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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
IN ALABAMA NOT
 SINGLE COMPLAINT
Heard by R.C. Carroll About Vitalitas-Traveling Man
 Interviewed

'T venture to state that there has never beer a remedy so much talked about as Vitalitas, and am in position to know because I am continually calling on the public states MT. R. c. Carroll, wide ly known travelling man representing the Kenyon Printing and Manufacturing com- pany of Des Moines, la, and whose home is 215O Bessemer Blvd, Birmingham, Ala.
 q have my first time to hear of any one who has taken Vitalitas not being benefited by its use. For five years have been bothered with my stomach. at times badly. I could not find a remedy that would do me any good. I decided I would give Vitalitas trial. I noticed a change right from the first and kept on improving until I consider myself back to my normal condition.''
 As Mir. Carroll observes, Vitalitas has created great interest throughout Ala bama as well as throughout the entire south. Thousands of people are daily finding new health and vigor in this re- narkable product of nature There is nothing to equal vitalitas for derange- ments generally of stomach, liver. kid neys. bowels and blood Do not delay its use. You can sample vitalitas at Averyts drug store, l09-111 Twentieth street. or write there for information. Also for sale by Pegram-Patton Drug company. Bessemer. Ala.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
NEW COMMERCIAL YEARS
 OUTLOOK MOST ENCOURAGING

upon period of prosperity that even tually will become the greatest and most comprehensive America has ever known
 Depression Passed
 Millions of dollars will be turned into the channels of business imme- oiately through the marketing of the cotton crop. just begun. Millions are being sent from Europe to pay for products of American farms and factories. Mills that were idle are run ming on full time. Industries that were halted are going forward vigorously.
 Business men know that the period Of depression has passed. They have caught the new call of commerce and they are preparing for the greater things to come.
 "Twenty-seven corporations were formed during the week with minimum capital stock aggregating ssos,2oo.
 Among the items of construction work to be done. as reported this week, are:
 Apartment house, Atlanta; bridges, Muscogee county, Georgia, and Orange SouHty' rloTlua, cnurcn buildings, Ar cadia, Fla, and Crystal Springs, Miss hotel building, Safety Harbor. Fla; paw ing portions of 26 streets, Tampa, Fla, and Moultrie, Ga-; roads. Jackson, Ma rengo and Pickens counties, Alabama {: garage buildings, Chapin S. C., and West Palm Beach, Fla: sewers, Daytona, FIR, Ensley, Ala, and Macon, Ga: school buildings, Chatom, Ala; theatre build ings, Athens. Ga, and Barlow, Fla warehouses, Charleston and Lexington, s. C.. and Baxley and Eatonton, Ga; wharves, Charleston, &. C., and Pasca- gould. Miss.
 Contracts Awarded
 'Construction contracts have been awarded as follows:
 Bridges. Walker county, Alabama bank building. Saluda, s. C.; pier, West Palm Beach. Fla; sanitorium building, Valdosta, Ga.; school buildings, Birming- ham and Mt. Vernon, Ala, and Corinth and Ripley, Miss; sewers, Augusta, Ga, and Greenvile. s. C.; warehouse, Savan- nah.
 Cotton compress. Charleston, g. C.; bottling plant. Gainesville Ga; cream cries. Brookhaven, Miss, and Tuscaloosa. Ala; cannery, Birmingham; ginnery and sawmill. near Carrollton, Ga.; lumber plant, Riverdale, Fla; graphite minink Clay county. Alabama; mattress factory, Douglas, Ga"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
OLD MAN SELLING CHAIRS PROVES TO BE FRIEND OF
 LONG AGO FROM BLOUNT
By MRS. J. B. REID.

and never heard of springs like folks have now, and we never hear of hickory beds today. But they was heap of trouble. Dad made 'em to please your pa, and he was mighty proud to make them good. and these are the chairs like those we carried in our wagon to Blount, and put them on the porch at the 'Duffee hotel I recall it all when l know'd who you was, and Johnnie, too, used to skin de mountains.
 Law chile. have you seen Blount lately since they tored it all up? I hates to go that way; 1t ain't like the same place. and the folks Is all gone. The train, It runs long the side of Haydens moun- tain, and out toward the old chalybeate spring. and the place where the old hotel stood Is full of dead rot-even "dry creek looks like 1t was trying to git away
 I sometimes sit down and think of the old days when Blount Springs used to be, and all the pretty girls and fine young men come piling in every summer and didn't they dance when old John Smith put the fiddle going? Miss Mary Phe- lan,' she's up there now adrinking the water, but 1t ain't free now, and ,,ince they have to pay for it it don't seem to come out of the mountain half so glad.
 How many of the old folks living to- day? I see Mir. Oscar Hundley, what used to be up there a boy. but he's out grow'd me, but that water cured his ma a good lady she was, too-and I used to take her the water, core apples When I sees the names in the paper of the chill lun of my old friends I get glad myself cause those were fine times and fine folks
 Do you remember Lem Livingston Well, he sure could kill wild turkeys, ard didn't he kill 'em though. and there ain, nobody ever beat the Armstrongs abring- ing deer meat to the folks. Those were good old times-there wasn't no Birm'ng- ham them days, and who'd a though, about this place abooming up here like But it sure is some town
 Drive on boy. We got to sell some chairs today and git home. This is 8 mighty fine place. but give me old Blount and my old chair in the shack. I'll sec you if I come again. and I am, going tc bring you a chair like dad made for youi pa"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

Columbus. O., September 3.-The In- dustrial Index says in its issue for this week:
 'The beginning of new commercial year finds the southeast busy and con- ffdent of continuing and increasing improvement.
 "This confidence is expressed to a marked degree in the organization of new corporations and firms and the expansion of others, representing many lines of business and reflecting accu- rately the general revival and bright ening prospects.
 The greatly improved conditions are evident in the increased activities and bigger volume of business The prospects for better and better things have a most substantial foundation of fact, and there Is firm belief that this section and this country are entering
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
ANNISTON
Fight Between Counties Comes to End. Soldiers to Participate in Labor Day Celebration

Anniston, September 3.-(Special.)- )-A
 fight of long standing between Calhoun
 and Cherokee counties came to an end
 Friday when the senate, by vote of
 13 to 12, defeated bill introduced by
 a representative of Cherokee county, in
 which 1t was sought to fix the boundary
 line for the two counties so that a strip
 of territory once belonging to Calhoun would go to Cherokee
 The bill passed the house several weeks ago but when 1t got to the sen ate Senator c. D. Kline took up the fight in the interest of this county. The bill came up Friday and Senator Kline according to reports from Montgom- cry, made a masterful address against the bill. thereby defeating It.
 The territory under dispute is in the northern part of this county and son 6 of the citizens living in that zone have
 been paying taxes in Cherokee and recognizing that as the county in which their land is located. while others, the
 majority. have always contended tha'
 the land was in Calhoun county. At the request of the labor union, I under whose auspices the celebration will be held here on Labor Day, Con gressman Fred L. Blackmon asked the military authorities to have Battery c United States field artillery. located a; Camp Morgan, fire salute on that oc-
 casion and he has Just been informed that his request has been granted. The salute. which will be fired by the three inch guns, will be given at the ball pa rk on Thirteenth street at 10 o'clock Mon- day morning.
 The merchants and manufacturiia a concerns have been invited to partioi- pate in the monster parade by construct ing floats or in any other way they may think proper. The floats will be put in line on Quintard avenue near the Parker Memorial church and march
 down Quintard, later going to Noble street and then to the ball park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

I have been making chairs for the past 50 years.'' said a feeble old man seated with his legs dangling over the back of a huge country wagon. If I don't make a good chair today I never expect to make one''
 The chairs. the good, old. split-bottom style. were piled up on the wagon, speak ing for themselves. Made of turned nick ory frame and bottomed with the hand made hickory splits. they last forever, and this sight carried me back to the old mans home in Blount county, for we learned his name was Mr. J-. He lived by the roadside In 1868. on a noun tain not many miles from Blount Springs. huge mulberry tree shaded the door way There was no front porch. Under this tree the chairs were made years ago, and there they are made today; but the man who made the chairs yesterday Is not the same man that weaves the splits today.
 He sleeps. the father, by the mother's s side. over on the hill across the road, in the orchard and a great bed, of rocks the children used to play with marks the spot. And the old man on the wagon shook his head and said, This is about the last trip I'll make to town; I may send chairs a little while longer, but not very long. The orchard has a place for me; my old lady Is already there, and me and the children are in the home. I was born there and I have rocked my own children in 8 crib that dad made for me out of hickory, too. and it will keep on rocking with my chi1lun's chillun long after I am gone. It's a little past going the crib Is. Don't you think 1t would tod dle some. too? It was my baby bed. and am past 20 years?
 ''I know you now, know'd your pa and ma, and made them chairs before you learned to mount your pony; and my dad made those hickory beds for the place at the cave, and he had a time putting the splits in them; didn't have no slats.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
WEEKLY REVIEW | 0F COTTON MARKET
pot Centers of the South Will Have Big Influence
 on Prices

New Orleans, September 3.-Fairly wide rice changes were recorded in the cot Rn market this week, with fluctuations at mes nervous and cratic. Much bullish ointment was displayed, but the influ- nce of fresh long buying in part was off,
 t by realizing from older holders of long bntracts. This was the case Monday
 hen the governments condition report 6. 2 per cent of the normal was followed N net loss for the, day of sl a bale. | he net change for the week was a de- |i inc of points to an advance. of 3 oints. 5s |The demoralized state of the foreign ex- .lange market was against cotton values, | though the bulls succeeded in ignoring part of the time. To some ex- Int this influence was offset bys the Ger Ian concessions to demands from this .Duntry and European peace rumors were |agerly listened to on the bull side. Crop accounts, on the whole, continued un- favorable and were an important factor
 the advances.
 Considerable hedge selling from the in
 rior against new crop cotton was Tn Xslutnte, anu tilt tiduC SAPSSto thio Sc3 .
 selling to increase during Eext week,
 nee picking is progressing, many gins re already working night and day, and lere is not the usual export outlet Tor he crop. According to weekend clrcu-
 rs the bear side will make much use
 the old argument of the weight of the sovement exerting pressure on prices. Iulls appear confident, however. that such
 -essure. to a large extent. will be avoid
 l by the operation of the new bank ag system of the country.
 #The spot centers of the south will be | oseiy watched, for much depends upon |re war the producers handle their first |eceipts. Signs of a good demand for the |ary movement would do much to en- purage further aggressive trading on the Ing side. Weather conditions will be im- Xortant; rains and low night tempera- I,res would be bullish arguments. while
 arm and moderately dry weather would
 B against the price.
 The market will not open until Tuesday
 Forming, because of Labor Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
JACKSON, MISS.

Jackson. Miss, September 3.-(Spe- cial l)-Governor- Elect Bilbo made two interesting and important statements today while talking to bunch of newspaper men--one being to the ef- feet that he is unalterably opposed to public executions, the other that he Is opposed to ind!scriminate pardons and will recommend to the legislature the creation of a board of pardon recom- menders.
 T am opposed to public hangings. said the governor-elect, for the reason that the public hanging of man has about the same effect on tho populace as the fight of gladiators on the Roman people. Such exhibitions destroy the finer sensibilities and feelings of the people, and I certainly do not favor public executions of criminals sem fenced to die. A hanging Is no spec tacle for people to witness and there are many good reasons why 1t should be abolished"
 Speaking of the pardoning power as now invested in the governor of the state. Governor Elect Bilbo said:
 What want to do is to break up the abuse of the pardoning power. and me of my first acts when get in of flee will be to ask the legislature to create recommending pardoning board"
 The registrar of the penitentiary of-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
< GOVERNOR BREWER COMPUTES SENTENCE

Jackson, Miss, September 3.--(Special) A. Tabor, aged 7S, Confederate vet Tan and prominent farmer of Lafayette
 burty. who was to have been hanged at kxford next Monday, has had his sen knce commuted to life imprisonment by he governor, and will spend the re- tainder of his days on the convict farm ] Rankin county where all the white bnvicts are kept. Tabor was convicted I1 the charge of having murdered his
 hughter-in-law.
 Another white man, named Johnson, | to be hanged at Port Gibson next konday, for the murder of a printer hmed Brewer at Vicksburg several konths ago. Governor Brewer declines b interfere in this case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

Power and Lamar Easterling, all prox- les. were named as committee to canvass the returns, all counties hay ing reported. and report during the afternoon, which was done, following being the figures cast in the second primary, viz; Land commissioner, NJ A Brown. 66,959; Henry Wood. 63.4S7: revenue agent. Stokes Robertson. 73- 023; Charles Moore. 61,6S0; railroad commissioner, George k. Edwards 19.- 9lS; James Mcdowell. 17,S42; peniten- tiary trustee L. Q. Stone. 29,064 F. E. Matthews. 27,320.
 This ended the real work of the com mittee, but complaints had been filed from two counties where irregularities were charged and committee com posed of J. M. Vardaman, James Gal ceran. L. c. Ha1lam w. Fl. Joyner and Lamar Easterline. was named with in- structions to go into an Investigation and report to the committed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
GREENvILLE
Greenyille.

Greenviiie. September 3.-(Special. } J. c. Shand. representing the Gulf Coast fair at Mobile. was in Greenville this week for the purpose of working up an exhibit of farm products from Butler county. The farmers of Butler county will send their exhibits to the Butler county stock and agricultural show and they will then be sent to Mobile. Butler county will have ail excellent exhibit at Mobile.
 Cotton seed market opened at s21 per ton and has advanced to 923 per ton. This 10 said to be . good price for need and many of the farmers are 1elltng them while some arc holding for . highsr figure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
IMPROVED BUSINESS
 SAYS DUN'S REVIEW
Foreign Exchange Con tinues Disturbing Element
 in Export Circles

New York, September 3.-Dun's Review tomorrow will say;
 Restraint upon new enterprise slack ems as international diplomatic relations improve but the derangement of foreign exchange continues a disturbing element in financial and export circles Deprecia- ton of European funds in this market has reached the stage where interference with oversea trade is threatened, although no actual check to merchandise shipments has thus far occurred. Important prob lens, however, are diminishing in number and there is a growing belief that CUT rent business progress will not be scri- ously impeded Even the notable revival of activity in some directions is less inn pressive than the general restoration of confidence, with which return of full prosperity would not be possible Virtual assurance of big grain crops and knowl- edge that the purchasing power of the people was never greater than at present are two of several reasons why optimism has become a national characteristic Any long range view of the situation leads to sanguine conclusions and though complete absence of complaint is not to be expected, underlying conditions are so sound that real pessimism is no longer warranted. Sustained improvement is the keynote of advices from practically all leading centers and in the few instances where concrete betterment is still lacking a spirit of hopefulness is plainly mani fest. That the advent of fall will be &C., companied by further expansion Is every where anticipated. During August, which Is usually slack period, the tide of husi- ness rose to higher levels and the gains are clearly reflected in most of the statis- tical barometers.
 Weekly bank clearings, $3,071, ,443, 562"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
HUNTSVILLE

Huntsville, September 3.-(Special) Half a dozen automobiles left here this morning for Fayetteville with 25 good roads boosters who went to meet with the Lincoln county people and unite with them in the effort to get the Jackson highway through Fayette- vile and Huntsville.
 MT Davis, John P. Cooney and c. Walter Jones were designated by the Chamber of Commerce to get up as large delegation as possible to at tend the meeting of the Jackson high way commission in Nashville Septem- Der 23-24.
 Tho congregation of the First Bap- tist church of Huntsville has extended a unanimous call to Dr. S. J. Baker of St. Augustine. Fla, to become pastor of the church. Dr. Baker has been here on a vieit several days and the congregation has become very much attached to him. He will give his an- swer to the call before returning home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04
GADSDEN
Launch Movement for Auditorium Plan New Hospital Building. Teachers Arrive

Plan New Hospital Building.
 Teachers Arrive
 Gadsden. September 3-(Special.) ] Mayor W. c. Bellenger stated today that he will call the attention of the city council Monday night to the nec- essity of building an auditorium in Gadsden that will accommodate from 250o to 5000 people Several plans are being considered, one of them to issu.. city bonds. A building costing between $12,Ooo and $16.000 has been sugRestcd q by local architects. but 1t is doubtfv, If the council will decide to spend th... amount of money at the present time unless bonds or warrants can be issueo. The auditorium Is wanted for state con- ventions and local gatherings.
 Plans are being made for a new hos- pital building to be erected on ,ower Broad street. Prominent Gadsden pnvsi- clans are interested in the movamar+
 Thirty cattle dipping vats have been completed in Marshall county and if Is expected the county will be free of the cattle tick next season.
 Teachers of the Gadsden n,hl,c schools, who have reached Gadsden. will hold meeting at o'clock Saturday afternoon when they will be assigned to their duties by Superintendent W. :. Grtggs. The schools will open for the Tall term on Monday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

flee has compiled a statement show ing the prison population for the month ending August 25 as follows: On hand last month, 1495; received. 1; recaptured, 1, making q total of 1914. but from which 60 are to be deducted. 26 having been pardoned, 26 completed their terms, escaped. 3 received a neritorious discharge and 1 was recap tured. This leaves the present pop ulation at 1454--a decrease of Al for the month.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

The state democratic executive com mittee tried mighty hard to run the steam roller over |. c. Dulaney, the political ''czar of Issaquena" today, but damned up against the law and had to back off Only four bona fide mem- bers of the committee were in attend
 ance, the 20 others being represented by proxies. James Galoeran, J. w..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

The registrar of the penitentiary of-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

c ELECTIONS are, broad The youth O donning his first 'longs' will be lighted with the models and patterns we've provided for him, and his father will find his good taste anticipated at every point.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-04

VALUES are fine-superfine. Buying ' for two big, live stores means that we buy much, often and at an advantage not possible to the ''one-man store. i" You'll appreciate Porter value when you see and feel and try on these smart new Rogers Peet O. and Schloss Bros. styles especially in the lines at
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-17
Had Pe|Iagra Seven Years
Thanks God He's Cured

towards, S. C.--David G. Pate, of this
place, writes: Il am glad to say to you,
after waiting forty days, that l still feel
like I am cured Of pellagra. l had this
disease for the last seven years. The
fourth day after beginning your medicine
| went back to work and have been able
to do my work ever since. tha.k God
for your remedy"
There is no longer any doubt that pei
lagra can be cured. Don't delay until it
is too late. 1t is your duty to consult the
resourceful Baughn.
The symptoms-hands red like sunburn,
skin peeling off, sore mouth, the lips,
throat and tongue a flaming red, with
much mucus and choking; indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baughn's big Free
book on Pellagra and learn about the
remedy for Pellagra that has at last been
found. Address American Compromising
Co., box 20SS, Jasper Ala, remembering
money is refunded in any case where the
remedy fails to cure-Adv
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-17
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