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HARRISONBURG IS !
IN GRjPOF FLOOD
Town of 500 Covered With
Water—Gap Is 2500
Feet Wide
Vidalia, La., April 30.—Flood waters
from the crevasse near Gibson’s landing
has covered Harrisonburg, a town of 500
inhabitants, but the rise is slow. The gap
is now 2500 feet wide, according to a re
port by Capt. C. O. Sherrill, United Stated
engineer, who inspected the break today.
Government tugs, barges and the New
Orleans and Northwestern railroad took
hundreds of refugees to Natchez today.
The United Sl\tes tugs Marengo and
Tunica alone transported 750 persons and
1500 head of stock.
The water is encroaching upon the rich
plantations on the river front, but is not
in sight from Vidalia or the Natchez
bluffs. There is an open stretch back of
Vidalia up grade, so that the water can
be seen approaching the town.
Tho Associated Charities Is attempting
to care for the Hood sufferers, but it?4
funds are limited. .Many homes have been
opened to tho sufferers and„JJie hotels
have reduced their rates, one offering half
rates.
The low stage of the. Red river offers
consolation, as this will enable the water
to run off more rapidly, relieving the
parishes of Tensas and Catahoula. At
Kemps Rend, the water lighters are
watching night and day and the slightest
slough is attacked without delay.
Levee Repaired
Vicksburg, Miss., April 30.—The main
river levee at Greenville has been re
paired, according to reports received to
night by Major Woodruff, engineer in
charge of the third Mississippi river dis
trict and there is now no danger there.
Major Woodruff was well satisfied w ith
the conditions of the levees.
Captain Bankhead and Major Bister
inspected Camp Hayes, the refugee camp
here, this afternoon and Major Lister said
the sanitary conditions were very good.
There are now' fibout 50,000 refugees re
ceiving rations supplied from Vicksburg.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail
road continues to operate trains south
of here, and it is now' believed there will
he less delay as a steady fall is expected
in the hack water south of here from
now on.
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Selfishness
To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
Man Is ungrateful and supremely sel
fish. A hog will eat the acorns that fall
to the ground an.I never look up at the
tree that boars them, and man will sit
down at a table covered with good and
abundant food and never think of him
who sent the rain to nourish and keep)
alive the earth that produces it. I have]
known a few' people who were so un- j
grateful as to smite the hand that had
fed them. One-half of the world Is so
selfish that they have hut little idea of
the pleasures, joys and the comforts that
are within our reach. Who desires the
companionship of a supremely selfish
man and one who lives in bitterness and
strife—everybody doing wrong except
himself? I have about as much patience
with such a character as this as T have
with a theosophist who is Always talking
his system of philosophy which professes
to investigate the unexplained laws of the
powers of man over nature, and the direct
knowledge of God. But of all men to be
shunned is the tyrant, the slanderer, and
the envious. Turn ft way from them as
you would from a hungry wolf. Suppose
we all try to live decent and respectable
lives—I think we would have more respect
for ourselves and such a life would bring
us more friends.
J. LAWLER DARBY.
Birmingham, April an, 1913.
An Appreciation
To the Editor of The A?,'e-Herald:
Will you please permit me in a word to
express my pleasure at the altitude of
your paper toward the educational inter
ests of the city and state. One should not
* be surprised to find in our dailies a con
structive attitude toward educational
n atters: but, to put it mildly, not every
daily' has that conscious progressive spirit
toward things educational. I came to
Howard colic- • at the beginning of this
CITY ORDINANCES ___
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, it appmi* to the satisfaction of this
board from a petition filed hy Mrs. Mai lie Moughon.
Mrs, W. J. Jefferson and W. V. Franklin that
tho owner* . f ail! the land abutting on thHt part
of tl.o highway hereinafter consented to be va
’ caied. desire to vacate said part of said highway;
and.
Whereas, it appears t lull convenient mean* or
ingress and egress to and from their property haa
been afforded to nil property owners owning prop
erty in the tract of land embraced in tin- map.
plat or suncy through which said public liighway
runs, milk to property adjoining the same:
Now. therefore, be It resolved by the board of
eomnilssioueis of the city of Birmingham that the.
assent of tills board he and is hereby given to
tlie vacation of tint part of said highway, which
is mmo particularly described aa follows:
All that part of Jot five (a) in block sir hun
dred fifty-two (flag). and all that part of Jot eight
(Si. Ldock six hundred fifty-three (UB3), according
to map and plan of tho Klyton hand company of
the city ot Birmingham, which was formerly em
braced wltldn i lie right of way or the Birming
ham Beh IhiUroad company.
Approved. April 30.
.IAMBS WEATHERLY.
President Pro Tent Board of <'onimTssioner*.
A. o. LANE. Commissioner.
f Aifsl: II. s RYALL. City Clerk.
\-c Herald. M.<> I. 1913.
(if AOL ORDINANCE NO. 95-0
\n ordinance fixing ami tM a Wishing the grade
i f i ■.'uUs .iih street and the curbs on both sides
thereof, fmni the nortli curb line of Avenue A
i" the north curb line of Avenue C.
Be l< ordained by the board of commtssic ne.a
«»f the city of Birmingham that the grado of Four
teenth street and the curbs on both sides thereof,
from the north curb line of Avenue A to the north
curb lino of Avenuo C, be. and the same are here
by fixed him! established us shown on profile sheet
No. 1 f»l. 'heretofore exhibited to tins board and now
on file in tho elty hull in the office of tho city
engineer.
Approved. April 30. 1013.
J A M KS WEATHERLY,
President Pro Tam Board of Commissioners.
A. O. LANK. Commissioner.
Attest: H. S. RYALL, City Clerk.
Age-Herald. May 1. 1013.
GRADE ORDINANCE NO. 96^5
An ordinance fixing and establishing the grade
of Fourteenth street and tho curbs on both sides
thereof, from the north curb Hue of Fourth ave
nuo to the nortli curb line of Seventh avenue.
Bo it ordained by the board of commissioners
of the city of Birmingham that the grade of Four
teenth street niv. tho curbs Tin both sides thereof,
from the north curb line of Fourth avenue to the
north curb line of Meveuth avenue be, and the
same are hereby fixed Hint established as shown on
profile fJieot No. KH. hefretofore exhibited to thle
board hiuI now on file in the city hall in the of
fice of the cit.v engineer.
Approved. April 30. 1913.
JAMES WEATHERLY.
President Pro Tern Board of Commissioners.
A. O. LANE. Commissioner.
Attest: II. S. RYALL. City Clerk.
Age-Herald. May 1. 1913.
GRADEORDINANCE NO. 97-C
An nriltnance fixing and establishing the grade
of Cleveland street and the curbs Tin both shies
thereof, from the nortli property line of Highland
avenue to the south curb Hue of Madison avenue.
Hu it ordained by the board of commissioners
of the city of Birmingham that the grado of Cleve
land street and the curbs on both sides thereof,
from the north property line of Highland avenue
to the south curb line of Madison avenue be. and
the same are hereby fixed and established ns shown
on profile sheet No. HtT heretofore exhibited to this
board and now on file in the city hall in the office
i of the city engineer.
Approved. April 30, 1913.
TAMES WEATHERLY.
President Pro Tern Board of Commissioners.
A. O. LANE. Commissioner.
Attest: H. S. RYALL. City Clerk,
j Aie-HernM. May 1. 1013. __
GRADE ORDINANCE NO. 9B-U
An ordinance fixing and establishing the grade
rf Quinlan alley and both .sides thereof from the
West curb line of Twenty-first, street westward about
210 feet, to end of the alley.
Be it ordained by the hoard of commissioners
of tho city of Birmingham that the grade of Quin
lan alley and on both sides thereof, from the west
curb line of Twenty-first street westward to the
end of name, a distance of 210 feet be, and tho
same are hereby fixed and established as shown
on profile sheet No. 104-C heretofore exhibited to
/ this board and now on file in tho city hall in the
Office of the city engineer.
Approved. April 30. 1913.
JAMES WEATHERLY.
President Pm Tern Board of Commissioners.
A. O. LANK. Commissioner.
Attest: H. R. BY ALL, City Clerk.
Age Herald. May 1. 1913.
SUFFRAGETTES MIX IN
PEACE CELEBRATIONS
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URGE AMERICANS AGAINST THE
BRITISH DELEGATION TO THE.
UNITED STATES FOR CELE
BRATION OF ANGLO-AMERI
CAN PEACE
London, April 30.—The British dcle
tation now on Its way to the United
Slates for the celebration of the Anglo
\merlcan peace centenary, may eneoun
er some hostile demonstrations. Certain
aders of the extreme Irish, and labor
movements are advising their American
friends to express opposition to the Brit
ish mission. Suffragette leaders are an
nealing to American women to denounce
iny friendly dealings between the two
munlries until England gives the vote
to women.
Opponents of the peace mission predict,
that its public appearance will provoke
outbreaks such as occurred at the peace
meeting at Carnegie hall in December,
1911, In support of the ratification of the
arbitration treaties pending between the
United States. Great Britain and France.
Because Lord Weardale and other mem
bers of the delegation are connected with
:he Carnegie peace foundation the laborltes
call it. “tii-c Carnegie mission.'’
English labor unions will hold meetings,
as is their custom, in Hyde park tomor
row. ftepresentatives of the German
unions will parade with for the first
time and both English and German speak
ers intend to denounce, “the Carnegie
mission.’’ Their ground is that the mis
sion is designed to foster an Anglo-Amer
ican alliance and alienate American sym
pathies from Germany, whereas, they
argue, workers of alt nationalities should
stand together for their own interests.
Benjamin Tillett, secretary of the Dock,
Wharf Riverside and General Workers’
union of Groat Britain and Ireland, will
send a cablegram to Samuel Clomp ers.
president of the American Federation of
l^abor, asking him to oppose the British
delegation.
“General,’’ Mrs. Flora Drummond, one
of the leaders of the Militant suffragettes,
who was arrested today, succeeded to
day. succeeded tonight in smuggling out
of the jail to a friend a message for the
American suffragettes. This message
which later was cabled to the women’s
suffragette union of New York, was as
follow*.
“Carnegie’s so-called peace delegates are
nearing your shores.- None of them has
raised a voice against the torture of
women in English prisons. The tory
members of parliament among them won
their seats on a sink-the-German-navy
policy. They have all. voted against home
rule. Suffragettes, Irishmen and Germans
organize a national boycott against these
war provokers.”
Miss Scott-Tory, the San Francisco suf
fragette, sent a cablegram to Senator
O’Gorman at Washington, saying:
“If the Senate will investigate Car
negie's peace fund they may find an olive
branch wrapped around a sword. We
hope that Die Senate will not attend these
functions given in honor of the peace
delegates who dictate to Americans that
they must rewrite their history to" save
English feelings and sully the fair name
of George Washington.”
year and have marked with much pleas- f
ure and comfort your friendship for inter
ests that are not altogether material.
Faithfully yours,
JAMES M. SHELBURNE.
Birmingham, Afh’il 30, 1913.
Fraudulent Solicitors
To the Editor of The Age-TIerald.
f must again request the favor of your
space to warn the public against fraudu
lent appeals.
A woman, calling herself Mrs. Walker,
has been canvassing in East Birmingham
in aid of a tuberculosis family. Two men
have been trying to get subscriptions on
the Southskle for tuberculous babies.
Two men. claiming to represent a reli
gious organization, have been soliciting
aid for a similar purpose. None of these
people have been authorized by this asso
ciation.
Jt is safe to say that no funds entrusted
to such persons will reach the needy and
deserving. Prompt information leading
to the arrest of such solicitors will be
esteemed a favor by this association.
GEORGE EAVES. Secretary.
Birmingham, April 30, 1913.
STIRRING INCIDENT
IN TARIFF DEBATE
AS MANN ATTACKS
LEADER UNDERWOOD
(Continued From Page One)
limans committee, however, had ready and
carried a number of its own amendments,
all of a minor character and designed to
perfect classifications.
Tlie iron and steel schedule was the |
particular largest of attack of Repre
sentative Palmer of Pennsylvania, in
charge of that schedule for the ways and
means committee was frequently remind
ed from the rciullilican side of the fact
that the Hethleliem Steel company was
in his district. Representative Mann of
Illinois, the republican leader and others
charged that the duty on ferro maganese
was distinctly in the interest of the Uni
ted States Steel corporation, and that
the enhancement of the value of ferro
manganese in this country under the pro
posed advance in rate, should he suf
ficient to warrant the Pennsylvania mem
ber's indefinite continuance in Congress.
Sooner the Better
Mr. Mann declared, however, that while
lie thought the pending bill would be
very injurious to tlie country, he did not
believe in "prolonging the agony" un
necessarily and suggested "that as we
are to have the passage in the present
form the sooner tlie better." 1
Personalities were indulged in several
times during the day, particularly during
tlie discussion of tlie i nited States Steel
corporation holdings in the Minnesota
mines when Representatives Stanley of
Kentucky and Miller of Minnesota, en
gaged in a bitter exchange. Representa
tive i nderwood also replied vigorously to
statements by Mr. Stanley concerning
Alabama iron and steel companies.
Representative Austin of Tennessee, re
publican. said Charles M. Schwab had
succeeded in getting free iron ore after
trying unsuccessfully to get, it from re
publican ways and ways committee?.
When Rcnrosentative A. F. Kreider, a
republican member from Pennsylvania,
offered an amendment tonight to put
hooks and eyes used in shoe manufac
ture on tlie free list, he aroused criti
cism from Representative A. -Mitchell
Palmer, who declared Mr. Kreider was
a "shoe manufacturer, tlie president of
tlie American Manufacturers’ associa
tion. whose amendment will put money
Into Ills own pocket."
Minority Leader Mann replied that If
members were to be thus criticised
congressmen from the larms would be
prohibited from discussing rates on tlie
agricultural schedule. Mr. Mann also
referred to tlie fact that Majority Lead
er Underwood, author of the tariff bill,
was engaged in tlie iron and steel busi
ness. lie said that Mr. Underwood need
not apoligize to tlie House for that nor
to explain it, that be meant no re
lied ion thereby; but Mr. Underwood an
swered with a vigorous statement.
“If I could not represent my con
stituency and at tlie same time the
people of the United States without
involving myself as a special pleader
for interests in my district I would be
unworthy of my position in this House.
"I contend that when representatives j
of the people stand In this House ex
ercising the power to tax people of this
country, that it Is at least unbecoming
for them to display a selfish interest
In these matters. The time has passed
when the laws of this country will bo
written for speC'al interests; when men
can come and ask for legislation to
convert dollars from the pockets of the
masses into their own that they may
grow rich."
The committee completed considera
tion of the metal schedule after many
amendments had been offered and re
acted. Representative Austin of Ten
nessee failed 111 an effort to restore tlie
Payne rate on aluminum 7 cents per
pound. He argued that tlie Underwood
rate of 20 per cent would deprive Amer
ican labor of more than $1,000,000 In
four years. Representative Palmer, de
claring that tiie American Aluminum
company had a monopoly in tills country
and in France insisted that if rate in
ithe bill was justified was tlie alumi
num rate.
I _
Losses to Planters
New Orleans, April 30.—The cotton
schedule of the democratic tariff revision
bill now pending in Congress will result
in heavy financial losses to the cotton
planters and cotton manufacturers, ac
cording to the statement made by repre
sentatives of these Interests today at a
special hearing being conducted here by a
committee representing the National
Farmers’ union.
J. D. Brown, member of a spot cotton
firm of New Orleans, stated that the
pending bill already had resulted in a
decline of nearly $5 a bale in the price of
raw cotton, representing a loss of mil
lions of dollars to the planters.
Sigmund Odenlieimer, president of the
Lane Cotton mills, who yesterday told
the committee that the American mills
[ could not possibly compete with the Kng
j lish mills in the manufacture of the finer
grades of cotton goods, was recalled to
clay. He gave further detailed Informa
tion regarding the bad effect which he
claimed the passage of the Underwood
bill* will have upon the cotton Industry.
He declared that if this schedule is adopt
ed in its present form It will result in
serious loss to the mills of the United
States, many of which, he said, were not
now paying profitable dividends.
GIVE BL1ND TIGERS
SOLAR PLEXUS BLOW
Talladega Cave Contains Stalactites
and Stalagmites—Other News
Items
- o
Talladega, April 30.- ..Special.)—Blind
tigers have received a solar plexus blow
In this county, owing to the invariable
action of the city court judge in handing
out a flue of $200 and six months hard
labor for the violation of the prohibition
statutes. The recorder's court has fol
lowed the plan of the city court by in
flicting k labor sentence for each infrac
tion of the law.
A cave filled with stalactites and stalag
mites of pure onyx has been discovered
in this county, near Alpine. For many
years this cave was made the objective
point for jaunts and picnics by the neigh
boring young people, who danced and
frolicked in its shadows without the least
thought of the immense wealth that was
around them. A bright woman made the
discovery, and the fact leaked out by a
recent transaction in real estate. The
cave was owned by some colored people,
who had occupied it for 20 years, or
rather had cultivated the land around it.
Polished specimens of the onyx show* lines
of beauty equal to the finest Mexican
product.
TURNS A STORM TO PROFIT
Hereafter Omaha Houses Must Be
Better Built
From the Kansas City Star.
The greater part of the damage done
to frame houses in Omaha by the recent
tornado would not have occurred if the
houses had been properly built with “wind
braces,’’ was the assertion made here to
day by John W. Towle, head of the
relief committee in Omaha, which is re
pairing and putting back on their foun
dations the houses moved by tlie. storm.
Mr. Towle Is president of a large struc
tural iron work's in Omaha and is a prac
tical house builder, and as head of the
rebuilding end of the relief work has had
a fine opportunity to study the effect of
the wind on frame houses.
“We find that at least one-half of all
the frame houses wrecked by the storm
would have been saved if just a little
more money had been used In building
them by putting in cross studding,” Mr.
Towle said. “The houses that were
wrecked were mostly built in that ordi
nary slipshod way of placing the stud
ding straight up and down without cross
braces. Such houses offered no resist
ance to the wind. They went down like
so many pastboard boxes. But we found
that where studding had been put in
at an angle of 46 degrees, bracing the
houses to withstand the pushing force of
tfie wind, the houses w’ere moved off
their foundations—in some cases being
carried distances of two and throe blocks
—and yet they stood up, and with a lit
tle repairing and bracing they are ready
to be moved back again upon their foun
dations.
“Hundreds of houses that were wrecked
would have withstood the wind if their
builders had spent from $25 to $60 more
in cross-bracing the studding In each
one.
“Having been taught this lesson by the
storm the people of Omaha will have a
new buildings code by which frame houses
will be required to he cross-braced.
“I see you arc agitating the same sort
of a building code In this city. It is a
good thing and it should meet with no
opposition, because Kansas City is just as
likely to have a tornado as any other
city. It is wise for Kansas City to profit
by the lesson that has been taught Oma
ha, and to require buildings to be braced
to withstand the wind.”
The Christ and the Courts
From the Kansas City Journal.
A Chicago justice of the peace gets
into the limelight with tTie declaration
that he intends to run his court as Christ
would run It If He were presiding. This
is specially pertinent, perhaps, in view
of the fact that the late William T. Stead
wrote a remarkable book called “If Christ
Came to Chicago.” But a much more sig
nificant issue is involved than that con
cerning itself with any patricular locality,
A New York justice has adopted the
Chicago suggestion and lias written to
Mayor Gtetynor a request for the latter's
opinion ns to how Jesus Christ would
have acted if placed on the bench. Mayor
Gay nor very convincing ly replied that
Christ stood for the enforcement of law,
for patriotism and obi Jlence to all just
authority, and that every law enforcer
should abide by the provisions of the
law as it came to him, without seeking
to read into it liis own conception of
Christ's attitude or probable policy.
It may be remarked that Christ is not
needed on the bench nearly so urgently
as He is needed in the halls of legisla
tion. If the underlying principles of
Christian civilization were always embod
ied In the laws enacted there would be
little reason for decrying the interpreta
tion of law by the courts. The best and
only desirable policy for any judge, high
or low in rank, is to decide cases as an
Intelligent and law-abiding citizen of thf
twentieth century, leaving for those re
sponsible for inequitable legislation the
burden of blame. The mischief is done
far oftener in the city councils, the state
legislatures and the halls of Congress
than in the judicial tribunals. The real
! need is for putting Christ into the stat
! ute books, rather than into the records
| of decisions handed down. Get Christ
into the city halls and into the capitole
of state and nation, and not even a no
toriety seeking justice of the peace will
wonder what Christ would do if Ho were
i on tho bench.
London, April 30.—The Balkan ques
tion showed no development hero to
day. The American ambassador had a
prolonged conference with Sir Edward
Grey, secretary for foreign affairs, who
was also consulted by the Russian am
bassador.
A Constantinople dispatch says that
I lie porta has ordered Essad Pasha to
disarm and disband his native troops
end send the regulars to Bierm.
Foth Austria and Montenegro,
cording to Vienna and advices, are con
tinuing their military preparations
Montenegro has disputched 500 troops
drawn, from Scutari toward the Aus
trian frontier and has mounted hear;
guns above Cattaro. Great ministerial
and diplomatic activity prevails in
Vienna, where a council of war wa.
htid at the foreign office this evening
Olive-Glass
Fort Deposit, April 30.—(Special.
Tills afternoon at ti o'clock ut the homo
of the bride’s aunt, on south Hull
street, a pretty wedding was solemn
ized, the contracting parties being Mr
Garnett Glass of Fort Deposit and
Miss Vola Olive of Montgomery. Rev
McNeal. pastor of the Presbyterian
church, officiated.
The attendants were F. H. Glass of
Greenville and Miss Ruth Ham t.
Montgomery, 1A p. Glass of Garland
and Miss Alma Tillery of Montgomery.
Sir. Glass Is a representative citizen o
T.owndes county, who numbers his
friends by his acquaintances and i
identified with business Interests ai
Fort Deposit.
Playground Association to Meet
The regular monthly meeting of the
Birmingham Playground and Rorrea
tion association will be held in the of
fice of the president In the city hail
on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
A large attendance Is desired as sev
eral matters of importance will be dis
cussed.
TWO WHITES KILLED IN
BATTLE WITH A NEGRO
Three Prominent South Carolina Citizens Killed and Several
Wounded in Pitched Battle With Negro Crim
inal—Negro Escapes
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Hampton, S. C., April 30.—Three promi
nent Hampton county white pnern were
killed and Revel 1 wounded In a pitched
battle this afternoon and tonight with
Richard Henry Austin, a negro accused
of attempting to criminally assault a
white woman at Hu ray. S. C., today. Th**
dead are J. Frank Bowers, a Hampton
county planter; F. H. Kdenfield
of Allendale, S. C. The wounded include
Dr. S. C. Moore, probably fatally injured
George Hanna. McTccr Bowers and an
unidentified white man. Hanna and the i
unknown man are probably fatally in |
juieu.
Austin is alleged to have gone to the
home of a well known citizen of Duray
and attempted an assult upon a young j
woman about 4 o’clock this afternoon.
Cries of his intended victim are said to
have attracted passers by. The ne
gro escaped and sought refuge in a thick
woods. He was armed with a shotgun,
a bag filled with shells, a large revolver
| and a licit filled with cartridges. When
the pursuers approached the negro in
’he woods he penetrated further to a lit
tle bay almost entirely surrounded by
heavy undergrowth. An attempt was
made to follow by the white men and
tli*' negro opened fire. In the first ex
change of shots J. Frank Bowers wan
killed. Dr. Moore fatally wounded and
Oeorge Hannah was shot in the back.
Tin* pursuers retreated a short distance
and kept up a scattered fire at the negro
Help was summoned from Allendale an*I
Hampton and bloodhounds were ordered.
About s o’clock tonight .Magistrate F. H.
KdenfieM of Allendale,\who had joined
the posse, attempted to lead a dash into
the swamp. He was shot and instantly
killed and an unidentified man with him
was probably fatally wounded.
A cordon was drawn around the sec
/
tlon of the swamp where the negro was
at bay anrl reinforcement was awaited.
Shortly after 0 o’clock the negro made a
dash for liberty. Fuliy 60 shots were ex
changed. hut he broke through the cordon,
and escaped.
Bloodhounds are being rushed to the
scene from Barnwell. S. C., and from the
Etate penitentiary. Governor Blease also
has been requested to send troops to the
swamp, hut at a late hour no action had
been taken by the governor.
URGE REPEAL OF
CANAL TOLLS
Washington, April 30. Repeal of exemp
tion of American coastwise vessels from
the Panama canal tolls and an amend
ment to place all vessels doing an inter
state commerce business under the regu
lations of the Interstate commerce com
mission whs proposed today by Repre
sentative Britten of Illinois.
Transfer Bribe Cases
Charleston, W. Va., April 20.—Judge
Black of the Kanawha county court today
decided to transfer to Webster county
for trial tho cases o<* seven members of
the West Virginia legislature charged with
accepting bribes in United States sena
torial campaign of last February, 'rite
first case, that of Delegate S. D. G
Rhodes, who is alleged to have accepted
$15,000 to vote for Col. William Seymour
Edwards, may be called May 27.
^Concert in (Greenville
Greenville, April 30.—(Special.)—On
Friday evening a concert v ill be given
at the opera house under the auspices
of the Greenville Music study club. A
splendid programme has been arranged
consisting of vocal and instrumental
numbers by some of Greenville's best
talent.
BIG LAND DEAL T
THROUGHIND J1S
2500 Acres Sold For Coloni
zation Purposes—$30,000
Consideration
Selma. April 30.—(Special.)—A (leal was
closed here Tuesday afternoon late, whon
E. M. Elliott of Moundsville, Tuscaloosa
county, purchased from J. F. Hooper a
tract of land containing 2500 acres. Ths
consideration is mentioned as being $30»
000.
The tract of land is located about four
miles east of Selma and is known as the
Rat Smith place. Several years ago Mr.
Hooper purchased the tract of land for
about $15,000.
The tract of land was purchased by
Mr. Elliott for colonization purposes and
he proposed to cut it up into 40 acre
farms upon which he will settle white
farmers from the northwest. Within the
next six months he expects to locate
several families from the west. whcT’wTu
make their future homes in Dallas coun
ty.
During the past year quite a number
of large tracts of land in Dallas county
have been purchased for colonization
purposes. These different tracts of land
have been divided Into small farms and
are rapidly being settled by thrifty white
farmers from the west and northwest
who are seeking homes In the south.
Samuel Re-elected
London, April 30.—Sir Stuart Mon
tague Samuel, radical member of par
liament from the White Chapel divis
ion of London, who was obliged lo
vacate his seat on account of his firm
having last year become purchasers of
silver for the Indian government, was
re-elected today. He defeated Captain
Brown, unionist, by a vote of 1722 to
1556.
A REAL ~|
BANKRUPT
SALE!
No fake! No scheme! But a genuine forced and imperative conversion of merchan
dise into cash by a legally appointed receiver in bankruptcy!
NG’S K ASH STORE
1923 Second ’Avenue
Known for many years throughout the district for low prices and price cutting is now
in the hands of the bankrupt court and all goods must be sold.
Sale Starts This Morning at 9:30
O’Clock and Continues to May 5
After which time the creditors will meet and elect a trustee for the T. C. King estate,
and you may participate in a
5 Day Slaughter of This $25,000 Stock! Don’t Fail!
All Men’s Clothing and Ladies’Millinery and Furnishings
At Half Former Low Prices i
King’s Old Price Tags in Plain Figures Remain. Figure Off Half and Help Yourself r
500 Brand New Straw Hats at...$1.00
These are just opened, all styles, bought to sell for $2.50 to $3.50 (King’s price) and
mpre elsewhere.
MEN’S AND LADIES’ SHOES
1 Lot of Shoes, $1.50 value, choice.25c
$5.00 Shoes . ..$3.00
$4.00 Shoes ........ .$2.00
$2.00 Shoes.. ...... $1.00
Men’s $30 Suits ......^$15.00
Men’s $25 Suits.$12.50
Men’s $15 Suits..r,. .$ 7.50
Men’s $10 Suits.$ 5.00
Men’s $20 Suits...$10.00
Remember, Sale Begins This Morning, 9 O’Clock, and Continues Five Days. Let
Nothing Keep You Away
JOHN S. COXE, Receiver
Wanted—Additional Experienced Salespeople N
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