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Negro Convicted at Gads
den for Murder
PAVE WALNUT STREET
Cotton Crop Prospects Said to He
Never Hotter—Veteran Will Use
Same Fork at Reunion He
Had During the War
Gadsden, May . 1. (Special.' After being
out all night, the jur> in the case of
Kno^h Kyle, a negro, found him guilty
of the murder of his sweetheart, and
Sentenced him to life imprisonment. To
day was sentence day, but .iudge Tiilbrc
did not sentence Walter Pryor, the negro
who was given the death verdict for the
murder of G. F. Quest. A motion was
tiled by his counsel, asking that the ver
dict bo set aside. This motion will be
argued Tuesday. Rafe Coats, a negro,
■who shot and Wounded Oscar Guest, a
white man, at Attallu. was sentenced to
TO years in the penitentiary. Erie Hope
was given one year and 0- days for
grand larceny.
Bishop J. H. VincoiU.-the founder.of the
chAutauqua movement, will he the fea
ture of the opening day of the Chau
tauqua Monday.
v Traveling'salesmen in this territory say
I
that cotton crop prospects never wen*
better, arul that no poor stands ot cot
ton are to be seen.
About 50 members of Emma Sansom j
amp, I’nited Confederate veterans, will
leave here Monday morning at 10 o'clock
•<> attend the Chattanooga reunion. About
:jn of these asked for assistance, which
was given, about *7<> having been raised
by popular subscription for the purpose.
When S M. Otwell goes to the reunion
at Chattanooga next week, he will eat
with th< same fork width lie carried In
the war. He was a incinbfrq of the
Fourteenth Georgia volunteers. The mid
dle tine is gone, but its usefulness has
hot been impaired.
An ordinance providing fop the paving
of Walnut/street was passed last night
by the council. Final hearing on the
siibject will be June iti. The cost Is esti
mated at *22.212. The codncil also, placed
an order for a second auto tire truck
at a cost of *5844). An Atnerioan-La
Franee machine;- similar to the one now
in use. was ordered. It was also de
cided to place white oil on Forest avenue.
Sheriff Sparks of Marshall county has
seized a shipment of a six-gallon keg of
whisky ami a few smaller packages at
the GuritersviMe depot. It was thought the
liquor was shipped for an illegal purpose.
This is the first time the Webb law has
been invoked in Marshall county.
Col. R. R. Kyle, pionfecr of Gadsden,
and one of the best known men in north
Alabama. Is today celebrating bis 87th
birthday anniversary. M«■ received many
congratulations.
At S o’clock tonight the Provident In
surance company will hold its second
agency banquet at tin* Print up hotel.
Many noted men of north Alabama have
been invited.
Dieting
Ft-oni Tailor.
Miss Slimdlet So you have place'
yourself under the care of a physician
who reduced superfluous flesh. Did he
recommend any special diet?
New Boarder—No, madam; he simply
recommended your hoarding house.
FOOTWEAR
FOR THE
JUNE BRIDE
The June bride will require at least
throe pairs of slippers.
A pair of pumps or button oxfords
for street wear.
A pair of.white linen pumps for
afternoon wear.
A pair of black suede 01 patent ,
pumps for dress. ^ >
White Footwear
Lovely white line n
pumps witli white heels;
trimmed with tailored rib
bon bow or linen covered
buckle. White pumps
$3.90 and $4.00.
Dressy Pumps
The pumps for dress
June light turn soles ami
high, narrow heels.
In the varied display
are styles with ribbon
bows and styles with min
iature tongue and buckle
Charming pumps in
black suede, patent and
satin al
$4 and $4.50
Sired Pumps
and Oxlords
But Ion oxfords in black
kid and .nunmetal, tail calf
and brown kid. Styles that
show the smart recede loo
and the curved arch,
$3.50, $4.00, $5.00 I
Street pumps in dull kid,
'Tim metal and tan. These
pumps have short, recede
toe vamps and flexible soles,
$3.50, $4.00, $5.00
ONYX HOSIERY |
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, ■ waoroHD C^Kar.
A Blend of Straight
Kentucky Whiskies
Old Barbee is the WHISKEY li
result of finest - ..... - iinmm ..mu..
grain and inherited skill. For years and years folks in Wood
ford County have been making this fine old whiskey.
It comes to you direct
•I From the Heart of Kentucky’s Blue Grass
|j It’§ the kind you can’t Ret every day—
fj Taste it and you’ll admit ’’it’a the beat ever.”
jj! FOR SALE AT YOUR CLUB, CAFE, AND ALL GOOD BARS
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Bonds, Liability, Steam Boiler, Eire
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BAND GOSSIP
OF LONDON STAGE
“Get - Rich - Quick Walling
ford” Breaks Record
*
IS ASTOR BEHIND TREE
Takes Five of fantdon'a Rest to Pro
duce “Within the Law”—Mana
gers Discover New Way
to Advertise
\
II.' JOHN V\» CVUI'KVI'KH
London, May 24.—i Special.)_"(1 (>t
Kich-Qulck Wallingford" lias broken a
record. It has been performed more
than 150 times at the Queen's thea
tre, which till to this time has always
been considered one of tile hoodoo plav
hou es of Iaondon. Some of the musical
comedies which have played there have
reached the 150 performance mark but
a legitimate play never has.. The suc
cess of the Cohan rarce is due Irt a
vet' large measure to the acting of
Hale Hamilton .iust as the more modest
success of "Bought and Paid For" is
due 111 all etitial measure to the act
ing of Frank Craven.
Chorus Girl to Wed Lord Fitzgerald
I suppose you have heard the outlines
or' the latest of the surge and peerage
romances which are rapidly uniting
these two almost opposite conditions of
society. There seems to be something
in lb** beauty, vivacity and charm of
the higher class English comedy miss
that is overpowerlngty attractive to the
scions of the proudest families In this
country. Luckily for those wtio still
believe that "blood.will tell," etc., these
marriages concern usually the younger
sous and not the future holders of the
grcal titles. Strangely enough, when
these good looking chorus girls arc
transplanted Into Their new surround
ings and almost over night are called
upon to entirely change tlddr every
mode of life fhey acquit themselves
with honor. Remarkably few have been
the cases where such marriages have
resulted unhappily to such, an extent
ilia! a separations or a divorce ’has been
necessary.
The engagement which I have in mind
is Unit of Lord Edward Fitzgerald
younger bfothfr of the Duke of j.ein
.. premier duke of Hie Emerald Isle.
and .May Ethridge, yvho plays a small
lu'rt at ttie Shaftenstiury theatre. May
has the Gaiety theatre stamp about her,
having begun her stage career under
George Hdwardes' auspices some seven
yearn ago in "The New Aladdin." She
has the haughty, cold, reserved mein
that becomes a chorus girl who lie
longs to the aristocracy of her pro
fession. Lord Edward is a well known
tigurc about tows and Ids brother, the
duke, will probably lie more or less
familiar by name to American reader -
because of the many efforts Dame Ru
mor has made in the past to marry him
off lo an American heiress, lie is im
mensely wealthy and probably will
make Ids less forlutiale brother an al
lowance upon MV marriage,-ns did the
Marquis of Anglesey when his younger
brother, l.ord Victor Raget, married
Olivo May of the Gaiety recently.
To Produce Within the Law
"•’he Typhoon," tile Japanese plav
which, because it was laid in the far east,
was looked upon as more m less of a
rival of ‘-'I’iie Yellow Jacket," has just
about blown itself out, despite the due
acting of Laurence Irving and the uni
versal praise of everyone who has seen
the show. it w'i 11 he succeeded by the
English production of "Within the l aw."
which Is being done under the personal
supervision or Sir Herbert Tree. Evi
dently it takes many rooks in boil tin
theatrical pot nowadays, for in addition
I10 Tree there are concerned in the Eon
don production of the big American suc
cess no less than four others. There is I’.
Michael Faraday, a London land valuer
who secured the English rights and who
is now running a njusieal comedy at
ttu- i.yric; then there are Frederick Fenn
: and Arthur Wimperis, the adapters, who
j have taken some tat! liberties witii the
originnl manuscript; and finally there is
Frederick Harrison, yvho controls the
Hay-market theatre, at which the play
is to make its London bow.
But if the play- is overhurdened wi11 ■
producers .and tinkerers it will not have
the advantage of any big names in the
enst lo assist it on its difficult road to
success. Outside of that of Frederick
Ross, yvho is a sound actor, there is
hardlv a name familiar to any but the
most inveterate theatregoers.
New Way of Advertising
A new method of advertising a comiiitf
show has been discovered by the Lon
don managers. It is a large question if
tlu* means attains the end intended. Th •
dodge is to postpone production as many
times as tlie public patience will per
mit. Heretofore a postponement was
looked upon as approaching a calamity
hut evidently all that is now changed,
at any rate in the case of revues. “All
tiie Winners” at the Kmpire was tvvi •#
postponed before it was finally produced.
“Come Over Here’* had to skip a week
before rHe first <la> announced and now
tin; new Alhambra revue, “di Per Mile,'
by which Oeorjfe (irosstnith hopes to win
back his threatened laurels as the best
revue writer in London, was postponed
twice before it made its bow.
Astor Backing Tree
The financial affairs of His .Maj
esty's theatre over the destinies of
which Sir Herbert Tree presides, have
always been more or leas of a closed
book, especially to the general public.
In.some way known only to himself,
Sir llelbert lias seemed for years to be
largely independent of his box office.
It has always been understood that
his chief backers were members of the
enormously rich Rothschild family, hut
it came to me from a trustworthy
source yesterday that many of the gold
en sovereigns that have gone to ease
Sir Herbert’s mind of financial worries
have had their origin in certain New
York rent rolls. In other words, one
| of the most generous of the English
actor-manager's hackers at the present
| moment is none other than William
j Waldorf Astor, once a citizen of t’ncle
Sam. hut now a loyal subject of John
i Hull. Wiliam Waldorf is one of the
! most reticent men alive and although
I he spends a large part o# Vila Immense
! income every year lie does so in a quiet,
j i .Hi: st mil at ions way. He is greatly in
1 (created In the theatre, especially in
| anything approaching art with a eap
I ital “A.” and the writer remembers his
i surprise when calling for a chat over
la cup of tea with Maud Allan, the orig
inal Salome dancer, to discover in the
tiny sitting room of her Bloomsbury
flat an Immense floral offering from
the erstwhile American millionaire.
Why She Couldn’t I)o It
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A little girl of 7 or 8 years one day
stood silently before a closed gate.
A gentleman passed slowly. The littl"
girl turned and said to him:
“Will you please open tills gate for
me?”
The gentleman did so. Then lie said
kindly:
"Why, my child, couldn't you open
the gate for yourself?”
•'Because,” said the little girl, “the I
paint's not dry yet.”
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MRS. OSCAR R. HUNDLEY
IS ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS
Annual Meeting Held and Officers Chosen—Reports Disclose
Flourishing State of Affairs—Mrs. Jacobs to Do
Organizing Work Over State
!!>• MYRTLE MILES
j 11 iim iiiiii^—ii— iiMiiiiii iiiiiiB timmnLijniiMym—
MRS. OSCAR R. HUNDLEY
Who Was Elected President of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Asso
ciation^ Yesterday
The annual meeting of the Birmingham
Equal Suffrage association yesterday aft
ernoon disclosed a flourishing condition
of both membership and treasury. Re
ports were presented which indicated to
the enthusiastic, audience the immense
strides made by the organization dur
ing the two years of its existence and
the brightness of its prospects.
In the election of officers which con
cluded the meeting Mrs. Solon Jacobs,
who has held the office of president since
the birth of the association, was succeed
ed by Mrs. Oscar Hundley. Mrs. Jacobs
had declined to serve another term if
elected and has indicated to her friends
her intention of spending much of her
time in field work, organizing in the state
at large. Mrs. Hundley accepted the
presidency in a few graceful expressions
of appreciation and presided during the
conclusion of the meeting.
Mrs. 'V. L. Murdoch became first vice
president. Mrs. Angus M. Taylor, second
vice president; Mrs. Hutchinson of PraM
Pity, secretary: Mis. A. .!. Bowron was
re-elected treasurer; Miss Helen Benners
corresponding secretary. Mrs. H. H.
Snell is recording secretary.
The reports, of committees were heard
with frerjuent bursts of applause. Mrs:
Bowron reported $105 in the treasury—
the result of an occasional contribution
land of the proceeds from a lecture, as
there are no clues. The membership com
mittee reported 518 cm the membershi f
list—double the number of this time las'
year.
Mrs. Jacobs* Address
Mrs. ’Jacobs, in her opening address,
explained the attitude of the club con
cerning the number of its members thus:
• Rnrdlied membership by no means reg
isters all tlie pro-suffrage sentiment of
this community. Many good suffragists
will not give their names because of a
feeling of obligation to do active work;
some art* still too timid to announce pub -
licly their belief, and some from pres
sure of business or family reasons, are
unable to enroll. Many still do not un
derstand that we are not a club, but a
big broad organization, bound together
simply by the expression of belief that
women should have the sulTtage equally
with men, af»d to devise ways and means
of promulgating this belief, and that
membership is not based on any Invitation
to join forces wttjp us. It is unfair to
assume that all those not enrolled are
opposed. The fac t is. that many are sim
ply indifferent", knd it is this apat/iv
which is the most difficult element to
overcome. Herein lies our hardest work
to make people see not only the im
portance, but expediency of giving the
ballot to women.
“The first thing necessary to us then,
seemed to be numerical strength, but
we are fast getting beyond this stage,
as we see now. in Birmingham suffrage
sentiment expressed it' sociological con
ferences, business men’s luncheons, wom
en's clubs, labor meetings: In letters to
the public press, in school debates: in
fact, whenever and wherever people
gather together. All this Is a healthy
sign, for Intelligent discussion of the suf
frage question brings inevitably In its
wake conviction, and finally, recruits to
the ranks of the suffrage army. Do not
infer that we no longer need and desire
new members. We do mow and we ai-.
ways will."
Definite Appeal for Funds
In her recommendation for future
work on the part of the organization,
Mrs. Jacobs made a definite appeal for
funds with which to further the cause
of equal suffrage. She said:
“There is one criticism which it
seems fair to make. You have support
ed your officers and board morally and
| by active participation in any practical
work we have undertaken, but finan
cially you have not yet learned to have
any feeling of responsibility. It costs
I something to distribute literature free
[ ly, to conduct a booth at a fair, to
bring lecturers here, .and to do a num
j her of things which lack of funds
makes impossible and insofor handicaps
our growth and expansion. For the en
suing year will you not, therefore,
make some saerfflee for the sake of this
human betterment work? ('an you not
contribute of your own income a speci
fied amount, however small? Or it may
be? earn the money by whatever legit
imate means your ingenuity prompts.
1 Remember that we cannot do effective
| work without financial assistance.”
Mrs. Jacobs’ further recommendations
outlined a plan of action which met
with an undoubted response, judging
from the prolonged applause which fol
lowed her address. She said:
“It'‘Seems clear to me that our ca
reer should he marked by three stages:
First, the educational, from which we
I have not yet emerged; educating and
I informing ourselves and the public as
j to the basic principles and real mean
I ing of equal suffrage. Next our or
ganization period, when team work is
perfected and each committee or de
partment is inter-active and co-opera
tion with all the others: and. finally,
"in’ actual campaign for the passage of
°>ir bill by the legislature whence the
(att.'e must he taken to the voters
themselves. After »«' gain the suf
frage, our association will undoubedi
ly he merged Into a civic organiza
tion, for this Is (he-history of suffrage
associations In states where women are
enfranchised, notably fallfornla. There
can ho no objection, according to my
Ideas, to giving moral support to cer
tain measures, promoting ihe industrial
legal and educational condition of the
humn race and J hope Ihe time will
never route when this body will turn
a deaf ear (o any such, but danger lurks
in scattering rather than conserving
our strength, time, effort and resources
for gaining the main object of our ex
istence. namely, equal suffrage. It fs
I repeat, a problem. One which the as
sociation as'a whole and not l will
have to solve. I can but point out the,
dangerous temptation* to go to au ex
treme either ,way.
Plan in New York
"The plan of district organization ns
outlined and perfected liy I lie woman's
suffrage party of New York seems ad
mirably adapted to meet conditions
here. We arc fust approaching the
time when affiliated branches in Kus
ley. Mast Bake. Woodlawn, Avondale
and North Birmingham may he formed.
Sentiment exists, we know in these
Places, and If the district plan. Is fol
lowed out by you these may ho or
ganized without very much effort, l.«.
come district branches of the Birming
ham association. And now 1 am brought
to a most important recomitfendatlou,
the establishment of permanent head
quarters. Jf we could only have a Tew
cubic led of space to call our* own'
A place where xvc could gtfthd to
gether. could keep our literature and
supplies, could find helpful hooks, maps.
Information, newspapers and period
icals and a suffrage atmosphere, tint'
Indescrlhahie community of interests
which makes every good suffragist mi
immediate friend. Wc arc ready for
this and we ran do It! The officers
alone cannot: the executive committee
cannot, but the B. K. S. A. can. Will
you ?”
I
Force of Ocean's Wave
From tlic Chicago Tribune.
The average Inland American who ha*
never seen the ocean has no real idea of
the force of its waves. He reads about
the storm, of boats being carried away
and bulwarks stove in. But lie does not
realize the steam-hammer blows that may
lie struck by mere water.
A recent storm on the British coasts
teceivcd the official designation of a
storm of “extreme force.“ A picture
taken in Hastings harbor shows the con
< uaalon with which the waves struck the
yea. wall, sending tiie spray apparently
l igher than the buildings along the street.
Blocks of concrete and Iron railing were
torn from the new parade extension at
Caroline Place and tossed back into tlie
roadway as If they had been bits of
plank. Timber work that had withstood
the stress of years was torn apart and
< arried away. Basements were flooded
along all the seaward face of the town.
Such a storm, when It sweeps over h
ship, will sometimes carry away almost
everything on deck. Deckhouses are often
> mashed and the lifeboats are often stove
in and ruined.
Various attempts have been made to
devise motors to develop power from the
force of the vvavw. The amount of en
ergy wasted through their lack of suc
cess is beyond estimate. If the power
nf the sea could be used, it would drive
the machinery of an unlimited number of
plants.
Newlyweds and To-Be-W eds
Are Buying Home
Sites in
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MILNER HEIGHTS
Coolest Place in Birmingham
It seems that Milner Heights appeals strongly to young mar
ried couples and those who contemplate matrimony in the near
future.
We say this because we have sold several desirable lots to
young people, who have been quick to appreciate the advantages
of Milner Heights, the reasonable price of the property, the ex
cellent terms on which it is being sold and the splendid arrange
ments which can be made for financing a home.
On a Sunday Afternoon
Visit the property. It is a pleasant way to spend the cool of the
day, and you will certainly find a lot theft is exactly suited to your
needs, at a price that will fit your purse.
$30 to $70 Per Front Foot
And the price includes all the improvements—streets, sidewalks,
curbs and gutters, storm and sanitary sewerage; gas, water and
sewer service pipes to the curb line of every lot, and a splendid
comprehensive landscaping plan.
The payments are one-fourth cash and the balance one, two
and three years at 6(/o interest. We will assist you to finance a
home.
MILNER LAND CO.
1107-8 Empire Building Telephone Main 8038