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Six Are Under Arrest in
Selma—Dr. Cunning
ham Speaks
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Selma. August 28.— (Special.)—Six ne
i troes were brought &to.Selma aud locked
‘ J in the Dallas county jail to await a hear
r Ing on the charge of robbing about 20
stores in the neighborhood of Farmers
ville. Lowndes county. The robberies were
committed about six months ago and from
i the stores the negroes secured clothing
and merchandise to the value of at least
$2500.
\\ hen the officers located the negroes
^ they located a typical robbers' rendezvous.
In the place were hales of clothing, boxes
of shoes and piles of miscellaneous mer
chandise. A complete signal system, with
outside guards, made the headquarters of
the hand almost Impossible to detect, am’
the officers found it only after diligent
search.
The negroes, all six of them, hear the
reputations in their neighborhood of be
ing good, law-abiding citizens. They put1
* in their days working in the field, while
their nights have been taken up with
forays on the stores within the 20-mile
section. -Farmersville is on the lines of.
Dallas. Wilcox and Lowndes counties, and
gave the thieves valuable territory in
which to work.
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\ Declaring that the elimination of typhoid
71 and malarial fever for 10 years would
^double the taxable value of every dol
lar’s worth of property in the city of
Selma and in Dallas county, Dr. ft. M.
Cunningham of Birmingham, city health
officer of the Magic City, and former lieu
tenant governor of Alabama, delivered a
stirring address at the Young Men’s
Christian association Friday night, wjien
200 Selmians gathered to hear arguments
, in favor of an all-time health officer for
f t Dallas county. Dr. W. H. Sanders, state
“ * health officer, presented statistics show
ing that in Dallas county in 1914 798 deaths
were reported, 212 of which were from
preventable diseases. Dr. Sanders made
an earnest plea for the health officer and
told of the efforts being made to have
the Davis bill passed. The Davis bill, says
Dr. Sanders, will make it mandatory tha£
every county employ a trained physician
* and sanitarian to look after the health
of the county's residents.
Chairmen of 14 special committees will
meet Monday afternoon to formulate
plans for making the state reunion of
Confederate veterans here in October a
complete success. An advisory commit
tee of 150 citizens met Friday afternoon
and discussed general plans.
To FAT Peoplo
- mmm i i a i tin
/ SHO WING REDUCTION ABOUT 140 POUNDS,
I will send full testimonial* with name* and ad.
Oresses or a legion of men and women whose weight
desired, also a FREE
PROC^T fREATMEXTand BOOK of ADVIcS
TO t AT I hOPLE, all free in plain wrapper, potnaid.
5 nothing! a post-card will bring
Dr ^T.BROUaH,20E.22dSt.. SH D . NewYork.
iLicensed physician by the State ofPrtw York.)
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Week of August 30
The Orpheum Players
Will present all this r
week the everplcfas
ing play
W Thla play la well known to
B H moat everyone aa bring one
■ ■ V M*m U. of the moat appealing na
I ■ ■ ■ 111 9M H lure, of (he life of (lie nlm
t ■■■■■■■ Mm I I l*le mill generoiiM hearted
8 9 UIIIUII people of (lie hllla of trknn.
»»» ana, with a plot of Intenae
Intereat. Special accncry for
Hearts”
Matinees Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
2:30—Night Curtain, 8:30 Sharp
Prices 10c, 20c, 30c. Seats Reserved in Advance
EDITH L. KURTZ
Who will play Jeanette Logan in “Human Hearts” as presented by the
Orpheum players at Orpheum theatre all this week
“HUMAN HEARTS” AT
ORPHEUM THIS WEEK
Orpheum Players to Present Famous
Melodrama—Baby Katheryn Welch
Will Appear Again
In keeping with the class of plays
that the people desire, the Orpheum
management will present to their pat
rons the famous play, “Human Hearts,”
a play that is known to all and one
that is filled with the emotional, run
ning true to the real life, this week
at the Orpheum theatre.
"Human Hearts" is one of the most
beautiful human interest stories ap
pearing on the American stage and has
a fine vein of clever comedy inter
woven into the plot.
W. R. Chagnon, the Orpheum play
ei s’ capable leading man, will portray
the character of Tom Logan, the black
smith, and this part being that of a
very strong nafure will be in the hands
ol a very able person.
Miss Edith Kurts will take the part
ot the unfaithful wife and she, having
played this same part with the Nanke
ville roa'd company when it toured the
country, will be at her best since her
Hist appearance here at the Orpheum
theatre.
Baby. Katheryn Welch, who scored
such a success last week as "Tattoo”
in “At Cripple Creek," will appear
again this week in "Human Hearts"
as “Little Grace Logan," and will be
in her part all that could be desired.
James Turk w ill take the part of the
silent witness, Jem Mason, the tramp,
and Tra Martin will continue his clever
work in the role of “Uncle Mose,” the
blackface character. Miss Lottie Glen
more will be "Mother Logan" and Miss
Mayme l’atterson will play "Ruth.” the
boyhood sweetheart of Tom Logau.
The other members of the company will
appear to an advantage and will assist
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j very materially in the production of
‘Human Hearts."
The Orpheum’s management prom
ises in "Human Hearts” the programme
for all this week, the best production
yet attempted by the Orpheum play
ei s.
HELLO GIRLS AT THE
GRAND THIS WEEK
Will Present “A Night at Canfield’s.”
James Dupree in Roller Skating
Act An Added Feature
For the coming week the efforts of T.
J. Beeson, as director of the ''Hello
Girls ' burlesque show at the Grand the
atre, will bo shown In the production of
the humorous play, ''A Night In Can
fields,'' and from his ability as a capable
director, as was thoroughly demonstrated
this past week, this week's bill prom
ises to surpass any heretofore.
Canfields was at one time the mo3t
famous gambling resort In New York
city and "In a Night In Canfields" tha
cleverly arranged plot is wound around
the entrance of McGinnis and Klutz, the
Irishman and the Dutchman, visiting this
notorious place, where devices of all kinds
for gambling are in operation. As the
story runs. McGinnis and Klutz play th ?
games but the boosters of the bouse wrork
to fleece them and In (ho regular course
of events they succeed In relieving tho
two "sports" of their large rolls.
The extra feature on the programme
for next week is in the presentation of
■lames Dupree of a very high-class vaude
ville reputation in a roller skating act.
This sort of an act docs not of necessity
always appeal to the patrons of a play
house hut the management feels abso
lutely confident In promising that this
act Is tilled with such sensational stunts
that it will be one a few of such at
tractions that has proven big hits.
Kach week the Grand endeavors to in
troduce a new artist for the oriental dan
cing, a feature of this popular burlesque
house which has reached the height of
perfection, and "Zorrlne” Is billed for the
coming week and from the reputation of
this dancer the patrons may assure them
selves of the cleverest and most pleasing
acts of this nature yet witnessed in Bir
mingham.
T. J. Beeson, in his second week ns
director will display his keen Irish char
acterization In the part of McGinnis, one
of the two "sports" skinned In "Can
fields,'' and A1 Bush, who never grows
old as the Dutchman, will represent Klutz
The combination of these two comedians
in this play will be difficult to Improve
upon. Ben Belmont will appear most
fittingly as Canfield, the big gambler, and
both Mias MacDonald and Miss Drisdala
will be in characters that will enable
them to be at their hest.
Again for the coming Friday night, as
Is the custom every Friday night, the
Grand's “Country Store" will take plac?,
which, In the distribution of the wares,
will be a whole show In Itself.
INTERESTING FACTS
ABOUT COFFEE
It is a mighty Interesting thing to step
Into a big coffee house and note the many
processes through which your favorite
beverage passes before it reaches your
table—and of course these processes dif
fer quite as much as the quality of cof
fee differs.
The care and manner of preparing the
coffee berry Just as It comes from the
plantations has almost as much to do
with Its flavor and aroma In the cup as
does the quality of the berry itself. So
the combination of these two, good cof
fee berries and the knowledge and care
In preparing are necessary In producing
the best coffee.
A visit to any of the three plants of
the Cheek-Neal Coffee Company at Nash
ville, Tenn., Houston. Tex., or Jackson
ville, Fla., where MAXWELL HOUSE
COFFEE Is produced, will reveal to you
a wonderful Insight Into Just how good
coffee Is brought to Its utmost In drink
ing qualities.
Oreat revolving cylinders especially de
signed for this work are used In roast
ing the coffee. The heat In these cylin
ders is kept to a certain point during this
process and watched very carefully bv
the most trained eye. The roasting must
not go too far—it must not stop too Rhort
—it must be Just right—and It always Is
In MAXWELL HOUSE. And the many
different ingenious machines and methods
for cleaning are a revelation. Think of It
—five distinct cleaning and purifying pro
cesses are employed, yet the coffee 's
never touched by human hands. The
blending Is a wonderfully accurate ac
complishment. It Is astonishing how the
slightest change In proportion or variety
will seriously affect the result In the bev
erage. Then the old-fashioned grinding
process Is done away with entirely. Spe
cial machines Ingeniously cut the per
fectly roasted berries to any desired slxe.
Thus all of the oil—the real coffee es
sence—Is retained, after which the tannln
beurlng chaff (the Injurious property In
coffee) Is removed. After all of thest
processes, which require many hours of
painstaking cere and precision have bees
finished then the coffee Is ready for pack
ing. To retain all Its goodness the cof
free is Immediately placed by machinery
in three and one-pound sealed tins, where
air, dust or moisture cannot enter.
The Cheek-Neal Coffee Company is the i
largest concern of Its kind In the south.
This company with Its 16 yeara of ex
perience In the coffee bualness exclusively
has enabled It to give to the world MAX
WELL' HOUSE COFFEE. A coffee that
from every angle—flavor, aroma, strength
and cleanliness, stands second to none.
After you once taste MAXWELL HOUSE
COFFEE you will understand why all
this seemingly unnecessary care has been
taken. The delicious flavor you get In
the cup is the answer. You should ask
your grocer for MAXWELL HOUSE
COFFEE and Insist upon It
MANAGER COLLEY OF
PRINCESS SCORES
AGAIN IN A GREAT
SHOWING OF STARS
Comedy and Drama Pleasantly Inter
mingled in Offering of Popular
Photoplay House for Week.
“The Tigress’* Tomorrow
Manager E. H. Colley of the Princess
theatre continues to ling the bell above
the .1000 mark in getting good pictures.
A few weeks ago he decided to secure
pictures each week bettor than the dif
fering of the preceding week. He has
succeeded admirably and the following
programme for this week gives ample
testimony of his ability to produce:
Monday—“The Tigress.” n three-reel
Vita graph drama, featuring Julia Swayne
Gordon. This is n thrilling store and Miss
Gordon has an exciting role in the play.
Tuesday—"The Diamond From th
Sky." seventeenth installment of the
great serial by Roy L. McCardell. Lol
tie Tickford ami Irving Cummings con
tinue thetr daring adventures. "Train
Older No. 45." another of the great
railroad series of the Kalem company,
with Helen Holmes in the leading rol •.
Wednesday—"The Return of Gentle
man Joe," a two-reel Essanay feature
with an all-star cast. "Her Mother's
Oath," a one-Yeel Biograph reissue film
under the direction of I>. W. Griffith
Henry B. Walthall and Lillian Gish, arc
featured.
Thursday—"Joe Soko Saved by Gaso
line." one-reel Essanay comedy. The
•Quarrel." one of those Vitagrnph come
dies of unusual appeal. "Stronger Than
Love," a one-reel Blograph drama.
Friday—One of the semi-monthly spe
cial releases of the Knickerbocker i om
pany in three reels. The title of the
play and Its cast will be announced
later.
Saturday—“The Way Back," a three
reel drama by the Edison company. Tt
is a strong, well developed and finely
presented drama with an appeal of
great human interest.
STOCK COMPANY AT
BIJOU SEPTEMBER 13
Miss Grayce Scott and Her Company
Will Present Famous Successes
for a Season
The organisation of a stock company
and the planning and securing of the plays
the company is to produce are matters
which gives the manager more thought
than almost ally other detail of the stock
season. There are so many' things to he
considered that the average theatregoer
thinks little of and knows nothing about.
There are two methods of procedure
open to the stock company manager. One
method is to select the company and
then choose plays that are suited to the
MISS GRAYCE SCOT!'
Who will head stock company to play
at Bijou
players. The other method and by far the
better one is to select the plays that are
to be produced first and then find the
players to play them. The first method
works splendidly when you have a public
who will in large numbers patronizo any
and everything you may want to give
them, but where the theatregoers of a
city are at all discriminating, then by
all means it is the best to first make sure
that the plays will be such as wilt suit
the taste of the public. And as it is Just
as easy to choose players to suit the p’ays
as it is the other way around the stock
manager by following the second method
Is taking out a double insurance that his
season is going to he a success.
How, one will ask, is a manager to
know just which plays the public will
come to see and just what they will jhun?
To a great extent there is much ‘yucss
work about it. .Still there are certain rules
fairly safe to follow, for instance, one
can determine by the enthusiasm with
which plays of different types are re
ceived, and inoro particularly, by the box
office receipts, for often p’ays that are
tremendously wen imeu are received v/iin
little outward show' of enthusiasm. Plays
of the cheap molo-dramatic are no longer
popular, the moving picture plays having
put them out of business, nor does the
very sombre problem play prove a mag
net for the box office.
Romantic dramas, plays of today,
dramas and comedies, dealing with char
acters whom we know and life as we see
It all about us are what the present day
public seems to want. Love makes tlie
world young and keeps It young and it is
doubtful if we sha’l ever outgrow the
play with the big love or heart interest.
In fact, the play that grips the heart
strings is Invariably the play that has the
"punch," and it is always the play that;
has the big “punch" that keeps the thea
tre on the wave of popularity.
It Is almost a safe prediction to make
that the plays which did the big business
at the highest prices will prove to be .the
plays the greater number will wish to sen
when played at low' or popular prices, and
it will be on*y such plays as have proven
themselves popular throughout the coun
try when played at the $1.80 and $2 scale
that Miss Scott and the Grayce Scott com
pany will present to the people of Bir
mingham and the patrons of the Bijou
theatre when the season opens Monday.
September 13.
PERSONAL
Madam Husted of the Loveman, Joseph
fe I.oeb dressmaking parlors lias gone to
New York to attend the fall fashion
ihcws. Madam Husted will be away about
liree weeka.
MISS ETHEL (JOLTINGS
One of the principal girls who will he in a specialty at the Grand
theatre this week
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MARVIN WISE OF THE
OI)EON THEATRE HAS
A FINE AGGREGATION
OF PLAYS FOR WEEK
A Regular Festival of Feature Photo
plays Arranged for—Irene Hunt,
Fay Tinchcr and Other
Stars to Appear
Manager Marvin Wise of the Odcon
theatre announces that the programme
for his theatre this week will surpass
fcll previous programmes shown nl this
popular picture house. Every day will
he a feature day. a regular festival of
pictures having been arranged fot.
Among the stars to appear during the
week are Richard Stanton, Enid Merky,
Beatrice Vann, John Stoppling, Winne
fred Greenwood, Ed Coxen, Arthur Cun
ningham, Teddy Sampson, Spottiswoode
Altken, Webster Campbell, Neva Gerber.
Lillian Hamilton, Fay Tincher, Edna
Payne, Robert Myles, George Ovey, A.
D. Sears and Irene Hunt.
Tomorrow Charles Chaplin will ap
pear in Keystone comedy. Among other
features to he shown this week are:
“The Living Page,” "A Divine Decree,"
“A Child of the Surf,” “Green Apples,"
“A Leap For Life," “Shocking Stock
ings," “A Man and the Law,” “Making
Matters Worse,” and “For His Pal."
Mr. Wise appears to have struck the
keynote on getting the right kind of
films.
The new air purifier was Installed
last week and the atmosphere of the
photoplay house Is such as one gets
in the mountains. Mr. Wise soys he
Intends to continue making improve
ments and will give his patrons the
worth of their money.
| ANNISTON
lllrmltigham Battery tiolnir to ('nmp.
Soya Automobile* Were Invented by
the Devil
Anniston, August 28.—(Special.)—Battery
A, organized state militia, from Birming
ham. will arrive In this city Sunday over
the Southern railway for a 10-day stay
at Camp Morgan for artillery practice
and instruction.
With the Birmingham troops will he
Battery B of Mobile, which was recently
organized and inspected by Lieut. R. M.
Bailey, who is the Instructor-Inspector at
Camp Morgan.
In a report made to the officials at
Washington several days ago officers at
Camp Morgan highly praised the camp
here, stating that it is an Ideal place
for such a camp.
The Rev. J. B. Lea veil of Mississippi,
who Is holding a revival service at the
Parker Memorial Baptist church, which is
one of the largest and most influential in
the city, told his audience last night that
automobiles were invented with the aid of
the devil, and that picture shows aro lur
ing many people to hell. The Rev. Mr.
Lea veil Is one of the most powerful
preachers who has ever preached here,
and the church is being fllled to Its ca
pacity every night.
The Calhoun County Sunday School con
vention meets at Jacksonville next Tues
day and Wednesday, and every Sunday
school in the county will he represented
by delegates to the convention. Jackson
ville is preparing to entertain several
hundred visitors on that occasion.
The teacher training class at Welling
ton will hold special services Sunday,
when seven members of the class will
be graduated. Those to receive certifi
cates are Mrs. T. M. Connglly, Mrs. J. G.
David, Miss Mollle Dickie, Mrs. W. E.
Kelly, Mrs. L. F. Kirby, Miss Leah Donla
Seaman and Miss Laura Lou Fsry.
GADSDEN
Kxamlnr Witness In Sherltra Contest.
May Korde Sewer Conneetlons
Gadsden. August 28.—(Special. )Tho
last witnesses are being examined In
the Graves-Buckner sheriff's election
contest at Onconta, Blount county, and
It Is expected that Circuit Judge J. K.
Blackwood of this city will render a
decision within the next few days. He
will probably take time to review the
testimony after it is all in. Practically
every voter In Blount county has been
up as a witness and it was found that
many illegal republican and democratic
votos were cast. These have all been
eliminated, even though most of those
casting u ballot believed they had a
dear record and were entltlel to vote.
It Is emliuted that the expenses of
the contest already amount to ahoul
$35C0.
Mayor W. G. Bellenger has an
uqpnced that steps will be taken by
the city on September 1 to force prop
erty holders to make connections with
sewers. Sewer extensions have been
made In West Gadsden and very few
of the property holders have connected
tlielr homes with th# sewers.
At a meeting of the United Confed
erate Veterans Saturday afternoon «ha
Daughters of Confederate Veterans
were requested to organize a chapter
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy. It was stated that many vet
erans want crosses of honor and that
they may only secure them through an
organized chapter of the U. D. C.
The Birmingham district conference,
K. IS. church (colored), which has been
In session here during the week, ad
journed Saturday night
TAUL PROMOTED IN
POSTAL SERVICE
C. C. Taul, who for eifcht years has
been connected with the distributing de
partment of the Birmingham postoffice,
received his appointment as postoffice in
spector and left yesterday for St. Ixmls
to assume his new duties. Mr. Taul was
Known ns the "nlxy” clerk, to whom was
referred nil partially addressed letters.
His associates state he had a marvelous
memory for addresses and ordinarily
could tell offhand the proper address of
a letter if any part of It was correct.
He is a Birmingham boy and has many
friends in the city who will he pleased
to learn of his promotion.
COTTON GOODS TAKE
Market Shows an Improve
ment on Easing df Inter
national Complications
New York. August 27.—The tone of cot
ton goods market showed improvement
following an easing in the tension of in
ternational complications and there was
some slight recovery in prices asked for
wide print cloths and brown sheeting*.
Trade Is Still of a hand-to-mouth Char
acter on staples, most Jobbers being con
tent to order In goods ns they need them
for Immediate reshipment. Fine and
fancy cottons are selling well and are
being re-ordered at the mills for spring
delivery. New prices named on percales
for spring show great irregularity, owing
to dyestuffs scarcity, solid and dark col
ors being from tyc to *\c a yard higher
than goods in white grounds. Many sub
stitute eloths are being offered to replaca
those dyed with coal tar products. Ad
ditional curtailment of production Is re
ported among colored goods mills. Kxport
trade on cotton duck holds well and thero
Is a small gain reported in the domestic,
demand. Some very large foreign orders
are under advisement for fleeced cotton
underwear, which will take care of the
fall product of several large plants. Might
spring underwear has been advanced fi
cents a dozen and there is a better de
mand for fall lines. Prices quoted aro
as follows: Print cloths, 28-Inch, 64x64*.
3V. 64x60s, 274c; 3874-Inch. 64x64s, 3740 h*:
brown sheetings, southern standards. Ho;
denims. 9-ounce, lie; tickings, 8-ounce,
11H<%: standard prints. 574c; staple ging
hams. Okie; dress ginghams, 9fec>
Montgomery Market
Montgomery. August 2S.—(Special.)—Spot
cotton was quoted hero today as follows:
Middling fair, 9.63c; strict good middling,
9.38c: good middling, 9 13c; middling. 8.63c;
strict low middling. 8.13c; low middling.
7.63c; strict good ordinary, 7.13c; good or
dinary. 6.76c. Market steady.
Middle Aged and Elderly Men
of weakened vitality will positively he
Interested in the wonderful tonic
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sS The Princess
MONDAY ' 1
/.rllL _ rni____._|t Featuring Jnlln Swayite Gordon nnd
•• 1 tip I Leo Drl.nney uiid no nil *inr east. I
WEDNESDAY F e a t 11 r I n g Henry
“Her Mother’s Oath” .
FRIDAY A Knlrkrr
“Nancyof Stone Island” riS
ALWAYS DROP IN AT THE PRINCESS. ALL Interest.
THE PICTCHHS ARE GOOD ONES HERE
THE ODEON THEATRE
1907 SECOND (AVENUE !
(Home of the Mutual Program)
Commencing Monday, Auguat 30
Bid FESTIVAL WEEK OF “MOVIE STABS" AND FEATURES
EVERY DAY A FEATURE X
CHARLES CHAPLIN MONDAY'
Vlalt the CMcon. you will never he disappointed. Pictures the BE*®!,;
Marvin Wise, Prop.
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