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THE BLIND MONEY KING AND
PHILANTHROPIST DIED IN
NEW YORK MON-
DAY.
NEW YORK. March 1-Charles Broad
way Rouas died her* today
Mr. Rouss had znffered from heart dis
ease and dropsy.
Mr. Rouss was born at Woodsboro. MJ.,
In ISM. He first engaged in business in
Winchester. V*.. served in the Confeder
ate army and came to New York in 18®.
He had been in business here continu
ously from that time.
H# erected at his own expense a monu
ment to dead Confederate aoldiers in
Mount Hope cemetery, thia city, rounded
a physical laboratory at the University
of Virginia and gave SIOO,OOO for •Con
federate monument to be located at Rich
mond. Va.
Some years ago George Rouss became
blind. He offered fI.OM.MO to any one who
could restore his sight, but the reward
was never successfully eiatmed.
Among the first things Mr. Rouss did
when he began business in New York was
to hang up in his store a picture of Jef
ferson Davis, father of the Confederacy.
This was. however, only one exhibition
.of his love for the Confederacy. The large
sums which he contributed to various
Confederate causes was another evidence.
During the war Mr. Rouss served with
•■Rosy" Powell, who was at one time a
policeman In Atlanta. His love for his
comrade was shown in many gifts which
he made him from year to year. On one
occasion he sent the Atlanta policeman a
handsome hundred-dollar overcoat, and
at other times gifts for his family. These
gifts usually came at Christmas time, but
not always, as they were received at va
rious times in the year. Powell died in At
lanta several years ago.
Mr. Rouss always retained a love for
the town of Winchester, in the valley of
Virginia, in which he formerly lived, and
contributed greatly to its upbuilding. In
addition to his other contributions men
tioned for the state, he founded the Battle
Abbey at Richmond.
One of the sad features in connection
with the life of Mr. Rouss eras his futile
effort to restore his sight, which he lost
by degrees during his business career. His
offer of sums of money which he finally
Increased to $1,000,000. brought many appli
cants with as many remedies. These, of
course, were more than he could use or
try. and as a means of trying the reme
dies be had other blind men to undergo
the treatment. It was said that there were
as many as fifteen or twenty blind men
trying the treatment at one time, which
if successful he would take. None were
ever successful.
WANTED—Two traveling salesmen In each
state. Permanent position; WO and expenses.
Write Central Tobacco Works Co.. Penicks. Va.
MRS. REBECCA SMITH DEAD;
SHE WAS 87 YEARS OLD
Mrs. Rebecca Smith died Bunday
night at her home on West Peachtree
street. She was 87 years old and one of the
oldest residents of Atlanta, having come
here just after the elose of the civil war.
Mrs. Smith had many friends In the city,
who learn with regret of her death. She
was a woman of lovely Christian charac
ter and was a member of St. Luke’s Epis
copal church. She is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. W. M. Reed and Mrs.
Ella Montgomery.
Tennessee Court House Burned.
CHATTANOOGA, March 4.—A special to
The News from Decatur. Tenn., the coun
ty seat of Meigs county, says that the
courthouse at that place was burned to
the ground at 3 o'clock this morning.
There Is no doubt that the fire was of
Incendiary origin, but no one Is yet un
der suspicion.
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J FINANCIER’S LUCK
HOW A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
CHANGED HIS FORTUNE.
Charles H. Bradley, President of the
State Investment Co., of Cleveland,
Ohio, Talks Interestingly of His
Experience.
•T shouldn't care to go through It
again,” said Mr. Charles H. Bradley, the
president of the State Investment Co., to
a reporter at his office in the American
Trust building, Cleveland, Ohio.
"It was not a pleasant experience.” he
continued, “but it had an important bear
ing on my after life. Certainly, I'll tell
you about it.
•’lt was about three years ago. I was
just recovering from a long attack of ty
phoid fever and my strength was so long
in returning that it seemed I would never
be a sound, healthy man again! My ap
petite was poor, my nerves were un
strung and the doctor's medicine did not
help me at all. ,
"Things were going from bad to worse
when one day I chanceu to read In the
paper of a man who had been cured of
trouble similar to mine by the use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. It
encouraged me to try them. By the time
I had used the first box I felt a decided
Improvement and I kept on taking them
until I had used six boxes. By that time
I was restored to perfect health.”
"You have never felt any more of the
after-affects?” asked the reporter.
"Nst the slightest. But I always keep
the pills handy, for I occasionally suffer
from indigestion, and a few doses always
relieve me. I consider them the best reme
dy made for all disorders of the digestive
organs. I am always glad to recommend
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.”
The after-effects- of fevers and other
acute diseases are frequently worse than
the ailment Itself and the utmost care is
required during this stage in order that
permanent evils do not result. The sys
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tissues, the nerves need a tonic to
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either In male or female. Dr. Williams’
Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by
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ceipt of price, fifty cents a box, or six
boxes for two dollars and fifty cents (they
are never soiu In bulk or by the hundred),
by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.
RECORD IS BROKEN AT
TELEGRAPHERS’ CONTEST
The American Telegraphers’ tournament
which closed at 5 o'clock Sunday morning
at the Kimball house was one of the most
successful events of the kind ever held in
this country. The object of the tourna
ment association was more for the pur
pose of raising the standard of the tele
graph than for speed, and success was met
at every hand. Two world’s records were
established and the quality of Morse was
far better than heretofore. Andrew Car
negie, himself ah old telegrapher, and one
of the most enthusiastic ex-telegraphers
of this country, furnished a “Carnegie
Medal,” valued at S4OO, which stimulated
the greatest interest among telegraphers
all over the country. This prlxe was offer
ed for a ten-minute test to see who was
the best all-around telegrapher in the
United States, both receiving and send
ing to be considered. F. M. McClintic, of
the Associated Press, Dallas, Tex., was
awarded the Carnegie medal for turning
out the cleanest press copy, receiving ten
minutes and afterward sending ten min
utes, and establishing a new record of 517
words of straight Morse. This was a test
of endurance as well as speed and ability,
for the contest did not ocsur until 2
o'clock in the morning, after the tourna
ment had been in session 11 hours. No
punctuations were counted in the matter
sens ond received—only the words sent go
ing into the record. Aside from Mr. Mc-
Clintic, those who qualified for this con
test were C. W. White, of Richmond,
Va.; F. G. Johnson, Louisville, Ky., and
W. C. Murray, of the Associated Press,
Atlanta. McClintic sent 517 words. White
503, Johnson 490 and Murray 434. The
judges concurred that the Morse of the
winner was superior to that of any they
had ever heard, while they also highly
commended the Morse of Johnson. White
and Murray.
The Atlanta Journal gold medal for the
cleanest copy of Phillips code, receiving,
was won by F. W. McClintic, of the Asso
ciated Press. Dallas, Tex., receiving 500
words tn five minutes, with but three er
rors. W. C. Murray, of Atlanta had four
errors and F. G. Mathews, of Atlanta,
thirteen errors. Mr. Murray’s work was
done on a typewriter, the make of which
he had never used before, and his work
therefore is most creditable.
FLOOD DESTRUCTIVE
IN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY TRACK FOR
MILES WASHED AWAY—WILL
COST MUCH TO REPAIR.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.. March 3.-The
Southern railway was a great sufferer In
the recent flood in western North Caro
lina. Between Hot Springs and Marshall
the railroad is torn up for 200 yards. West
of Hot Springs and one mile east the
track is entirely washed out. From this
point to Stackhouse the track is entirely
washed out. Slides are numerous. It will
take two weeks to clear the track be
tween Hot Springs and Asheville and will
cost the Southern Railway hundreds of
thousands of dollars before the road. Is
restored to its original condition. At Bar
nard the depot was undermined and fell
on the track. The track was completely
.washed away for half a mile. The rail
road track at Hot Springs is washed away
and every vestige of the road gone from
the river banks. Between Alex nder's and
Hot Springs the track is strewn with
wreckage, lumber, fragments of buildings,
dead animals, uprooted trees, with here
and pieces of furniture and frag
ments of household goods.
REBELS HELD AMERICAN
PRISONER ON GUNBOAT
NEW YORK. March 4.—Having been
detained on a Colombian rebel gunboat
for nearly a month, in spite of repeat
ed protests. Frederick E. Walker, of Pon
tllac. Mich., has landed here from the
steamer Orizaba, from Colon.
Mr. Walker says that he went to South
Africa to look over mining properties. He
left Panama January 3 on the govern
ment schooner San Juan, which carried
two soldiers with despatches for General
Castro. The vessel was bound for Agua
Dulce, a town on the coast, and got with
in ten miles of it when the rebel gunboat
camo along and made all hands prisoners.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1902.
18,000 HOMES
ARE VACANT
ay flood
SCORE OF LIVES LOST AND PROP-
ERTY DAMAGED $5,000,000
THROUGH THE EAST-
ERN VALLEYS.
NEW YORK, March 4.—Flood conditions
in the East are reported rapidly improv
ing, although affairs in the Wyoming Val
ley and northeastern Pennsylvania gener
ally, and along the Hudson, near Albany,
are still In bad shape.
Dispatches from Wllkesbarre, Pa., show
that more than a score of lives were
lost and $5,000 000 worth of property was
destroyed in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The danger is over, but the full extent of
the damage is yet to be seen. Eighteen
thousand homeless persons in the Wyom
ing Valley are anxiously watching the
backward course of the waters.
The water has receded in Paterson, N.
J„ so that thfe danger there practically is
over, but there were many daring rescues
of persons who had stayed in the flooded
houses.
So many mills were damaged that ten
thousand operatives are thrown out of
work for an indefinite time.
In Passaic six men are reported to have
been carried down with a bridge, which
was washed away. The current was so
swift that it was impossible to rescue
them.
Cities and towns in almost all sections
of New York, and in New England states
suffered heavy damages to property, and
delayed trains were reported.
Not for many years have the mails
reaching New York been so delayed as
during the last three and a half days.
STOPS THE COUCH
AND WORKS OFF THE COLD.
Laxative Brom-Qulnina Tablets cura a cold in
one day. No Cure. No Pay. Price 28 cents,
damage’byflood
AT MONTEZUMA, GA
MONTEZUMA, Ga., March 4.—When
Montezuma people awoke yesterday mbrn
ing it was to find this little town almost
surrounded by water, the river had risen
so rapidly during the night that the back
water covered all the south side of the
the stores on that side were from
two to six feet in water, many of the mer
chants worked all night and far into the
day getting goods out of reach of the wa
ter. Much stock had to be moved from
the stables. The railroad track between
the city and the river is washed entirely
away for more than 200 yards, and it is
feared that the railroad bridge is badly
damaged. The river is two and one-half
higher in the town than the oldest citizens
ever remembers to have seen it. Much
damage has been done , not only in town,
but all over the county, by the high
water.
UGLY - TALK IBOUT
II MINISTER
IN JONE
WELL KNOWN MAN MAY BE ASK
ED TO EXPLAIN HIS VOTE
AGANIST THE DIS
PENSARY.
ROME. Ga., March 4.—A sensation of
considerable magnitude has been caused
by the report that the First Baptist
church will cite Rev. R. H. Maddox be
fore a committee to answer serious char
ges in connection with his vote in the re
cent dispensary question.
Mr. Maddox signed an appeal in conjunc
tion with nineteen other ministers, ask
ing the Christian people to vote for the
dispensary.
When the day came for the ballots to be
cast. It Is said, Maddox went to the polls
and voted against the dispensary and con
trary to what he requested the Christian
voters to do. It is strongly asserted that
Maddox was Improperly Influenced by the
liquor forces for his vote and change of
opinion.
Rev. Mr. Maddox is a member of the
First Baptist church in this city and was
licensed to preach by a church in the
country some years ago. He has never
held a regular charge, though he occas
ionally makes talks at various meetings.
For some time he has held the position
of circular distributor for several dry
goods stores in Rome.
Mr. Maddox stated to a Journal repre
sentative that what occurred was
this; “I went to the -courthouse
to vote, and while on my way
I met an acquaintance and asked him to
lend me $2, which he did. I needed the
money to pay an account and to make a
small purchase. I had no idea the inci
dent would assume such proportions and
be so misconstrued and perverted.
"I intended to vote against the dispen
sary, coming to this conclusion a few days
before the election. I returned the two
dollars to the gentleman who lent it and
took his receipt for the same and can
show’ it any time. It was merely an act
of kindness on his part and had no con
nection with the election.”
ACROSS THE KNEES
BAD BOYS ARE WHIPPED
NEW YORK. March 4.—’fwo policemen
with broad hands and plenty of strength
back of them acted as masters of cer
emonies at a public spanking administered
to six youthful delinquents in Kearny,
N. J., police court.
The boys, whose ages ranged from ten
to twelve years, was brought before Re
corder Krebs on the charge of opening
freight cars and destroying property.
Recorder Krebs sentenced each to “a
good, hard spanking,” as as the alterna
tive of a $5 fine. The parents spoke for
the boys and chose the spanking.
Chief of Police Tolen selected two able
bodied policemen. Each took a boy and
placed him across his knee in the ap
proved position and an Instant later the
courtroom rang with yells. When the
round had been completed the youngsters
were again arraigned. They were very
penitent and after the court had admon
ished them against evil doing they prom
ised to be good in the future and were dis
charged.
TROOPS SOON TO ARRIVE
AT CHICKAMAUGA PARK
CHATTANOOGA, March 4.-General H.
C. Corbin said yesterday in a statement
given out here that the first troops would
be brought to the training camp at Chick
amauga park In the early part of May. He
said that this would be a cavalry regiment
from Cuba, and that In August there
would be an immense encampment here.
STEAMER ETRURIA SAFE;
ALL ABOARD ARE WELL
LONDON. March 4.—The British steam
er Ottawa, from Philadelphia for Lon
don, has arrived at Fayal, Azore Islands,
and reports having sighted the Cunard line
steamer, Etruria, in tow of the British
steamer Cliff, 400 miles west of Fayal.
The Etruria had lost her propeller.
Bravery of Captain Prevented a Panic.
NEW YORK, March 4.—The Evening
World prints a dispatch from one of Its
reporters who is a passenger on the Et
ruria. The dispatch which was taken from
the Etruria to the Azores by the pil tank
steamer Ottawa says:
“The Etruria lost her propelller and
steering gear in mid-Atlantic on evening
of February 26. Drifted helplessly in a
heavy sea all night, making continuous
signals. Too much cannot be said for the
bravery and coolness of Captain Steph
ens, whose example filled the passengers
and crew with courage.
"They are trying to tow the Etruria to
the Azores. As I write we are now in tow
of the steamer William Cliff, but are mak
ing no headway. Wind and sea against us
and Cliff not strong enough to do more
than hold us steady.
"All are well on board and after the
first excitement everything is quiet. They
are trying to lash spars to make a rud
der. Captain Stephens wishes to assure
all that there is no danger.”
minm
BY BIG GALES
ARERDCKED
STEAMERS, DRIVEN- BY WINDS,
HAVE A PERILOUS JOURNEY
FROM GOLDEN DATE TO
HONOLULU.
HONOLULU, Feb. 24.—The steamships
Alameda and Doric, arriving yesterday
morning, were both a whole day late from
San Francisco and each encountered fear
ful storms en route. On the 18th the Ala
meda’s wheel house was smashed by the
seas.
The brigantine Tanner arrived on the
19th leaking and with her crew much worn
out by the over-work of keeping the
pumps going. She left Port Blakely for
Honolulu and had to put into San Fran
cisco in distress to repair her pumps.
Then she started here and met the storms
that have made trouble for other vessels.
She was 25 days between here and San
Francisco. The navy department has be
gun actual work at Pearl Harbor. A
large dredger Is now being used to deepen
the entrance to the harbor.
Kealakekua bay, a place of historic in
terest as the scene of the killing of the
English explorer, Captain Cook, has been
chosen as the site for the terminus of the
Kona Kau railway, now being construc
ted. The road will eventually be exten
ded to the volcano Kilaeua, where It pro
poses an extension of the Hilo railroad
completing a circuit of the island of Ha
waii.
The merchants' association, of Honolu
lu, has adopted resolutions asking the aid
of the general government to put Hono
lulu In first class sanitary condition as
was done by the government in the case
so Havana and other places in the Island
of Cuba and the new possessions.
; The transport Grant arrived here on the
17th, after a very ■ rough trip from Ban
Francisco, bad weather delaying her over
a day. She continued her journey to Ma
nila.
WOMAN LEAPS TO DEATH
IN NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, March 3—An explosion to
day wrecked the five-story building at
No. 210-212 Canal street, occupied by the
Aste Press Printing company.
The building was filled with employes,
some of whom were hurt by jumping.
Half the Canal street front of the struc
ture was blown into the street and the in
terior was almost instantly a roaring mass
of flame.
The printing house backed up against a
row of seven-story flat houses occupied
by Italians.
The rear wall of the burning building
was blown against the tenements, creat
ing panic among the occupants.
Many jumped from windows.
Consuela Durranto leaped from a win
dow and struck on the stone flagging of
a court yard. She was taken to a nospitai
where she died.
The Are department estimated the loss
at $75,000. Reports were circulated that a
number of persons known to have been in
the buildings could not be accounted for,
but the firemen said they thought all had
escaped injury except those who jumped.
\
Barn Burned at Dalton.
DALTON, Ga., March 4.—Early Monday
night the. barn belonging to Ex-Sheriff
John M. Johnsofi, of this city, burned to
the ground. Mr. Johnson lost not only his
barn nr.d feed stuffs, but a fine horse,
barns in the neighborhood were destroyed,
but no considerable loss was entailed, oth
er than that of Mr. Johnson’s.
FIRE iNGiNES USED
TO PUMP OUT WATER
STEAMERS DOING GOOD WORK IN
THE FLOODED DISTRICTS OF
AUGUSTA.
AUGUSTA. Ga.. March 4.—Ever since
yesterday at noon two steamers of the
Augusta fire department have been at
work pumping out the flooded cellars un
der the stores on the north side of Broad
street between Campbell and Marbury.
The capacity of these steamers is 1,500
gallons per minute, and they drain one
cellar after the other, one having started
at the lower flood limit and one at the
upper end, and they will be kept at work
steadily until all flooded cellars are pump
ed out.
This morning early another steamer
flooded the asphalt where it had been
overflowed, washing off the heavy de
posit of red mud which the receding wa
ters had left. Except some breaks in the
sidewalk which are being repaired, there
is little trace of the flood left on Broad
street.
FEVER AND SMALLPOX
RETURNS SHIP TO PORT
SAN FRANCISCO, March 4.—The Unit
ed States transport Meade, which sailed
for Manila on Saturday last, returned late
last night flying the yellow flag and
anchored at the quarantine station.
The Meade's geturn was due to dis
covery of a case .of smallpox and account
of a case of scarlet fever among the re
cruits on board.
Birmingham Man Found Dead in Chair
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 4.—Yes
terday the dead body of H. C. Pearce, an
aged white man, was found seated in a
chair in a room in the Stewart building.
It is believed that he had been dead at
least two weeks, as decomposition had
set in. Little is known concerning him.
ROOSEVELT IS
TO VISIT
EXPO.
THE PRESIDENT NOTIFIED THE
COMMITTE MONDAY MORN
ING THAT HE WOULD
ACCEPT.
WASHINGTON, March 3.—A delegation
of prominent citizens of Charleston, S. C.,
had a conference with President Roosevelt
today In regard to his attending the
Charleston exposition.
The delegation strongly urged the presi
dent to Keep his engagement to visit the
exposition and assured him almost cor
dial welcome.
The president told the delegation that
if nothing intervened to prevent he would
take great pleasure in visiting Charleston
and the exposition some time in the near
future.
The party was invited to luncheon with
the president and it is thought that a
date certain for the trip may be deter
mined upon before the party leaves the
city.
The delegation consisted of Mayor
Frank, Aidermen Rhett and Kellock, rep
resenting the city, and President Wagner,
Mr. Hemphill and Dr. Gadsden, of the ex
position board.
Senator Tillman has denied that he told
Senator Platt to tell President Roosevelt,
that It would not be safe for him to go,
as the people were mad about the way he
had treated him (Tillman.)
MACOiTEXPECTSTO’GET
NEW PUBLIC BUILDING
MACON, March 4.—At a meeting of the
chamber of commerce this afternoon, the
committee which has just returned from
Washington in the interest of Macon’s
new public building, will make its formal
report through President George A. Smith.
Every member of the committee seems to
feel jubilant. All seem to have no doubt
that the public building is a certainty.
The thing that bothered them, most was
the fact that Macon had shown no in
crease in the last census report, but when
the committee showed that the postoffice
is now serving daily more than 60,000 peo
ple within a radius of two and a half
miles from the court house, they were as
sured that they need feel no anxiety on
the score of population. The hint was
thrown out by Chairman Mercer of the
house committee, however, that Macon
should proceed on the idea of securing an
addition to her present building rather
th*Q a new building on a new site.
Flomaton Has Big Loss From Fire.
PENSACOLA, Fla., March 3.-Flro at
Flomaton, Ala., early this morning com
pletely destroyed the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad passenger station dispatch
er's office telegraph office, hotel and sev
eral small buidings.
MOUSED AS DEAD
GURLEY RETURNS
TO THE WOULD
MASSACHUSETTS MAN,WHILE HIS
FRIENDS SET UP GRAVESTONE,
WAS GETTING RICH IN THE
FAR WEST.
NEW YORK. March 3.—Friends of Mar
tin Curley, who was supposed to have
been burled at Worcester ten years ago.
have lately received letters from him, says
a Springfield, Mass., special to The World,
stating taat he is prospering in Minne
waukan, N. D.. and that he will soon re
turn to Springfield on a visit.
Just after Curley left Springfield, a man
was killed In the Worcester freight yards.
His body was badly mangled, but it was
decided the man was Curley. As a result,
a modest stone in a Worcester cemetery
marks the supposed resting place of Mar
tin Curley.
KILLEDHIS WIFE,
THEN SLEW HIMSELF
I nr
ALBANY, Ga., March 4.—The town of
Pelham, 35 miles south of Albany, was
the scene of an awful tragedy Saturday
right.
About 10:30 o’clock the near neighbors
were startled by two pistol shots In clqse
succession coming from the house of Mr.
Harvey Nesmith.
On investigating it was found that Mr.
Nesmith had shot his wife and then him
self, making a gruesome sight to behold.
Mrs. Nesmith was found lying near the
fireplace with a bullet in the left eye, cut
ting the optic nerve, struggling for life.
Mr. Nesmith was lying at her feet, with
a bullet through the temple, unconscious;
while their year old babe was asleep in
the bed.
The cause of the rash act will never be
known, though they had had some family
differences and separated, only having
been reconciled about a month ago.
Nesmith had been drinking hard for
about a year and for some time his friends
have found his mind was effected.
After lingering, in an unconscious state
Nesmith died yesterday morning at 4
o'clock, while Mrs. Nesmith lingered until
about 8 o'clock this morning, when she
died.
Both parties are of good family and the
fearful tragedy la deplored by all.
BIRMINGHAM WILL HAVE
HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 4.—A gen
tleman whose name Is withheld for the
present has offered to give $25,000 toward
the establishment of a home for working
girls in Birmingham, providing a like
amount will be raised by Birmingham.
The offer, which was made to the Min
isters’ Union, has been accepted and a
committee appointed to organize and take
up the work. Only one-third of the $25,000
to be raised in this city by popular sub
sariptions has to be raised in order to
obtain the $25,000, the other to be raised
within five years.
The Eagle hotel, a splendid building,
costing about $90,C00 originally, has been
offered for $50,000, and this will be pur
chased. It is a four-story structure, con
taining 70 sleeping rooms, parlors, etc.,
and Is among the most substantial build
ings in the city.
The idea in establishing the home is to
provide a place for young girls who come
to Birmingham from other places, or who
reside here and have no parents or other
home people, and who do not make
enough money to pay board at a first
class boarding house. They will be pro
vided v ith a good home, where the moral
Influences will be the best, at the lowest
possible rates. The institution will be
made self-sustaining. The gentleman mak
ing the $25,000 offer does not reside in Bir
mingham. __ i
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