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SENATOR PETTUS
IN THE CAMPAIGN
IN PASSING THROUGH BIRMING
HAM HE SHOOK HANDS WITH
MANY FRIENDS AND MADE RE
MARKS PERTINENT TO TIMES.
United States Senator E. W. Pettus
was in Birmingham for a few hours yes
terday morning, en route to Franklin
courity, where he has an engagement to
speak for the democratic ticket today.
He spoke to a good crowd at Eutaw
Wednesday and tomorrow he will be the
principal ovation at the organization of
a democratic club at Jasper.
Senator Pettus was kept quite busy re
ceiving his friends while he was here, all
of whom took occasion to congratulate
him upon his vigorous and robust phy
sical appearance. For each caller Sena
tor Pettus had ready some quaint and
original words of reply. Asked as to
the cause of his presence in Birmingham
Senator Pettus readily replied:
"I am only passing through. I did
not come to the fair. 1 am preaching—
a circuit rider. The kind of doctrine I
am preaching is this:
“ if a man is a Baptist today and holds
as his faith that the only way to get
to Heaver, is by Baptism dow'n under the
water, and tomorrow he turns Methodist
and says sprinkling is the only means of
salvation, ar.d then on the third day he
becomes a Catholic and says that he can
only reach the Kingdom through special
dispensation of the pope, why you had
better give that man a wide berth.’ "
Senator Pettus' hearers were qujck to
grasp his meaning as a thrust at the
fellov. s who are changing from demo
crats to i ;; • lltcs and thence to "lily
whites." and, they applauded him.
CURIOUS FOOD COMPOUND.
Old Bones, Alum, Flint and Sulphuric
Acid for Raising Bread.
House!, m pers have recently been solic
1 it cl b., some if the gioce.s and by ped
i.ie:s to try another kind of baking pow
uc.—*’chi aper aid just as good," as they
b i h!! 1j another scheme of some
i! li:g p .v< * . manufacturer to get a
j ■ i l in th market by offering the
r.c e. _• profit. Housekeepers are
r.:t ui il!. much benefited by such
: ag- ^ I ;ra La king powders ure gen
e \ Joy. priced, but they are v,
l.r.r ;r t * 'cirimental to health. Large
i. .a i . f .me cf them were recently
. i c i .\f w York, being found to be
la:;t<ly . omposed of sharp-pointed grains
i . ■ ini and sulphuric acid! ,
rIo-.it ol' the so-called phosphate pow
d *is Hi' mixed with alum. The manufact
i :' r of a phosphate pooler has patented
the piocesr of making the principal in
[ ifdhr.t of Ills powder from bones digest
ed vi*h r iphurlc arid.
Housekeepers do not want such
i;.i::tn.*is in their food. They should never
crcn i;age pi ddlers nor admit testers or
ttileged e,:peilmenters in food within their
tioois. and when buying baking powder
tb til;! got a brand well known to be
made of cream of tartar, which is a
healthful product of the grape.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Coal Miner Crushed to Deith at Pink
ney City.
Sam, Roberts, a white miner, was
crushed to death under some falling
coal in the mines at Pinkney City Wed
nesday night. He was at work in a room
when the coal fell without any warning
a d he was mashed, death coming be
fore his fellow laborers could reach him.
The funeral will take place today.
UNDERWOOD TO SPEAK.
Work at County Democratic Head
quarters in Good Shape.
Chairman Thompson of the county
democratic campaign committee has add
ed Marshall Inzer of Argo to the commit
tee.
Work at the headquarters of the county
campaign committee is moving along
smoothly.
Congressman Underwood will speak at
Ensley tonight for the county commit
tee.
Magio City Trunk Factory,
only exclusive trunk house
in the city. Get our prices.
FAIR OPENS WITH SPEECHES AND
EXCHANGE OF GIFTS WITHINDIANS
Many Thousand People Pass
Through the Gates and
Gee Attractions
WHITE EAGLE GIVES
GOVERNOR A PRESENT
f
Greatest Parade Ever Seen In Bir
mingham, Arranged By Capt.
Walter Gardner, Escorts Offi
cials to the Fair Grounds.
♦ The features of the programme -♦
♦ of the state fair today are as fol
♦ lows: ♦
♦ This is suburban day. ♦
♦ The gates will open at 9 o’clock. ♦
♦ The bronco busters and cowbbys ■+■
♦ will exhibit morning and after- ♦
noon. ♦
The baby show and plan® contest ♦
♦ will be held In the woman's build- -*
ing in the morning. ♦
Indian band will play all day. -*■
+- Memoli's concert afternoon and ♦
night. -♦
♦ Fireworks at 10 p. m. ♦
Tomorrow the principal feature
♦ will be the races. There will be
trotting and pacing. -*■
♦ Cheap prices of admission will
be announced tomorrow for old sol- ♦
dlera and school children.
♦ ♦
With one of the largest military par
ades ever seen in Birmingham, with
speeches by several prominent men in
cluding the governor and with an after
noon full of special features, the Ala
bama state fair for the seventh time
threw open its gates to the public yes
terday afternoon. Several thousand peo
ple passed through the gates during the
afternoon and night and the indications
are bright for today.
The parade, which was under the man
agement of Capt. Walter Gardner, quar
termaster of the Third Alabama regi
ment, national guard, wras one of the
most imposing ever seen in the city or
in Alabama. There were over 700 men in
line, representing all arms of the serv
i ice, two cannons, a band of Ponco In
dians and a troope of cowboys, all acting
as the escort to Governor Jelks and his
staff. Seldom in the past have there been
as many officers, both line and staff, in
the city at one time.
The column was late in moving, it hav
ing been held back by Captain Gardner
to get a number of visiting companies
into line, but when it did start it sur
prised the people with its numbers and
the smoothness with which the entire
affair was arranged. It was lead by
Chief Austin with a platoon of mounted
police, followed by Memon s band, the
Howard and Owenton cadets, the com
panies of the Alabama National guard,
Governor Jelks and staff, the fair man
agement and the Indians and cowboys,
headed by the Ponco Indian boys.
Reaching Fair Grounds.
When the parade reached the fair
grounds it marched around the race
tragk to the grand stand, the Brandon
light artlhry deploying to the right and
unlimbri. z in the center of the parade
grounds. As Governor Jelks, accompanied
by about twenty staff officers, Congress
man Underwood and the fair manage
ment, alighted from his carriage the first
gun of the salute was fired, followed
regularly by 16 others.
This was the first time the battery had
ever fired the guns, and they were un
certain how well they would succeed, but
every doubt of their ability passed when
the first gun was fired. The battery and
Capt. Ed Smith were congratulated on
the manner in which they gave the sa
lute.
•Speaking for Mayor Drennen, who was
sick, Ed Smith, city attorney, welcomed
Governor Jelks to Birmingham in behalf
of the city. He also stated that the city
was glad to welcome the Indians, the
cowboys and all other visitors.
In behalf of the fair association, Presi
dent A. L. Krebs welcomed the governor
to the fair grounds, and stated that me
,gates were opened yesterday morning
without a cent of debt. He also thanked
the governor for his aid in securing an
appropriation, and asked that he do like
wise next year, only raise the appropria
tion.
Governor Jelks followed with a short
speech, in which he thanked the city, the
fair management and the people for the
cordial welcome which they had given
him. He also said he hoped that there
would be a state fair in Birmingham
every year, and that it would grow in size
as the years pass by. Congressman Un
derwood was the next speaker, and he !u
turn said that he thought the fair should
be held yearly, and that it was the best
way to show the resourc'es of the state.
Manager MacKnight sprung something
of a sensation w’hen he suggested that
Birmingham should have an exposition,
and not confine herself to state fairs. He
said the only way to advertise Alabama
and her wonderful resources was to give
an exposition which would eclipse any
thing ever seen in the south. He urged
WE HAVE JUST WHAT YOU WANT
Iiy the way of a
STOVE,
RANGE,
HEATER or
BASE BURNER.
Our Stock Is Complete. Our Prices Are R.ij|ht.
MAYBERRY HARDWARE CO.
"Handsomest Hardware Store in the South."
| I GOVERNOR JELKS RECEIVING THE PONCO CHIEF. |
that a movement to that effect be started
as soon as possible.
Indian Chief.
White Eagle, chief of the Ponco tribe
of Indians, then requested that he be
allowed to speak. He was introduced to
Governor Jelks, Congressman Underwood
and others. He said he had traveled
through the state In a train and had
seen the tall pines and the great ores
and the wonderful resources and that it
was not thus in his country. He said his
section furnishes the grain to eat, while
Alabama furnishes the woods to build
houses and the iron for knives, and other
hardware. He said he was glad of the
hospitality extended to him and his peo
ple and that their hearts were made
warm by it.
White Eagle said it was the habit of
his tribe and the Indian race to always
present the chief of the tribe they were
visiting with a gift, not for its value, but
as a token of friendship. He then pre
sented Governor Jelks with a handsome
tobacco bag, studded with beads and
made by the Indians. He said he under
stood there were three big chiefs, so he
had remembered every one of them. He
sent Mayor Drennen a gorgeously colored
blanket, and also one to President Krebs,
who he calls the big chief of the fair.
President Krebs presented the chief
wtlh a gold headed walking cane, and the
chief acknowledged the present with a
few fitting expressions of his apprecia
tion. He said usually presents were not
valuable except for the friendship they
carry with them, but that this one was
valuable in two ways.
Seeing the Exhibits.
After the speaking and the presenta
tions the governor and his staff were es
corted through the various buildings and
shown the exhibits. The women’s build
ing was the first visited. H^re the w'ork
of the women of Alabama was exhibited.
The governor’s party then visited the art
exhibit, saw free lessons in cooking, sam
BUCKING BRONCO.
pled the wines In one of the exhibits
and then went to the agricultural depart
ment and the negro building.
Although the parade was late and the
entire programme was delayed, an hour
was taken for luncheon, all the soldiers
getting something to eat and the man
agement being allowed a little breathing
spell.
Shortly after dinner the cowboys gave
an exhibition of their ridding and lasso
ing a wild bull. One pf the cowboys rode
without a saddle. Several of them gave
an evidence of their ability with the
rope, lassoing animals at whatever por
tion of the body they chose, and throw
ing them wthout trouble. 1 he bronco
busters then rode some wild horses,
which were buckers from start to finish
and tried their best to throw the riders.
Prize Drills.
The prize drills between the companies
of the Alabama National guard resulted
In a victory for Company A, Second regi
ment, of Montgomery, under command
of Capt. E. B. Joseph, Jr. The prize was
JiAi. Captain Joseph won the prize for
the best drilled captain, J. Hunt Tay
lor, his first lieutenant won the prize
for the best drilled first lieutenant and
S. H. Roberta won the prize as the best
right guide, this company carrying al
most all the prizes.
The second company prize was won
by Company D, Second Alabama, also
of Montgomery. It was In command of
Capt. E. T. Baber, Jr., and First Lieut.
| W. F. Weiss.
Company K. the Birmingham Rifles,
won the third prize of $100, Captain Led
better being in command, with Lieuten
ants Ballard and Francis.
The first individual prize went to Ser
geant Thornton, of the Talladega com
pany. There were forty entries. The sec
ond prize went to Sergeant R. C. Ben
jamin, of Company D, Seconu Alabama,
and the third prize was given Sergeant
W. B. Edmondson from Anniston.
In the cadet drills, the first prize went
to one of the companies representing
Howard college. Owenton was the only
other college entered. The sponsor for
Howa.d college was Miss Annie Lou
Wood and her maids of honor were Miss
story, Mrs. J. W. Bush, Mrs. Li. G. Wood
son and Mrs. J. H. Bingham.
Mrs. Reid urges that all on the com
mittees report this morning.
Baby Show Today.
In the women s department today the
baby show will be the most important
feature. It wiill commence at 11 o’clock
in the morning and the judges will be
Mayor Drennen, Erskine Ramsay and
Charles Ferguson, three of the best
knowm bachelors in Birmingham. St.
Mary’s ladies and the Hillman hospital
ladies are serving coffee and sandwiches
in the woman’s building.
In the agricultural department interest
J SALUTE TO THF GOVERNOR. ♦
Eugenia Weatherly ami Miss Maud Mon
tague.
During the prize drills "Powder Face”
and "Cupid,” the diving horses, plunged
Into the pool of water from the 35-foot
tower. There was no trick at all in the
act of the horses and the crowd applaud
ed long, many considering it one of the
best exhibitions of animal training they
had ever seen.
Alvini made an ascent In his baloon,
rising many hundred feet and being shot
from the gun. The parachute worked
all right and he landed safely several
blocks to the west of the park.
Last night Memoll’s band gave a con
cert In front of the grandstand and the
fireworks exhibit was according to pro
gramme. The management has secured
some very nice fireworks and they are
well arranged.
Women’s Building.
Among the most interesting features
of the fair Is the women’s building, in
which appear all kind of work. The most
interesting corner of this is devoted to
the D. A. R.. who have a table which
they assure the people was the one used
by Napoleon while an exile on St.
Helena. They also have a large number
of other curios, and many persons were
I attracted to their corner.
The free coking lessons, given by Miss
Lilly Haxworth, well known In Hlrmlng- I
ham, are also drawing large crowds. Miss
Haxworth gives two lessons a day, one at
11 o’clock and the second In the after
noon. Today she will demonstrate the
making of desserts and sweet sauces.
Mrs. Reid, who Is In charge of the wo
men's department, was congratulated
yesterday on the exhibits she had secur
ed and the taste with which they are ar
ranged.
Mrs. Reid announced the various com
mittees yesterday, and they are as fol
lows:
Art committee, Mrs. W. L. Lovell, Miss
Ethel Sharpe and Miss Hanna Elliott,
Cooking committee, Miss Lilly Hax
worth, Mrs. J. T. Graham and Alfred
Benners.
Textile committee, Mrs. A, T. Henley,
Mrs. John G. Murray and Mrs. W. A.
Chenoweth.
Committee on Kates' prize for best
HIGH-CLASS HORSES AT
AUCTION.
We will sell for JeweU &
Patterson of Lexington, Ky ,
Wednesday, Oct 29th, at 10
a. m., a carload of high-class
harness and saddle horses.
Be sure to attend this sale.
FIES & SONS,
4th Ave., bet 18th & 19th St.
Ing exhibits are two glass cases with
thousands of bees. There is honney in the
combs and the beeB can be seen eating it.
The other features today will be the
Indian band playing concerts all day, the
bronco busters and the Indians, the piano
contest at 11 o’clock in the woman's build
ing, and the concert at i5fght by Memoli’s
band, followed by the fireworks.
Negro Department.
One of the beneficial and attractive
features of the negro department is the
emergency hospital that is tented near
the negro building in charge of l)r. W. B.
Councill.
The Rev. Dr. T. W. Walker, pastor or
the Shiloh Baptist church, and many
prominent negroes over the state are
making strong personal efforts to make
this department and negro day the best
display of race progress in the history of
Alabama fairs.
Governor W. D. Jelks and Congressman
O. W. Underwood visited the negro
building yesterday and inspected the ex
hibits. They were pleased with the deco
rations and the display.
Prof. W. H. Councill, who has a large
exhibit already, has wired Daniel W.
Parker that he wanted space for more
exhibits. The colored attendance yester
day was good, and the negroes are ap
preciating this opportunity to appear to
advantage.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
R. K. Jones.
Robert K. Jones, aged 21 years, died
yesterday afternoon on Avenue I near
Twenty-fourth street. The funeral ar
rangements will be made today.
Mrs. C. Brett.
The funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. C. Brett, who died at East Bake
Wednesday night, will take place this
morning from the residence, and the in
terment will be in the East Bake cem
etery.
TROLLEY MAN INJURED.
Register Rope Broke and Thai Caused
Conductor to Lose Balance.
Charles Hollerman. a conductor on the
fairgrounds line of the Birmingham Rail
way, Bight and Power company fell from
his car yesterday afternoon about 1
o’clock and was badly injured, his head
hitting the slag. He was stunned and
did not become entirely conscious for
some time. He was taken to his home in
an ambulance.
It seems that Hollerman put his weight
on a register rope and It broke, caus
ing him to loose his balance and fall.
The accident occurred on Eighth ave
nue.
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BLANK BALLOT
FOR MARION CO.
Republicans Try lu Make a
Sensation of If
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN ACTS
Campbell Gives Out an Interview, In
Which He Discusses the Alleged
Mistake On the Part of
the Printer.
A blank ballot, said by the republicans
to be official, was received from Marion
county yesterday at the headquarters
of the republican state campaign commit
tee at the Hillman hotel, and it created
something of a sensation when it w'as
found that the name of the republican
nominee for governor was divided and
occupied two lines.
Chairman Cook at once called a confer
ence and later In the day filed in the cir
cuit court a petition requesting the judge
to grant a writ of mandamus to compel
the probate judge of Marion county, the
Hon. W. R. White, to change the of
ficial ballots of that county so that the
name of J. A. W. Smith would appear on
one line, In proper form.
i ne Allegation.
The petition alleges that the ballots in
Marion county, as printed, /are not in con
formity with sections 1611 and 1607 of the
code of Alabama., 1896, and that the name
of the republican nominee appears as
“John Anthony” on one line and that
a line separates the name from “Winston
Smith,” which appears directly under
neath. The petition further aneges that
the manner in which the name appears
on the ballot will tend to create con
fusion, and that as printed some voters
would be led to think that “John An
thony” was one candidate and “Winston
Smith” another.
The chairman of the republican cam
paign committee goes on to say in the pe
tition that the probate judge of Marion
county has disregarded Ids duty in mak
ing out the ballots and has caused to be
printed ballots that are not in accordance
with the law of the state.
The petition will be considered today
by Judge A. A. Coleman of the circuit
6curt
Campbell’s Statement.
Chairman E. K. Campbell of the demo
crtlc state campaign committee, on be
ing asked last night for a statement con
cerning the petition for mandamus pro
ceedings. said:
"I do not know w’hat the facts are but
as soon as the matter was called to my
attention I addressed a communication
to our committeeman in Marion county
to investigate it and if a mistake was
made to have it corrected. Hamilton, the
county seat, is a long distance from the
railroad and 1 could not learn the facts
today. However, I am inclined to think
that if the ticket was printed as charg
ed it was occasioned by the fact that
Mr. Smith's name in full—John Anthony
Winston Smith—is too long to he put in
one line of an ordinary sized ballot, and
that the printer in setting up the type,
innocently inserted a line under the first
two words of the name. I feel sure that
the judge of probate of Marion county
has not done an intentional wrong and
that the ballot will be corrected, if in
deed it needs a correction.
Would Be Valid.
“I am of opinion that if cast in the
shape which the mandamus petition al
leges is to be, and a voter makes the
X mark before either name, John An
thony or Winston Smith, it would be
held to be a valid ballot for Mr. Smith
there being not John Anthony running
or being voted for.
“I wish to assure the people that we ex
pect to have a fair election and if the
condition of the ballot had been called
to my attention I would have advised,
and will yet advise that, the ballot be
printed differently in order to remove any
appearance of unfairness that the repub
licans may see in its present shape.
“It may all be an attempt to create a
sensation."
CASE DISMISSED.
Compromise Effected and Costs Paid
By Prosecution.
The case of R. L. Leatherwood came up
for trial before Justice of the Peace H.
B. Abernathy yesterday afternoon at 2
o’clock and upon request of the prosecu
tion was dismissed. A compromise was
effected, and the costs were paid by the
prosecution.
Leatherwood was charged with obtain
ing money under false pretenses from
Janie Islah, a negro woman, by promis
ing to secure a pardon for her son.
PERSONAL.
John R. Ryan of Corona is at the
Hillman.
Major J. W. Bushnell, chief engineer
of the Seaboard Air Line, is at the Hill
man.
J. W. McElreath, W. P. Acker and W.
L. McCaa, prominent citizens of Annis
ton, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
Sol Haas, who has been sojourning in
California for the benefit of his health,
arrived in Birmingham last night and
registered at the Hillman. He will re
main here during the remainder of the
fall. He is looking well.
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THE HOLD
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people.
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