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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22
One Car Load
for More Than Price
Paid for His Land

Here is another agricultural
romance.
Otto l.. Lyon, a Toole county
farmer, sold a carload of wheat
the other day for $4,000.
The money represented more
than the price he paid for the
farm a few years ago, and was
only part of his crop.
Lyon and his brother have re-
ceived $4,000 for the first three
carloads of grain marketed.
They have wheat left in their
granerieS.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22

Kansas City state that if horses are
immunized before they leave the
farms a 80 per cent immunity can be
established.
Large horse owners in this co n
try who are using the serum say
that the horses are not only free
from the above mentioned diseases
but that they come out in the spring
much better than the ones that have
not been treated"
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22
Sheep King of Madison

Frank Reid is one of the sheep
kings of Madison county. He has just
purchased the Stewart flock which
gives him about $4,000 head of
sheep, worth approximately $685.
600. He made his start in Madison
county about 20 years ago, in a hum
BILE way. and now bankers salute him
with cordially.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22
Blizzard in Dakota.

North Dakota is in the grasp of the
blizzard. At Fargo the northeast
wind is driving the snow in front of
it at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
The velocity of the wind is unpre-
coded for this season of the year.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-22
Montana Buys Holsteins.

T. L. Cope of the St. Ignatius
country has purchased a small herd
of registered Holsteins. The pur-
chase was made at the Yakima VAL
ley Breeders sale held recently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
GADsDEN

Gadsden, February 5.-(Special) Gadsden suffragettes will be neutral in the expected fight between friends of Mrs. Bessie O'Brien Hundley of Bir- mingham and Mrs. Julia B. Parke of Selma for the presidency. This contest may prove one of the features of the convention. which opens Wednesday afternoon. Another interesting situa- tion has been produced by the fact that the credetials of the Attalla delegation were filed afted the time limit and the president and secretary declined to seat the Atta1la delegates. It is ex- pected however, that the convention will vote to seat them when the case is laid before it. The day meetings of the association will be held at the Printup hotel, while night meetings will be in the courthouse. The public is invited to all meetings.
 The annual inspection of military
 companies of Gadsden and Alabama City was held last night by Adjut. Gen. G. H. Hubbard. Maj. T. c. Locke and Capt William P. Screws. U. s. A., and Mai. w. E. Bare of the Third battalion Fourth regiment, accompanied the fn- specting party. There were 34 men in the Gadsden company and 33 in the Alabama City company. Both companies were found at high standard The district convention of Odd Eel lows will be held at Attalla Febru- ary 10.
 l A party of surveyors arrived today te ! survey the mineral land on which tho ! Alabama company recently secured al | option It is rumored that deal in yolyins mineral land in the westerr 1 part of the county. valued at about SS5,'
 0Ov. is under negotiation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
A LEGISLATIVE CURIOSITY

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Perhaps the only instance in history of one man constituting a legally organized legislative body occurred in the Ala bama territory in ISIS, when Mir. James Titus exercised all the powers of the legislative council of the territory throughout the entire session.
 When Mississippi was admitted into the Union, the territory remaining from the old Mississippi territory was organ ized by congress into the Alabama ter ritory. The governor of the latter was directed by the act of congress to call together the members of the legislative council and house of representatives of the last legislature of the Mississippi territory who resided in the Alabama territory as the legislative council and house of representatives of the new ter ritory.
 The legislature convened accordingly, and it was discovered that the only mem Der of the legislative council of the Mis- sissippi territory residing in Alabama was MT James Titus. He immediately assumed his unusual duties and pro- ceeded throughout the session with all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
Candidates for
 Delegates to St. Louis

Montgomery February 5.-(Special)- General Bibb Graves chairman of the state democratic executive committee, is receiving every day letters from persons desiring to qualify for office. The list of those who have already qualified wftn the chairman of the executive committee includes candidates for state, county and number of candidates for delegates and electors.
 Following are the candidates for dele gates to the national convention, by district:
 First district, T. J. Bedsole, Grove Hill; R. T. Erwin, Mobile
 Second district, Thomas l.. Hackett, Montgomery; H. N. Thompson, Green vile.
 Third district, w. L. Lee, Columbiana; Milton A. Dees, Skippervile.
 Fourth district, J. K. Dixon Talla- dega E. w. Pettus, Selma.
 Fifth district, H. E. Gibson, Prattvllle; Vim. P. Cobbs, Tuskegee.
 Sixth district, J. T. Denson, Eutaw.
 Seventh district, Frank B. Enby, Pell City, w. P Thomson, Guntersville.
 Eighth district, Inzer B. Wyatt, Hunts vile; J. E. Pierce, Huntsville.
 Ninth district, Crawford Johnson, Bir- mingham; George Tarrant Birmingham.
 Delegate-at-large, Henry Upsom Sims, Birmingham.
 Electors-Second district, J. Lee Hollo- way, Montgomery; third district, Oscar L. Tompkins, Dothan; sixth district G. L. Snow, Tuscaloosa. Elector-at-large, Horace A. Adams, Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
ENGRAVERS PERFECT
 THEIR ORGANIZATION

The printers, engravers and station CTS who are members of the Chamber of Commerce perfected their organiza tion yesterday and selected three rep- resentatives on the business council Th1r delegates are R. W. Ewing, M. w. Canister and Carlton Smith S. B. Klip- pelt was made permanent chairman of the division.
 In line with this movement of the Chamber of Commerce to more thor oughly represent the city and the dis trict, an invitation was extended Fri day night to the Civic league of Gen. tral Park to select two delegates tc represent that organization on the gen eral council of the chamber The in. vitation was extended by General Sec. retary W. c. Radcliffe, who had beer
 invited to attend the meeting of tho league. It is considered probable that | at an early date the chamber will ex. tend invitations to the other communi ties and towns in the county to do the same and thus enable the Chamber O 1 Commerce to act in more perfect ac cord with the people of the county liv ing out of the city limits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

because it was wholly unconstitutional and an invasion of state rights
 Washington-The Federal Reserve board issued a statement today express ing regret at the disposition evidenced in some states to draw distinction be- tween state and national banks which are members of the federal reserve sys- tenn It has taken the form, the state- ment says of actual efforts in some states to separate existing bankers societies into divided organizations; one for state and one for national banks. shiugton.-Governor Goethals of the Panama canal zone, Major General Scott, chief of the army stair, Brlga- dier General Weaver, chief or coast artillery: Brigadier General Crozier, chief of ordnance, and Brigadler ten eraI Edwards, commanding the garrl- l son on the canal zone, all told the House appropriations committee today of the need for strengthening the forti- fications of the canal.
 acknowledgement Hum phrey of Mississippi, Garrett of Ten nessee Russell of Missouri, McLemore of Texas, Wilson of Louisiana and Nln- son of Georgia were selected today by the ways and means committee demo-
  House committee on flood control MT. Humphrey will be chairman. Three more democrats are to be chosen. With six republicans to be chosen by Leader Mann, the committee will have Il mem- bers.
 Washington.-The House in commit- tee of the whole today agreed to the provision in the Indian bill so as to
 make a $300,000 distribution of Choc- Jaw tribal funds to each Choctaw in Oklahoma but declined to provide that
 the distribution should not be made until the court of claims had passed on the claim of the Mississippi Choc-
 taws to a part of the Choctaw tribal fund, as proposed in an amendment by Representative Harrison of Mississippi Paris.-An official Bulgarian report as forwarded from Athens to the Temps says that 470 men were killed
 and more than 900 wounded during the
 recent attack by French aeroplanes on Bulgarian camps.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
University Baseball
 Schedule Announced

l Tuscaloosa, February 5.-(Special. 1.-The baseball team of the University of Ala
 bama will this year play more games than any team that has ever before repre- sented the university. The schedule an- nounced today shows the nine will play 30 games. The games with college teams follow:
 March 2930 West Virginia Wesleyan, campus; March 31, Birmingham Barons, campus; April l. Howard college, campus April 5-6 University of Illinois, campus; April 7-S. Southwestern Prebyterian campus; April 12-13, Mississippi college, campus; April 14-15, University of Geor- gia, campus; April 17-1S, Millsaps college campus; April 20, Southern university, campus April 21-22 Mercer, campus: Apri, 25-26, University of Mississippi, cam pus; April 2S-29, Louisiana State, Baton Rouge, La; May l, Millsaps college Jackson, Miss; May 3-4, Cumberland uni verslty' campus; May 5-6, Mississippi Ag- g1es, Columbus, Miss; May 8-9, Sewanee campus; May 12-13 Vanderbilt Nashville
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06

, the formalities of an ordinary assembly His journal, which was regularly kept opened with this curious entry: James Titus being the only member, appointed Curtis Hooks secretary and John Pearson doorkeeper. Ordered that the secretary inform the house of representatives thereof, And that the council is now in ses- sion and ready to proceed to business.
 MT. Titus held his sessions in a sepa- rate chamber and exchanged messages with the house of representatives, when it was necessary to have joint sesslon of the two houses, the journal recltes
 The legislative council at the ap-
 pointed hour accordingly repaired to the representative chamber, and took the seats allotted to them' After disposinG of the business before the joint session the journal further recites that the council withdrew to their chamber
 Finally the session of the legislature came to an end, and the journal is con- cluded as follows
 "The president adjourned the leSlsld- tive council sine die"
 J. T. LETCHER, Montgomery, February 4, 1916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
WOODRUFF SPEAKS
 TO SOCIAL WORKERS

Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Phila- delphia was the speaker at the social workers luncheon held yesterday at the Hotel Hillman, which was attended by a large number of social workers and invited guests. Senator Frank S. White presided and introduced Com missioner Barber, who presented the speaker. Mir. Woodruff had for his sub ject, "A New Conception of Civic Life" He made a most elevating and in- structive talk applicable to present day conditions of civic government. He stressed the matter of civic education, stating when the people were educated you could depend on them. He de- clared that to live for the state was as noble as to die for the state and that the highest type of citizenship was found among those who recognized their civic responsibilities. MT. Wood- ruff's lecture was much appreciated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06

Mobiie-After a three-day session the special Mobile cotton rate o"~e hearing before Examiner Karl G. Gartner, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, was concluded late this afternoon. The tes- timony in the hearing will be turned over to the commerce commission for de- csion.
 New York-Senator James Hamilton Lewis, speaking here tonight at ban quet, predicted that at the end of tn war the first important alliance for com mercial purposes will be between Great Britain and Germany. "As against Amer ica and her commercial advance in the Orient and South America" he said. Ger many and England will be one united op position"
 Washngton-The question of ownership of the British steamship Appam, brought into Hampton Roads by a German prize crew, may mean an open issue until the end of the war, with the ship mea rtime held in the custody of American officials at Newport News. Conflicting claims of Germany and England are being consid- cred, but there has been no indication of a decision.
 New York--A general police order issued IoHiSHl dSSlSlllllS pau OllloH to tions of the subway system and to the Hudson terminal building, led to reports that threats had been made to dynamite New Yorl>'s underground railroads, but no confirmation was obtainable of the as- serton that a plot had been uncovered.
 Fl Paso, Texas-The whereabouts of Francisco Villa is proving a puzzle to Carranza authorities in northern Mexico. While several de- tachments of troops were securing the country for 50 miles east of JuareZ, where Villa was reported to be advanc- ing towards the international border. advices from Madeira, Chihuahua, today reported Villa in the Santa Clara dis trict.
 Asheville, N. C.-Congressman James J.. Britt of the Tenth congressional dis trict one of the two republican con- gressmen who voted against the Keating- Owen child labor bill, told the National Child Labor conference here tonight that he opposed the Keating-Owen bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
VINCENT MERCHANT
 SHOT AND KILLED

Vincent, February 5-(Special)-T. G. Florey, prominent merchant of this place, was shot through the head about two miles south of Vincent Fri day evening and killed. It is alleged that Ben S. Davis did the shooting and Davis was arrested in St. Clair county last night and placed in the Pell City Jail He was removed to Columbiana today. The coroner's jury has not yet announced it's verdict.
 The remains of the deceased will be buried tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock He is survived by the widow. one child and a host of relatives in this county and other parts of the state The Florey family is one of the oldest and most respected in this part of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06

equate. Until the majority centers it's attack against the opposition in support of one definite policy the point is made that no headway will be achieved.
 The President has explained Q foreign policy regarded as weak and vacillating by the bald statement that he has had DO force with which to pursue any other than a peaceful course. And he haa written War across the American hor1 izon in letters of fire. The next move is certainly within the province of Con- gress.
 It is anticipated that the President having prepared the way as a result o1 his addresses in the west-to be followed by addresses in the south--will next weeN insist on immediate action in response td his, or another good suggestion for 'pre1 paredness."
 And it is believed that Congress will move.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
FAIR ASSOCIATION
 FORMED IN SELMA

Selma, February 5.-(Special. "A fair association was organized in Selma tonight for the purpose of pur- chasing 50 acres of land across the river for fair and amusement grounds. Already a number of shares have been sold at par value of S25 and 1t ap- pears that the movement will go through without a hitch. David A. Cook is chairman of the new organiza- tion and Councilman W. A. Anderton is secretary.
 The home of W. L. Kirkpatrick, at Hazen, IS miles from Selma, was badly damaged early this morning when a large acetylene plant exploded, tear ing away two sides of the house. No cause is known for the explosion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
Decatur Physician III

Decatur. February 5.-(Special )-T-' ', J. Conyngton, one of the oldest and most popular physicians of Decatur, is seri- ously i'll at the home of his daughter Mrs. Fred Knight Dr. Conyngton went through the yellow fever epidemic here in 1888 and had the fever himself and came very near dying with it. He is one of the best-known physicians in north Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
tional guard that is accorded by General

WOOU.
 Senator Chamberlain's plan follows:
 regular army of 64 infantry, 20 field ar
 tillery and 19 cavalry regiments; also
 30,000 men for the coast artillery, ' regi-
 ments and ' battalions of engineers and a signal corps of 1s40 men,
 Differing materially from the preced ing five, is the plan of Gen. Nelson A. Miles. The former commanding officer
 ould provide for the Liberalization of the national guard with shorter enlist ment terms as a basis of increase-would make the national guard, in fact, the very backbone of defense.
 WILL CONGRESS MOVE? Differentiation between the six pro- posed plans is proving difficult. and Is the real explanation of the cause of delay. Congress cannot settle on the one
 scheme which would be practical and ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
CLAYTON WOMAN IS
 BURNED TO DEATH

Clanton, February 5.-Special,) )-Mrs. Katie Candler, aged 75 years, was burned to death in her home this morning. The old lady was attempting to light fire when her clothing was set on fire. Her screams attracted the attention of neigh bors, and Mrs. Popwell rushed into the house, but was too late to save Mrs. Candler. She had resided in this vicinity all of her life
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
NASHVILLE GETS
 THREE PLAYERS

Nashville, February 5.-(Specialo-A telegram received from President Shop shire tonight states that Infielders Arthur Kores, Al Bridwell and Pitcher Ernie Herbert and Outfielder Billy Lee had been turned over to the Nashville club by the St Louis Browns The first three were sold outright, the latter being secured on an optional arrangement
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TcJ:oc Free booklet describing A0AAV0 wonderful article, indes- pensible for private use of married ladies. Relieves mind from doubt and worry Sent sealed. Hygiene & kalol- ogy Co, Dept. B. z W. 14th street. New York City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
ANOTHER ARKANSAS LEVEE IS REPORTED
 TO HAVE GIVEN WAY
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wrecked. Back water which entered the city yesterday, tonight covered the business section to depth of six feet and in the residential district only the tops of houses are showing above the water
 Light and water plants are out of commission and with hundreds of refu- gees here and only a scant supply of food available outside aid must come quickly All railroad service has been discontinued and the only means of communication Is by boat.
 At Clarendon every man who remained in the town was at work tonight topping White river levee with sandbags The water early tonight was within few inches of the top of the embankment as result of a four-foot rise in the river dIrinpr tha daV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
LAKE VILLAGE COVERED

Lake Village, with the exception of narrow elevation on the west bank or Lake Chicot is covered with back water which is rising rapidly. Lake Village reported three-fourths of Chicot county inundated, the water reaching from the northern to the southern extremity of the county and extending IA miles in width. Several thousand refugees and all of the live stock that could be driven before the flood are gathered on the highlands m need of food.
 All of the levees along the Missssippi river were holding tonight, and while en- gineers declared none was 1mmedlately endangered. fear was expressed that the water backing up against the embank- ments of the main waterway from breaks in the Arkansas and White rivers mlsht cause them to weaken.
 The Mississippi river reached stage or 55.5 feet here late today, and Is expected to reach stage of 57 feet before the crest is reached, establishing new high water mark.
 A boat which reached Helena tonight with 100 refugees from points along the Mississippi river reported groups or ne- groes encamped at a number Of points along the levee. Those brought to. Helena were taken from corn cribs and lofts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
FOUR OTHER PLANS

The plan of General Wood and Colone! Roosevelt is regarded as of ra--- import ance The general would have a regular ar7ny of 220,000 men. liberalization of the national army, and compulsory service based on the Swiss Or Australian system.
 The colonels plan IS almost identical. save in that he would have a standing army of s250O0o rather than 220,000 men, and in that he doesn't give the serious consideration to the efficiency of t',e ,a-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
To The Democrats of
 Jefferson County:

Experience in chancey equity law, which involves nunc tons receivers rights of widows and orphans land titles and similar subjects essential to the discharge o the duties judge of the circuit court There more than enough business Jefferson county to keep judge busy and the first judge will not be concerned With Jury ras in this other county continue to do ths work m the future faithfully and promptly have done in the past My record chancellor have decided five thousand 5OOO that from decisions only some two hundred and ninety 294l appeals have been taken and that appeals 66 cent were affirmed In selecting your choice for this udgeshp ascertain what perience and fitness FOR THIS PLACE AND ITS WORK tine applicant for your vote has.
 second choice destroy the effect of your vote for first choice
 The of making plain candaes fitness to the enor mons number in Jefferson county big task will be kept busy with the work the chancery court and must rely for my support upon those interested seeing judicial service
 Faithfully yours
 ALFRED HI. BENNERS fpa published so6 Courthouse Bir mngham, Ala)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
Meeting Today

The Concordia Benevolent society vii hold it's regular monthly meeting at theli hall, 1O14 Avenue E, today at p. m. Al members are requested to attend, as bus mess of importance will be transacted