Fayette Banner from Fayette, Alabama • 6

LOT OF FOR COTTON. TTT- TtmrATTf I ALABAMA BRIEFS FOR BUSYREADERS FRANK 0'DRIEN DEAD AT ASEURY PARK, N. J. Asbury N. J.

Capt. Frank P. O'Brien, mayor of Birmingham, died Friday morning at this place. He had here for some time trying to recuoerate his health, but the end the freak gift tbat tad descended to Chapman. The artist noted the curious glance of the visitor.

"That bureau," he laughed, "was my inheritance. Aunt Harriet willed it to me. If ,1 had followed first impressions the thing wouldn't be here now, but well, Aunt was a good old soul, and she certainly must have thought somej thing of the old affair or I wouldn't have been inflicted with it, Her sentiments are mine. I shall stand by F-KwCc-aa i EXITS $2,00, $2.60, 53.00, 53.50, 1400, WOXES S2.50. W.S3.50, 4 JSOYS' 12.00, S2.50&-S3.0O THE STANDARD roa SO YEARS i Ihey are absolutely ths rnostpopularandbestshoes i j'r the prita in America.

are the leaf rs every- fctiere because tSey hold Sieir hape, fit better, look better and wear lon- fsr than otner maues. hev are certainly the most economical shoe for yoo to buy. V. L. name and retail price are stamped an the bottom value TK NO SUBSTITUTE I If your dealer Qnnot tuptily you write for Mail Order Catalgj.

W. DOUGLAS. Brockton. Mua. PROBLEMS MANY YEARS OLD CWWren of Today Puzzle Over Them Just as They Did a Thousand Years Ago.

When King Alfred the Great waJ reigning over England, a thousand years ago, school children pondered over problems In arithmetic much as our boys and girls dp now. -Here are two taken word for word from a lesson book of that day: "The! swallow once Invited the snail to dinner. He lived just one league (three English miles) from the spot, and the snail traveled at the rate of only one Inch a day. How long would It be before he dined?" "An old man met a child. 'Good-day, my he said.

'May you live as long as you have lived, and as much more, and thrice as much as all this; and If God gives you one year in addition to the others, you will be century What was that boyV age?" The Comrade. Opportunity of Suffragist. Baroness Aletta Korff tells In one of the -magazines how the women of Finland to vote. The fact la that women bad to show that they could meet an emergency before the vote came to them. They have not had many opportunities to take the initiative In the world's history aucj they have not always responded when the opportunity came, but when a crisis, such ac that in 1904, when the strike and the revolutionary outbreak In Russia tool; place at the same tim, occurred, they proved they could make peace by doing It Not until England the United States find the women helping them to bear some great trouble will they give them the right to vote.

Try to Come Back. Not long ago Lord Kinnaird, who Is always actively Interested in religious work, paid a surprise visit to a mission school in the east end of London and told a class of bOys the story of Samson. Introducing his narrative, his lordship added: "He was strong, became weak, and then regained his strength, enabling him to destroy his enemies. Now, boys, if I had an enemy, what would you advise me to do?" A little boy, after meditating on the secret of that great giant's strength, shot up bis hand and exclaimed: "Get a bottle of 'air restorer." Slightly Confused. All of us become confused and all of as mix our language but the preparation of an old nem preacher's sermon was the greatfcbt confusion of metaphors I ever heard, says a traveler.

When the lengthy dis- i tourse was nearing Its close and he had reached his "Twenty-third and lastly, brethren," he wound up by shen following elaborate figure: "Everywha, bredren, we see de almighty all down de untrodden paths of time, we see de footprints of de Almighty hand." Human Life. And lots of men would never think of falling if somebody didn't tempt them. "NO FRILLS" Just Sensible Food Cured Him. Sometimes a good, healthy commer- al traveler suffers from poorly )cted food and Is lucky if he learnt bat Grass-Ntrta food will put him right A Cincinnati traveler says: "About a year ago my stomach got In a bad way. I had a headache most of the time and suffered misery.

For several months I ran down, until I lost about tQ pounds In weight and finally had to give up a good position and go home. Any food that I might use seemed to nauseate me. "My wife, hardly knowing what to do, one day brought home a package, "Of Grape-Nuts food and coaxed me lib try it I told her it was no use but finally to humor her I tried a little, and they Just struck my taste. It was the first food I bad eaten in ly a year that did not cause any suffer''-' ing- "WelLto make a long story short, began to improve and stuck to Grape-Nuts. I went op from 135 pounds in December to 194 pounds the following October.

"My brain is clear, blood all right and appetite too much for any man's pocketbook. In fact, I am thoroughly made over, and owe It jJl to Grape-Nuts. I talk so much about What Gfape-Nuts will do that some of the men on the road have nicknamed ma but I stand today: a ikjalthy, roisy-cheeked man a pretty lood example of what the right kind of food will do. "You can publish this If you want to. ft is a true statement without any Read the If itle book, "The Road to Wellville," in kgs.

"There's a Reso" Ever read ke above, letter! A oem unnotirs from tim to tlui. liiry erituiuo, trno, null tail ot In. 1 $302,894,095 for Cotton and Seed in the Years 1909-10 Farmers Doing WelL iew uneans, la spite of a short crop year, the south obtained more money for its cotton during the past season than ever before in its his-tor', according to the season-end statistics put out by Col. Henry G. Hes ter, secretary and statistician of the New Orleans cotton exchange.

The money received from the crop, not including cotton seed products, amounted to $778,894,095, showing that while the quantity of cotton marketed was in round figures, 3,216,000 bales less than last year, better prices for cotton resulted in bringing $95,099,601 more to the factors. The nearest approach to this record was made in the season of 1906-7, when the total value of the commercial crop of cotton was $716,352,265. When the value of the cotton seed, $124,000,000, is added the actual wealth producing capacity of the southern cotton lands is shown to have been $902,894,095 during the past season. During the preceding season, that of 1908-9, the value of ail cotton pro duced was $683,794,494, and the cotton seed was valued at $92000,000. making a total of $775,794,494.

During the past season the value of the cotton and cotton seed combined surpassed the previous season by more than $125, 000,000. According to the report, the grade of the crop was good, averaging practically "strict middling," a bare shade under last year, but not up to the lat ter in body and strength and length of staple. The average price of middling cotton for the year is placed at 14.37 cents per pound, and the commercial value of the bales at $73.41, against $49.46 last year and $58.10 the year be fore. The report places the adtial growth at 10,389,000 bales, and says that as the result of the high prices the inte rior has practically been swept clean, farmers having little or no cotton left over and southern mill stocks hav ing been materially decreased. The report of the crop in the princi pal states is given as follows: This year.

Last year. Alabama 1,078,000 Arkansas 718,000 1,052,000 Florida 66,000 75,000 Georgia 1,927,000 2,1 18,000 Louisiana 282.000 485,000 Oklahoma 566,000 704,000 Mississippi 1,221.000 1,673,000 N. Carolina, etc. 676,000 747,000 S. 1,184,000 1,298,000 Tennessee, etc 316,000 426,000 Texas 2,676,000 3.819.000 Total crop 10,610,000 13,825,000 LOS ANGELES SINGERS WIN GOLD CUP OF EMPEROR.

San Francisco, Cal. The Gesang section of the Turnverein Germania of Los Angeles was awarded the 000 gold cup given by Kaiser Wil- helnr, Germany, for the best singing in the Pacific Saengerfest, which held its first festival of song in this city for three days last week. The award was made by the judges at the Greek theatre in Berkley. The Frank Joseph cup, given by the emperor of Austria, was won by the Turnverein Harmonie of Sacramento. THURSDAY IS "DIXIE DAY AT THE OHIO VALLEY FAIR.

O. Thursday, Sept. 8, will be a great day for the south at the 0hio Valley Exposition. This day has been set apart as Dixie day at the great industrial exposition now being held in Cincinnati, and on it the exposition and the whole city will be given over to the sons and daughters' of Dixie land. The governors of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, together with the mayors of a number of southern cities will be the distinguished guests of.the day.

GIRL AERONAUT LANDS AT ROCKEFELLER'S DOOR Cleveland, O. A young woman appeared in the door-yard of John D. Rockefeller's, home here company with the parachute in which she had made an exhibition flight in a balloon from a local amusement resort, and loosed her parachute directly above the Rockefeller grounds, mistaking them, she said, for 'a public park. Immediately upon her arrival at the Rockefeller place, she was waited on by a committee headed by the superintendent of the estate, who informed her she was trespassing. Boy Defends His Father.

Paint Rock, Tex. Defending his father, the 10-year-old son of Jake Sta-ley shot and killed S. T. Hipp at the Staley home near here. It is said that Hipp, who had been drinking, the elder Staley with a chair, when the boy shot him with a target rifle.

Vice-President Albano Dead. Santiago. Vice-President Elias Fernandez Albano, acting president of Chile since the death of President Montt, died suddenly from" an attack of heart failure. Veterans Meet at Norfolk, Wit.h. between and 1,500 gray clad veterans in attendance, the annual reunion of the grand camp, United Confedcarte Veterans of North Carolina; began here Tuesday, to continue two cays.

HEIRLOOM By STACY E. BAKER (Copyrieht, 1910, by Associated Literary Press.) Miss Harriet Herlien was eccentric, and her eccentricity led her to ex tremes when, at her death, she willed a time-worn and hideous bureau to her favorite nephew and nothing else. Marvin Chapman debated long on whetner to favor ttie relic of an art less manufacturer with resting room, or relegate It to a second-hand em porium, tne end love and a cer tain respect for the old lady won; the bureau was installed In the otherwise up-to-date apartments of the young man, Miss Harriet Herlien had been a highly esteemed woman, aggressive in word and action. She had a shrewd mind, calculating, keen. Chapman, who had not seen his aunt for a number of years, remem bered her as a sharp-eyed old lady, silver-haired and always garbed In black.

The bureau amused the friends of the young artist, and laughing congratulations were given "Chapman on having secured so handsome an antique. He volunteered no explanations. The bureau became a permanent fixture in his rooms. Chpaman was an artist of much talent, but, as yet, little success. He managed, by rigid economy, to live within his all-to-small Income, and keep up appearances.

Meanwhile, the spotlight of publicity was gradually coming closer. The youth had always believed that his aunt was a woman of vast wealth and that he was to inherit all of her fortune. Believing this, he had made no effort to husband his own little money. Now he realized his mistake this leaning on possibilities for his dream was farther away from him than ever and he had Imagined it most tangible, and of bound-to-come-true construction. But, after all, even' if the little country studio, far away from the stress and clamor of the town, were eliminated, and the constant produc tion of "pot boilers" was always sto be a necessity, the heart of the dream was still left to him.

The heart of the dream, the radiant center around which all these thoughts and visions of the future revolved, was Annette Leya! The young artist. bad known the girl for years. They had been fellow students in Paris, and her dark eyes, studded beneath perfect brows, had In the End Love and a Certain Re spect for the Old Lady Won. made their strong appeal to him long before he had become acquainted with Above and beyond her perfect figure, her rare poise; above and beyond all these, the magnetism her personality had claimed him, and he knew in his heart that there never could be any other. The youth had been a keen boy, fresh from the country In those days, and what the girl could have found in him was a mystery.

To be sure, the aquiline nose, the firm, frank eyes and the fighting jaw told of victories to come; but, as a general rule, young girls are not able to Judge of such things. Both Chapman and the girl were now back in New York, and the friendship had long since ripened to an engagement and a full understanding. Annette's career as an artist was in the same state as that of her sweet "I think it is rather quaint," com plimented Miss Leya, upon her first glimpse of the monstrosity. Never theless, her enthusiasm broke to no line frenzy. Polite fabrications came to the girl with difficulty.

Her perfect lips and her rather serious profile were consistently above trivial word vagaries. Several months after the Installa tion of the heirloom Chapman re ceived a caller. "My name la Cummings," Intro duced the elderly person, having calmly helped himself to a chair. He removed an undent tile and mopped the shining dome of his head with a gaudy handkerchief. "You have never met me, sir, but your late aunt a most estimable woman Insisted that I call on you when In the city.

We were friends," he finished simply. The keen eyes of the caller roamed about the room, -resting at last upon a little door leading to a chamber. Just visible from where he sat was What the Commonwealth is Do ing Told in Short Paragraphs COLLEGE BELL CALL AUBURN Elopes with Girl Cedar Rails for Germany Town Gets Water Without Cost. Auburn. Auburn's thirty-ninth session has begun.

With the tolling of the college bell and the summons of the drum corps the school year was formallyi opened, and within a few minutes after the final drum call Pres ident Thach's office was packed with students desiring entrance. Dr. Thach conducted the first chapel exercises' in Langdon hall. The first glimpse of the military phase of Auburn life came when Colonel Patrick, commandant, and Major John Davis, of the student battalion, donned their uniforms, to the awe of new men. Davis was the first officer of the day.

Losing no time, football practice was taken up Tuesday afternoon by the squad. Coach Donahue and Capt. John Davis are here, as well as many of the regu lar squad. The new William Leroy Broun engineering hall, just com pleted, will be used for the first time with the organization of classes in en gineering. The building is one of the largest school buildings in the' state.

Jefferson's Tax Values $107,640,920, Birmingham. The recapitulation of the county tax assessor, just com pleted, places the total value of taxable property in Jefferson county at $107,640,920, all raises in taxes made by the back tax commissioner and ad justed by the board of revenue con iridered. Of this amount $70,717,388 tonsists of real estate, and personal property is valued at $36,923,532.. The tax raises made by the back tax commissioner represent an increase in the taxable valuation of $9,497,508. Jefferson county taxes, state and county Included, will be $1,399,339.60 for next year, according to the tax assessor's figures.

Town Gets Water Without Cost. Huntsville. A complete system of water" works has been installed at Paint Rock, and the best part about it is that it can be operated forever without expense. A short time ago a mag nificent stream of pure water was found flrwinff tltrnno4i a ravp in mountaiii high above Paint Rock. The stream now being utilized by the town, the natural pressue is some- 1 1 i nn i Bit by a Cat.

Se'ma. Eugene aged 16, was badly bitten by a vicious cat. The young man was walking along the street when the cat sprang from a yard fence and fastened its teeth and claws in the young man's leg. Mr. Yarbrough attempted to release the hold of the biting cat from his flesh, hut the animal seized his hands with its claws and teeth.

Yarbrough was taken to Monts'omerv for treatment at the Pasteur, institute. Cedar Rails Go to Germany. Russelhille. All of the old cedar fence rails which were in use in the county by the farmers before the stock law became in vogue are now being bought up by a company who are shipping them to Paint where they are cut up into slats and from there shipped to German', where they are made into pencils. The farmers' average from 4 to 4 1-2 cents each for the rails, which are of no use whatever to them now.

Average 45 Pounds. Albertville. As proof of Sand Mountain's productiveness as a general truck farming section, a farmer near here drove into town with a two-horse wagon load of watermelons which averaged 45 pounds in weight. Chief of Police Elopes With Girl. Mobile.

Vincent A. Giblin, chief of police of this city, and Miss Mary A. Delehanty eloped and were married by the. father C. T.

O'Callaghan. The bride is 18 years of age. A tinge of romance encircles the marriage. Bank for Ra gland, Ashville. A well-defined rumor has it that St.

Clair county will have a new bank, which is to be located at Ragland, and which will then make St. Clair have five county banks. Fish Brine Kills Cows. Troy. -J.

B. Messick, near Goshen, fed salt from fish brine to nine head of cattle. As a result four soon died. The other ve recovered after severe sickness. Tuscaloosa's Gain.

Washington. The population of Tuscaloosa, according to statistics announced, has increased more than 60 per while that of Eufaula has decreased. The statistics are: For Tuscaloosa, 8,407 in 1910, 5,094 in 1900 and 4,215 in 1890; for Eufaula, 4,259 in 1910, 4,532 in 1900 and 4,394 in 1890. Tuscaloosa's percentage of growth is as good as that of most of the cities whose enumerations have Leen made public, 60 per cent, being considered a very high rate of increase. ca'me, regardless of the efforts of the best physicians in the country to save his life.

He was an energetic and forceful character, and had made and lost several fortunes, besides being one of Alabama's most prominent pub lic men, having held several responsi ble positions in that State. 77 Years did When He Last Married. Decatur. The Rev. W.

D. Thompson, of Cullman county, is evidently a believer in matrimony. At the age of 77 years he has just married for the fourth time, his bonny bride being Mrs. E. L.

Slaton, aged 66 years, of Priceville, this This is the second time the bride has been mar ried. The wedding took place at the home of the Rev. G. L. Cook at Price ville, who officiated at the wedding.

The ceremony was pronounced in the presence of a large number of chil dren, grandchildren and great-grand children of the bride and groom and a number of other relatives and friends, Just after, the aged couple were pro nounced man and wife the groom preached a most able sermon to the gathering of relatives and friends who had witnessed the ceremony. Soon after the sermon the bride and groom left for their future home in Cullman county. Kills Herself in Ghastly Manner. Huntsville. Mrs.

Jessie Davis, 32 years old, wife of O. Connie Davis, of Newmarket, committed suicide by almost severing her head from her shoulders with a knife. Her husband was awakened early in the morning by the crying of their infant, which usually slept with the mother. He found that his wife was not in bed, and after calling her, he went, out in the hall and found her lying on a quilt on the floor with two terrible gashes in her throat, One cut would not have been fatal, but the other is supposed to have caused death in an Officers Resign. Russellville.

Chief Deputy Sherift James A. Ramsey, City Marshal Thorn and Deputy William Hyde re signed their positions. They offered their resignations after Judge R. J. Moody had construed a law that no officer could lawfully carry a pistol or other weapons unless they are in full view of 4he public.

Sheriff W. D. Lowery will immediately appoint an other chief, and Hyde will continue to serve until a successor to Ramsey is named. These resignations were dir rectly due to the trial of former Marshal Stansell, in which the prosecution declared that no officer carry a pistol in any way concealed. Woman Uses Shotgun.

Eufaula. Mrs. Washburn, who re sides near the suburbs of town, emptied the contents, of a gun loaded with small shot into the face and body of James -Sawyers, a well-known white man here. Sawyers' wounds are pain ful, but not dangerous. The man is said to have been drinking, and the woman's husband was absent from home.

Reports are to the effect that an insult provoked the deed. Child Shoots Herself. Gadsden. Sylvian, the 4-year-61d daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

J. T. Duna-way, while playing with a Flobart rifle, accidentally shot herself in the eye with a B. B. shot.

The shot 'entered the eyeball and was removed by a local specialist. Owing to the skill of the operation, the sight of the eye will not be lost. The child is now rapidly on the road to recovery. Two Girls Drowned. Florence.

By the swamping of a gasoline launch in the Tennessee river, two popular young ladies, Misses Ro sa Miller and Emma Sanderson, were drowned. Their two brothers were rescued in an exhausted condition, Loses Life While Catching a Bird Oxford. In an attempt to recover a didappef which he had shot and kill ed a pond near Oxmoor early Wednesday morning, Joe Adams, a negro, was drowned. Later in the day his body was found floating on the surface of the pond with that of the dead bird, while his clothes and gun were found nearby on the bank. Many Had Taxes Raised Anniston.

The board of Calhoun county road and revenue commission ers, who have been in session at the Calhoun county court house for sev eral days, adjourned Wednesday after noon until September 26. During the session just closed they passed on many tax questions, verifying substantial raises in taxable values. Will Manage Big Plant. Anniston. P.

T. Laws, an experi enced pipe man of Ohio, has been made permanent resident manager of the plant 6f the United States Cast Iron and Foundry Company in this city, the largest of the kind south of the Ohio river. New Waterworks. Gadsden. Ground has been broken for the new waterworks plant, and the work will be well under way within a few days.

Alarge force of men is already at work and more are wanted. that ancient chest of drawers until grim death relieves me of its guardianship." "I wouldn't mind owning it my self," confessed Cummlngs. "I'll give you twice what the thing cost just to own It for a keepsake, you know. "It Is not for sale," answered Chapman. "I will give," said the old man.

sticking to the subject, "just $100 for the clap-trap. Better take It." "It is not for sale," reiterated Chapman, patiently. "Can't' you un derstand, sir? It Is not for sale." "One thousand dollars," exclaimed the old man. "and not a cent more, by jing! No. sir, not a cent more!" "You had better see a doctor," suggested Chapman.

"That bureau isn't worth a cent to anyone but me. It is old, dilapidated and hideous." Cummings had already started Tot the door. "I see we can't do business," he called back to the surprised Chapman. ''Good-by." The painter stared after his eccen tric visitor. "Crazy," he ejaculated.

"Mad ai a March hare! Some old lover of aunt's, probably, and he wanted that er thing as 'a keepsake. Jove! who would have supposed romance existed in such a Nevertheless, and despite his firm and Indignant refusal of Cummings's offer, Chapman had been tempted. One thousand dollars meant a lot to him. Annette laughed when he told her. "Why, boy," she said, softly, "you don't know yourself as well as I know you." One slim hand rested on hia arm.

"Your visitor couldn't have bought that bureau for $50,000, I A week later Chapman received this letter: Dear Mr. Chapman: "In calling upon you recently I did so acting in the capacity of your late aunt's legal adviser, and as the administrator of her estate. The legacy of the bureau was a test, If you kept it an allotted time and refused to dis pose of it for even such a ridiculously large sum as I. offered you It would prove your love for her and rest of the estate was to come to you. "You have won, and in the face of great temptation.

Congratulations. "The property amounts to over $100,000. Call upon me as soon as possible for more explicit information. Very truly, C. "It pays," said Annette, Leya, who was present at the opening of the letter, "to cherish heirlooms." He Was Too Enthusiastic.

Hank Dobbs was noted as an horse trader. He would not He about a He would merely suppress the truth. Incidentally he always beat the customer who dealt with him. The way he could slur over the defects and buzz about the virtues of an animal amounted to genius. Once Hank was trying to sell a neighbor a horse that had an eye which was nearly sightless.

The neighbor knew Hank would not lie outright to him, so he questioned the horse trader as to the- various points of the brute. "How about his eyesight? Can, he see out of both eyes?" "Sure," said Hank, "he's got good Here he leaned forward, his eyes fairly scintillating i with suppressed honesty. "One eye is particularly good!" Hank's enthusiasm for the truthhad carried him too far. The deal was As a Refrigerator. Jerome S.

McWade, on the Cunard pier In New York, was talking about last month's long and terrible heat wave. "The heat wave," he said, "caused comic as well as tragic happenings. For instance: "Late on a hot afternoon a guard at the Metropolitan museum, entering the hall of sculptures, was amazed to see a fat, red-faced man seated on the knee of a marble Venus1, "The guard could hardly believe his eyes. He advanced hurriedly. Yes, It was true.

The fat man sat on the Venus' white lap, his arms were around her necK, and his head lay on her shoulder. 'Say, what are you there?" the scandalized guard demanded. all hie all rT, replied the fat man. 'I'm Just coolln' off a bit hlc thash Death Rate Among German Babies. The figures of the present infant mortality alarm Germany, where the fact that there Is a notable increase Is evident from the statistics Just published.

Out of 2,000,000 persons born alive last year in the empire 351,000 died under the age of one year, a record exceeding 17 per cent The highest mortality by kingdoms is per cent; the lowest, 16,8 per cent, is in Prussia. As compared with the British Isles the in fant mortality in Germany is very high. In the former the general percentage Is 10.8, the rat of mortality varying from 11.8 per cent in England and Wales, where It ia highest, to 9.2 per cent In Ireland, where It la lowest, America. 1.