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"'HE BIRMINGHAM NEWS, BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1910. With Crucial Test Now at Hand In News $15,000 Prize Contest Candidates Will Show Colors 3The Beal OneC PARTY VOTE GOVERNS POSTAL IANK REP0RT Ho Amendment Will Be Permitted on Floor of the House. WASHINGTON. June 7. The new rules committee of the house by a strict party vote of six to three today reported a special rule to govern the Postal Savings bank bill ln the house.

The rule provides for the cutting off of all amendments, for eight hours of general debate and for permission to offer a substitute for the entire bill. PRATT CITY HEARS SOME WARM TALKS Jere King Charges Ring Rule and R. Gayle Intimates Graft. Those Faint of Heart Will Quit With Victory in Their Grasp, While Those of Sturdy Courage Will Come from Behind and Win. INCREASE IN CAR SERVICE i WILL BE SHOWN FOR KAY, A m.terUl lncre.n.

wlU (hows' It tbs fifures of the Alabama Pemorrasa and Macau. bureau, formerly tba Alabama Car aaaocUtloac' aa to the uumber of rara handled by rallreadt atate during May aa compared to tha figures for the a id month UM year. The official report will hanlly util the middle of next week hat already the rail, roads are reporting a heavier business thu' prevailed in May Ufct year. Id May of last year there were M.523 Cara handled by railroads reporting to the demurrage4 concern. In April of this year there were 66 862 care handled and this mill be about the number that mill be abornn In the Mav report.

The figures now coming in at the general -offices of the Alabama Demurrage end storage bureau Indicate steady business. The condition in the iron market la being felt, there is an increased amount of business other circlet. The railroads are great barometer of conditions, ear men working on the car figures, and everything Is beginning to take on a healthy aspect again. During the first four months of this year there have been 275 966 cara reported on During the same period ut year 195 66ft cara were handled by the railroads belonging to the bureau. alack but in JUNE CLEARANCE SALE third bonus offer.

Every candidate bringing or sending to this office thirty-five ($35) dollars in NEW subscriptions between now and midnight, June 11, will re-cetve a certificate for 100,000 votes in addition to the regular scale. Every candidate bringing or sending to this office twenty ($20.00) dollars in NEW subscriptions between the above mentioned dates will re-cdlv? certificate for 50,000 Votes In addition to the regular scale. These clubs may be composed of NEW subscriptions of any length of time trom three months to two years All NEW subscriptions heretofore offer ln an n0t a previous offer 111 be included In this this offer Is not as large as the previous offers. It means extra efiian1 you j111 Prtt largely by taking advantage of it. Your success lauure may depend upon your efforts during this period.

In reaching distance of one of the grand prizes. If you are in the race do your best i Your friends will appreciate your sincerity, they will understand what It Is going to mean to you to win and they will cheerfully jump in behind and support you. The leaders of the various districts have not gone to their various positions ithout time and effort. They are at the top because they are determined to do their best and leave the rest to fate and their friends. They have not decided to go half of the route and drop out.

Want of constancy Is the cause of many a failure that makes the millionaire of today the beggar tomorrow. Do you know of any great triumph that Is not the reward of dogged persistency? What is called courage in men. Is very often nothing more nor less than mere will power backed by unending patience and perseverance. Patience and perseverance are the two available virtues of man against des-tlnv. 1 IF you have gone to the contest resolutely keep that first decision.

Don't get into a position where you will consider dropping out for a moment. The Our Big Advertisement elsewhere in todays News tells you all about it. ASHVILLE JUNIORS WIN. Special to Th Birmingham News. ASHVILLE, June 7 The Ash.

vllle Giants were defeated by the Ash-vllle Juniors Monday afternoon by the following score: Giants ........100 101 4 i Juniors 102 010 1 5 7 3 Batteries: Nflson. and Crowe and Nunnally. The Ash vllle Juniors defeated the Rock Hill baseball team on their hotna Grounds Saturday by a score of 13 to 3. It was a merry toastmaster at a Tih0 whlle Hed pith the enthusiasm that comes from good niK things exclaimed, in hat he intended to be most glorious elo- meenun ration lifts erlvitaVinn h7i but gentlemen, gravitation holds me down. This Is gradually working out in this great contest.

Slowly certainly naturally those whose efforts but half-hearted, those who afraid to face the fighters, are settling to the lower positions In the list, while those who are lifted up by ambition. by the desire to win because they are heart and soul in the race, are forging to the front. The fight Is narrowing down to the men and women whose mettle will be given a test during the next ten days. Those who have the pluck and energy will be up and doing every spare moment betw een now and the close. And Incidentally.

It Is not a bad time to urge wise candidates to take advantage of the present bonus offer. While It is not as large as the previous offers it will amply repay you for jour efforts and it may place you gre-ter the difficulties in your road, the sreater will be jour success in tha eves of your friends and your self-satisfaction ln winning a prize. Tw-enty-two candidates for various city offices turned loose their batteries of oratory before the Pratt City voters Monday night and when the last echo of the political voice had been heard in the land the hour was getting close to the midnight period. George Bodeker and Thomas Shirley, candidates for chief of police, made addresses. Jere King again charged ring rule and wanted to know why Culpepper Exum never appeared In a public speaking.

Carl Seals, the hour being late, merely asked the people to vote for him. Monks Makes Speech. F. I. Monks, candidate for mayor, appeared at the joint speakings and he addressed the voters along the line of his platform.

Others who addressed the meeting were Romaine Bojd. candidate for city Keeling, W. Sims, I John Harrington, P. Brown. W.

H. 1 Priegel and T. Perkerson, candidates for street commissioner; J. B. Cole.

C. C. Hudson and J. Savage, candidates for license collector; W. S.

Cooper and J. A. Robertson, candidates for building inspector, W. Gayle, candidate for plumbing Inspector; W. P.

Copeland, candidate for city treasurer; F. B. Nabers. M. Hanby and N.

B. Feagin, candidates for recorder. Mr. King told the voters of Pratt City that he sympathized with them in the loss of her citv hall, her recorders court and her fire engine. He declared the distribution of wards was unfair.

Intimates Graft. J. J. Savage, candidate for license collector declared that qualifications' for this office ere all "bosh and that i any ordinary man has the ability to fill the position. W.

Gayle said that he couldnt prove that graft was going on In the plumbing department of the city, hut things looked suspicious. A. Robertson, candidate for building Inspector, said that attaches of the office of building inspector were going around tacking up signs In the Interest of the candidacy of W. O. Matthews, incumbent.

W. Barnard presided over the meeting. A HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE A HOUSE-FUL OF SHAME. CLEAN HOUSE WITH SAPOLIO fee Aire fakes Pandoras box never held more trouble to the square Inch, In a neat little speech before a crowd triumph and the creast-fallen Field, the triumph and the crest-fallen field, the suit was duly presented When, lo! to the surprise of all, it was smilingly accepted in an extempore speech that made Mr. Js studied effort, with Its set phrases, seem like "tlnklng brass and a sounding cymbal It was nearly noon next day.

Mr. J. sat In his elaborately appointed office, busy with some financial matters, when one of his friends rushed frantically up the stairway, entered the room like the house was on fire, and asked him what he meant by allowing a convict to hang around about his office, even if he was an old friend; it was a dead give away, and was the talk of the whole town. He told him the convict would even accost persons Inclined to pass, In order to tell them that he was in orucr iu ion uiom umv no wan BOW EUGENE FIELD TURNED THE TABLES Eugene Field could appreciate a joke as well as any man, even when the joke was upon himself One time he turned the table upon a friend, who sought to play a Joke upon the gentle pOet, completely to his friend's undoing. Mr.

Field showed a lack of utter indifference when it came to be a follower of the fashions His clothes were always neat and tidy, but they were not made after the prevailing fashion; he had not consulted Worth, and this was agonizing to at least one of his most fashionable friends, named for convenience, Mr. J. One day, in an off-hand manner, so as not to be offensive to the poet, Mr. J. inquired of him if he would wear a suit of clothes if he would buy It for him Contrary to expectations, Mr.

Field replied that he would be only too glad to accept the suit and to wear At. In a few daygMr had occasion to oe' ax JfuerSTinviITe transacting some legal business, when he had a happy thought. By some means he procured a suit of clothes made by the state for one of her citizens. And the state does hot believe in changing fashions, manifesting a decided predilection for those patterns that are characterized by broad stripes, black and gray. On his return to Chicago the suit went with him a telescope, and AT THE BIJOU.

Like an invigorating breeze from over the hills of yesterday csrr.e "The Telephone Qlrl. agangling, to the Bijou Monday night, and an audience which was as large as it was appreci- atx, out on leave and had come to pay ha 21 eacb gust of respects to his old friends; the bretze 0nd at fim to the merry that he merry ought to get rid of him at once, and the sooner the better, if his reputation was not already ruined. Mr. J. made haste to Investigate.

It was the genial Field who had dressed up In the suit presented to him the day before. Nor would he leave till Mr. J. had paid him most liberally. National Monthly.

Manager Fred Clarke, of the Pirates, tired of waiting for hot weather, last week set his team at dally morning practice. Samuels Company's Editorial ceannasr comma rrr Tore 4he KcnnciHER Fisjiel Co- PaY. (be ftcnnEiMoijSsiin. Co yXOPYFiattT The Itcnnzmrx snn Co N.V succession of Jingles Old theatergoers and theatergoers who are not so old have not forgotten Louis Mann's delineation of the eccentric and grotesque Inspector, Hans Nix, and quite a number of the veterans were on hand at the opening performance of the weeks engagement, ready to cave In a rib of the fellow next door and remark: You ought to have seen Louis Mann do that! But things didn't happen that way. For one thing, there wasnt much time for remarks, and for another Max Bloom got away with Hans in such capital and such excruciating fashion that a considerable percentage of those present werent willing to admit that Lout Minn, Abey Mann or any other kin of limn could have been any fun-nt.

at that, Max Bloom didnt romp cross the finishing line with the honors not by several particularly i 'Lillian Goldsmith, who plajed the telephone girl so cleverly you almost knew down ln your soul she'd give you the wrong number if you gave her any sass, and wouldn't give you any number at all If you didnt. Hattie DeVon, as Toots, the Bowery girl, was as tough as the last edition of a counter steak ln an alley-front restaurant, which Is going at a terrific clip ln the way of realism. Miss Devon's song, Has Any One Seen Kelly, was the Individual hit of the performance. In fact, the company was at itsestln The Telephone Girl, which it is announced, will be busy at the Bijou all week. The entire performance stands out boldly, brilliantly, and If special mention need be made of anything, Max Bloom's throw ln the second inning beg pardon, second act must be accorded that distinction.

He almost knocked Eddie Allen Into the midst of "Johnny Wise. which la next week's offering AT EAST LAKE. Manager Fourton will offer an excellent band concert eyery evening at East Lake, and this will be a welcome addition to the many amusements -which are already offered there. Napple band will play every night and will be greatly augmented every Sunday, when there will be concerts afternoon and night. The lake 18 ln excellent ahape, better than ever before and picnic crowdi are beginning to frequent the park every day.

It Is probable that commencing next week free open air attractions will be offered In addition to the concerts, and Manager Fourton Is trying to secure good soprano soloists to give open air concerts every evening. Fifteen and Twenty Dollars Great chance for the summer months, this. If youre the least bit posted on clothes values, youll see at a glance the superior cut, finish and style of these suits. Natty serges and novelties, some with silk linings and facings classy suits that look better to you the closer you examine them, and $20 price tickets on them. Youll see saving.

Tl" re is much lhat is new in summer fabrics. Blue Serge and Black Serge, Homespuns and Flannels no longer cover the field for hot weather wear. Priestleys English Cravenette Mohair Suitings coat and trousers at $1500 to $25.00 and Spanish Linens are equally as popular as the old standbys and doubly cooler for those real hot days. We show a wide range of these suitings and its wisdom on your part to order a suit right now and have it ready to slip on the moment the humidity starts its wilting A little foresight common sense can avert a whole bunch of the fancied ills of this world, but most of us wait until too late to meet the conditions and blame everyone and everything for what a little judgment would have annulled. A in the hand is worth a hundred flying wild, and a cool, comfortable suit, handy to slip on when old Sol gets too fierce, has got useless lamentations beaten to a frazzle.

Let us help you to spend a comfortable and law-abiding summer by making you a cool, genteel and inexpensive hot weather suit. Yours truly, Samuels Go. 1916 First AVe Birmingham. SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE OPENS ITS SEASON GADSDEN, June 7. Gadsden plaved the first game In the recently organized Southeastern league on the local diamond with Morristown yesterday.

A large number of stores closed their doors and the clerks attended the game. The firemens band furnished music. An automobile parade was one of the features of the opening ceremonies. Morristown won the game by the ecore of 4 to t. TU Hot WpqHiO section of our store is working llvt VV vQtllCI overtime now.

Cool underwear, negligee shirts, straw hats, have all leaped into instant favor, and these big stocks of standard brands are most favored by men who know. ODUM BOWERS 1912 Second Avenue At Knoxville: Knoxville 7, vllle 3. At Rome: Johnson City 3. Rome 0. BUSINESS MENS LEAGUE AFTER NEXT CONVENTION Routings for tha nsxt world's convention of Baracas were discussed at the Business Men's League Monday night, i It was agreed to offer special inducements to this organization nd every effort will be made to land the ltll convention for Birmingham.

The league Is co-operating with ths Chamber of Commerce la the matter. a..