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-,-— 1 ANNOUNCEMENT For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of sheriff of Jefferson coun ty, subject to the action of the demo cratlo party, In the forthcoming primary. AJUBUKT STRADFORD. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of Sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic party. J. P- STIUSH I hereby announce myself a candidate for sheriff of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary, August 27, 1906. HUGH McGEEVER. For Road Supervisor. To the Democratlo Voters and Citlaenj ot Jefferson County: I am a candidate for re-election to the office of Road Supervisor, subject to the .cUon of the democratlo party. J. ED HA1GLBR. 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the offlce of Road Supervisor of Jeffer son county, subject to the action of the democratic party. JOE HILL. Joe S. Davis Is a candidate for road supervisor of Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratlo party. Will appreciate as much as anyone your sup port, and If elected will sLrlve hard to do my whole duty. Inquire of those who know me as to my ability and In tegrity. For Representative. 1 hereby announce myself as a candidate for the offlce of representative from Jef ferson county to the lower houee of the legislature, subject to the action of the democratic primary. W. E. URQUHART. Col. W. W. Shnrtridge of Ensley author izes the announcement of his candidacy for representative to the legislature from Jefferson county, subject to the action of the democratic party in primary to be held August 27, 1906. Jere Clemens King, of Birmingham, au thorizes the announcement of his candi dacy to represent Jefferson county In the next legislature, subject to the ac tion of the democratic primary on August 27, 1906, The Age-Herald Is authorized to an announee Dr. M C. Ragsdale, of Mc Calla. as a candidate for representative from Jpfferson county In the next legis lature, subject to the action of the demo cratic primary August 27, 1900. Slahg Not at All American. Front an Exchange. Is "fired out” an Americanism? This question is put by a London paper, in discussing the use of the expression by the Vienna correspondent of the Times in connection with the dismissal of lhe American ambassador to Aus tria-Hungary. Anything that seems slangy is generally stamped as an Americanism, but in this case, as in so many others of a similar nature, it is shown that the phrase can be found Imbedded in the classics of the Eng lish language. "Fired out” an Ameri canism? Well, in One of Shakespeare's sonnets, as one of the London papers says, you may read: Yet this shall I ne'er know, but live in doubt. Till my bad angel fire my good one out. An American school teacher, and this is another illustration that comes to mind—decided that his pupils should drop the word “say” because it was Inelegant. The tendency to begin a remark or a question with “say” may certainly be overdone, but, as a bright pupil pointed out, if “say” is vulgar, how should we regard the use of it in the first, line of “The Slar-Spangled Banner”—"Oh, say, can you see"? PULITZER PLAN A Publisher Foresees New Era in Journalism WILL COME IN TEN YEARS Believes There Will Be More General Use of Half News and Half Edl* torlal Articles—Abuse of Headlines. From the New York Herald. Remarking upon the discussions of news paper making in the Herald apropos of the recrudescence of Albert Pulitser, Charles W. Knapp, publisher of the St. Louis Republic, who Is at Bret ton Hall, Indicated yesterday that he expected journalism would undergo several changes in the next ten years, one of which would be a more general use of half-news, half editorial articles, such as the magazines have found successful. He said relative to Mr. Pulitzer: "He finds two indictments—that the New York newspapers are all dull, and to the blind roan, who has them read to him, ail alike. "Criticism of newspapers is always easy. No newspaper manager or editor is with out ability to pick flaws in American Jour nalism. It is full of flaws. These are due, I should say, to the demands of the read ers—they do not represent necessarily what the editors want." "How do you determine that readers de mand this and that?" "By experimentation. If you don’t meet a favorable response to certain efforts you have made to please readers, you drop those efforts and exert yourself along ! different lines. "As to Albert Pulitzer and his past ef- I forts and successes, I am not well in formed. His brother, Joseph Pulitzer, has contributed a great deal by the force of his personality and his mental originality to the development of New ITork Journal ism and the Journalism of the whole coun try. He broadened its influence. "Nobody doubts that the typical news paper of ten years from now will he radi cally different from what it is today. In every large city newspapers have been ■ leading the reader, to a greater or less nx- . tent, a sort of yellow debauch. From this j there is quite clearly apparently a revolt ; on the part of the reader. I say this without assenting for a moment to the view that New York newspapers are all alike and relatively dull. An Abuse of Headlines. “Between the Herald and the Journal, for example, there Is a wide gap. Each ap peals distinctly to a different class of readers, and they are conducted so dif ferently that the blind man could scarcely | help discerning it. The Herald, following Mr. Bennett’s individual theories, Is dis- i tinctly an interesting newspaper without being in any respect yellow. “ There Is a gross abuse of headlines In newspapers. It Is particularly an abuse In New York. Very few newspapers In other I city have dropped to the level of misusing headlines to the extent that several have in New York city. Many large cities have not one newspaper which has gone to the extereme of exaggeration of the metropol itan dallies. “You think people are finding the sensa tional press a bore?” “I will not undertake to forecast the coming journalism in this country except to express my confident belief that tw'o changes are coming—first, that the news paper of the future will bo accurate In the presentation of facts and more pre cise In the language employed to set forth the facts; second, that neither the Sun day nor the week day newspaper will grow any smaller. If they change at all. they will contain more pages Instead of fewer. “There is greater need today for a bet ter written newspaper than hitherto, be cause the constituency upon which a newspaper must rely for support includes nowadays a relatively larger number of persons who are critical and who are judges of lirerary style. They are af fronted by the slovenly English, by the lack of form. In which American news papers too often given them the occur rences of the day. A better literary style will retard in some measure the natural tendency toward larger instead of smaller newspapers. Will Be More Carefulness. “Public attention Increasingly centers upon the accuracy of newspapers by rea son of the extreme indifference to accu racy in the so-oallqd ‘yellows.’ There was an example this morning—the dispatch deriving the truth of the report printed widely that the recent earthquake had practically produced a transformation in Yellowstone. Park. I supose some repor ter thought that would make a ‘good story.’ so wrote It out of hand." “Perhaps he was asked to write It by j editor or publisher?” “Oh. 1 know the pressure that Is brought upon the writers. I’ve had to do with both ends. It's hard to come in and sav ‘there’s nothing In it.' But there will be* more carefulness by and by—more carefulness as to matter and Hi* to man ner. Tt will be required that the fact i shall be as it is. and that it shall be j told tersely, clearly. In a way to satis fy «n intelligent reader. “Papers will grow in size, because with the Increase in population of cities there j comes an increase in advertising. Yes, j \ ou might sap. ‘Put up the price of ad vertising,’ but that has not been found _____ I NEW IDEA \f\r PATTERNS IUL We are making now a great feature of the New Idea Patterns, beyond question and proven to be the best 10c Patterns made NEW IDEA WOMAN’S MAGAZINE Silk at Less Than Half On middle table, left aisle will be displayed several thou sand yards plain and fancy Silk, in 4 to B yard lengths, and worth up to l>9c yd., they go in the May-June Sale at, yd. 27c Sharp Cuts in the Price for the May-June Sale Pretty quality figured Lawns, 7Vic value, at. 5c 20U pieces Figured Lawns and Batiste, 15c value, at. 10c Best Dress Calico In all the best brands, 7Vic value, at. 5c White Checked Dimity, 15c value, at.. 10c inch Persian Lawn, very sheer, 20c value.IC'/ic White Welt Piques, 20c value, at 15c White India Llnon, 15c value, at 10c 36-inch White Linen Suiting, 35c value, at..\ . 25o .-inch Brown Linen, 25c. value, at.17J^;c 48-inch White Wash Chiffon, 35c value, at. 19c Draperies 3b-inch White Embroidery Cur tain Swiss, new designs, 15c value, at. 10c 36-Inch Silkolines, newest de signs, 15c value, at.12|/2c 100 pieces Cretoue and Denims, 12V4c value, at. 9c 50 pieces Curtain Calico, 8c value, at. Si Lensdale Cambric Yard wide—Green label A May-June Special; yard 10c Amoskeag Apron Gingham; very spe cial Monday. Yard, 6c Big lot of Ladies’ Fine Lawn ! and Lingerie Shirtwaists, either short or long sleeves; worth $1.50. May-June Sale 98c A splendid line of Embroidered Net Waists, in black and white; worth $9.00. May-June Sale $5.98 30 dozen Ladies’ Cotton Lisle Ribbed Vests, beautifully trimm ed with baby Irish lace and silk ! tape—well worth 29c. May-June Sale, each, 15c DRENNENS DRENNEN COMPANY GREAT DEPARTMENT STORES Tomorrow, Monday, Marks the Second Week oi&Ae MAY-JUNE SALE The annual sale, characterized by every one as the thriftiest selling event of the entire summer season, and em phasized tomorrow by a continuous run of bargains from more than twenty big Departments. tValues only to be obtained at*Drennen’s. Come and investigate the true merits of this great saving opportunity. Dress Goods Sharply Reduced. Specials in White and Black Woolens. White Batiste.29c White Cashmere.29o White pure Mohair.50c White silk dotted Eoliene.G9c White half-silk and wool fine dress fabrics; worth §1.23; Monday.95o Black Woolen Goods; very special.... !4c Black Batiste; 31tc value. .29o I Black All Wool Nuusvoiling.49c Black Pure Mohair Sioillian; G5c quality.48c Fine Black Goods: Voiles, Panamas, Silk-Finish Mohairs, Etc.; worth up to $1.25; very special .95c Shirt Waist Suits * Ladies’ dependable lawn Shirt Waist Suits, with Lace and Embroidery trim ming, either short or long sleeves, one of our leaders; worth $L00. May-June price, each 95 Fine Embroidered Handker chief-Linen White Shirtwaist Suits, made with short or lonK sleeves and full circular skirt. Best value we have shown this season; worth $8.oo. May-June sale, $4.98. $1.98 185 Ladies’ Pure Duchess Linen box pleated and circular styles, White Skirts made to re tail at $4.50. May-June sale, $1.98. Small lot of Foulard Silk Shirt Waist Suits, black ami white tit? tired material, worth $8.75. May June sale, $4.98. 4500 Yards Torchon Lace, all widths, worth 7c to 10c, x 3 l-2c Ladies’ Good Quality Muslin Drawers, pair, 15c Laces and Embroideries We expect to become THE lace and Embroid ery house of the city. Nothing short of this will satisfy our ambition. Thoroughly realizing what this means, we know that to accomplish it we must have what the people want, and at orices as low as any city in the South. Being prepared to do this, we have been carefully selecting and are now receiving daily' the choicest and most attractive designs and styles in these lines—which we invite all our old customers and many new ones to inspect All odd, broken and small lots are being weed ed out, in many cases sold for less than half their real value. Our float center counters are loaded with these goods. For instance: Muslin Gowns, well made, full size, each, 25c Five Papers of Pins for 5c 25c Embroidered Washable Belts: Special 10c Linen and Cotton Torchon, round thread and Italian Vais., in white and cream, edgings and insertlngs, Point de Paris and Plat Vais., etc., etc., values up io to 15c a yard, per yard. Another lot— Great variety of many kinds, must see them to appreciate them; values up 1fi<* to 30c, at.11,1 1 lot Corset Cover embroid- j ery worth up to 39c; \ery special, yard. I I You Can't Match the Prices Outside of Drennen's The Bargain Center of Greater Birmingham BLACK SILK TAFFETTA Yard wide a very reput able quality and easily worth $1 May-June price. 77c Black Japanese 'yVash Silk an extra special Mon day. 37c Mill End Remnants 36-inch Percales.. 121fcc value, at. 6(/2c 36-inch Corded Madras, 12 lie value.6'/2c Best Dress Calico. fi'/ic value, at. Good quality Apron Gingham, 7c value, at. 5c Good quality ’Brown Domestic, 6c value, at. 4c White Checked Nainsook, 12'2c value, at.7V2c 40-inch Mercerized Persian Lawn, 25c value, at.12'/2C White Lawn, 5c value.-at. 3c Our Regular Dollar Bundle Rem nants, each. 85c Very Special 36-Inch Sea Island, 8c value, at.. 6'/ic 72x90 Triumph ready-made Sheets at. 39c 81x90 Linen Finish Sheets. 49c 43x36 Pillow Cases, 15c value, at 10c 18x36 Linen Finish Towel, I21ic value, ai. 9c 16x34 Fringed Towel, Ilk- value, at. 5c 10x4 Cut out corner, fringed Spread, $2.00 value, at.$1.48 Genuine Pepper- j ell Sheeting , Two and one-half yards wide—May—June Special, yard, 20c Yard wide tine Cabot Bleached Domestic very j Special Monday, yard, j 7 l-2c Another line of Ladies’ Straw Sailors, beautiful assortment of colors, the very latest and pret tiest designs for this season— worth $3.00. May-dune Sale $1.40 Rig lot of Children’s Straw Napoleons; worth $1.25, only SOc DRENNENS to benefit anybody. To lower the price is rather the evolutionary thing to do In all businesses. The mure advertising a Journal gains the more reading matter it Will have to supply to carry the reader to 11. •Is publishing like any business the play business, or raising sugar beets?" A successful newspaper is a commer cial undertaking. That does not mean that it may depart from high standards any more than a lawyer necessarily sac rifices high standards because lie endeav ors to make his practice yield him a good living. "A newspaper conducted solely to pro mote certain theories would gradually fall Into crankiness and go out of exist ence. The newspaper that is not a com mercial enterprise is out of touch with the masses of the people." Editorial Still Powerful. "What do you think of the complaint that 'the great editors have all gone?' ” "Never again, probably, will the editor ial come to the power It possessed forty years ago. The editors of that period 1 am Bure could not have been great edi tors today. Discrimination in news val ues recognition of what Is of importance, of what will shake the thoughts and Ideas of the people—these are what go to establish public sentiment nowadays more than written editorials. One of the evidences can be pointed out In the popu lar development of the magazines. They have taken up news work which carries Instruction of tlie sort that used to lie conveyed by the editorial. The ‘muck raker.' which the President recently crlti clsed, Is merely combining the editorial with the news article. ••[ do not want to be understood as saying that the field of the editorial has been closed op completely. it still as sists. and will continue to assist, the work done In the news columns, and It is frequently still effective In awakening public attention to the necessity for ac tion where a mere news presentation might fall. “In tlie future development of newspa pers there will undoubtedly be a striking increase In what Is called 'personal jour nalism'—that is. the sort represented In articles or series of articles which hear the Signature of the writer. These will have force because of the writer's public reputation. Newspaper* of the better dass will thereby year by year success fully Invade the magazine field. They * will retain on their staffs the class of writers f before referred to—those who have Judgment, give honest information and can write.” SPECIAL ELECTION To Choose Between Rivals for Hand of Kentucky Girl. Maloneton (Ky.) Correspondent New York World. A special election, held for the purpose of determining which of two young Ken tucky lovers was entitled to the hand of a Kentucky girl, called the men folks” of the surrounding country to Maloneton one day this week. Today the successful man and his bride left for the east to spend their 'honeymoon with Old Virginia relatives of the bride. Tin men were rivals not only for a girl, but for their party’s nomination for sheriff of Greenup county as well. The contestants. Tom Wltherow and Fred Warnock, agreed to leave the award of both prizes to the people of the township wereln both had been reared. They held a special election to settle the question. ' The best man was to take both, bride J and a clear field for the nomination. The young l&dy most interested presided over the l allot box as both clerk and judge. The township Is not densely populated, but few over a hundred voters livu within its borders. Wltherow is tin* son of the* richest land owner In the township. With his father r.e i • nirnts most of the fertile valley land and much of the broken hills. Wurnork i;. a i-mil try toucher. Roth have been active in polities, and the two have been able, by working together, to control the delegations o' the county conventions for several years. Warnock and it* young girl. Miss Ada Creighton, have been friends for some years, lie grew up with her and they a funded school together. Their friend ship was from childhood, and their neigh bors never considered tnem In n matri monial light. Some weeks ago Witherow asked Miss Creighton for her hand. She told War nock about it. and he grew bold, and ie v-aled his own secret love. Neither man received a decided answer, and Warnock found that 'he could not hope ns a coun try teacher ic* outstrip the land owner, admittedly the best catch In the township. Then the thought came to hint that h“ might be rormnated for sheriff Fo li»* ambled off to the county seat and confided to the "boss.'" Judge Leonard, his ambi tion t»* win that nomination. •Sorry. Fred, but Tom Witherow was here* \ .siorday. and I told him if lie could go: Ids d* fi xation he would have my sup port. Ihit then, you and Tom have al ways worked together. Suppose you two 11 x it up as to who is to run?" Sad M heart, the young school teacher returned home. At church Sunday he saw Ada Creighton sitting In the Witherow sent beside bis rival, and his blood boiled. That night lie called at. the Creighton home, and asked tlie girl If she would marry him if he won the nomi nation foi sheriff, and she replied that she would; but added that there were others who were confident of winning the office. It should he stated here that to secure the Main leton delegation at the primaries is equivalent to nomination at the con vention. The county committee was slow about calling the primaries. So an agreement whs entered Into for a special election. It was agreed that Miss Creighton should presidi at t'hc ballot box as judge and clerk. When election day rolled around the rivals v/t re on hand with their printed/ ballots. Witherow's tickets were printed on tinted paper: Warnock's on plain white. Witherow east the first ballot of the day. It was for himself. Wnrnoek worked hard, and at noon wra» within hailint distance <*f his wealthy rival, though soon after dinner the pink tickets seemed to come in bunches, and |i looked as though the school teacher was i •>om< d. Miss i ieighton kept close mental tab and noticed each shift in the position. Her brother Jack, aged 10, also kept count of the tickets hs they came In. The boy loved bis school lousier, and rn* wanted white ballots to opine fast. The polls Were to dose at 4 o'clock. At A p. m. Phe rivals were five votes apart, and there were <#nl> a few more outstanding. At A:'in the Wilson boys, from the upper part of th« township, cum* 1 ti and cast three votes -all while. Time dragged* and it seemed that the five minutes that l,ow remained would pass before any others could come. Hut across fields came a party of Hire** in tow of Warnoek. Th» y cast two white and one pink vote. Cine in or- white vote would tie the score. What then? The judge of the elections trims: deride the winner. That was ihe acreemnt. Must she. after all. choose be. twren tlie two? While sh- puzzled her sdf with tie- question another man ga! joped up. lie east n white ballot. With blanched face she took the ballot and placed It in the box. Then she re mcmbered. The school master had not voted. Should she tell him. and break the tie? After all, that would be another v ay • f making a choice. Maybe he did rot Mini to vote. Maybe he was just no, that was not fair to ldm. lie did love her. It wan wrong to donor, hi to. Besides, she must he fair. Klectlons always are. •What's the matter, sis?” asked 10-yeur old Jack. "Is Professor heat?” "No, Jack, If he votes he will win. Tell him quick. He’s got only half a minute.” "1 hardly know how to vote.” said War nook. “I suppose I should, out of cour tesy. vote for my rival. Have you a pink teket?’* No one but the girl and her brother heard him. Jack did not hear his sister’s whispered reply. Warnock smiled and handed a white ticket to the judge. There was a dance that night at the Creighton home, at which the result of the vote was disclosed, when the brlde-to lie counted the ballots before the guests. The wedding was held the n.-\t night, on: tin wedding gift "f the defeated rival was a purse containing ticke ts for the honeymoon trip. Scarcely Worth Mentioning. 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