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A. Tice of Mobile nnd I. P. Amick of
Philadelphia are at the Birmingham.
M. H. Sullivan of Montgomery, B. F.
Fills of Memphis and J. H. Cranford
of Jasper are at the Morris.
H. J. Busby of Shelby, R. C. Witt of
Jefferson City and R. Lee Thomas of
Columbia, Tenn., are at the Metro
politan.
Sam Friend man of Tuscaloosa, C. E.
Walker of New Decatur and M. D. Fow
ler of Montgomery are at the Florence.
Louis B. Farley of Montgomery, J. S.
Crayden of Louisville and E. K. Morton
of Atlanta are at the Hillman.
W. C. Filter of Dothan, G. H. Evans
of Chattanooga and Hinton J. Hopkins
of Atlanta are at the Empire
SERIES OF BIBLE LECTURES
Being Given by Mrs. Miller at First
Meihodist Church and Y. \V. C. A.
A .series of Bible lectures and readings
is now being given by Mrs. Eleanor
Stafford Miller, a noted Bible student
and teacher, at the First Methodist
church and at the Y. W. C. A. The read
ings and lectures are given at the church
at 11 o'clock every morning and at the
Y. \V. C. A. every evening at 8 o'clock.
The evening theme is “Christ's Atti
tude Toward Society"* and the morning
theme is “The Gospel of John.'’ Mrs. Ma
belle Slops Cecil states that the girls
at the Y. W. C. A. are taking a great
interest in Mrs. Miller's readings. The
services are public.
Real Estate Transfers
Deeds were placed on record yes
terday in the office of the probate court
showing the following transfers of
property, the consideration being $1000
or more:
$2300—Carrie E. Dewey and William
H. Dewey to Henry N. Maloney, par
cel of land in block 722. Ely ton I .ami
company’s present plan and survey of
the city of Birmingham.
•*1750—Self & Howard I^and Co., to
Kate D. Dyke, lots 30 and 31, also lots
14\ 13, 18. 1 9. 52. 53 and 7. block 7,
Motion 8, township 17 south, of range
2 wesL
33200—J. S. Reed and Bessie Reed to
W. A. Johnson and Ida Johnson, lot
16, block 7, Rugby Land and Improve
ment company's survey of Kenilworth.
$1600—Anna S. Cbaleforx to Mrs. Car
rie Armel, lot 14, block 7-A, present
plan and survey of the city of Bir
mingham.
SI 500—F. A. Cox and Flora Cox to
H. .1. Cox, lots 8 and 0, block 26, M.
C. Wood's survey of East Avondale.
Asks $2000 for Alleged I>og Bite
W. A. Berry has filed suit in tho
3lty court against C. R. Clemence in
which he claims $2000 damages. The
plaintiff states in his complaint that
1m* is a mail carrier in. tho service of
the United States government, and that
while in the exercise of his duties as
such he was attacked by a vicious and
dangerous bull dog, who bit his leg.
tore his clothing and otherwise in
jured him. He alleges he was made
-irk by the injuries received and that
he Was damaged to the amount sued
for.
Engagement Announced
.lumper. May 7.—(Special.)—Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Sydney Preston announce tbe en
paitement and approaching marriage of
their daughter, Helen, to Mr. Joseph
Henry Scales of Perry. Fla. The mar
riage will he solemnized at Ihe home of
the bride in East Jasper. Mr. Scales is
n prominent business man of Perry. Fla.,
i* vice president of the Perry Banking
company in addition to other buslnes.
interests.
Balloon Judges Selected
Dresden, Saxony, May 7—Judges of the
recent elimination contest for tbe selec
tion of Ihe German representatives to
participate In the international balloon
race for tbe Gordon Bennett cup. which
is to take place this fall in France,
have chosen llonus Bellinger, Baron Von
Poehl and Hugo Kaufen.
Marriage License
The following marriage license was
Issued yesterday In the office of the
probate clerk:
u C. Kilpatrick of Jackson, Fla., and
Miss Hattie Delmas.
Capt. F. H. Eaton Very III
Capt. F. H. Eaton, secretary of the
Alabama State land company, is criti
cally 111 at his home, 1316 Ina street.
I A Year’s Prescription
for Perfect Health—
v Drink
White
I Ttock
I Water '
kS W. Gilmeo Thompson, M.D..Pro
ifl tcaopr of Materia Medics. Thera
■ peutice, and Clinical Medicine of
SB the Uni-rereity of the City of New
H York, in reference te pure, carbon*
4 eted spring waters, aaya: “They ere
■ coeHnd. refreohinf, asd wholesome.
§B They promote digestion, and help
'M t-Msove wnste products from the
|b system.**
LOS ANGELES LADY
TELLS OF THE RACE
PROBLEMJNSM
Says Japanese Do Not Be
come Americanized and
Sell Their Land to
Japs Only
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Features which are particularly indi
vidual makes the Japanese problem or
California far more important than would
appear from casual observation in the
belief of Mrs. J. H. Hogan, a resident
of Los Angeles, but who for the past
month or two has been visiting In Bir
mingham. Mrs. Hogan has lived in Cali
fornia for many years and has come into
actual every day contact with w*hat in
California is called the “Jap problem.”
“It Is merely a repetition of history
once again, the struggle of one race for
supremacy over another," she said yes
terday. “In California it Is between the
j yellow and the white and in Alabama it
Is between the black and the white. The
white will conquer, as it always has, by
| one means or another.
“But the black and white race problem
has b«een solved In the south in compari
son with conditions in California between
the Japs and Americans. A Jap who
comes to this country, or at least the
Japs in California, come here as Japan
ese and remain Japanese. They refuse to
be Americanized. They refuse to adopt
or support American institutions. They
come to California, buy a piece of land
and every cent they can make from it
they send back to their native country
After they have accumulated enough
money to allow them to live a retired life
the rest of their days, they follow their
money and go back to Japan. And then
instead of selling their land to Ameri
cans they will not sell it unless they can
transfer it to another Jap. Land which
has once passed Into the hands of these
little yellow people, stays there forever.
Each owner makes his small fortune off
it, hands it over to the next and so on.
And what is a small sum in this country,
allowrs a man to lead a retired life in
Japan so they do not have to save up
what we call a fortune.
“The Japanese are industrious. You
have to give them credit for that. But
their life in California amounts almost to
a colonization of a part of that state by
Japan, for few of them or of their chil
dren, ever become citizens of this coun
try.
"In the south the negro is American
almost the same as the white man. He
adopts and uses American institutions,
becomes an American citizen, is a factor
in American industry and commerce and
deals with the white American in almost
every way except socially. Therein lies
the difference between the negro or al
most any other race and the Japanese.
And that's why sooner or later, I think
California will succeed in her efforts to
save that great state Cor Americans/'
Mrs. Hogan is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Hattie M. Cavanaugh, 4S31 Sixth avenue,
south, Woodlawn.
Lane, Phillips, Weatherly
and Parker to Look Into
Conditions Further
The Inspection of the school conditions
in Birmingham, with the plan in view of
bettering conditions at once, was con
tinued yesterday by Judge Lane with Dr.
Phillips. The commissioners will have ;
visited all of the school buildings very
soon, following which will be outlined ■
the financing of the school improve
, ments. John L. Parker, president of th«*
Board of Education, who asked for
$1,5M.OOO, will accompany Mr. Weatherly
on a further trip today. The school au
thorities, being very well acquainted
with the situation, are eager that some
thing be done for the reason that they
| assert some of the buildings are unsafe
and the lives of the students are lm- (
periled by their attendance at the
schools. The alleged frightful condition
has been pointed, out to the commission
ers for some action. The commissioneis
only can authorize an election for more
school bonds.
It is understood that the commission
ers will take the final discussion up with
Building inspector Matthews and other
experts before making any decision.
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Manners and Customs
To tfie Editor of The Age-Herald.
Good manners have disappeared; they
got ashamed and left us. To what coun
try they have gone I do not know, but
1 heartily recommend them to their new
acquaintances and beg that they cul
tivate and hold fast to them. They were
to us our crowning glory and you will
find them to be the foundation and
hope of your abode, whether that be on
earth or among the stars. During their
sojourn with us their purposes were
to make us clean, gentle, gracious and
to instill within our natures that in
tensity of religious fervor that brings
blessings to a people and greatness to
a nation.
I hardly know what to say of custom.
It used to be the custom for people to
be truthful and honest—how is it now?
I can remember when if a man spoke
with suspicion of a neighbor it was
done in a whisper. Now the slimy
tongue is busy on the highways and
in the conners dropping the poison that
he hopes will blight and wound. Shame,
eternal shame; far better that tongue
of yours was stilled In death. What a
vast difference between a character like
this and that of a good man, or woman.
A good man, or a good woman is of
priceless value to the community. Who
will not say that it is a comforting
thing to feel the touch of human love—
it is close a kin to divine sympathy.
Good manners—perhaps sometime in
the future you will repent and forgive
and come back to beautify and em
bellish the natures and souls of our
off-spring; and if you should, send
word to old custom to camp and live
along with you as in the olden clays.
Is what 1 have said a delusion? Arc the
old manners and customs vain and
empty tilings, and do the new ones rep
resent higher ideals? If so. I ask par
don. .!. LAWLER DARBY.
Birmingham, May 7, 1913.
Citizens Will Lay Wreaths On
Ensley’s Grave to Slow Music
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SHAFT TO MEMORY OF BNSLBY
At the foot of which iiteniorlnl exprohe.i will he co ml noted
TVith the tremolo stop pulled wide
open and tear ducts working overtime,
the citizens of Ensley will next Thurs
day afternoon. May 15, lay fragrant
wreaths of beautiful flowers on a lone
ly but not forgotten grave at Nine
teenth street and Avenue E, and thus
memorialize the memory of the dear
departed municipality of Ensley after
nine brief years of pristine glory.
A committee appointed at the last
meeting of the Ensley club is making
arrangements to have elaborate me
morial services over the grave of Ens
ley which mysteriously appeared the
morning following the addition of Ens
ley to Greater Birmingham, on Janu
ary 1, 1910. According to statements
made by members of the committee the
people of this section still mourn the
untimely demise of the thriving infant
ami propose to keep green the memory
of the deceased as well as being still
rMndful of the manner in which said
demise was effected, hence the me
morial.
The plans of the committee are still
In the formative stage but the story
leaked out yesterday that preparations
were being made, which include some
sob music by local bands and some
FObbler oratory by local orators.
''Vhile the members of the committee
on arrangements were somewhat reti
cent as to details, it is understood that
elaborate preparations are planned for
the event.
While the event which is to be com
memorated is still fresh in the minds
of many, for the purpose of refreshing
the memory of those who may have
forgotten, the following story which
appeared in The Age-Herald, January
2, 1910, is reproduced.
“Requiescat in pace.” Some time after
midnight last evening the mortal re
mains of the city of Ensley were laid
at rest forever and a marble shaft
over seven feet high was erected to
its past greatness and glory. The inter
I me nt took place on the lawn on the
corner of Nineteenth street and Avenue
Iv Ensley, in the presence of a large
assemblage of friends who deeply de
plored the cutting down in Its rising
glory of the busiest, happiest, most
prosperous industrial city in the south.
The shaft pointing upward bore the
following inscription;
“ ‘Here lie the remains of Ensley,
once a fair and prosperous city. Be
trayed hv the tribe of Judas, stabbed
in the back by Gov. B. B. Coiner on
August 20. 1900. Died December 31,
1009. May the memory of this fair city
endure as a warning to all mankind
that “man’s inhumanity to man still
makes countless thousands mourn."
“The scene of interment was vis
ited by hundreds of people who entered
into the spirit of the occasion and paid
rhmr last respects to the departed. The
affair was considered much of a joke
by those who viewed the scene, hut
many were they who indorsed the sen
timents inscribed on the tombstone.
“On the footstone were the words:
'Born, 1900; died, 1909.’”
TRAVELING MEN OF STATE
TO GATHER HERE TOMORROW
STATE CONVENTION OF TRAV
ELERS’ PROTECTIVE ASSOCIA
TION WILL BE HELD—BARBE
CUE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
At 11 o'clock tomorrow morning the
annual convention of the Travelers*
Protective association, Alabama division,
will convene at the Chamber of Com
merce for two days’ sessions. All ar
rangements for the convention have
about been completed. It is expected
that 200 or 300 delegates from all parts
of Alabama will attend.
The. committee of Post B, Birming
ham. which Is In charge of the local ar
rangements for the convention, is com
posed of Hughes R. Kennedy, Frank M.
Means .and C. B. Rogers. They have ar
ranged several very pleasant social
features for the convention, one of
which will be a great old fashioned bar
becue at Avondale park Saturday aft
ernoon. Delegates, visitors and the mem
bers of Post B are expected to total
near 1000 people, who will attend the
different events of the convention.
The first session at 11 o’clock tomor
row will be the business session. Elec
tion of the state officers will be held
and delegates to the national T. P. A
convention in Richmond, Va., June 10-15,
will be named. Tomorrow night at the
Hotel Hillman a banquet will be served
to the delegates to the convention.
Saturday morning another business
session will be held, the next place of
meeting decided upon and in the aft
ernoon the barbecue will be held at
Avondale. One of the entertainment
features of the convention will be an
automobile trip over the city Saturday
morning for the wives and lady friends
of the delegates to the convention
while the men are attending the Sat
urday morning business session. O. P.
Fontaine is president of Post B, which
will be host to the convention.
The state officers of the associa
tion are as follows:
F. M. Means, Birmingham, president;
W. R. Mabry, Birmingham, secretary
treasurer; J. A. Wood, Birmingham; B.
C. Williams, Birmingham; F. O. Salters,
Montgomery, and O. P. Smith, Selma!
board of directors.
SMALL DAMAGE BY
FIRE AT SIFT PLANT
Much Excitement on Morris
Avenue and Huge Crowd
Gathers
Excitement reigned for some minutes
yesterday afternoon about 4:30 o’clock;
when the packing and wholesale house
of Swift & Co. on Morris avenue
turned in an alarm of tire. The alarm
coming from this crowded wholesale
district caused four fire companies to
answer the call and great crowds to
gather. The cause of the alarm, how
ever, proved to be nothing but a smoke
house fire and was put out with slight
trouble and small property loss.
Morris avenue in the afternoon is
usually a very crowded thoroughfare,
and is also a very narrow street. With
nine pieces of fire apparatus crowded
In between Twenty-first street and
Twenty-second street, mingling with
the numerous drays and trucks and
hundreds of curious people, Morris ave
nue presented a lively scene. This gave
the impression that huge conflagration
was on and a few minutes later the
viaducts over Twenty-first and Twenty
second streets were covered with peo
ple. It was rumored over the city that
there was a big fire in, the wholesale
district.
The fire was caused, according to
Manager White of Swift & Co., from
neglect of the smokehouse !ir6s. For
tunately there wire no meats in • the
smokehouses at the time of the blaze
and this fact held down the damage
to about $50, according to Mr. White.
Chief Bennett also said that the proper
ty loss was slight.
The exciting incident of the blaze,
according to the onlookers, was the
raising of the huge aerial ladder to the
height of five stories. This feat was
watched and commented on very freely.
PLAN OF GETTING
M ould Ask Donation From
Owners and Marketers
of Sub-Divisions
By SOI T. KEWEDV
For the purpose of securing to the
city numerous small park areas in
various parts of the municipality with
out cost, a movement which has much
merit has been suggested by members
of the Ensley club. The proposition is
to request companies or individuals put
ting subdivisions on the market to
donate about 10 per cent of the acreage
to the city for park purposes.
It was pointed out by Dr. E. W.
Avery t, who proposed the idea, that
such donation would enhance the sale
of the property and thus work no hard
ship on the owners of the land and
at the same time result in aiding in
the creation of a city beautiful. Tho
question w;» discussed at considerable
length and while it was realized that |
the matter was one which would lie
naturally wholly optional with the pro
moters. it Is bel -ved that once the idea
gains circulation the home-buying pub
lic will demand tills up-to-date lm- j
provement us readly as it now de
mands improved streets and sidewalks
when purchasing homes.
The speaker said that he believed the
people who purchased homes in such
subdivisions would take pride in keep
ing up such parks as playgrounds for
the children and for the beautifying
of the section in which they lived.
Ii whs intimated that the matter
v mild be further agitated although no
• ••finite plans for a campaign looking
| to the crystallizing of public sentiment
along these lints have been made.
MEETING TOMORROW
NIGHT ON THE FIRE
Insurance Experts Will Tell
of Conditions Found
Here and Will Make
Suggestions
Tomorrow afternoon at the city hall
armory a public meeting will he held at
which the inspection of the city by the
Alabama Fire Prevention society will be
reviewed and short talks on fire preven
tion in Birmingham will he made by lo
cal men and by the fire insurance experts
wll° arv now making the inspection.
The public meeting was arranged late
yesterday afternoon at a conference be
tween President \Y. if. Hackney and Sec
retary Johnston of the fire prevention so
!''ietv and Idresident. W. P. G. Harding of
lhe Chamber of Commerce. All persons
who are interested are Invited to come,
it was stated. It is the desire of the fire
insurance men, they said yesterday, to
have every property owner in the city
who can come, attend this meeting as
they will lum some things of Importance
to divulge regarding fire risk conditions in
Birmingham.
So far nothing particularly startling
has been found about the fire hazard
conditions in this city, according to a
statement made by President. Hackney
yesterday. The inspectors have found
some good things and some had things,”
said Mr Hackney, "but we have not as
yet secured enough information on con
ditions here to make any broad state
men; or any comparison between this and
other cities.
The inspection is two-thirds through
and we will finish tomorrow afternoon.
At the public meeting which we have
arranged for the next day we will review
conditions which have been found by the
half hundred special agents of fire in
surance companies who under the auspices
of the society have been making a house
to house canvass of the business districts
of Birmingham. I'ntil this meeting is
held or at least until tomorrow night,
it will be Impossible to arrive at any fair
opinion as to actual fire risk conditions
in this city.
*‘\\ e are receiving the co-operation of
the merchants and business men, which
has been a great aid in our work. Jn
some cases, the impression prevailed that
we were making rates, but when this
matter was explained, no man yet has
refused to willingly throw open Ills prem
ises for our inspection. Birmingham Is
the largest city we have inspected, but
we intend to work every city in the state.
So far we have inspected but nine or 10
As Birmingham is the largest city in the
state, it will be difficult to make any
comparisons between this and other
places.”
President W. P. G. Harding will be one
of the speakers at the public meeting
Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Assistant
Secretary W. B. Everitt of tile chamber
sent out letters last night to every mem
ber of the Chamber of Commerce, notify
ing them of the meeting and asking them
to attend if possible.
News of Ensley
A reception to the public was given
yesterday evening at the Ensley High
school by the improvement association
at which were shown the original
paintings of Power O’Malley, the fa
mous Irish artist. Hundreds of people
viewed and admired the paintings. Fol
lowing the art exhibition a compli
mentary musicale was given under the
auspices of the extension lecture course
and the following programme rendered;
“Dance” (Schubert-Diszt), “Prelude”
(.Grieg), Miss Dowela Hanlin.
“Thy Blue Eyes” (Bohn), Miss Mary
Dee Broderick.
“The Bondelero” (Desite), Robert
Morgan.
“My Dreams” (Tosti). Miss Deona
Davis.
“Dove's Trinity” (DeKoven), PJrin
Farley.
“The Bongs My Mother Sang” (Bohn),
"The Daisy” (Arditi), Miss Alary D.
Broderick.
"The Rosary” (Nevin), “The Erlking”
(Schubert), Robert Morgan.
“The Boat” (Ware), “Sing Me to
Sleep” (Greene), Miss Deona Davis.
“Rhapsodle due Avergne" (Saint
Slat ns), Miss Dowela Hanlin.
“Manshusla” (Macmurrough), Erin
Fa i ley.
Aria and Rondo from “Da Sonnam
tula” (Bellini), Mrs. H. J. Kriba.
Rondy Morgan. 16 years of age, for
merly of Ensley, died at the South
Highland Infirmary late yesterday aft
ernoon, following an operation several
days ago for appendicitis. He was the
soil of Mr. and Mrs. \\ B. A1 organ, who
recently moved to North Birmingham
from Ensley. Besides the parents, four
brothers and three sisters survive the
young man. The funeral arrangements
have not been announced, but it was
staled that interment would probably
be made in Ensley.
An excursion and picnic to Cook's
Springs from Ensley will b> given Sat
urday by the Pratt City lodge Wood
men of the World. The special train
will leave Ensley at 7 ;:i0 a. m., return
ing at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Barnca and Philathea classes of
the Ensley Baptist church will he en
tertained by Miss .Jessie Ingram Fri
day evening at the residence of Mrs.
J. A. Dupuy at Fair view.
$2192.80 Receipts for Tag Day
The final results of Tag Day last Satur
day by the Boys’ club, as reported by
Burr Blackburn, secretary or the organ
Izatlon, Is $2192.80, $80 of which was sub
scribed by the people of Pratt City. The
officers of the association stated that
they wish tp extend their thanks to the
public for the aid they have received
st their hands.
In a recently Issued volume bearing
the above title, the author says: ‘'Con
tinuous use of grease paints, rouge and
tiie like, had ruined my complexion. M
skin was colorless, wrinkled, coarse and
punctured with latg*- pores. In Eng
land I heart] of the virtues of mercol
ized wax; my first experience with this
marvelous substance convinced me it
was more valuable than all cosmetics
combined. Now whenever my com
plexion begins to go wrong 1 get an
ounce of mercolised wax at the nearest
drug store, spread on a thin layer of it
before retiring, washing It off next
morning. The wax, after a few such
treatments, seems literally to absorb
the worn-out cuticle, when a brighter,
healthier, yountrer-looking skin appears.
‘ For tlte wrinkles and enlarged pores,
I began using a solution of saxolite, one
ounce, dissolved in a half pint witch
hazel. Bathing the face in this every
day for awhile soon relieved the condi
tion most wondertully.
Th ree Days Left to Join
the Savings Club
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
To open the account, deposit last week’s pay
ment and this week’s at the same time.
2 cent members pay now 6 cents; next week
6 again, then 8, 10, 12, etc.
5 cen t members pay now 15 cents; then 15 again,
then 20, 25, 30, etc.
The 25c, 50c and $1 members pay double this
week and then the regular amount.
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ALLCOUNTIES UPTO
BANNER STANDARD
Palmer Submits Report at
Meeting of Executive
Committee
Montgomery. May 7 —(Special.)—The an
nual meeting of the executive committee
of the Alabama Sunday School associa
tion was held Tuesday at the offices ot
the association. 525-527 Bell building, Mont
gomery. A full report of the year's work
was made by General Secretary Leon C.
Palmer, showing that every county In
Alabama Is up to the banner standard and
33 (Autauga. Barbour, Bibb, Bullock. But
ler, Clarke, Cleburne. Coffee, Coosa, Cov
ington, Dale, Dallas. DeKalh, Elmore, Eto
wah, Fayette, Geneva, l^ee, l^owndes, Ma
con, Madison, Marengo. Montgomery. Mor
gan. North Jefferson, Perry, Pike. Ran
dolph, Sumter, Talladega. Tallapoosa. Wal
ker, Washington* are “Gold Stars'' For
the first time in the history of the associa
tion. the field secretary. Miss Myra Bat
chelder, had visited every county in the
state during the 12 months. Most of them
hau been visited many times. The general
secretary had visited 62 counties. The of
fice work accomplished during the year
was the largest in the history of the as
sociation, over 30,000 letters and postals
having gone out from the general secre
tary's office, not including the thousands
tent ou( by the seven departmerit heads.
The circulation of the official organ of
the association, the Alabama Sunday
School Bulletin, has exceeded all previ
ous records. The financial affairs of the
association have been conservatively man
aged, no disbursements having been al
lowed except upon authorization of the
state executive committee, and the dis
bursements having been kept strictly i
within the available resources of the as
sociation. All bills and obligations of
every sort were reported paid in full, with
a small cash balance on hand. A budget
of $9,690 was adopted for the current year,
ill is being the largest year's work ever
planned by the association.
One of the most important steps taken
by the committee was the action to em
ploy two additional workers, an office sec
retary and an additional field secretary.
The work of the association has grown '
so that the present field force Is Inade
quate to meet the many calls made upon
them, and the Increase in office work
has made the position of office secretary
an imperative need. F‘rof. R. D. Webb
of Auburn, superintendent of the Auburn
Baptist Sunday school and professor of
English in the college at Auburn, was
unanimously elected state field secretary, i
Professor Webb has had extensive train
ing as an educator and as a practical !
Sunday school man. Ilis Sunday school j
at Auburn is one of the very best in that i
section of the state. As president of the
Lee County Sunday School association,
he brought the county up to the gold star
standard last summer, and under his
leadership the average banner school per
centage of the county has been raised 25
per cent in 12 months. Professor Webb
served as volunteer field worker of the
state* association nearly two months last
summer, arid made an enviable record as
a practical Sunday school lecturer and
organizer. While he has not definitely
accepted this call to the field secretary
ship, it is believed that he will do so.
J. M. Sherrell of Montgomery was elect
ed and accepted the position of office
secretary, his duties to begin May 20. Mr.
Sherrell is a Fayette county man, a mem
ber of the Methodist church at Fayette,
but now occupying a business position in
Montgomery. If«* is a member of the Dex
ter Avenue Methodist Sunday school, and
p.n experienced office man.
W. W. Campbell of Tuskegee and Dr
B. M. Ohnie of Montgomery were elected
as members of the state executive com
mittee.
The action of the state convention in
voting the next state convention 10 Mobile
was ratified and confirmed, and tlie ar
langement. of dates and programme re
ferred to the central committee.
Two resolutions of especial Importance
were unanimously passed by the eommitt
eee. one calling attention to the urgent
necessity of definite soul winning in the
Sunday school as the goal of all effort,
and the other reaffairming th*- funda
mental principle of the teacher-training
department of the association, namely,
that the Alabama Sunday School associa
tion stands for and advocates denomina
tional teacher-training.
SUITS FILED
The following were among the damage
suits filed yesterday in the city and cir
cuit courts:
Abe Martin vs. Alabama Great South
ern Railroad company; $10,000 damages
claimed for alleged personal injuries.
George Redener vs. Alabama Great
| Southern Railway company;. $10,000 dam
ages claimed for alleged personal in
juries.
Ben Hardgrove vs. Red Star Goal com
pany; $2600 damages claimed for alleged
personal injuries.
Clarence Robinson vs. Republic Iron
and Steel compativ ; $:!50o damages claimed
for alleged personal injuries.
Rebecca Miller vs. Louisville and Nash
ville Railroad company; $5000 damages
claimed for alleged personal injuries.
Kphe Daniels vs. Birmingham Railway,
Light and Power company $10,000 dam
ages claim'd for allege* 1 personal in
juries.
Will Parker vs. F. W Marks Construc
tion company; $10,000 damages claimed
for alleged personal Injuries.
John Gralger by next friend. Henry
Gralger. vs. Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company; $10,000 <1 a mages
claimed for alleged personal injuries.
Sam Phillips vs Rtrmingham-Kngley
and Bessemer Railway company; $inno
damages claimed for alleged personal in
juries.
On Live Stock Advisory
Committee of Panama
Pacific Exposition
Dr. Ha! F Halstead of Birmingham
has been appointed as a member of the
advisory committee of the live stoclc
department of the Panama-Pacific In*<
ternational exposition that will open in
San Francisco in 1915. He has acs
copied the appointment and will com
mence at once to encourage an exhlbl-t
tion of poultry from Alabama at the
big exposition. The appointment will
continue in effect until the close of the
exposition.
Dr. Halstead is one of th* best known
poultry men in the state and was su-*
DR. HAL F. HALSTEAD
Appointed member of advisory
committee of live Ntock department,
Fanama-l’acific International exposi
tion.
porintendent of the poultry show at the
Alabama State Fair last year, and had
charge of the Alabama poultry show
held In Birmingham last fall. He is
l resident of the American Buff Orping
ton Duck club, a director in the Ala-i
lama Poultry association, and an of
ficer In the American Poultry associa
tion. and owner of the Halstead poultry
> ards.
The poultry show at the late stato
fair was one of the best ever held in
the south and attracted much atten
tion Dr. Halsteads appointment gives
general satisfaction among the poultry
fanciers of the state and it is under
stood that Alabama will have a large*
exhibit of poultry at the great ex
position.
The following letter was received
yesterday:
“Dr. Hal F. Halstead. Birmingham,
Ala.:
"Dear Sir—With the authority of
President Charles C. Moore, director in
staff; Dr. F. .1. V. Shiff, director of
oxhiibts, and Capt. A. C. Baker, t take
great pleasure In appointing you as a
member of the advisory committee of
the live stock department of the Pan
ama-Pacific International exposition,
charged with the duty of encouraging*
a display of poultry from your state,
that Is in keeping with the import
ance of the industry.
“Your patriotic devotion to the poul
try fancy, and your success in promot
ing an international as well as local
Interest in poultry, will inspirt con
fidence among the exhibiting members
of your association who will come to
San Francisco in 1915. '
■ This appointment will continue in
effect until the do: • of the. exposition.
“Your acceptance thereof as a direct
and personal representative of the poul
try industry of your state will insure
the success of the poultry section and
v ill be a source of congratulation t j
tile Pafiama-Pacific International ex
position. to the members of your asso
: cialon and to this department.
“With kindest personal regards, t
I am, yours very truly,
"D. O. LIVELY.
“Chief of the Depart < nt of Live
Stock.”
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