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BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD
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Ala., as second-class matten__
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ter or length, should be written on only one
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TELEPHONE CALLS.
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sent to the Editorial Rooms. _
Wise men are always tolerant. It is
the narrow mind that thinks itself infalli
ble. ___
It is only a question of time when an
other bond issue must come. The de
cline in eottom will hasten the day.
The longer a man looks at the blazing
sun the less he can see. The gold dollar
seems to have something of the same ef
fect.
When h financial policy is established
in this country which will give everybody
a fair show the silver craze will be dead,
and not until then.
Lady Mary Hamilton Douglas, the
richest young woman in England, will
come into $1,000,000 a year when she
reaches her 21st birthday.
If England is preparing for war in
Venezuela, she can doubtless get it. The
United States will permit no further Eu
ropean encroachments upon American
territory. _
The rich people of New York do not
now admit anyone to their exclusive cir
cles worth less than $5,000,000. The mll
lenium is now a small potato and only to
be tolerated by the common masses of
the common people.
Philadelphia lias found! no difficulty In
selling another loaj« at 3 pet cent directly
to its citizens without paying a cent of
commission. The new loan is for $1,200,
000. and the subscription* th£ lirst day
amounted to $370,(100, In sums rajiging
from $100 to $40,000.
There is a certain paper published in
Alabama which, Just at this time, has
its hands very full. It is trying to find
some one to run for governor on the sin
gle gold standard issue and at the same
time trying to make believe that the sil
ver question is dead. If the silver ques
tion is dead why is it so hard to get. a
single standard advocate to allow him
self offered up on the altar of his coun
try ? __
A report comes to us from Guntersville
that Dr. R. A. Moseley, that grand sa
chem of republicanism, in a speech there
told the populites that his side of the
partnership had been furnishing the
brains and the money for the last.two
campaigns, and that the partnership
would cease if they*did not get at least
half the offices. There ought to be no
objection to this if no more offices are
to be divided in the future than in the
past. __
It Is announced that during the past
month the republican city committee in
Philadelphia has bought 42,000 poll tux
lecelpts and the democrats 9000. The
New York World makes the fine point
that paying the voter's poll tax Is a small
bribe to induce,bim to vote. The poll tax
ought to be abolished, and that would
settle tlie question of corruption. It
should be relegated to disuse with the
whipping post, pillory and crying of noc
turnal hours by the policemen.
The American Bankers’ Association
lias appointed a committee to confer with
Secretary Carlisle with reference to the
co-operation of the hanks in maintain
ing the National credit. Mr. Carlisle Is
the first Secretary of the Treasury in
time of peace who ever needed the as
sistance of the hankers to sustain the
country's credit. The American people
hitherto had supposed that the credit of
the Nation was stronger than that of
any hank or association of banks.
Mr. Sherman speaks in high terms of
the personality and eloquence of (Jar
field. hut says he was a man lacking in
will power and changed his opinions
easily. This is a faithful picture, ex
pressed in terms of reserve. Mr. Sher
man might have gone further and only
reflected the views of contemporaneous
republican politicians who had associa
tion with the martyr president, and said
that while Garfield was a good stumper
and qualified to act in a legislative body
under direction and restraint, he was
unfit for leadership.
When the Prince of Wales dines out
the ordinary waiters never attend the
prince. He is invariably accompanied
by two footmen and a page. It Is tha
duty of these functionaries to see that
none hut palatable and wholesome food
Is set before his highness. The footmen
are clad in scarlet livery, the page is
dressed entirely in black, with the excep
tion of a white waistcoat. Special dishes
are prepared for the prince's consump
tion, arid he has long made it a habit to
bring bis own champagne, usually two
bottles. He rarely samples the wines
provided by his hosts.
The New York press has been making
vain inquiries about the identity nnd
whereabouts of Miss Elizabeth Phipps
Train, the dramatization of whose novel,
“A Social Highwayman,” has been pro
duced with marked success. Miss Train’s
home, says the Chicago Times-Heraid, is
In Mansfield, Mass., Daniel Webster's
town, and she is one of a family of sis
ters whose parents have been dead for
some years. Miss Thain's first literary
success was her novel, "Dr. Lamar," and
her second “A Professional Beauty,”
which appeared in Llpplncott’s last year.
In age she is on that debatable ground
between SO and 40. and in appearance be
low middle height, with reddish brown
hair and a piquajit expression. She
suenda most of her time In Boston.
SEARCHING FOR TRUTH.
The Chicago University has been en
dowed by several very rich nsen, among
them Mr. Rockefeller, President of the
Standard Oil Company, and other mil
lionaires, who are largely interested in
railroads. One of the professors, Mr.
Bemls, has in his lectures on sociology
proposed many reforms more or less af
fecting railroads. Among other things
he suggested the taking over by cities
from the monopolies now holding them
of certain civic duties, such as the sup
ply of gas and water and even transpor
tation. Such teachings occasioned a stir
among the magnate patrons of the uni
versity. The manager of a gas company
said to Professor Beinis: "If we can't con
vert you we are going to down you. We
can't stand your writing; it means mil
lions to us." A prominent railroad man
said to him: "That a man in your posi
tion should dare to come here and Im
ply that the railroads cannot come Into
court with clean hands is infamous.”
The president of the university. Dr. Har
per, is reported by Professor Bemis as
saying: “It is all very well to sympa
thize with the working men, but we get
our money from those on the other side
and we can’t afford to offend them.”
The result of It all was that Professor
Bemls was dropped from the faculty.
The Chicago Journal, commenting on the
dismissal of the professor, who was un
willing to subject the college teaching
"to any lower aims than the pursuit of
truth,” uses this remarkable language:
"The pursuit of truth is not the object
of college teaching; the duty of the pro
fessor who accepts the money of a uni
versity for his work is to teach estab
lished truth.”
We are surprised that an Intelligent
journal should express such a sentiment.
The great universities of the world are
the seekers for and expounders of truth.
They are the correctors of error. If er
roneous doctrines have been taught even
for ages, it is their province and duty to
wipe them out and substitute truth In
their stead. Of course as to scientific
matters there can be no dispute as to
the right and duty of a college to teach
correct propositions, based upon new dis
coveries in the place of old theories, how
ever sanctioned by time and great
names. Greater care and wise discretion
should mark innovations upon accepted
moral and religious creeds. But even
the wisest discretion should not hesitate
to discard error in sucli matters when the
preponderance of evidence Is in favor of
new conclusions. Principles remain for
ever, but the deductions from principles
are often modified by new habits of ac
tion and thought. The increase of rea
soning power in the modem day is throw
ing new light upon all questions that
affect morals and religion.
In the domain of Sociology it is absurd
to hold that a college must teach estab
lished doctrines. The science of s^blology
is constantly expanding and broadening
in proportion to the newer relations of
capital and labor, of government and
people. The twentieth century will open
up with the most profound inquiry into
all the relations of life. Religion, morals,
government, labor and society will be
modified far more than they have been
modified during the nineteenth century,
which opened up with almost savage life.
The century which siw this republic
established upon a firm basis cannot
afford to admit that the established facts
of monarchy, aristocracy and feudal
tenure, should not have been questioned
by the colleges or the people. The Chi
cago Chronicle and other leading papers
take a different view from the Journal.
The Chronicle very justly says:
"Dives never cares to hear Lazarus
point out his imperfections. Wealth
winces when learning speaks slightingly
of its methods. The Chicago University
knows on which side its bread is butter
ed. Let us pour standard oil upon the
troubled waters.”
MK. EUSTIS.
An effort has been made to damage
our Ambassador to France in the matter
of the colored Consul, who Is now in a
French prison. When the steamship
Amsterdam was docked Wednesday
morning Mrs. Waller, wife of the ex
United States Consul to Madagascar,
was among the tlrst to be helped over
the gang plank. She was accompanied
by her three daughters and her young
son. She was met at the pier in Hoboken
by her adviser, E. G. Woodford, an
American engineer, who made the ac
quaintance of the Wallers in Madagas
car, and crossed the river in a tug, after
which she went at once to the Clarendon,
hotel at 115 West Twenty-seventh street.
When seen there by a reporter she said
that she could udd but little to the re
ports already made public of her hus
band's confinement in the prison at Mar
seilles.
"There Is one thing I would like to sayj
however,” Mrs. Waller said. "Ambassa
dor Eustis has been harshly criticised
for not aiding us us much as he might
have done. There is no truth in that re
port. Mr. Eustis did everything in his
power for us. He is even now treating
my husband with the utmost considera
tion, and he has exerted every possible
Influence for his family’s assistance and
beneilt. He sends my husband books,
money, tobacco and everything that is
permitted to be sent to a prison. I don't
believe my husband will live a year in
prison. He was ill for many months be
fore his arrest, on March 25 last. He
caught a fever at Tnmatave, and it left
him in a* greatly enfeebled condition. He
has only an hour of exercise each day.
The absurd charge was made that my
husband received a concession of 22R
square miles of land In the southwest
part of the island as a price of aid ren
dered to the Malagasy. As a matter of
fact, the deed of gift was given months
before the alleged treasonable acts. I
have forwarded to Secretary Olney com
plete documentary proof of Mr. Waller's
Innocence.
A CURRENCY PI.AN.
The currency plan proposed by Gov
ernor Merrtam before the bankers' asso
ciation at their recent Atlanta meeting
Is receiving very wide notice. It is some
what similar to that outlined by Secre
tary Carlisle in his annual report last
year, and some such plan will doubtless
be agreed upon before long. The plan
provides for the organization of national
banks, as at present, by national examin
ers from the office of the comptroller of
the currency. These banks are to be em
powered to issue national bank notes,
furnished by the national government,
equal to the full amount of their paid up
stock. Forty per cent of this circulation
is to be secured by the deposit of green
backs or treasury notes with the United
Rates treasurer. On the remaining 60
per cent the issuing bank Is to pay a tax
of 2 per cent per annum. Every bank is
to be required to deposit with the treas
urer Of the I Inti oui e runt of
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Its circulation In gold to constitute a gen
et aj fed^mptiofl ftff|&, and Is to turn gold
Into the treasury ltrexchange for its notes
whenever the latter are redeemed by the
United- Startes treasurer. In addition to
the '5 peril cent fetjeniptlon fund, each
hank must deposit 5 per cent of its cap
ital stock to form a guarantee fund to re
deem the notes of any banks which might
fall.
The objection to this plan is the same
that met Mr. Carlisle's plan. It gives
us a paper circulation, which is flat
money to a very large extent, dependent
upon the wisdom and honesty of the fed
eral supervisors. Under such a plan
speculative banks would be organized,
and when they break their losses would
fall upon the. redemption fund collected
from hottest and sound banks.
THE SENATE.
The Post’s Concord (N. H.) correspond
ent writes- an Interview with Senator
Chandler on the organization of the sen
ate. He makes the positive statement
that the republicans will elect the presi
dent pro tern, of that body, will name the
committees and elect all the subordinate
officers. No deal will be made with the
populists and nothing will be conceded to
the democrats. He intimates that Frye
will be thet successor of Harris as p esl.
dent pro tern. Jones, Stewart, Peflter and
Butler, the senator says, will voluntarily
vote with the republicans in the organi
zation, giving them five majority. "There
lias been some republican sentiment,"
Mr. Chandler says, evidently alluding to
Senator Sherman’s recent interview,
"that It Is undesirable for the party,
while Cleveland is president, to have a
nominal republican control of the senate
given by votes of the populists; but this
is a mere sentiment. Republicans must
accept the reesponsibility of power when
it comes to them and as it comes to
them.”
It would be a strange combination—
that between populists and republicans.
The Committees would go to the repub
licans, who are hostile to every doctrine
taught by the Populists; but politics
make strange bed fellows.
—--—-—
PRESIDENT GRANT.
“During the entire period of Grant’s adt
ministration I was chairman of the com
mittee on finance of the Senate,” says Mr.
Sherman, " and had to act on all ques
tions of taxation, debt, banking or fi
nance. and had occasion to talk with tlio
President on such measures, but he rarely
expressed an opinion or took interest in
them.” General Grant was a soldier
rather than a financier; and being of a
lather taciturn disposition anyhow,
knew enough not to talk much about a
subject he didn't know much about. He
knew, too, that it was not necessary for
him to be profound on this particular
subject. The president of the United
States who undertakes to run everything
in person is usually the most conspicu
ous failure.”
This opinion of President Grant may
occur to Senator Sherman as being cor
rect. but the people at large are inclined
to believe that the man who packed the
supreme court with new judges pledged
to overrule the legal tender decision and
to decide that the greenbacks are legal
tender in peace as well as in war. knew
more about finance and currency than
he is given credit for. By fastening the
greenbacks upon the country he did what
Sherman Is now attempting to undo. If
Mr. Sherman was Grant's adviser in that
matter he has since then studied up on
the subject and shows himself, from his
present attitude, to have been a very
had advisor.
BARBARITY.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal, pub
lished so near the scene of the awful tor
ture of the negro rapist, speaks out in
characteristically vigorous language in
denunciation of such barbaric deeds. It
calls attention, in well chosen words, to
the Influence the enactment of such
orgies of savagery must have upon the
people of that section. It says:
"He may deserve the damnation of hell.
But after all he is the least sufferer. The!
people 'who ibecome familiarized with
such scenes; who become hardened to the
barbaric spectacle of infuriated men
dancing like savage Indians about a
helpless wretoh writhing and screaming
in mortal agony are the real victims. It
is impossible that these things should
occur without brutalizing men and com
munities, without cultivating a taste for
blood and a barbaric ferocity among wit
nesses and participants. These horri
ble scenes are breeding savages. They
are quenching all that is gentle and hu
mane in the hearts of men. It is no an
swer to dweel upon the awfulness of the
crime that provokes such terrible ven
geance. This may be urged in palliation
of the deed, but the effect on the commu
nity is none the less degrading in the
last degree.”
HERBERT IN 1890.
A correspondent from Greenville, Ala.,
writing to the Montgomery Journal, no
ticing the speech of Secretary Herbert
advocating the gold standard, says:
“In 1890, when Colonel Herbert was a
candidate for congress against Rev. Mr.
1’illey of Troy, he made a speech in the
court house at this place, in which he ad
vocated the free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1.
lie urged that all democrats come out
and vote for him, as lxis defeat might
give the republicans a majority in con
gress and thereby free coinage would
he defeated. Several citizens here will
say they remember the speech very dis
tinctly.”
The Montgomery Advertiser's gossip
per lias found a friend of Captain Bank
head who says:
"It is well understood among Captain
Bankhead's friends in this city that he
does not care to be a candidate for Gov
ernor. He wants to continue in Congress
and knows what he is a candidate for.
If he can represent the Sixth District In
Congress he will be satisfied, and will
promise not to get in anybody else’s way
for any other office. I know that he has
never had any, other idea, and does not
want to be Governor.”
His positive statement in the last sen
tence is pretty strong, but somehow
there are people who cannot but believe
that the Captain had some such end in
view when he proposed the Junket over
the State with Congressman Clarke.—
Huntsville Mercury
Captain Bankhead simply wanted to
try Mr. Clarke’s wind. The "Blue-eyed
boy of Destiny" gave out on the first
heat, anil as will be noticed elsewhere
Captain Bankhead Is keeping up his
work educating the people. His next ap
pointments are In Marlon county.
That this country must return to the
democratic principle anfl policy of free
coinage before an era of genuine, per
manent prosperity sets in is daily grow
ing plainer.
DEATH OP A WHOLE SPECIES.
The Tile Fish Is Missing Sinco Millions Died
in 1882.
Prof. William E. Llbbey of Princeton
read at the recent geographical congress
in London a paper on "The Relations of
the Gulf Streams and the Labrador Cur
rent.” It was received with Close atten
tion. The London Times summarizes one
part of the professor's essay as follows:
"This subject is of especial concern
because of its bearing upon the migra
tions of schools of fish. In 1880 and 1881
a recently discovered fish, known as the
tile lish, had been found in considerable
numbers from Cape May to Nantucket,
and preparations were made to take It
upon a commercial scale for the New
York and Boston markets. But In the
spring of 1882 the water became covered
with countless millions of this fish in a
dead or dying condition, and from that
time the tile fish disappeared from this
area entirely. Its disappearance became
a sort of biological puzzle. The puzzle
however, was stayed by the application
of certain theories which Professor Llb
bey had arrived at in regard to the cur-,
rents in those regions.
“It was noticed that from 1889 to 1891
the current of the gulf stream had
changed its profile considerably at Block
Island and off Nantucket island, and had
progressed toward the shore. This sug
gested the idea that the tile fish might
have followed it once more, and in July
of 1892 Professor Libbey and the fishery
commissioner went out in the schooner
Grampus to the area In question and
found that the fish were really there.
They were found all the way from the
south of Martha's Vineyard to the Dela
ware capes. The explanation of t^eir
disappearance was now comparatively
simple.
“If it was supposed that this area had
been flooded by warm water previous to
that date, it was easy to see that when
the warm band receded the first break
in its continuity would occur in that ex
treme part of the land lying between
Cape May and Nantucket. The fish over
this portion of the bottom would,, in the
event of the withdrawal of the warm
water, be suddenly exposed to a bath of
water of a sufficient degree of coolness to
benumb them and start them on their
way to the surface.
"After they had reached a point in the
water which marked the limit of their ad
justment to its pressure, they were bound
to go the rest of the way to the surface,
where they arrived in an abnormal con
dition, as their bodies were all puffed up,
and in most instances their stomachs
protruded from their mouths as a result
of the diminution of pressure. It was an
extremely interesting fact that the dead
bodies of these fish came to the surface
In a long crescent like curve, which fol
lowed the line of the edge of the conti
nental platform between Cape May and
Nantucket.
"The temperature studies of this area
might, therefore, be said to have made
an interesting contribution to the study
of environment.”
PAULA.
River Exceedingly Low, and Boats Can
Hardly Navigate—An Old Relic.
Eufaula, Oet. 22.—(Special Correspond
ence.)—The weather Is seasonably cool,
but disagreeably dusty.
The river is exceedingly low. The
steamboats navigate with difficulty
above this point.
About sixty-five of our citizens took ad
vantage of excursion rates and went up
to Columbus last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Young and Mr. C.
P. Roberts have returned from the ex
position.
Mr. G. T. Marsh, superintendent of the
Kufaula Cotton mills, is taking in the
exposition.
Mr. Warren Dent of Montgomery has
been visiting relatives in the city.
Judge Pruitt of Clayton was exhibiting
yesterday a relic of colonnial days. It
was a cotton vest, spun and woven by his
great-grandmother for his great-grand
father, Zerubabel Williamson, in 1772.
The vest is unfaded and well preserved.
The Baptist association to which the
church of this place belongs, convenes
today at Mount Andrew. Several deje
gates left this morning to attend its
meeting.
Mr. .1. H. Whlttock,jeweler, has moved
into the store he recently bought and
fitted up handsomely. It is an orna
ment to the city. Tha stock of silver and
China ware surpasses in beauty and
value anything of the kind ever display
ed here. The attractive manner in which
it is arranged, and the surrounding dec
orations reflect credit on the artistic
taste of Mr. Johnnie B. Whittock. The
exquisite workmanshlpoof the woodwork
of the interior of the building, which was
executed by this talented young man,
shows his mechanical genius.
Cards are nut for the marriage of Miss
Willie Dobbins to Mr. O. Binn, on the
morning of the 23d instant.
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Dr. Mozley’s Lemon Elixir is prepared
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and will not fall you In any of the above
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druggists.
Prepared only by Dr. Mozley, Atlanta,
Ga.
At the Capitol.
I have Just taken the last of two
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for nervous headache, indigestion, with
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cured me. I found It the greatest medi
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Attorney, 1225 F Street, Washington,
D. C.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING.
Congressman J. H. Bankhead will
speak to the citizens of Marlon county
on the following dates:
Winfield, Tuesday, November 5.
Hamilton. Wednesday. November 6
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THINGS DRAMATIC.
"Sinbad," the nautical spectacle which
was presented in Chicago during the
World’s fair by the American Extrava
ganza company, will be given in revived
form at O'Brien's opera house tonight.
The version of this favorite Arabian
Nights story used by this company fol
lows with a fair degree of accuracy the
original tale In so far as pertains to the
main incidents of the oriental adventur
er’s experiences. It shows the port of
Balsora, from which he sailed, the can
nibal Island, where he met the interest
ing pigmies, the shipwreck and the fa
mous Valley of Diamonds. The story as
told in the play is as follows:
Slnbad is a poor apprentice boy in the
town of Balsora, a city on the Tied Sea.
He is in love with Ninetta, the belle of the
place. She has a hard-hearted father,
who sells her to a pirate named Snarle
yow. At the end of the first act the pi
rate abducts the girl and carries her
away on his ship, the Roc, cheating her
father out of the promised payment.
Slnbad and a number of his friends stow
themselves away on the ship in order to
protect her. Other Interesting characters
in the play, among them an Impecunious
count, an idle apprentice named Fresco,
and an eccentric old lady, follow them.
The whole party are wrecked on a desert
island. The Idle apprentice becomes a
cannibal king and Slnbad steals the key
to the Valley of Diamonds from the old
man of the sea. After rescuing Ninetta
several times from the clutches of the
villainous pirate Slnbad finally secures
untold wealth and weds his inamorata.
All the wicked people In the play are pun
ished and Cupid smiles on the joy of the
long persecuted lovers.
There will be several attractive danc
ing dlvertessements In the extravaganza,
including a tarantella by flower girls
and fisher boys, a sailors' horn pipe and
a grand fantastlque In which the cory
phees will represent icicles, snow drops,
slelghers, skaters, tobogganers and other
accompaniments of winter. The ballet
will have a grand bacchanalian finale.
The piece will also have an immense pa
geant of nations costumed In the richest
possible manner from original designs.
The march will include representations
of Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Rus
sia, Ireland, Scotland, England and
America.
Clarence Rogerson has composed and
selected much new music for the piece.
Among the vocal numbers will be the
following: “And the Band Played On,”
“Some Dance the Lancers," “Pretty Lit
tle Maidens Who," “The Bogie Man,"
“What Are the Wild Waves Saying."
“I'm a Busted Swell" and “Merry, Merry
Milkmaids."
All the scenery has been designed and
painted by Frederick Dangerfield. The
principal sets will include the port of
Balsora at day break, the deck of the
Roc, with a wonderful panoramic effect,
the depth of the ocean, the cannibal Is
land, the frozen Valley of Diamonds, with
an immense glacier made of glass and
representing a solid stream of Ice, and
Slnbad's Ivory palace.
The costumes, It Is promised, will be
revelations. They are all from designs
by Howell Russell of London, and were
made by Charles Alias, the London cos
tumer, and by the Chicago Opera House
Wardrobe department under the direc
tion of Madame Barclay.
WITH THE COURTS.
The proponents of Mrs. Gleason's will
are introducing testimony tending to
establish the sanity of Mrs. Gleason at
the time the will was drawn.
Circuit Court.
The following Judgments were render
ed yesterday:
Montgomery and Btdgood vs. J. R.
McMahon; Judgment for $91.
Rufus Wright,administrator, vs. Louis
ville and Nashville; dismissed.
J. 13. Potts vs. J. D. Dunger; dismissed.
Birmingham Water Works company
vs. Pv. D. Burnett et al.; Judgment for
$441.
Attorneys can obtain the new non
jury docket by applying to the clerk.
Reel Estate Transfers.
J. H. Wilson to M. I*. Wilson, lot 4, in
southwest quarter of northwest quarter,
section 29, township 17, range 3 west;
$400.
G. W. Schaekelford and wife to J. C.
FVrguson, lot 4 in Johnston & Brodie's
sub-division; $90. •
H. W. Murrel to J. C. Ferguson, lot SO
feet from southwest corner block 744;
$600.
A. J. Williams and wife to Maud J.
Marlon, lot east side Twenty-second
street in block 744; $1.
J. W. Mamie and J. H. Ferguson and
H. H. and T. W. Pool to Maud J. Marion,
as above; $1.
Mary-T. and John G. Cox to J. N. and
L. D. Scott, part lot 1. block 625; $400.
J. W. and Mamie Ferguson to .1. C.
Ferguson, lot 50x100 in Ldoqk 740; $1000.
William Hood and wife to W. L. Bur
ford, six acres in southeast quarter of
southeast quarter, section 6, township 19,
range 3 west; $145.
Intellectual fun,
“Yankee Doodle and Dixie” seem to be
a unique creation, a kind of dramatiza
tion of patriotism. It is said to be great,
not only in idea and imagery, but it is a
cloud bust of amusing things. People
of all conditions throng it. It is a rich
intellectual feast to the brainy men and
an ineffable delight to the less thought
ful.
The Chattanooga Times says: “There
were people In the opera house who have
never darkened its threshhold since Sam
Jones was there."
The Constitution says: “A large num
ber of prominent people tvere out to hear
the famous brothers, many of them peo
ple who seldom go to the theater, and
never except to events of rare and excep
tional interest.”
The Knoxville Tribune says: “They
were greeted with wild applause by the
greatest audience of the season, compos
ed as it was of the literary people of the
city.”
The Times-Recorder says: “Never has
a more enthusiastic audience been seen
in Amerlcus.”
The Times said of Bob: "In speech,
in gesture, in attitude, in manner, in sto
ry, individuality and brilliancy, he can
not be excelled on the rostrum or stage
today.”
Memphis Commercial; “In word paint
ing, in wit and humor, in pathos, in droll
ery, in eloquence, in quaint but true
philosophy, and In real elevation of sen
timent, it was a masterpiece."
Are you tired, weary with thinking and
working, ennuled with monotony, then go
hear this “mosaic of exuberant vagaries."
14 Is a tonic to electrify and revivify—It
will wake you1 up to glad life again.
'When
Y oi-l
Want
tlie Best
Groceries
Bor tlie
Least Money,
Call on or
Send Your
Orders to
T. F. Thornton
Wholesale aad Retail Grocer,
2003 2d Avenue, Birmingham
Has any and everythin* In stock from
a live chicken to a full grown beef, and
from a 6 cent sack of salt to a barrel of
flour. Just anything and the best. Prices
equal to the lowest for the same quality
of goods. 10-23-tf
8YLACAUGA.
Death of Prof. B. A. J. Hall-Young Men
Leave for Florida on a Pleasure Trip.
Sylacauga, Oct. 23.—(Special.)—Prof. B.
A. J. Hall died here at the Park Inn yes
terday evening at 3:60 o’clock, with hem
orrhagic malarial fever. He has been in
the railway postal service this year and
has worked on several different roads.
At the time he was taken sick he was
working between Atlanta and Mobile.
He had been home just one week when
he died. He leaves a wife and two small
children. The remains were taken to
Rockford, Ala, today, where they will
be burled by the order of Knights of
Pythias, of which he was a member.
The services will be conducted by the
lodge at this place and Rockford. He
had just had his life Insured for $2000.
He only held his policy three days before
his death. Professor Hall was principal
of the school at this place in 1893. Prof.
R. E. Hall, brother of Prof. B. A. J. Hall,
came Sunday, the 20th instant. Prof. R.
E. Hall came from Rochell, Ga., where
he has been teaching during 1894-95.
Walter Douglass. Willie Douglass and
Arthur Williams left yesterday for Flori
da by private conveyance to spend the
winter traveling around through Florida.
HA TS!
Dunlap Latest.
Rogan Latest.
$5.00—$4.00—$ 3.00.
Are high grade goods.
L. ROGAN & CO.,
1911 First Avenue.
DEMOFOLIS.
A Negro Cuts Shep Hushing, the Night
Watchman.
Demopolis, Oct. 23.—(Special Corre
spondence.)—Some excitement was cre
ated on our streets last Saturday night
over the cutting of Nightwatchman Shep
Rushing* by a darkey named Frank Giles.
Upon inquiry your correspondent learned
the facts to be as follows: Rushing sold
Giles a pistol with the Understanding
that all but 50 cents of the price ($2.50)
was to be paid in wood. Giles hauled a
small load of inferior wood, which did
not please Rushing at all, and meeting
Giles on the streets last Saturday night
told him that if he would bring the pistol
back that he would pay him 60 oents for
the wood and call the trade off. Giles
claimed that he had paid all he owed %
him. Rushing said that he had nut and
started to walk away, when Giles said:
"Yes, d—n you, you have l)een imposing
on us long enough, but if you try it on
me I will give you what you need.” With
that Rushing started back toward hint
and collared him. In the scuffle that en
sued Rushing was cut Just below the
left lung, but did not know it until in
giving chase to the darkey, who broke
away and ran, he began to feel very
weak and sank to the pavement from loss
of blood. The darkey made good his es
cape, and is probably at this moment
secure within the coniines of your famed
Buzzard’s Roost. From Dr. S. D. Smith,
who is the attending physician, we
learned today that Rushing was not do
ing so well and that there was grave apA
prehension concerning his recovery.
The westbound passenger train on the
Southern railway, which passes here at
8:20 p. in., was compelled to lay over at
this station all night Sunday night on
account of a burnt trestle near Arring
ton’s station. The trestle caught from
sparks from an extra freight some time
last Saturday night. It has been re
paired, and tonight’s train will go over all
right. _
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