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10 HENDERSONVILLE
Students From Southern
Colleges at Military
Training Camp
ALABAMA STUDENTS
MAKE GOOD SHOWING
Camp Will Be Held in Asheville Again
Next Summer if Present Plans
Carry—President of Lehigh
Addresses Boys
By JOHN T. KV \NS
Asheville, N. C\, July HO.—(Special.)
Students from universities and colleges in
the south, including a good representa
tion from Birmingham and Alabama, who
ere encamped with regulars at the foot of
Sunset mountain, in the southern stu
dent's military training camp, went on a
forty-mile hike to Hendersonville and will
not return to Asheville before the end of
the week.
The students left here Saturday morn
ing on their long walk and arrived in
Hendersonville Monday morning early.
There they were on parade and general
GOVERNOR LOCKE CRAIG
Of North < nrwltnn, addrcNNliiK Mill
dert»* military camp at Asheville, N. C.
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inspection for two days. The return trip
will be made leisurely, and It is expected
that much valuable training in regular
military life will be acquired by the
young men.
Birmingham Well Represented
Birmingham is represented in the camp
by Chappell Cory, Jr., and Armstrong
Cory, sons of^Chappdl Cory; James A.
Downey, Jr., Kenneth Plunkett, Charlie
White and several others. The health of
the Birmingham boys lias been excellent
during their stay here and they are de
lighted with the military training receiver
by them from some of the best offi
cers in the United States regular army,
who were sent to Asheville by the war de
partment on special duty.
Chappell Cory, Jr., is one of the most
enthusiastic of the 150 or more students
in camp. “We have had a great time ir
the Land of the Sky,” said Mr. Cory tc
a representative of The Age-Herald to
day.
“The boys have bad a rather strenuous
time, from a military standpoint, but thai
is just what we came for and all of us
are well pleased. I was a student it th<
University of Alabama when representa
tives of the camp visited Tuscaloosa Iasi
spring lo arouse interest among the boys
At that time the Mexican crisis, so ti
speak was at hand, end several of tin
boys who were anxious for military ca
reers thought that we would take advan
lage of the splendid proposition offered bj
the United States government, so we do
citted to come to Camp Grove for the 4<
days' period of instruction. I dare saj
none of us regret our action.”
Alabama Boys Stand Well
According to the officers of the camp
the Alabama boys stand well in then
classes at the camp. It Is a regula
school of military instruction, and shouh
the services of the young men of tin
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CAFTAIW PRF.STOAi IlltOWV
Voting Alnhitinn officer, uitnclicil t<
fir Seventeenth infantry, I', s. A., nbi
In In eutnntniHl of students' ntilitiir:
remit at Asheville, Al. C. iiovorno
Locke Craig on right of Brown.
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South ever he necessary in case of wai
then Uncle Sam will go to the meter an
pick out those who stand tile highest a
the camp now in progress, anti issue t
them commissions as officers In tile arm
mobilized. Tlie young students have el
tered the military training camp pra<
tically on the same basis as cadets ai
appointed to tt)e United States Mllltar
academy at West Point, and they stan
an excellent opportunity to become 01
fleers in the future army.
The camp will he held In Asheville agai
next summer, if present plans are carrle
put. and even a greater effort will t:
made to secure delegations from Alt
bama Institutions of learning, from liig
schools to the universities. Dr. Geor*
Tf. Denny, president of tile University <
Alabama, being a member of tlie hoar
of directors of the military training rami
for students. It is expected that next yet
he will have a much greater Influent
than he did tills year In Inducing your
men. with military Inclinations, to corr
to camps.
Dr. Henry Sturgis Drinker, president <
Lehigh university, came to Asheville at
visited Camp Grove this week, golr
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Merchants Give Half Holiday
and Barbecue Had
FIFTY VATS FINISHED
Equipment fur County High School
Purchased—Civil Service Exam
inations Held—Cotton Open
ing Rapidly
Marion, July 30.—<Special.)—Marlon mer
chants ure giving the lirst half-holiday
in celebration of the formal opening of
Davis park, this afternoon. A huge bar
becue was given at the park and prac
tically all of Marion, as well as the
surrounding county, were present. No
single enterprise started here during the
past 50 years has proven so universally
popular as the new park and big .swim
ming pool, the latter being supplied with
water from a group of flowing wells. The
club’s membership extends throughout the
county and the daily attendance often
equals a thousand persons who come from
Selma to Greensboro and from T’niontown
almost to Centreville.
Equipment for the county high school
has been purchased. The chair seats of
the Methodist church will go to the audi
torium as the church is placing new and
modern pews. Many tables and equip
ment for the domestic science department
will he made under the direction of Pro
fessor York, thus saving $200 in the cost
of equipment.
Dr. bieninger, who has supervised the
building of the dipping vats in Perry
county, has been transferred to DeKalb
county. About f/J vats are now complete
and cattle is being dipped daily through
out the county.
A large party of sportsmen from Marlon
and Birmingham are on a wild cat hunt
in the extreme eastern portion of the
county, along Orkmulge creek.
Five applicants took the civil service
examination this week for clerkships in
the local postoffice.
The county board of registrars have
secured 37 new voters in the round just
finished.
R. L. Mirce has harvested $1500 worth
of Burr clover seed from six acres three
miles south of town, and the land will
produce at least five bales of cotton also
tills year. The indications are that hun
dreds of acres now in cotton will go for
clover next year.
Cotton is opening fast on plantations
near Marion and with favorable weather
picking will start two weeks hi advance
of last year, and a probable yield of 2000
extra bales for Marion.
SUFFRAGETTES TO
Ohio Women Invade State
house and Ask for
Vote
Columbus, O., July 30.—Starting their
second campaign Ohio suffragists in
vaded the atateliousc today and placed
on file in the office of the secretary
of state initiative petitions for the
submission in the November election of
a proposal to amend the constitution
so as to give women the right to vote.
A proposed suffrage amendment was
defeated in September, 1912.
The women expressed their resent
ment of the action of state officials in
refusing to receive the delegation
which carried the petitions to the
statehouse. Secretary of State Graves
was busy in his private office when
tho women arrived and he sent word
} he could not see them.
Before going to the eapitol several
hundred men and women took part in a
parade through crowded streets bound
ing Capitol square. The demonstration
closed tonight with an informal recep
tion and banquet at a hotel.
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Will Advocate a Convention.
Present Constitution Bar
to Progress
Isaaore Shapiro, after conferring the
heads of several state departments in
regard to legislation which he intends to
introduce next January in the regular
session of the legislature, has returned
to Birmingham.
It developed that Mr. Shapiro will raise
his voice in the interest of a constitu
tion convention. He believes that the
present constitution is antiquated and a
hindrance to the progress of the state.
In this connection, he says:
“The crying need of tho state is a new
constitution, r did not discover how anti
quated our constitution is until I under
'ook a study of intended legislation. Ala
bama is as sadly hobbled by Its con
» stftution as any other state of the union.
' The present constitution is a bar to prog
ress. The greatest good that could come
’ to Alabama would be tho adoption of a
now constitution which would permit the
, stat* to stop forward.
1 later to Hendersonville where he dellv
' ere-1 an address to the students of the
-» camp. Dr. Drinker is quite enthusiastic
V ovoi the military training camp Idea of
* j the war department and has clone every
- '■ thing that was within his power to make
1 the movement a success. Last year he
y was a visitor to the only camp estab
J lished, near Gettysburg, and it is the in
- tention of Dr. Drinker, who is a noted
educator, to go to all four of the • amps.
ii now in progress, before returning to bis
A home.
e Splendid weather has been the rule dur
- ing the entire time of the camps' cxial
h er.ee near Asheville and this has con
2 tributed in a great way to the success
f of the undertaking.
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r Take Groves*
e The Oid Standard Grove's Tastless
g Chill Tonic. Is equally valuable as a
e General Tonic because It contains the
well known tonic properties of QUI
•f NINE arid IRON. Drives out Malaria,
d enriches blood, builds up the Whole
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HR. PRESTON BLAKE
SPEAKS TONEfiRQES
Alabama Baptist Sunday
School Convention in
Session Here
A sympathetic address of welcome tc
the negro delegates by Dr. Preston Blake
!»astor of the Southside Baptist church
in address of welcome by the pastor ol
die Sixth Avenue Baptist church and th*
[>lea of the president. Prof. A. S. Plump
for harmony and larger co-operation be
iween all the forces in the state in ol
der that the various causes of the denomt
nation might attain their greatest sue
•ess were the principal features of tht
lirst day's session of the Alabama Bap
tist State Sunday School convention, com
l>osed of several hundred colored work
r»rs. in session ot the Sixth Avenue Bap
ist church, corner Sixteenth street anc
Avenue F.
Coming directly after the close of tlx
Baptist Young People's Union, the con
entlon retains all of those delegates anc
i large number of others immediately
‘r.gaged in Sunday school work from al
>ortions of the state. More than 150C
i si tors are in the city attending the
neeting, and at each session the mair
luditorium is crowded.
Dr. S. X. Vass of Raleigh, N. C., field
ifccretary of the American Baptist Pub
ication society, gave two lectures on
lormal Bible work, while Helen Mac
Alpine gave expert demonstrations in
landling a Sunday school class. In addi
ion to this. Prof. R. B. Hudson of Sel
na. secretary of both the National Pap
ist convention and the National Baptist
Sunday School congress, has given re
>orts of the big Sunday school meetine
icld recently In Beaumont, and explained
nany of the new klt-as promulgated by
hat organization.
An honor was conferred upon the ven
»rable Dr. (’. O. Boothe, who leads the
levotions and gives short Bible lectures
ft hen at the instance of the Rev. A. F
dwens, a resolution was pass -d indors
ing him to write a history of the negre
I’aptists of Alabama. President Plumy
inm»ur\ced the following committees:
State Missions— E. S. Steinbeck. J. II.
Kelly, William Hornby. Mrs. R. T. Pol
lard, W. F. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Smith
Alice Watkins, M. B. H. McDullie, T. M
llowze and M. Rhodes.
Accounts and Claims—J. M. T. Cunning
ham, K. E. Randall, John W. Williams
D. C. Spencer, T. P. Scott, R. B. Sims
Minnie Mixon, R. M. Hall. H. Y. Woods.
National Baptist Publishing Board
John W. Gondgame, S. M. Hull, Velmt
Wood, E. S. (Join, E. W. McDaniel, .1. F
Duvall. <J. W. Williams, c. Askew, Mrs
Anna Thomas, c. H. Denson, J. A. Wil
son
Time and Place— W. S. Johnson. A. S
Prince. T. E. Kynard, R. L. Riggs. V
Eeatherwood, Francis Foster, S. E. Cook
II. II. Rountree, Mrs. E. M. Davis, .1. F
Williams, A. C. Koyton, Mrs!1 Adelli
Lcgan.
American Baptist Publication Society
F. R. Kennedy, Q. C. Craig, E. H. Tngra
ham, E. D. Peterson. Mrs. E. A. Gaile
Mrs. Ida K. King. I. E. Dismuke, J. W
L’oates.
The silver dollar rally held in the in
terest of Selma university resulted ii
nearly 1500 for that school. Short ad
1 resses were delivered by Moses 8. Hun
ter, a. negro merchant of Selma; E. AY
Howell of this city, president of the At
lanta-Alabama Special Benefit company
representing the Birmingham Negro Busi
ness league and Dr. J. D. Crenshaw o
Nashville, editor of the Union-Review
published in Nashville. Tc-nn., the officia
organ of the connection.
Rev. C. S. Reddick of Mcntgomer;
preached a powerful sermon at the nigh
session from Joshua, (1:6-9. stressing th
importance of Bible study.
The parade of Sunday school worker
will take place at 5 o’clock this aftei
noon, forming at the Sixteenth Strec
Baptist church on the Northside. R. 1
Hudson of Selma will have charge, an
each district president will lead the mem
bers from his district, followed by su
perintendents, teachers and Sunday schoc
workers from the Birmingham dlstrici
The parade will proceed to the Sixth Ave
nue Baptist church.
FIRST BALE SOLI)
IN SELMA BRINGS
261-8C PER POUND
Selma. July 30.—(Special.)—Seim
held up her reputation today as bein
the highest priced cotton market in th
state when the lirst bale of the ne'
season crop was auctioned off in froi:
of the cotton exchange at noon and sol
at a price higher than has been pai
for any other first bale in the star
The bidding on the new bale was spii
ited for several minutes and started r
15 cents, but was finally sold to A
Hohenberg & Co. for 26c per pound.
The new bale of cotton was grown b
J oil 11 A’ance, on his plantation nea
Fremont. Autauga county, 15 mile
milts notrh of Selma, and was receive
hero Wednesday night. The new bal
classed as strict middling and weighe
483 pounds. The first bale of the ne
crop last year was received in Seim
on August 5. The new bale sold tod a
also breaks a record oi several yeat
as being the first bale of the new cro
to be received in Selma during tl:
month of July.
yThe new bale was one of the best, fin
kstfes to be received in Selma In seven
years past. The second and third bah
of the new crop are expected to be r«
ceived in Selma before the end of tl’
week.
AT NEWSPAPER CLUB
Among the out-of-town visitors reg
istered at the Newspaper club yestei
day were the following: \Y. P. Nespo
Chicago: A\\ A. Gibson. Quinton; E. 1
Nabors, Montevallo; AV. E. Klutz, Tui
calooea; C. Cohn. Montgomery; L. ]
Thompson, Knoxville: Samuel Furrie
Mobile; T. AV. Peagler, Greenville; A’
E. Whitley. Atlanta; C. P. Bowshe
Eanesville, Ky.; M. <>. Jackson, Atlanti
J. B. Dunlap, Charleston. S. C.; B.
Clark, Tid Hasaey, New York; AA\ 1
Chlsle, Atlanta; John C. Martin, C<
Iambus, Ga.: J. O. Bender. New O
leans; J. .T. Drakeford, W. it. Day, A
lanta; J. AA’. Stanfield. Sr.. J. W. Stai
field, Jr.. Clantonv James I*. Orman
Texarkana, Tex.; M. C. Shepherd. Ba
timore. Md.; George Selden. Atlanti
E. J. Smith. Sylacauga ; Cary II. Cock
Columbus. Miss.; J. IT. Barker, Toat
vine; Carl Barrett, Irondale; E. ]
Hanna, Eynchburg, A*a.: Ernest Coke
Memphis.
After
Shaving
Air-float Talcum r
moves the shiny redne
and gives that smoot
natural, wholesome effe
that men covet.
TALCUM FUFF CO.
Miners and Manufacture
Bush Terminal Bulldli
Brooklyn. N. V.
DECATUR PRIMARY I
ON SEPTEMBER 21
Five Candidates Spoken of
for Mayor
FIVE FOR ALDERMEN
Council Will Elect Other City Offi
cials—Rumored Chenault, Repub
lican, Will Oppose Foreman,
Democrat, for Sheriff
Decatur. July 30.—(Special.)—The city
election takes place on September 21,
and already there are a number of can
didates in the tunning for mayor of De
catur. Among those spoken of as being
possible candidates for mayor are the
following: .lames A. Nelson, a well known
jeweler; Capt. P. J. Edwards, the present
mayor; T. M. Jones, a prominent cot
ton man and a member of the city coun
cil; Dr. E. J. Conyngton and Dr. W. L.
Dinsmore, both prominent physicians. Dr.
Dinsmore is also a member of the city
council.
At the same time a mayor is elected
there will be five aldermen elected. James
Mitchell and S. I. Nichols, both well
known merchants, are being spoken of as ,
possible candidates for aldermen. The
city clerk, city attorney, city marshal
and policemen are to be elected by the
new board of aldermen.
ft ic rumored that Walter Chenault will j
be a candidate on the republican ticket H
to oppose Mi. Foreman, the democratic fc
nominee for sheriff of this county.
Mr. Chenault has served in the revenue *>
department of the government in this
state for a number of years. fc
It is understood that the county repub- \
Mean committee will meet here about
August 8 for the purpose of nominating
a county ticket. It is said that nomina
tions are likely to be made for mem- J
hers of the state legislature, state sen- 1
ate and sheriff.
Mrs. Will W. Nelson is entertaining *
this week as her house guests Miss Fan
nie Charles Mitchell and Mrs. Jesse f
Chants of Birmingham. Picnics at Moul
ton Heights and at the clubhouse on 1
! Beaver lake have been given in their (
I honor. They will return to Birmingham *
next week.
DR. FABIAN MEETS
f ' :
Former Birmingham Man
Was Bathing at Ottawa
Beach, Mich., When
Tragedy Occurred
i
News reached Birmingham yesterday
ol' death by drowning in Michigan of
i j
Dr. j. J. Fabian, formerly of Birmingham
and son of Mr. and Mrs. David Fabian of
* Birmingham. Details of the tragedy had
- not been learned last night except that
1 Dr. Fabian, who was a practicing phy
j sician in Grand Rapids, Mich., had gone
. to Ottawa beach in that state for an
- outing and was drowned while bathing
l last Tuesday.
His remains will reach Birmingham to
night and the funeral will he held Sun
day morning from the residence of his
- sister, Mrs. L Levy, 1208 North Twenty
fifth stieet.
MADISON COUNTY S. S.
CONVENTION MEETS
" | Prominent Slate Workers in Attend
ance at Hazle Green—Southern
Builds Cattle Pen
v Huntsville, July SO.—(Special.)—The
t twenty-fifth annual convention of the
:1 Madison County Sunday School asso
[1 ciatTon is holding its sessions at Hazle
Green, where the delegates from all
^ Parts of the county are being enter
[• tained in the homes of the people of the
community. Dr. W. T. MoCown, pres
v Went, is in the chair, and there are
J, several prominent state workers in at -
s tendance. The Madison County asso
j elation, which is one of the best or
ganizations of its kind in the country,
' was organized in the First Presbyte
v ricn church here 25 years ago. A suit
able programme has been prepared for
the celebration of the anniversary.
The Southern railway is building a
large cattle pen near the freight de
. pot and will be ready after a few days
c for handling large shipments of cat
tle. It Is stated that cattle shipments
' have increased 100 per cent during the
last year, duo to the elimination of the
H cattle tick and the consequent in
crease in the number of cattle raised
e for the market by the farmers.
Many relics of the old days are be
ing found in the Bell factory building
which is being torn away to make room
for a modern business house, and
among the most interesting is an an
cient tintype, showing a group of
prominent citizens of 40 years ago
standing in front of the courthouse.
r» The group Is composed of Probate
b Judge Thomas J. Taylor. Mayor Alfred
Moore, Sheriff John W. Cooper. Thomas
,, Whte, Mr. Ware, an unidentified man.
and a small boy. Ex-Mayor Moore is
the only survivor of the group.
n WALKER IS*STRONG
' FOR GOOD ROADS
. _
•- J. H. Cranford of Jasper Comes Here
;; to Purchase Auto—Finds Highways
i. in (iood Condition
. j H, Cranford, member of the leglsla
b, tore and well known citizen of Jasper.
l" came to Birmingham yesterday with one
car. and returned with two. The trip to
’ Birmingham was made In a Ford car.
! He purchased while here a Maxwell.
- "Tlie roads are so good and the In
dications are that they will be so much
better—not only in Walker county, but
In all the counties of the state— that it is
’ a pleasure to own automobiles." said Mr.
Cranford. "The good roan sentiment in
is Walker Is lumpuiu, and :s extending
). all over the state. Sometime ago, we
!t voted a bond issue of *250,000 for goo*
roads in Walker, and soon our highways.
„ at present good, will he the peer of any
■ in the country.
"This morning, l rode from Jasper to
I Old Democrat, about is miles, in 40 min
utes. When I was a boy, I often made
that same trip tn an ox cart in 12 hours.
This is but Illustration of improvements
which come with age. Now we have sup
planted ox cart with automobiles, and
impassable roada with model highways.”
OFFICIAL MAP OF THE WEATHER
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Weather Forecast
Washington, July 30.—Forecast foi
labama and Mississippi: Partly cloudj
'riday and Saturday: probably loca:
howers near the coast; light to mod
rate variable wind.
Tennessee: Partly cloudy Friday anc
p.turday.
Georgia: Partly cloudy Friday anc
nlurday; light to moderate variable
•inds.
Local Data
For the ‘J-l hours ending at 7 p. m.
uly 30:
iighest temperature .
<owesl temperature .
lean temperature .
iormal temperature . ®
)eficiency In temperature since
January 1 . 3 ~
tulnfall .
'otal rainfall since January 1 •••
Jetlciency in rainfall since Janu
ary 1 . R‘
Ulative humidity (7 a. m.) . "
•dative humidity (7 a. m.) .
Weather Conditions
Birmingham, July 30.—(7 p. m.)—Ther
ias been a slight increase in pressure
iver the eastern and southeastern por
ions of the country during the past 2
lours, and the small barometric depres
ijon located in the eastern gulf Wednes
lay night was moved into the gulf o
ias combined with the genral low pres
Hire conditions over the southwest. Thl
ias brought about more settled weathe
)V0r the eastern half of the country gen
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erally, although considerable cloudiness
continues over the Mississippi basin.
Light showers occurred at Galveston, Mo
bile. and in southern Florida. Other rain
areas occupied portions of the north At
lantic states, and the upper Mississippi
and plains sections.
Temperatures have continued high over
western portions of the cotton belt and
Kansas. Dodge City reported a maximum
reading of 100 degrees, Palestine 100 de
grees, and Oklahoma City and Fori
Worth reported 1.04 degrees. Fort Worth
recorded 100 degrees at 7 p. m. All others
reported readings in excess of 90, except
coast stations. East of the Mississippi,
temperatures were about 10 degrees lower,
ranging between 78 and 86 degrees at 7
p. in.
Summary of observations made at
United States weather bureau stations
during the 24 hours ending 7 p. m., 75th
meridian time:
Temp'ture Pre
High Low cip
To- Last ita
day. N’ht. tion.
Abilene . 98 72
' Apalachicola . 90 74
1 Atlanta . 82 68
Birmingham . 88 61
Boston . 62 58 .02
5 Brownsville . 96 74
3, Buffalo . 71 56* .10
Burrwood . 94 so
. Calgary . 92 48
Charleston . 82 To
‘ Chicago .^. 76 66
■ Corpus Christ! ./.. 90 76
• Denver . 80 62
Dos Moines . SO 62 .24
Dodge City . 100 72
5 Duluth . 61 58 .0!
'I Durango . 84 56
-1 Fort Worth . 104 .
Galveston.. 92 80 .Of
Green Bay. 76 64
Hatteras . 76 68
Havre . 98 68
Helena . 90 60
Huron . 86 68 . 24
Jacksonville. 84 70
Kansas City.% 88 70
Knoxville . 80 58
Louisville . 84 62 ...
Memphis ...... 90 66
Miami .,. 90 74 .10
Mobile . 88 74 .16
Modena . 84 56 .03
Montgomery . 90 70
Nashville . 84 66
New Orleans . 96 80
New York . 66 60
North Platte . 88 68
Oklahoma . 104 78
Palestine . 100 80
Phoenix . 100 72 .04
Pittsburg . 74 56
Portland . 86 58
Raleigh .,. 78 60
Rapid City . 86 62 .01
Roseburg . 90 56
Roswell . 92 62
Salt T^ake City. 92 72
San Antonio . 98 74
San Francisco . 62 50
Sault Ste. Marie . 78 60
Sheridan . SS 54 ... '
Shreveport . 94 74
Spokane . 100 56
St. Louis . 88 64
St. Paul . 6! 62 .13
Tampa . 90 74 .28
Toledo . 71 54
Vicksburg . 90 72
Washington . 72 56 .otf
Williston . 86 62
Winnemucca .. 94 54
Winnipeg . 84 66 ..,
E. C. HORTON, Local Forecaster.
Chief Engineer of Steel Cor
poration in Anniston on
Business
Anniston, July 30.— (Special.) Chief
Engineer Merriman of the United
States Steel corporation is here, and
nas been studying the ore properties of
the Woodward Ore company, and the
are property of W. R. Bert, the Sagi
naw, Mich., multimillionaire.
Mr. Merriman resides at Duluth,
Minn., and it was lie who developed the
great Messaba ore fields on Bake Michi
gan for the Steel corporation. Mr.
Hurt is said to be a director of the Steel
corporation and he is reputed to have
leased the Messaba ore mines.
Just what significance the mining ex
pert's visit to Anniston and vicinity
has, cannot be ascertained, though It
is thought that he is here in the in
terest of some of the parties to the
suit between W. R. Burt on one side
and the Woodward Ore company on the
other.
Mr. Burt owns 40,000 acres of land
in this county and in ClebuHie county,
the majority of which is fine timber
lands, though several thousand acres 01
it contains one of the most valuable
deposits of iron ore in the country.
The Woodward Ore company, in which
Mr. Burt has large investments, owns
3000 acres of fine ore property just east
of this city, and it is over the dispo
sition of this property that a suit, now
just beginning, which may involve hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, will be
fought.
The Woodward Ore company is ask
ing the courts to allow them to sell the
lands for a division of the proceeds. Mr.
Burt is resisting this proceeding on the
grounds that a fair and equitable di
vision of the land can he made without
a sale. If a sale is ordered, it is un
derstood that both Mr. Burt and the
Woodward interest will bid against
each other for the property.
Interesting developments are ex- 1
pec ted In the suit of the stockholders
for the dissolution of the Anniston City
Band company, a $1,000,000 corporation
here.
It is understood that the manager of
the land company has made his annual
report to the stockholders within the
past few days, and counsel for the com
plaining stockholders consider the re
port damaging to the corporation's in
terests in the suit. They have filed an
amendment to their original bill In
equity and incorporated this report or
portions of it in the bill.
TWO DETECTIVES
PUT UNDER BOND
Warrants were sworn out yesterday
morning before Judge H. B. Abernethy,
charging Detectives R. G. Williams and
Pen Brown with accepting a bribe, by
Detective T. E. Strelt, on orders from
Commissioner of Public Justice A. O.
Bane. Officers Williams and Brown
immediately made bond to the amount
of $300 and were released. The pre
liminary hearing was set for next
Thursday. August 5. They deny the
charge.
Children Cry
- ~ FOR FLETCHER’S
OASTO R I A
V * * ' f
BOARD REFUSES TO
CONSIDER RAISES
Montgomery Revenue Board
Declares Present Assess
ments Will Stand
Montgomery, July 30.—(Special.)—The
Montgomery county board of revenue to
day refused to consider 1000 tax raises
suggested by Frank Peabody, county tax
commissioner, and John O’Brien, held
agent of the state tax commission. ^The
board, in passing a resolution declaring
the present assessments would be allowed
to stand, acted similarly to the Marengo
county board of revenue, which several
weeks ago refused to try cases wherein
assessments had been raised by the tax
commission.
John S. Mooring, chairman of the state
lax commission, represented the state at
today's bearing before the board of rev
enue, and engaged in a warm passage of
words with R. H. Jones and W. T. Rob
inson, members of the board, relative to
the proposed raises.
burglarsIbecome
ACTIVE AT CAPITAL
More Than $400 Worth of Ix>ot Se
cured by Thieves Wednes
day Night
Montgomery, July 30.—(Special.)—More
than $400 worth of loot was secured by
bufglars who broke loose In Montgom
ery last night, according to Information
received by the police this morning. The
boldest burglary occurred at the home of
Frank I). Kirven, cashier of the Mont
gomery Bank and Trust company, where
$14 in money and $75 worth of jewelry
was stolen.
The robbers threatened to kill Mrs. O.
H. Whittaker, mother of Mrs. Kirven, If
she screamed, but It did not prevent her
cries from arousing the household. The
burglars then escaped.
The safe of Nathan Segall Wholesale :
Fruit company was chiseled Into, but the i
burglars were frightened away before j
they gained access to the compartment
containing $200 In money.
The home of Russell Twitty was en- i
tered, but the burglars were frightened |
away before anything was stolen. The
fruit stand of John Alinas was broken
Into and three cases of coca-cola were
stolen.
SMALL SUM TAKEN
FROM LEEDS OFFICE
Burglars Rob Cash Drawer of About
$25 in Money and Stamps—Aber
crombie’s Store Robbed
Leeds, July 30.—(Special.)—The postof
fice here was robbed at an early hour
this morning by unknown parties and
about $25 in money and stamps were
taken. No attempt was made to blow the
safe, as it is believed the robbers w’ere
frightened away before accomplishing
their purpose.
Entrance wras effected by kicking in
the plate glass door of Abercrombie’s
store, in whic hthe postoffice is located.
Noise from the Shreveport special, which
was passing shortly after midnight, is be
lieved to have prevented the sound of the
falling glass being heard, as it was just
about thaj time that the burglary was
committed.
Abercrombie’s store was also robbed by
the thieves and quite a lot of tilings
stolen. When the store was opened this
morning dollar watches were strewn from
one end of the store to the other, and
other wares w'ere also disturbed. There
have been no arrests thus far, but offi
cers are at work on the case.
YEARS! PRISOrr
Found Guilty at Greensboro
for Killing Jack Payne in
November, 1912
Greensboro, July 30.—(Special.)—The law
ind equity court, with Judge C. E. Wal
ler presiding, is in session, and this has
seen an unusually busy week, ^he trial
sf Ben T. Pollard of Newbern, for the
killing of Jack Payne has elicited much
interest and has brought many out-of- 4
town people to Greensboro, among them
the widow and children of Mr. Payne.
There were about 50 witnesses to be
examined. Lawyers in fhe case are
Evans and Jack for the defense and
for tin* prosecution Solicitor Thompson,
assisted by Thomas E. Knight and Jo
seph James.
The jury was out two hours, returning
5 verdict last night at 11 o'clock of man
slaughter in the first degree, penalty two
year8 in the penitentiary. The case has
been appealed to the supreme court.
The killing occurred a year ago last
November and on account of the illness
of Mr. Pollard the trial has been twice
postponed. i
The evidence showed that Payne went tjl
Into Pollard’s office with a gun and that
ufter some words, Pollard shot Payne
twice with a shotgun through the side
and the arm, death following In a few
minutes.
Grand Master Henry C. Miller of the
Masonic grand lodge of Alabama spent
Tuesday in Greensboro assisting the of
ficers of the local lodge in conferring de
grees in Masonry upon a number of can
didates. The Masons express themselves
as highly pleased with the work of tht
grand master, whose visit they most '
highly appreciated. The Greensboro lodge
13 one of the oldest in the state, and
numbers among its membership the most *
prominent and influential citizens of the
county.
Charged With Peonage
Guthrie. Okla., July 30.—Charged with
holding negro boys in peonage, James
and Andrew Williams, farmers, w|re ar
rested today by United States Marshal
Newell and placed in jail. It is chargeu
that the Williams maintained an agency
in the southeast and had shipped to
them 33 negro boys from Charleston, S.
C.. who were placed on a farm in Kay
county and worked as slaves. Last week
one of the boys escaped and informed
the officers. Three other boys who at
tempted to escape, it is alleged, were re
captured and received beatings which
may result fatally.
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To free your summer-soiled skin of its
oiliness, muddiness, freckles, blotches or
tan. the best thing to do is to free your
self of the skin itself. This is easily ac
complished by the use of ordinary mer
colized wax, which can be had at any
drug store. Use at night as you use cold
cream, washing it off in the morning.
Immediately the offending surface skin
begins to come off in fine powder-like
particles. Gradually the entire
absorbed, without pain or inc
ience. The second layer of skin
evidence presents a spotless wh
and sparkling beauty obtainable
other way.
If the heat tends to loosen ana
kle your skin, there’s an effect!'
harmless remedy you can readily
at home. Just let an ounce of po\
saxollte dissolve in a half-pjnt of
hazel and bathe your face in the
This at once tighten# the skli
smoothes out the lines, making
took years >ounger.