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CIVIL ENGINEERS
SURVEYDAM SITE
Little River Power Com
pany Will Erect Dam at
Fort Payne
Fort Payne, April 1.—(Special).—O. N.
Orcutt has a group of civil engineers at
Little River falls on Lookout mountain,
near Fort Payne. They are beginning
work surveying and arranging for the
erection of the dam at this place, which
lias been in eonlemplation by the Little
River Power company for several years.
This company will uso tlie power made
by this dam to furnish power and light
to the neighboring elites and towns.
Work has been begun on the erection of
a new derrick by the Wills Valley Oil
and Gas company, to replace the one
which was destroyed by the storm last
Friday afternoon.
There Is an epidemic of measles here,
there being at the present time some
thing over 100 cases. Mumps and whoop
ing cough have also been prevalent In
town this whiter.
Dr. J. B. Haralson, president of the De
Kalb County bank at this place, has
returned home from Birmingham, where
he has been for several weeks for treat
ment at tlie St. Vincent's hospital. He
Is somewhat improved, but Is not well.
He, accompanied by Ids wife, will leave
Tuesday for Brunswick, Ga., to spend
several weeks.
City Court in Session
Anniston, April 1.—(Special.)—The erlm
lnal term of the city court of Anniston
convened Monday afternoon. Most of the
cases on the docket are for alleged va
grancy and violations of the prohibition
law.
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going to bed, you will be strong, well
and vigorous with no more bladder
trouble, pains from stiff joints, sore
muscles, rheumatic suffering, aching
back or kidney disease.
For any form of bladder trouble or
kidney weakness the action of King’s
Royal Germetuer is healing and cures
the worst cases. These sufferers who
are in and out of bed half a dozen times
a night will appreciate the rest, com
fort and strength King’s Royal Germe
tuer gives.
This new treatment absolutely con
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ing the germs, and gives the comfort
that always comes to those who have
porfect kidneys. King’s Royal Germe
tuer overcomes the effect of uric acid
poison, drives it from the system and
prevents its cause so as to give perfect
health and strength.
King's Royal Germetuer sold by all
druggists, $1 per large bottle, or sent
by express prepaid. Circular and medi
cal advice free. Kills. Lillybeck Drug
Company, Memphis. Tenn. Sold In
Birmingham by Collier Drug Company.
Twentieth street, North'.
BLACKMON THINKS CHARGE
FOR MAIL TUBE SERVICE HIGH
Anniston, April 1.—(Special.)—Con grress
man Fred L. Blackmon, who came down
from Washington to visit his mother,
who is ill. says that in his opinion and
judging from investigations that have
been conducted, the cost per mile charged
the government for the pneumatic mail
tube service is excessive. Mr. Black
mon is a member of tho committee of
the House appointed to investigate tho
cost of the service. *
Mr. Blackmon said: “The American
| Pneumatic Tube Service Company of
America has a contract of 10 years with
' the government to furnish pneumatic
service in the cities of New York, Bos
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago and St. Louis.
It is now operating 42 miles of eight inch
tube between the central postoffices and
the terminal stations and congested busi
ness centers in the cities named.
“The contract expires in 1916. The gov
ernment is now paying $17,00 per mile pel
annum for this service. The Pneumatic
Tube Service company is anxious to sell
the government its franchises, tubes and
patents. They either want to make this
sale or get Congress now to agree to
renew the contract for another 10 year
period or longer. The commission, of
which I am a democratic member from
the House, was appointed to investigate
the cost of this service, to Investigate
the question of the extent of the patents,
the extent of the franchises, and what'
tt would cost the government should they
determine to continue this service after
the expiration of the 10 year contract to
put in similar pneumatic tubes, or what
it would cost the government to buy and
take over the tubes of the American
Pneumatic Tube Service company. From
the investigation up to the present it ap
pears to me that the cost per mile for
the service rendered is excessive."
Mr. Blackmon confirmed the appoint
ment of H. Ft. Flails to the postmaster
ship at Piedmont. Mr. Ftalls is an unde
of Mrs. Fred \j. Blackmon.
Mr. Blackmon left Tuesday morning
on the Birmingham Special for Wash
ington, where he is engaged in special
committee work.
ATLANMOOTING
Wounding of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson Graham Causes
Concern in Huntsville
Huntsville, April 1.—(Special.)—Hunts
ville friends of all parties concerned in
the shooting of Wilson Graham and his
wife by D. E. Guerrant have read of the
occurrance with a great deal of regret.
Graham was formerly manager of the
Graham Ice Cream company, and has a
great many friends. He Is a son of the
late Capt. Albert S. Graham of the South
ern railway. His wife was Miss Cham
bliss Hand, daughter of Jack sop Rand, a
business man and capitalist. Both were
members of the younger social set.
Guerrant is also a former resident of
Huntsville and was cashier of the South
ern Bell Telephone company. The af
fair is all the more regretted because ot
the fact that Graham and Guerrant are
both members of the Huntsville lodge of
Elks, and were heretofore good friends.
The Huntsville dispensary made 23,520
sales during the 24 days of February
and cleared a net profit of $3,147.07. The
aggregate of the sales amounted to $9879.40.
the smallest day's register showing $254.90
and the largest $1141.15. The month’s
business was slightly below the average.
Roy Hughes, city drummer for a local
jobbing house, was thrown out of his
buggy yesterday afternoon wdien his
horse took fright at a train and his left
leg was broken.
Limestone county people expect to have
the greatest fair this year that they have
ever held before. There is more interest
among the farmers than ever and the
directors of the association will meet next
w’eek to choose dates for the fair, w'hich
Is usually held early in the fall.
Ball Magnates Work Koads
Anniston, April 1.—(Special.)—John Gan
zel, manager of the Rochester Hustlers;
"Silk” O'Latlehlin, the famous umpire,
am) C. H. Mitchell, former president of
the Anniston club of the Southeastern,
got mired hi a bog hole northwest of tills
eit)' Sunday and blocked the roadway for
several hours, having to work the roads
with brush and gravels before they could
pull their ear out of the mire.
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Two Entirely New Lines to
Be Presented at Sunday
School Convention
Montgomery, April 1.—(Special.)—Two
lines of Sunday school work which are
entirely new to the majority of Alabama
Sunday school workers are to be present
ed at the approaching state Sunday
school convention to be held in Hunts
ville, April 15, 10, 17. One is "The Pock
et Testament League of the World,"
which lias been in successful operation In
Birmingham for more than a year, and
is now to he brought before the Sunday
school workers of the entire slate. R. A.
Clayton, superintendent of ihe Pocket
Testament league department of the Bir
mingham Sunday School asoBciatioii, is
to give the address on this subject.
Tlie other is "The Mothers’ depart
ment,” one of Hie most recent of all
modern Sunday school developments. So
far as is known, there are only two
"Mothers' departments’’ in Alabama, one
in tlie Troy Methodist Sunday school, and
the other In the Southside Baptist Sun
day school of Birmingham. Mrs. B. I.
Douglas, the founder and superintendent
of the mothers’ department in the Troy
Methodist Sunday school will discuss this
subject at tlie elementary conference os
tlio second day of the conference.
Another innovation in the State Sunday
school convention this year will be a
stereopticon lecture on "Life and Work
in China,' by Rev. A. Y. Napier, a mis
sionary to China, who is at home on
furlough. This will be given the first
night of the convention and will be one
of the leading features.
State Secretary Palmer, on his return
from visits to various sections of the
state, finds that the interest in the state
convention this year is greater than in
any previous year, and that already three!
cities have Invited the 1914 convention.
Mobile, Gadsden and Tuscaloosa have!
already extended invitations and guaran
teed the expenses. Each of these cities
expects to send a carload or train load of
"Boosters" to Huntsville, and tlie compe
tition Is already very keen.
FUGITIVES CAUGHT
AT HUNTSVILLE
Two Wanted at Chatta
nooga Charged With
Murder
Huntsville, April 1 .—(Special.)—Charged
with the murder of a Hebrew merchant
in Chattanoga several days ago, John
and Gus Smith, negroes, were picked up
here and lodged In jail and are being
held for the sheriff at Chattanooga. They
have confessed the crime and will prob
ably waive the rights of requisition.
The men were arrested by Deputy Sher
iff N. L. Pierce as they were trying to get
through the Southern railway yards on
their tramp toward the west. A woman
named Maggie Goodrich accompanied
them. She said they had walked nearly
all of the way from Chattanooga, steal
ing a ride for a short distance at a time
and camping on the roadside at night.
The men confessed their crime to the ar
resting officer and John Smith admitted
that lie was an escaped convict, for
whose capture a reward of $100 has been
offered.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
YOUNG MAN’S DEATH
Turner South Found in Florence Sev
eral Days Since With Gash in
His Dead, Dies
Florence, April 1.—(Special)—Turner
South, a young man of this city, died at
the home of his uncle. Sheriff Jesse Dow
dy, this morning, under peculiar circum
stances. Nearly two weeks ago his friends
found him in a llverv stamlo, ljereft of
his mind, with a big gash in his head.
He moved around among his friends in
this condition, apparently in a semi-con
scious condition. An operation was per
formed on his head Saturday night, with
out avail. The mystery is, how was he
wounded?
BURNING KEROSENE
OVERTURNS IN LAP
Anniston, April 1.—(Special.)—When an
oil lamp by which she was reading over
turned about a uuart of kerosene oil
poured into the lap of Mrs. C. S. Kirk
patrick Monday night and caught fire.
She sustained no serious Injuries, but
her cheek was painfully burned. The
woman was frightened and her escape
from death Is considered miraculous.
Kaplan Has Married
Anniston, April 1.—(Special.)—Apropos
of the announcement that Robert Kap
lan, son of the wealthy Anniston Me
brew. L». H. Kaplan, who died several
years ago, has withdrawn his contest of
ills father's will. It Is stated that young
Kaplan has married, and he thereby falls
heir to JoO per month more under the
terms of the will, although he has not
claimed the extra allowance, It is said.
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HIKMINUHtU (HAPTBR OF ROM)
CROIX WILL hold ITS ANNUAL
MEETING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, AT
H l». M. election and installa
tion OF OFFICERS.
A. L. ME WHIN N EX",
w. MASTER.
DEMOPOLIS 10 HAVE
—
Council Decides to Erect a
New Building—Equip
ment Fund Raised
*
Demopolis. April 1.—(Special.)—'That
Demopolis Is to have a fine new school
building up to date in every detail was
announced after a recent meeting of the
city council. The sum of $23,000 will be
expended on the building alone. The
Ladles’ School Improvement association
lias undertaken to raise $2500. by subscrip
tion for equipment.
For the first time in many weeks the
Tombigbee is again within its banks.
Hundreds of acres were inundated by the
two rivers. Planting in the overflowed
I section will be delayed several weeks
longer.
Indications are that more corn and less
cotton will be planted this season. The
high prices of fertilizers, especially nitrate
of soda, will be a factor in reducing the
cotton acreage.
Many new residents from Ohio, Ken
tucky and Tennessee have moved into this
part of the alfalfa belt this spring. A
large number of planters are seeking
new alfalfa farms, or enlarging their
fields already started. All the alfalfa
made in this section was sold several
months ago. More came, corn, oats and
alfalfa may be seen this spring than ever
before, showing that our people are
awake to the true means of meeting boll
weevil conditions.
One of the many useful activities of
the Boy Scouts is shown in their good
work now being carried on in connec
tion with the construction of a new and
well equipped schoolhouse for Demopo
lis. The boys are ready to put on a but
ton sale, the proceeds to be applied to the
school equipment fund. There are two
contesting divisions and the boys are
each anxious to he on the winning side.
It is hoped to raise a large sum by this
method. The buttons are to be sold at
25 cents each.
FATHER OF OXFORD
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Mrs. Jesse McKee Loses
Parent in Terrible Catas
trophe in Dayton
—
Anniston, April 1.—(Special)—The father
of Mrs. Jesse McKee of Oxford was
among the victims of the flood at Day
ton, O., according to news received by
Mr. and Mrs. McKee. Mrs. McKee also
had a brother in the same city, and no
information has been received as to his
whereabouts since the fatal disaster of
last Tuesday. Mr. McKee came to Ox
ford some time ago from Ohio and is
connected with the Square Deal Plumbing
company.
The Rev. W. T. Allan, pastor of St.
Duke's Kpiseopal church at Jacksonville,
who preached at Gra« e t-hurch in this
city Sunday, left Monday for Birming
ham. in which city he will speak to the
White Cross Single Standard league chap
ters at St. Mary's church and at Howard
college. Dr. Allan is chairman for the
United States of this league, and has It
well organized over the south. Me pro
poses to soon retire from the active min
istry and devote his entire time to the
work.
LITTLE PROGRESS IN
Attorneys Wrangle Over
Submitting Certain
Evidence
Montgomery, April 3.—(Spfciul.)—
The question of whether certain evi
dence should be submitted by tho state
brought little progress in the trial of
Henry F. Vandiver in the criminal
court here today. When court con
vened at 9:30 a. m. attorneys on both
sides began to contest over whetiier
certain witnesses for the defense should
be allowed to testify. This point was
brought up several times during the
morning and each time the jury was
sent from the room and the attorneys
delivered long arguments to the court.
The defense was endeavoring to show
the contested witness that insomuch
that the stale had presented through
C. Walter Jones evidence tending 10
show that the latter was continually
harassed hy Vandiver tile defense had
a. right to introduce evidence to show
that Vandiver Instead was endeavoring
to help Jones and continually worked
in his Interest during his trial for the
murder of Sloan Rowan.
OFFIClALDIPLOMA
FOR MARBURY SCHOOL
Principal Receives Diploma From
Willingham—Means School Up
to Standard Class
Marbury, April 1.—(Special)—To the
school of Marbury, district No. 28, be
longs the distinction of holding the first
official diploma issued hy the state board i
of education showing such school as of- I
flcially recognized in this state as a stan- !
dard school.
The principal. Miss Alice Craig, re- j
ceived from tho superintendent of educa- ;
lion this morning an official diploma i
sued showing the school account of its [
many excellencies in furnishing equip- j
ment and nine months yearly mainten- j
anee, as belonging to standattl class. Tills ;
is the first official diploma issued since
the stale department of education put ;
forth efforts' to determine how many ui 1
the public schools are Worthy of being (
recognized in this classification.
Sacred Harp Singing
Oneonta. April 1.—(Special.)—T —
Sacred Harp singing Sunday at On»
onta drew a large crowd, to the city.
There were perhaps 300 viistors from
out the city. Leaders In the singing
came from Birmingham, Cadsden. ( oil
man and other points and put in the
day from 9 a. m. to 5 p. in. singing.
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Episcopal Bishop Will Con
firm Classes There and
at Auburn April 13
Opelika, April 1.—(Special)—1The Rt. Rev.
C. AT. Beckwith of Montgomery, bishop j
of the Alabama diocese Episcopal church
will confirm classes at Opelika and Au
burn Sunday, April 13.
The storehouse and entire slock of
goods of J. E. Hunt of Oakbowery, a
small village 10 miles north of this place,
were destroyed by lire Sunday morning
about 1:30 o’clock. The theory is that
the store was first robbed and then fired.
The loss is about $2000 partially covered
by insurance.
Ttie Leo county pension warrants for
the quarter beginning April 1 have been
received at the probate office here and
are ready for distribution today. The
warrants consist of 11 in the first class.
$25 each; 71 in the second class, $20 each;
248 in the third class, $10 each.
A civil service examination will be held
in this city April 26 to fill a contemplated
vacancy in the position of fourth class
postmaster at I^oachapoka, this county.
The compensation at this office for the
past fiscal year was $571. Applicants for
examination must reside within the ter
ritory supplied by the post office. Any
information regarding this examination
can be secured from Dallas B. Smith,
Jr., tiie local secretary at Opelika.
RALLS WILL BE GIVEN
PIEDMONT OFFICE
Despite Opposition, Black
mon Says Senate Will Con
firm Appointment
Anniston. April 1.—(Special)—Some of
the residents of Piedmont have been
loudly protesting against the appointment
of If. R. Ralls to the postmastership at
that place, It is said, and there is some
speculation now as to how they will re
ceive the confirmation of the appointment
by Congressman Fred D. Blackmon, who
returned to Washington Tuesday. Mr.
Blackmon said the appointment would be
confirmed by the Senate.
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Troy, April 1.— (Special)—James Cl*
Dowd, proprietor of the New Troy hotel,
has leased the new hotel being erected
by J. F. Morgan. The new hotel will lie
ready for occupancy by August, although
It will not be completed entirely until a
little later. The hotel Is four stories high*
the offices, dining room, etc., to occupy
the first floor. There will be 60 rooms
above the first floor; private and publio
baths, tseam heat, and telephone in eaefai
room.
Probate Judge Edmonson says that ths
county has suffered a loss of approxi
mately $10,000 on account of the heavy
rains during the last few weeks.
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