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AT THE HOTELS
C. R. Fay of Coal City, J. G. Jones
of Decatur and A. R. Lonpr of Cardiff
are at the Birmingham.
Thomaa D. Bulger of Dadevllle, J. A.
IMlnge of Warrior and W. A.-Flanagan
of Holmes Gap are stopping at the
Florence.
Thomas Foster of Selma, C.' R. Vick
ery of ‘Anniston and R. A, Burleson of
Hartselle are at the Metropolitan.
John Ellin of Clanton, Charles H. Wood
of Selnja and ,T. R. Oglesby of Mont
gomery are at the Morris.
J. B. Gambia of Sheffield, John H.
Wiley of New York and W. H. Skags
of Chicago are at the Hillman.
J. T. Walker of Selma, George Abbott
of New York and C. Y. Chambers of
Jackson, Term., are at the Empire."
DAY’S WORK INTHE
FEDERAL COURT
In United States court yesterday the
ease of Robert Hood against the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com
pany was dismissed for want of prose
cution.
A non-suit was entered by the plain
tiff In the case of G. B. Spangler vs.
Hie Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad
company. Both cases were for dam
ages for alleged personal injuries.
The case of the Palos Coal and Coke
company vs. the Fulton Bag and Cot
ton Mills was continued by agree
ment.
The case of Lucy Goolsby vs. the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com
pany occupied almost the entire day.
A small tract of land of about 60 acres,
the title to which Is sought by the
plaintiff is . the basis of the case.
Many witnesses were examined and at
torneys for both sides made extended
arguments late yesterday afternoon. A
sealed verdict was returned which will
be opened this morning.
INVITE MILLERTO
SPEAK AT COLLEGE
Judge John H. Miller of the city
Court has received an invitation to
make the principal address *at the
commencement exercises of his alma
mater, Ersklne college, located at Due
West, S. C., on June 3.
The invitation was in the form of
a personal letter from President J. S.
Moffet, who stated that an effort was
being made to make the affair of spe
cial Interest to the alumni of the col
lege and with this end in view all
the speakers and others taking part in
the commencement exercises have been
selected from the coil-ego alumni.
Judge Miller has not accepted the
invitation as yet as his duties on the
bench keep him closely confined. How
ever he has the matter under consid
eration and may accept the invitation
to speak which is regarded as quite a
• compliment to Judge Miller, as Ersklne
college has turned out many distin
guished men of national fame.
Real Estate Transfers
$1450—Edegwood Land company to
C. E. Rice, lots 256 and 257, map and
survey of the Edgewood Highlands
Land company.
$1500—Bessie G. Bell to M. J. Ezelle,
parts of lots 5 and 6, block 669, map
of the Elyton Land company’s prop
erty.
$1800;—Edgewood Land company to
C. F. Hogue, lots 24 and 25, block B,
Mouth Highland Land company’s sur
vey.
$2400—Ronald l^iomas to Eva Ka
base, lot 12, block 167, Elyton Land
company’s survey of Birmingham.
$4600—Standard Home company to
W. E. Whitehead, lot 6, block 1, King
Land and Improvement company's sur
vey; also east half oL’ lot 9, block 1,
Lytle’s addition to Birmingham.
$1080—R. F. Lovelady and Henrietta
Lovelady to James Little, southwest
corner of lot 16, block 12, section 29,
township 17, range 3 west.
$2000—Mary T. West to H. H. Black,
lots 11, 12 and 13, block 4; also lot
4. block 3; also lots 16 and 20, ,block
1, Mountain View addition to North
Birmingham.
$1500—W. W. Silh to E. P. Self, lots
lT and 12, according to the survey of
Gurleyville.
$1*200—W. A. Dexter and Mrs. N. W.
Dexter to W. A. Marbut, lot 4, block
447, Bessemer.
$1800—Ohatchie Land and Develop
. ment company to Ingram Realty com
pany, lot 5, block 31, survey of Tliarpe
Place, West End.
WOMAN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY
First Presbyterian Church Organiza
tion to Elect Officers
The Woman’s Missionary society of
tbe First Presbyterian church will hold
an important meeting Wednesday aft
ernoon in tlie lecture room of the
church at which an election of officers
will be held and other Important busi
ness transacted.
The ‘'talent” money will he paid Into
the treasurer. Owing to the import
ance of the meeting every member of
the society is requested to bo present.
Suits Filed
The following were among the suits
filed yesterday in the city court:
’ Mary Cook vs. Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company, $5000 dam
ages claimed for alleged personal In
juries.
W. B. Buntyn vs. Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company. $2909
claimed for alleged personal injuries.
Minnie Hamilton vs. Tennessee Coal,
iron and Railroad company. The plain
tiff claims $2000 damages, alleging
that the company falsely caused her to
b* arrested and imprisoned.
#
AH Preparations Completed For Post Card Day
THE COT AGREE ON
SLAG PILEREMOVAL
Proposal Submitted Is Ac
cepted by Commission—To
Remove Coke Ovens
SECOND AVENUE
TO BE OPENED UP
Company Will Receive'Dedication of
Unused Part of Third Avenue.
Will Continue to Occupy
Thirtieth Street
The city and the Sloss company have
agreed. The company will abate the
smoke evil of the coke ovens. The com
pany will open up Second avenue with
reasonable despatch. The company will
receive the dedication of an unused part
of Third avenue. The company will also
remain unmolested in its occupancy of
Thirtieth street Within ten years the
company will rededicate to the city the
vacancies executed at this time. With
this agreement the slag pile and oven
controversy ends.
The offer made the city which was ac
cepted from Adrain Larkin of New York,
representing the company, follows:
"Birmingham, Ala., March 18, 1913.
"To the Board of Commissioners, City of
Birmingham.
"Gentlemen: Referring to the written
proposition I made to you yesterday and
to the objections thereto you pointed out
at the hearing you were good enough to
accord the representatives of the Sloss
Sheffield Steel and Iron company today.
Herewith I submit an amended proposi
tion which includes the changes in the
original proposition you directed to bo
made at the conference today:
"Referring to the conference which you
have been .good enough to have with
i epresentatives of the Sloss-Shefflelrt
Steel and Iron company, and in compli
ance with your request that I make to
you a proposition that I can recommend
to the board of directors and one which
I believe they will sanction, I desire to
submit to you for your consideration the
following:
Pqsition of Commission
"As I understand it, the position of the
commissioners is as follows;
"(1) You hold that the operation of the
coke ovens is a public nuisance.
"(2) That the Sloss company is occu
pying portions of Fifth avenue, and por
I lions of Second avenue, without title
thereto, and that there lias been a legal
dedication of these avenues over 39 years
ago; and that you desire us to vacate
Second avenue and to remove any ob
structions that we may have placed
thereon and on First avenue.
"As you are aware, various suits have
been brought against the Sloss-Sheffield
Steel and Iron company by different
property owners, seeking to oust the
company from its use and occupation of
Thirtieth street, Second avenue and Third
avenue.
"It has been represented to you on
various occasions that the opening of
Thirtieth street through our plant, and
the opening of Second avenue through
our slag pile, without som~ provision
laing made for the use of the company’s
property north of Second avenue, will
practically amount to a destruction of
t the company’s plant.
i "The company is naturally desirous of
preventing the closing down of U*is
plant, and is anxious to continue its ©p
I eration, and is willing, in order to in
j sure the continued operation of the plant,
to waive whatever legal rights it nicy
have in Second avenue, in order to meet
the views of the commission. Therefore,
to this end, I shall recommend to the
board of directors, at a meeting already
called, to be held on Thursday, March
20, for the purpose of considering thip
situation, the following suggestions for
acceding to your contention:
Company’s Proposals
“(1) The company recognizes that the
extraordinary growth of Birmingham
nmkes it desirable, and to the Interests
of the community that it cease operating
the coke ovens, and it is willing, under
the conditions hereinafter mentioned, to
cease such operations eft these coko
ovens from and after the first of Janu
ary, 1014, or sooner, provided it is able in
a shorter time to build an additional
battery of ovens elsewhere and connect
them, up, so as to give a continuous sup
ply of coae at the city furnaefts.
•2. Tho company is willing further
to make an absolute dedication of
Thirtieth street from the north side of
First avenue to the right of way of
tlie Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company, and to remove, obstructions
therefrom, and to make an absolute
dedication of Second avenue through
l its slag pile, and remove the slag from
said avenue, if it may have a reasonable
time, and in any event, until January
1, 1014. in which so to do; provided
you will give it the right to cross Sec
jond avenue at grade and by an over
head bridge (enabling slag to be car
fried from the furnace to the company's
property north of Heod’nd avenue); ami
further, you will, when the proper pe
tition or petitions are presented for
the purpose by the abutting property
owners required by law, consent to the
vacation of Thirtieth street between
First avenue and the right of way of
tlie Alabama threat Southern Railroad
company, about a block in length, and
to the vacation, of Third avenue be
tween the right of way of the Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad company
and the right of way of the Belt Rail
road company, about a block in length,
and to the vacation of the intervening
alleys between First avenue and Third
avenue, east of the right of way of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad com
pany.
Conditions Imposed
“You may Impose as a condition to
consenting to the vacation of this
street, this avenue and these alleys the
following: If at any time the Sloss
Sheffleld Steel and Iron company, or
any grantee company, or any person
taking title through it, ceases to use
the property for a blast furnace, that,
thereupon, upon the demand of the city,
the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and Iron com
pany, or its grantee, or any one claim
ing title under it, will forthwith exe
cute a formal dedication of Thirtieth
street, Third avenue, and Intervening
alleys between First and Third avenues
iso far as it is affected by your actions:
and the further condition as to Third
avenue: That at any time after the ex
piration of 10 years from this date, upon
the demand of the city, the Sloss-Shef
flcld Steel and Iron company, or Us
grantee, or any one claiming title un
der it, will forthwith execute a formal
dedication of: said Third avenue, so far
us it Is affected by your action; and the
foregoing conditions may take the form
of covenants running with the ;and. It
Is understood, however, that the com-,
pany shall reserve the right 10 cross
Third avenue at grade and by an over
THOUSANDS OF BIRMINGHAM BOOSTERS
TO LEAVE CITY BY AID OF “UNCLE SAM”
GETTING READY FOR POSTCARD DAY
Assistant Secretary W. B. Everett of the Chamber of Commerce and a corps of more than a dozen cirls
putting clips on the thousands of postcards yesterday in preparation for Postcard Day today—Photo by
the Birmingham View Company.
With the able aid of “Uncle Sam” thou
sands of Birmingham boosters will leave
the city today for all parts of the world.
Post Card Day has arrived and It is
expected that before tonight every one
of the 75.000 cards that have been pre
pared will be on its way to some per
son outside of Birmingham with its mes
sage of civic pride. Some of them no
doubt will arrive at their destination
late today, others will arrive tomorrow
and the next day and gome of them will
be probably a week or two in carrying
their message to some far distant, per
son, informing him or her of how much
is being missed by not being a citizen of
Birmingham.
Post Card Day domes but once a year
in Birmingham and from indications at
the Chamber of Commerce yesterday the
people of the city are going to make the
most of it. Work as hard as they could,
the large force of girls, hired for that
especial purpose, could merely keep ahead
of the demands of the constant stream
of persons wiitch flowed into the cham
ber headquarters yesterday and request- .
ed cards.
It is expected that long before tonight
there will not be a card left in the city.
Seventy-five thousand of them were print
ed this year and “printed in Birming
ham" The card this year is acknowledged
to be the most artistic and best arranged
of any card made since Post Card Day
was inaugurated by the local Chamber
of Commerce a couple of years ago. It;
is a triple folding card, carrying several
| views of the city and district on one side
j and on the other a well arranged and
easily understood table of figures show
ing the commercial and industrial status
of the community.
Everyone acknowledges that no one
could receive the card without looking
at it and that no one could look at
It and fail to be greatly Impressed with
Birmingham, the city which it represents.
Every one of the cards is a booster and
with 75,000 of them starting to boost in
one mighty chorus today the results in
civic advertising for Birmingham is be
yond even estimation.
The cards have been printed, folded and
distributed by the Chamber of Commerce
free of charge. They are given to any
one who will promise to mail them, but
not to do so before today, which has been
designated Post Card Day by the Cham
ber of Commerce specifically for that pur
pose. The only duty falling upon the
person receiving the card is placing upon
them the address and a one cent stamp.
With thousands of citizens sending these
cards today to their out-of-town friends
in all parts of the world, Birmingham
boosting stock is expected to know the
top out of the market.
There is one regulation to be watched
in regard to the cards, and that is, that if
a ono cent stamp is placed on them they j
will go through the mails, providing no
message is written on them. For a one
cent stamp anyone can send one of the
cards to a friend putting on the neces
sary address and the sender’s signature.
If a message is written on the card
that is anything except the address and
the signature of the sender, then a two
cent stamp will he necessary. In order
that many of the cards will not get “hung
up” at tlie postoffiee, it is necessary that
these regulations be • closely watched.
These directions can easily be found on
the cards themselves in tlie little square
where the stamp is to be placed.
T. A. Weller, chairman of the. Post
Cord committee of tlie chamber, lias had
the event in charge and lie predicted
last night that it would be an immense
success. The following downtown stores
have been designated by Air. Weller as
places at which the cards will be dis
pensed free of charge today until the
supply gives out:
Florence Cigar Store, Five Points Phar
macy, Gunn Drug company, at Twentieth
and Third avenue; Gunn's pharmacy, at
Nineteenth street and Third avenue;
Brown’s Cigar store, Twentieth and Sec
ond; Empire Cigar store, First and Twen
tieth; Parker's Drug store, First and
Twentieth; Hillman hotel cigar stand.
Fourth and Nineteenth; Adams' Drug
store. Second and Nineteenth; Barbor &
Ramseur Drug store. Fourth and Twen
tieth, and T. A. Weller’s office, 219-20
First National Bank building.
FIRST POTLATCH BUTTONS
RECEIVED IN BIRMINGHAM
WILL BE PLACED ON EXHIBIT
SHORTLY — POTLATCH GEN
ERAL COMITTEE WILL MEET
TODAY
A nervous, fluttering excitement was
noticeable downtown yesterday afternoon
but after all rumors had been run to
ground it was found that it was caused
by the arrival of the first installment
of Potlatch buttons.
The entire shipment has not arrived,
however, and the whirlwind campaign of
two days' duration will not be launched
until every one of the buttons and hat
pins are In Birmingham.
Within the next few days the buttons
will be placed on display in the down
town show windows of some of the big
stores. Xot a one will be sold though
until the date yet to be set nor will
any be sold afterwards. The buttons
give membership In the Order of Pot
latch and the opportunity to Join the
organization must be seized as soon as
It pvesents Itself.
Another meeting of the executive pot
latch committee will he held today. As
soon as the entire shipment of the thou
sands of buttons are once en route to
Birmingham, the meeting of General Pot
latch Chairman Oscar C. Turner and
about 260 of the “live wires” of the
Chamber of Commerce will be held and
the selling forces organized for the cam
paign.
The buttons and hatpins carrying the
emblem of the potlatch order are the
central feature of the big celebration and
joy festival which is to be held April 24
and 25 to celebrate the prosperity of
Birmingham. The name “potlatch” was
secured from an old custom of the In
dians who, in tiie “days of the Red men,”
were in the habit of holding similar fes
tivals to celebrate good times and called
it “the potlatch.”
In following out this custom even -
thing about the celebration Js to bo “in
dianized” as much as possible; especially
the last grand event at East Lake park
will be staged in Indian costumes and
Indian scen&ry, with Indian life portrayed.
There is but one idea in the whole fes
tival, and that is to celebrate. There are
to be no money making schemes, mo no- i
I toriety seeking, no seriousness of any!
shape or form. It is a festival to cele
brate good times and every tiling and
everybody will be made as joyous and
happy as it is possible to do so.
head bridge (enabling slag to be car
ried from tlie furnace to the property
of the company of Third avenue),
upon making the dedication thereof
last referred to. .. .
•Tt is further understood that the
citv mac reserve the right to put sew
ers or other public improvements un
der the surface of the alleys above
named, In such a way, however, as not
to interfere with the use by the com
pany of said alleys as a dumping piece
for slag, or otherwise.
What Company Is to Do
■‘In other words, the company will,
upon the conditions above named:
••1 on January 1, 191C or sooner, if
It can make its arrangements accord
ingly permanently abandon the opera
tion’of the coke ovens at the city fur
naces. , ,
.... It will, at Us own expense, begin
the"work necessary for the removal of
the slag pile across Second avenue. If
It may have a reasonable time, and In
anv event until January 1, 1914, in
which s" to do, and will complete such
removal by that time; provided you
give it the right to cross at grade and
hy an overhead bridge as hereinbefore
suggested.
‘••1 It will, at its own expense, re
move all obstructions in Thirtieth
street between the north line of Plrjt
avenue and the right of Way of the.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad com
pany, being all of tile street on the
property of the Sloss-Sheffleid Steel and
Iron company lying north of First ave
nue whenever ordered so to do by the
ci t j*.
•*|. The company will remove all of
the obstructions «»n the north side of
First avenue and will remove the fence
in First avenue on the south side of j
that avenue, if. and when, required by |
the city so to do.
“I am satisfied that the board of di
rectors will be willing, as I have above
stated, to do all of this work, and give
up the aforementioned rights of the
company in Thirtieth street and Sec
ond aVenue, and incur this expense, in
order that we may, if you favorably
consider our proposition, and formally
consent to the vacation of the portion
of Thirtieth street, Third avenue, and
the portion of the intervening alleys
between First avenue and Third aVenue.
subject to the rights above mentioned,
continue the operation of our furnaces. |
“In considering this proposition, I j
would respectfully remind you that this j
company does not recognize any of the t
streets, avenues or alleys mentioned ns
public highways, other than First ave
nue; that we have paid taxes upon them
for 30 years or more, but that we arc '
willing to waive* all the questions in *
order that you may effect the coni cm- |
plated improvements you have been so !
earnestly seeking, believing, thru if i
you meet the suggestions contained !
above the solution will he satisfactory
to the community, and we hope to the j
individual litigants with the company, j
I am, sirs, respectfully.
■‘ADRIAN H. LARKIN ' j
• Haneeville News
Hanceville, March IS.— (Special.)—
Mrs. Beulah Martin of* Columbus, <Ja..
gave a reading last night at the school
here. Part of the proceeds went to the
Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist church
The men in and around Jianc»*viilo j
are rejoicing because Pullman county |
voted for the good roads bonds.
APRIL 10 IS DATE SET
George W. Perkins Will Be
Guest of Honor of the
Civic Chamber
A telegram was received yesterday from
George \V. Perkins, who Is in Pasa
dena, Cal., to the effect that it will suit
him to be here April 10, as originally
planned, and the annual dinner of the
Chamber of Commerce, at which Mr. Par
kins is to be the guest of honor and
make an address, was then officially
set for this dale by President W. P. G.
Harding.
The place of holding the banquet has not
yet been decided, but will be in the near
future. The entertainment committee of
the chamber, Solon Jacobs, chairman,
will have charge of the banquet, and will
name special committees to aid in case
the need for them develops. This ban
quet is to be made an annual event of
tlie Chamber of Commerce, and will bo
an elaborate affair. Mr. Perkins, who
is to be the guest of honor this time,
is well known as'ofte of the country's
largest financiers and the right hand
man of Theodore Roosevelt in his bull
moose campaign a few months ago.
Mr. Perkins has been spending some
time in the west along the Pacific coast
and his return east will be made by
way of Birmingham, stopping over here
for the banquet. He is a pleasing speaker
and his visit here Is being looked for
ward to with a great deal of interest.
Baggage Not Cargo
Washington, March 18.—Passengers’
baggage is not cargo, Assistant Attorney
General Denison announced today, in an
opinion to the Secretary of the Treas
ury. holding that steamships and rail
roads are not required by law to pay
< stems inspectors extra for unloading
baggage at night. The law stipulates
that such extra payment shall be made
for unloading cargo at night.
Are you discouraged?
Have you any REAL reason
to be ? Probably not —ten to
one it is your liver. You need
Tuft’s Pills
The effect is gentle, yet rarely
fails, even with the ordinary
doseasdiiected. Take no sub
stitute—sugar coated or plain.
The Cost of a Salary
Raise
Two men work a year for the
same pay and get the same “raise.”
One spends his pay as he gets it,
the other gets enough out of each
pay-envelope to live on and invests
the balance at compound interest.
Doesn't No. 1 pay high for his
raise? Doesn't No. 2 really get
his raise in advance and earn a pro
fit on it? Which are YOU? An
American Trust savings account
will give you the “raise” that
meams more profit year after year.
\mericanTrust ^.Savings Rank
FIRST AND TWENTIETH — BIRMINGHAM
$80,000 WORTH OF
PAVING ORDERED
By COMMISSION
Contracts Awarded to Im
prove Streets in the
Business Section
REPORTS ON ROUTE
FOR BOULEVARD
Three Western Routes Feasible, Says
City Engineer, But Third Avenue
Seems to Be Most Acceptable.
Favor Uniform Width
Approximately $80,000 worth of pav
ing improvements were authorized By
the commission yesterday. The down
town section was ordered paved with
wood block paving and was awarded
to the Southern Wood Block Paving
cbmpa\iy, the same concern that is now
paving First avenue and Twentieth
street.
The full list of streets with the price
for the work follows:
Southern Wood Block Paving com
pany—
Nineteenth street from First
♦ avenue to Third avenue. ...$ 13,35 l.9u i
Seeond avenue from Nine
teenth street to Twonty
flrst street .. 18.543.60
Morris avenue from Nine
teenth street to Twentieth
Street .. 4,176.50
Southern Bltullthic com
pany—
Eighth avenue from Twelfth
street to Seventeenth street 17,012.30
Southern Asphalt and < on
struction ' company—r
Twf nty-fourth street from
Eighth avtnue to Twelfth
avenue . 13.C30.0o '
Beech street from Highland
to Fourteenth street . 2,542.5o
Fourteenth avenue from Beech
street to Twentieth street. 5,873.50 j
Ash street from Fourteenth
avenue to Highland avenue. 1,439.50
Total . $79,00 4.90
The commissioners delayed receiv
ing bids for Twelfth avenue from
Twenty-fourth street to Thirty-second
street on account of tin fact that it |
was believed that street did not re
quire as costly a paving material nor
as heavy a one as the remainder of
the streets. The contract for that
work wilf be awarded later. In all the
work let there was only one protest
and that was in regard to Twelfth
avenue. Two property owners protest
ed against the paving of that street.
In connection with the boulevard
from East Lake to Ensley the city en
gineer communicated to the commis
sion that three routes were leasable,
but that Third avenue along the street
railway tracks to Fairvlety as far as
West End was concerned seemed to
be the most acceptable. The commis
sioners went on record as favoring
widening the boulevard in such places
as needed and making the whole prop
osition uniform as to width. It was
aujurgosted that such action would ne
cessitate some condemnation proceed
ings or would cause property owners
to make voluntary donations of rights
of way. President Exum was request
ed to look into that feature of the
proposition and report to the commis
sion. Mr. Exum told the commission
that he believed everyone was in fa
vor of the pavement that had been
seen and the general scheme was ip
high favor.
The commission asked Mr. Exum to
look into the details of widening the
boulevard on either side and such oth
er information as was needed prepar
atory to letting a contract for the
work!
The details of the boulevard are de
veloping rapidly and It is understood
little time will bo lost In beginning
this piece of woidc . which will be the
most extensive ever begun by the com
mission.
M’KINNON HAS NOT
VISITED GOVERNOR
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
Your paper today states that I spent
some time with Governor O’Neal Mon
day giving the executive an account of
my meeting with Theodore I*acy In At- |
lanta. This is an error. I have not
bgen in Montgomery, nor have I sent
a message to the governor about Lacy
or any one else. Please publish this.
C. A. M'KINNON, Sr.
Selma, March 18, 1-913.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
Issued yesterday in the office of the
probate court:
J. P. Gardner of Birmingham and
Miss* Stella May Grant.
■f. #G. Woods of Bessemer and Miss
Saljie Huey.
A. E. Hendrick of Birmingham and
Annie Lawi.
A. T. Knowles of Bessemer and Miss
Ida Bello Hawkins.
Giuseppe Petrueeions of Birmingham
and Cologera Laracca.
J. M. Toiler of Avondale and r>.*lla
Argrgw.
SELLER OF LADIES'
GARMENTS TAXED
MAXIMUM LICENSE
Local Merchants Enter Pro
test and Collector Boggar
Pays Hurried Visit
NEW ORLEANS MAN
GIVES UP $300 50
Long Line of Automobiles in Front
of Hillman and Host of Fashion
ably Dressed Women At
tracted Attention
War was declared yesterday by the com
mission on transient salesmen of women'*
and men’s garments, when a salesman
representing a New Orleans Arm wa«
forced to pay $300.60 for doing business
here at the Hotel Hillman.
The unusual Incident of a large num*
her of automobiles belonging to some of
Birmingham’s well known people drawn
up in front of the Hillman attracted the
attention of several wide-awake mer
chants of this city.
Investigation brought forth the fact
that a New Orleans house had sent a
trace ling salesman ami a lady assistant
up here to sell the ladies of Birmingham
‘nal swell" garments. The attention of
1*: trident Culpepper Kxum was called to
the ij'tuatlon by a score of prominent
nit : c^::, t:;. That official called In his
t- i . lc; r.eutenant, James. J. IJoggan, li
en jo inspector. Thereupon the cure Was
"jut i p" to the gentleman from New
Oilcans. That visitor to Itlrmlnyhanis
ir.ic’rt for’ e 1 over to enrich the city
treasury Kor two days’ st«».) in Birming
ham that "as fouHidrred *i 'cry reason
able aoiearment ft was the maximum
license that could I.«• Imposed.
The visitor was held 1*> tie license de
partment to he doln.r busiriess without
license and it was either pay or taho
the consequences. The form r course was
immediately chosen hy the silcstnun. Ilis
assistant was not bothered nor was tim
host of fashionable ladies who called upon
the "dispenser of elegance in womens
apparel” from New Orleans.
The merchants of Birmingham indicated
to Mr. Kxum and the other officials that
tb* y paid all the bills for the city prac
tically ; paid for the improvements, paid
out salaries and were institutions her#,
and it was manifestly unfair to allow
transient persons to stop by here and
take away so much money.
They were more than usually indignant
when It was ascertained that in the Bir
mingham^, shops stylo and qualities even
surprassing the New Orleans display are
obtainable.
It was indicated that a sharper look
out is to he maintained hereafter upon
the various hotels and that those who
aro ambitious to supply the Birmingham
elite with fashionable clothes will be
forced to pay “even as you and I.”
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MODERN EYE GLASSES
By the hands of an expert are fitted
to the wearer as if they grew 01^ his
face and had become a part of him.
las. H. Tinder is such an expert, and
will supply you with i lie most’com
fortable and dressy glasses made. 3Utj
N. Nineteenth street.