wall Sentanel tablets. which may
be procured from any druggist dimct Is
worth will do-will prove revelation e g
anv constructed. liver troubled person'~
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staring into space. The first faint
thrill of pride had passed now. What
did her high-born ancestors matter?
She was the wife of sergeant. OF a
man who two or three years before
had been bullied and sworn at by 9th
er sergeants, who would take orders
from men of her fathers rank.
BY marrying him she seemed to &C
auiesce in the laws injustice-to adj
NIT herself to be of inferior rank TO
her own father She hid her
face in her hands and cried silently
for a few minutes.
She glanced at the clock. Victor
might come at any moment. She rush
ed to meet her husband with cry OF
Joy, but he noticed the tears in her
eyes.
He held her at arms length and
looked at her in, troubled surprise.
"Whoa's up?" he asked. You've been
crying
At that two big tears rolled down
her cheeks. She brushed them aside
shamefacedly and angrily Its moth
ing. Victor she stammered. 1T SEEM
ed long waiting for you, that's all"
1.-THE fact is, you must be lonely,
ditchwater for you here all day. I've
thought of that good deal the last
day or two. You are happy enough
otherwise, aren't you, dear?"
I'm always happy with you, dear
She went over to him and put her
hand on his shoulder. I'll go into bar
racks if you wish, DEAR" she murmur-
ed. Il do love you ever SO much"
II wonder why-a rough sort OF
chap like me-" He, laughed, we'll
pleased well, it's no good going on
like this. You'll be getting the blues.
1 tell you what, we must have some
friends in now and again
But who?" The question was put
little petulantly.
He studied the strap of his spur, Il
wonder if you could get on with any
of the chaps in the regiment, or their
wives? They are not half bad sorts,
some of them"
ITO Ee Continued Tomorrow
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-13

hope to gain perfect health until the
impurities are washed from the Sys-
tenn. If you feel badly all the time.
yeu must crave health. II you want
to feel renewed spirits, the glow OF
perfect health. bright eyes, clear
skin, the knowledge that you are
well, you can do so. Cleanse your
blood by taking S. s.. S. For nifty
years it has been the standard blood
purifier. 1t relieves the trouble by
renourishing the blood. renewing its
strength, and stimulating the now 90
that the blood regains its lost vitality,
and throws OF the poison. Even
long-standing cases respond. But
you must use S. s. S. Take It for all
blood infections. Get 1t at your
druggists today.
If you need special advice. wf1o
the S. S. S. Co.. Atlanta. Ga.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-08-13

deeply. She felt rather than knew
that these contained the story Of her
mothers love-would reveal the Sc
cret of her own origin, which she had
always feared to penetrate.
1t was hackneyed story that the
few letters told, and one not greatly
different from, what she had always
suspected
Indications of the writer's rank
were not wanting. GAS you know, dear
heart" he wrote my title, such S it
will be, will bring no money with it
Nothing remained in the package
sent from, Norfolk except a plainly
bound book. Leslie glanced at it. 1t
was entitled Self Help" and was in
scribed "a parting gift, from your af-
fectionate Brother jim" The, uncle
who had gone to America she suppos-
ed. She took no interest in her moth
er's relatives. She felt completely di-
vorced from them now.
So her father was a man of, title.
Well, she had always suspected that
her, blood was different from that of
the people with whom she had so far
associated. She came of another stock.
She sat, her elbows on the table,