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l*State Treasurer Replies to
Requests for Fnforma
tion Concerning Actual
Facts and Not Rumors
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»’•; "It cannot be disputed, for it is a
Ij.Vhot, that every teacher in the State
-■ dip to October 1, 1915, got his .or ber
entire pay to the penny; that Is, for
»V.the flscal year ending September ID.
.. lill, and all years prior to that.” So
; wrote the state treasurer In a recent
reply to a request for information on
the subject.
As throwing some light on the cbl
l'. leetien of funds under the constltu
-ttonal provisions, w well as on their
disbursement, the treasurer says that
»■ da October 1, 1915, taxes for the new
i,; year were supposed to be due, but
?V'!Were not enforclble by law until after
Very few tax collectors. If any, en
force tax collections by law until May
TODAY
j The last exhibitions in Mont
’s gomery of
f “The Whirl of Life”
A melodramatic story based
*upon the actual lives of
America’s most famous
couple
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Castle
Six Parts.
TOMORROW
MME PETROVA
—IN—
“WHAT WILL PEOPLE
SAY”
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TODAY
“Sealed Ups"
An adaptation of the novel
“The Silence of Dean Mait
land” by Maxwell Grey, pro
duced by the Equitable Com
pany
With
William Courtenay
SUNDAY
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
and
“THE HUNT”
Sennett-Keystone Comedy.
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Cut Your Meat
Bill In Half
If You Buy Here Saturday.
LOOK OVER THESE
SPECIAL ORDERS
Bind Quarter Spring Lamb 20c
Tender Lamb' Chops ..... 25c
Prime Cut Sirloin .20c
Tender Bound Steak.18c
Fresh Ground Hamburger 15c
Pot Boast .. 15c
Lean Boiling Boast.. 15c
Boast Pork .... 15c
Fresh Dressed Stewing
Chickens ............... 18c
Best Creamery Butter ... 35c
Selected Eggs, all good ... 30c
i Fresh Dressed Springers. , 40c
SELLER’S
Sanitary Market
3 COOSA ST.
PHONE 3585
I Abe Martin
Still another line thing: about th'
movie theatre ie ther'a no No. 2 com
panies. A rabbit Is too proud t‘
fight, hence so many fur-topped
shoes.
and even July. He then adds that very
few taxes are collected prior to Jan
uary 1, a great many taxpayers pre
ferring to pay the eight per cent. In
terest until the last minute rather
than pay their taxes promptly. He says
the ettiaens should bear in mind the
tax collectors do not remit to the
' state treasury the day they collect
taxes, but they consolidate and remit
only twice each month, and It gen
erally takes from three to ten days
. before the funds reach the treasurer
of the state in an available form to
■ be used.
Explodes Another Report*
Then, with regard to the claim ap
parently being made by so many that
the public school funds are being di
verted to other purposes, he replied as
follows:
“I desire to assure you most em
phatically that such has not been done
during my term of office, and it could
not have been done for any great
length of time, if at all, by my pre
decessors In the office, of the state
treasurer, unless you contend that the
entire school fund is collected one
year In advance, which would require
approximately 22,500,000 to be held idle
in the treasury for possibly twelve
months. I do not think that you or
any other reasonable school teacher
would contend that the constitution or
law-makars intended sucn a condition.
"I Am sure that the people as a
Whole would not stand for this dan
gerous and uneconomical proposition.
If you acknowledge the above proposi
tion as being correct, and that the en
tire school taxes for 1914, amounting
to nearly two and one-half million dol
lars, should have been in the treasury
on October 1, 1915, then the state is
behind nearly f6.000.000 instead of f 2,
500,000, and instead of there having
been a surplus on hand at the end
of Governor Jelks’ administration,
there would have been a deficit.
Intended to Deceive.
"I take It. therefore, that none, ex
cept those who desire to misrepresent
and deceive, or, who are possibly mis
informed, will maintain that 22,500,
000 should be gathered In as taxes from
the people, and held locked up In the
insecure vaults of the treasury or
turned over to the banks for their
free use, because the state, under the
constitution, cannot charge Interest,
simply that the teachers might get
their pay from ten te thirty days
earlier than they now do."
With the above statement, and one
appearing in The Advertiser of Fri
day, Mr. Lancaster believes much mis
understanding In the minds of the sol
diers and teachers will be removed:
for. In his statement of Friday he
showed that Instead of these funds be
ing diverted to other expenditures, the
contrary Is true, and funds from other
sources are used- to pay as promptly
as possible the sums due these two
worthy causes. I
SHERMAN KEITH WAS
GIVEN “SURPRISE” ON
VISIT TO GADSDEN
(Special to The Advertiser.)
GADSDEN, ALA., Jan. 7.—When
Sherman Keith came to Gadsden today
to get a writ of habeas corpus com
pelling M. B. Bright to produce his
wife, he was arrested on a charge of
kidnapping, and it Is probable war
rants will be sworn out late today
charging him with bigamy and per
Jhry:
His wife was May Bright, daughter
of M. B. Bright. After Keith eloped
with her and married her the Irate
father overtook them and took posses
sion of the young bride and took her
home. Keith came to the office of the
probate Judge to get a writ of habeas
corpus for his bride. Sheriff Kirby
recognized him as a man alleged to be
wanted at Chattanooga, Tenn., for kid
napping a child of his first wife’s.
It then developed according to offi
cials that the girl he married here was
only fourteen years old and he had
made affidavit that she was eighteen
years old and It is probably a charge
of prejury will be laid against him.
Keith is In Jail and says he will not
return to Tennessee without a requisi
tion.
Minto and Adams
To Be Sentenced
Judge Gaston Gunter of the city
court, on January 24 will pass sentence
upon Mike Minto and James Adams,
who were convicted sometime ago of
the charge of keeping gaming tables.
Minto and Adams have been at lib
erty for a year and six months on a
writ of habeas corpus. The cases are
two separate ones but bear a similar
ity. They were tried in the criminal di
vision of the city court, one before
Judge Gunter and the other before
Judge Armstead Brown. They were
both convicted and sentenced to a fine
of $100 and six months confinement.
The cases were appealed, but the
stale court of appeals confirmed the
decision. Minto and Adams were re
leased on a writ of habeas corpus and
i later the court of appeals took back
its ruling and reversed the cases for
a new sentence only, but confirmed
it as far as trials are concerned. Judge
Gunter will Tesentence them on Mon
day, January 24.
STRIKING GIRL CIGAR
MAKERS BOMBARD A
FACTORY WITH ICE
( Associated Press.)
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.. Jan. 7.—
More than one hundred girls, striking
for higher wages, gathertd before the
! cigar factory of Samuel I. Davis anc
| Company, here today and bombardec
j the windows with icicles. Three were
| arrested and fined $5 each. The girli
were employed at rolling cigars anc
struck when refused five cents mor<
I per one hundred cigars. The walkout
| threatens to throw four hundred oth
ers out of w’ork.
When the police attempted to checfc
tlie attack upon the cigar factory th«
j girls turned upon the officers, but th«
arrival of police reinforcements soor
ended th« disturbance.
FATE OF NEW HAVEN
FORMER HEADS IS
IN HiOS OF JOV
Charge of Judge Hunt De
clares Conspiracy Charg
ed Must Have Been Con
tinuous One From 1890
(Associated frm.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 7.—Tha mil
again*! William Rockefeller and tan
other former dlrectora of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail
road oharged with criminal conaplracy
under the Sherman law, waa subinlt
ted to the Jury today.
The caae was given to the Jury af
ter Judge Hunt had spent two and
a half hour* In delivering hi* charge,
'which counsel for the, defense said
I ‘hey considered favorable to their
case. Before beginning their delibera
tions, the Jury went to luncheon.
Judge Hunt said the Jury would flrst
have to be satisfied that the con
spiracy charged was a continuous one
from 1890, the date 6f the enactment
of the Sherman law until the date of
the indictment: otherwise the case fail
ed. The case failed also If at any time
before the three-year period covered
by the statute of limitations the Jury
considered that the alleged conspiracy
ceased. The court laid stress on the
acquisition by the New Haven of the
Boston and Maine, and held that the
jury would have to find that the re
port of the Massachusetts commission
on commerce and industry approving
the acquisition was erroneous, if they
believed that other evidence in the
case was sufficient to justify the con
clusion that the two .roads were In
competition. This report held that the
road* were not "substantially com
petitive."
If the Metropolitan Steamship trans
actions were to be considered a part of
the alleged conspiracy the jury would
have to hold, he said, that the testi
mony of Charles S. Mellon, Lewis Cass
Led yard and William Rockefeller was
false.
DR. YARBOROUGH'S
PLACE AT ANNISTON
STILL REMAINS OPEN
< Special to The Advertiser.)
ANNISTON, ALA., Jan. 7.—More
than a score of names have been men
tioned In connection with the pastorate
of Parker Memorial Baptist church to
succeed Dr. W. F. Yarborough, who
recently resigned to become general
secretary to the . executive committee
of the Alabama Baptist Board, suc
ceeding Dr. W. B. Crumpton, who
held this position for more than twenty
years.
Dr. Yarborough has gone to Mont
gomery to take up his new duties, and
his family will follow him within a
few days. He will make his first ad
dress as secretary before the congre
gation of the First church at Bessemer
next Sunday morning, and in the even
ing he will occupy his old pulpit In
this city.
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Church and Sunday
School Campaign On
(Special to The Advertiser.)
CLANTON. ALA., Jan. 7.—The
Church and Sunday School campaign
which is to be held in Chilton and
Autauga counties for three weeks,
commencing on January 9th, will be
conducted by the following:
Mrs. Teel and Miss Cox, In the In
terest of the Woman’s Missionary Un
ion; Harry L. Strickland, or others of
the staff, representing department of
Sunday School Evangelism; Dr. B. P,
Roach, of Birmingham, returned mis
sionary to China; Dr. C. D. Graves, of
the Baptist Foreign Mission Board of
Nashville, Tenn., and others.'
Tuscaloosa Favors
State Bond Issue
(Special to The Advertiser.)
TUSCALOOSA. ALA.. Jan. 7.— Local
politicians are freely expressing: the
opinion that the bond Issue will be
voted upon favorably In Tuscaloosa
county. Friends of this measure*have
been waging an active campaign In fa*
vor of It during the last few weeks
and It Is said with good effect. It was
generally thought a month ago that
the proposed bond Issue would be bad
ly defeated in the rural beats of Tus
calo.'aa county. Honorable W. H.
Sam ford, of Montgomery, Ala., will de
liver an address in > Tuscaloosa on the
ISth o. this month on the subject of the
bond Issue.
Young Man of Buhl, Ala.,,
Is Seriously Injured
(Special to The Advertiser.)
TUSCALOOSA, ALA., Jan. 7.—Young
Fred Koster, of Buhl, Ala., was badly
injured yesterday while logging near
Buhl. Both of his legs were badly
broken and crushed when a tree fell
on him near that place. He was rush
ed to Tuscaloosa and is at present In
the Druid City Infirmary.
mis ns
WEST HOT OF
Also Explains That The
“Second Term Plank”
- in Last Platform Was
Not Mandate
■ (Associate* Press.)
LITTLE ROCK, AKK., Jan. 7.—Wil
liam F. McComb*, democratic national
chairman in a statement here today,
declared the "second term plank” con
cerning the presidency in the last dem
ocratic platform was not a mandate of
the Baltimore convention, and may be
construed either as a recommendation
to tfie candidate or a recommendation
to procuVe the passing of a national
constitutional amendment.
Mr. McCombs appealed for immediate
military and naval preparedness on
the part of the United States "against
possible encroachments of European
powers after the European war.”
The United States will be the richest
country in the world after the war,
said Mr. McCombs. Any of the Eu
ropean powers will look with covetous
eyes upon the wealth of the United
States. There Is a possibility that Irri
tated by poverty, they may be led to
make incursions against the peace and
good will of the United States. We
must be prepared to resist that.
"I favor the creating of a naval
power In the United States the equal of
that boasted by any power on the
globe.”
AGED PENSACOLA
WOMAN DIES FROM
BURNS RECEIVED
(Special te The Advertiser.)
PENSACOLA, FLA., Jan. 7:— Mre.
Aggie Metts, an aged lady of Milton,
la dead as the result of burns which
she recently received. The aged lady
was alone when her dress caught Are
by accident and when help arrived and
the dames extinguished it was found
that ahe had been terribly burned. She
lingered for some time, suffering agon
ies, and despite efforts of physicians
and her strong constitution, the in
juries proved fatal.
AGED MAN SERIOUSLY
INJURED BY FALLING
TREE WHILE AT WORK
(Special te The Advertiser.)
PENSACOLA, FLA., Jan. 7.—Henry
Taylor, (5 years of age, was brought
to the city this morning from Klon
dyke, twenty miles from Pensacola, and
placed In the hospital. He Is Buffering
from very serious injuries sustained
when a large tree, which had been cut,
fell upon him. His legs and arms were
broken and he sustained Internal In
juries, which may cause his death.
He and a force of men had been en
gaged In getting out timber '" and
through some misunderstanding a tree
near where Taylor was working was
permitted to fall before Taylor had a
chance to get from beyond its rea< j.
HOLD MILLIONAIRE
FOR WOMAN’S DEATH
BY DROWNING AT DAM
(AHMlatet Press.)
CORNING. N. Y., Jan. 7.—Georg* C.
Bayless, millionaire president of the
Bayless Pulp and Paper Company, of
Austin, Pa., and Binghamton, N, Y.,
is under arrest at Coudersport, Pa.,
awaiting the outcome of habeas corpus
proceedings. Bayless was committed
to jail by Justice of the Peace French
of Roulette, Pa., following a hearing
on a charge of Involuntary manslaugh
ter in causing the death of Mrs. Thom
as Lawler, in the disastrous flood at
Austin in September, 1)11, He could
have been released under ball, but pre
ferred to go to Jail to teat the ques
tion as to whether he is liable to
prosecution for alleged negligence In
connection with the breaking of the
Bay less Company’s dam.
*
Richmond- Welcomes
First Heavy Storm
fAssociated Press.)
RICHMOND. VA., Jan. 7.—A heavy
snow fall which began here early this
morning and continued steadily, has
disorganized electric car schedules,
and is impeding steam traffic.
This is the first real snow of the
winter here, but was welcomed by the
health department, after unseasonably
warm weather, as alterative of an in
cipient epidemic of pneumonia.
BOYD AND DRAKE QUALIFY.
Romaine Boyd has filed declaration
papers with the secretary of state an
nouncing candidacy tot the fourth
| judgeship of the Jefferson circuit court,
| and Willard Drake .has declared hlm
| self a candidate for the eighth Judge
Hhip of the same circuit.
Empire Theatre
H. C. FARLEY,
' Manager.
TODAY, JAN. 8th,
ESSANAY -
Presents
Margeruite Clayton
THE GREAT MORALITY DRAMA
“A Daughter of The City,,
Every girl in love will want to see it. Every father and
mother should see it. This is a touching love story present
ing a great problem growing out of the evils of the present
economic and social conditions.
TOMORROW
RUTH BLAIR and CLIFFORD BRUCE
-IN
“THE FOURTH ESTATE”
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American Legation to
Show Them the Beauties
of Dutch Painting and
Architecture
(Associated Press.)
THE HAGUE, (Via London), Jail. 7.
—Two hundred- and ten membera of the
Ford peace expedition will reach The
Hague at 11 o'clock Saturday morning.
Arrangements were completed today by
a local committee to welcome them at
the railway station and conduct them
to hotels.
Arrangements have bean made for
public meetings Monday and Tuesday
in the grand hall in the Zoological Gar
dens. No restrictions have been placed
by the authorities upon their proceed
ings as was the case In Denmark. The
attitude of the Dutch authorities
toward the party may be described as
benevolently passive.
The official standpoint as laid down
to the Associated Press correspondent
today by high ministerial authority, Is
that Holland is a' free country and
Dutch law guarantees the right of as
sembly without Interference, without
public order or morality Is offended.
Hence the government does not see the
necessity of Interfering with public
speeches by members of the Ford party
in favor of peace. If they help toward
that end so much the better, although
the official world Is not sanguine in
this respect.
The American legation today author
ised the following statement:
"This legation will be delighted to
extend to the Ford party as private
American citixens traveling abroad all
the courtesy to which they are en
titled. They will have the opportuni
ty to see some of the treasures of
Dutch painting and architecture and
doubtless will have a peaceful. In
structive stay in Holland as American
tourists."
TWO STEAMSHIPS
ADDED TO MEXICAN
TRANSPORTATION
< AuorUtfd Press.)
GALVESTON, TEXAS, Jan. 7—Pur
chase of two ateamahlpa for service
between Galveston and the Mexican
ports of Tampico, Vera Crus and Pu
erto Mexico, la announced by the Gulf
Coast Fruit and Steamship Co. The
ships are the Norwegian (Steamers Fort
Gaines and Fort Morgan, which have
been under charter for several years
to the United Fruit Company. The
new owners expect to have the ships
changed to American registry this
, month.
Anniston Boy Is
Fatally Burned
(Special to The Advertiser.)
ANNISTON, ALA., Jan. __Millard
Ellison, a 14-year-old negro boy, was
fatally burned yesterday afternoon
when his clothing eaught Are while he
and some other boys were playing
around a bonfire that had been built
out of some old rubbish. The boy’s
clothing caught fire and he was fatally
burned while running for help. Had he
rolled on the ground he could probably
have saved his Ufa.
Bank Oficial Shows
Up; Nothing Wrong
(Associated Press.)
RUTLAND, VT.. Jan. 7.—A letter
was received today from John J. Mur
phy, formerly treasurer of the Marble
Savings Bank of this ctiy and the Rut
land Hotel Association, who disap
peared November 2». last. Mr. Murphy
wrote from Augusta, Ga., explaining
that his sudden departure was due to
mental fatigue brqught on by over
work, His accounts as treasurer were
examined after he went away and were
found to be correct.
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I RICE’S GREAT I
$2A5 SHOE SPECIAL |
HTHIS is the Shoe Oppor
tunity of the season.ior
men.
\XfE*VE grouped into one
y v big lot all broken lines,
odd sizes, etc. in. ' V -
Men's Shoes
Values to $5
Special at ‘
$2.45<*»
To fully realize just what thkr sale means in the
way of values—see our window!display! Then come
in and see the assortment we show in your size.
Just the shoe you want may be here,' A,t%
in your size, at....»T V
MARGERU1TE CLAYTON IN THE GREAT W
MORALITY DRAMA “A DAUGHTER Of
THE CITY” AT EMPIRE THEATRE TODAY
j Marguerite Clayton, who play* the
[leading rote-to- “> Daughter of the
City" la considered*--one of the moat
beautiful leading women In motion pic
ture*. Throughout this photoplay ehe
wear* her golden curie streaming over
her shoulders, which add to her at
tractiveness. Every girl In love will
want to see this great moral drama
and every father and mother should
see It. It Is a story of a little girl
with a heartache, E. H. Calvert takes
the role of a wealthy owner of a de
partment store and a vampire of so
ciety. He Is a flesh hunter, a libertine
who, armed with riches and love of the
game, baits his trap to capture the girt
Ralph W. Hills Tires
of'Diplomatic Game
—*—
(Associated Press.)
ROME, Jan. 7.—Ralph W. Hills, a
seerttary of the American embassy
here, has resigned for personal rea
sons. He expects to leave shortly for
the Riviera.
I . _'
and who Is foiled by tha lava of a bay
who is clean. Thare i* no melodrama,
no killing. no hysteria la this great
feature. This photoplay Is a Cross-sac
tlon of life as It Is today and - men
are not killed as a general rule for
plotting against th* virtue of a girl.
But the libertine Is punished In a
much more affective way than killing.
You must see. this picture at th* Bnt
jure today or you will miss one of th*
most talkad of photoplays that was
avar producad. Tomorrow the Empire
will have as Its feature attraction "Th*
fourth Estate,” with Ruth Blair, Clif
ford Bruce and Sam J. Ryan playing
th* principal parts. r
Spain, to Keep Its
j. >:;■ New Ships at Home
- \ < Aeaoelated Press.) j
Madrid, sixain, Jan. 7.—(Via
Paris. KA decree will be published
nest' weak prohibiting the sale to for
eigners of Spanish ships built within
the last fifteen years.
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