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EVENTS OF TODAY Conference on strike at 10 o’clock. Executive session of cl*-1’ *' I F 4 ) 9 11 ' t \ ,A l | ..''___j .i. . sot cure, ha - been notified that, he and his two brothrrs are heirs to an estate in Virginia at Hunt ing to about $30,000,000 left by a wreat tiio-le. The property has been under a i^-year lease and the lease expires this year. In the meantime a town has been built on the land and will, according to the terms of the least, become tile property nf the heirs also. This good fortune did njt seem to perturb Mr. Downs, who was building a chimney, and continued to per form his daily work. Much litigation may he involved before the heirs come into the property. Florence is beginning to put on the most attractive appearance possible for the coming of the Redpath Chautauqua and the "Home Coming week" which takes place June 1-7. TEACHERS CHOSEN FOR TALLADEGA SCHOOLS A. Abrams Elected Pprincipal of the Northside and Miss Margaret Morris of South side Schools Talladega, May 21.—(Special.}—The fac ulty of the city schools as elected on the 19th is as follows; Principal North Fide school, A. Abrams; first grade, Miss Hallle Henderson; sec ond grade. Miss Minnie Miller; third grade, Miss Elizabeth Underwood; fourth grade. Miss Nannie M. Heacock; fifth grade, Miss Nell Booth; sixth grade, Mlsa L'attle Donaldson; seventh grade, Miss Leu lab Robinson. High school: Misses Mary Morrow and Faille Donaldson, director of music and drawing; Miss Virginia Crawford. Second division primary. Miss Grace Tv'ren. South Side school: Principal, Miss Margaret Morrow; first grade, Miss Pearl Caller; second grade. Miss Laura Riddle; third and fourth grades, Miss Estelle May. Miss Brightllng of the high school and Miss Gauge, director of music, will teach In other schools. _• Henry Woodward is exhibiting a pe culiar shrub which he names, for lack of a better one, “the tanglefoot weed.’’ It is about two feet in height, bearing seed , pods at the extremities. Every half inch along its stem is a sticky, oily sub stance, which catches the down of young chickens, butterflies and light insects, and holds the victim. Young down chick ens. emeshed by this weed starve to death. A negro youth named T. .Temison shot cut both eyes of Mattie McElderry, a dusky damsel of his neighborhood and then fled. He was captured by the sher iff on Monday night. Chester A. Bingham, a prominent young lawyer of Talladega, was operated upon In Birmingham on the 19th for appen dicitis. His condition is reported as sat isfactory. A baby show is in progress on the lawn of John H. Hicks Wednesday after noon. which has attracted a large crowd and brought out many pretty tots. Rains have recently fallen over a great er part of the county, following a drouth of five weeks. por WfiknoM and Loan of Appetite The Old Standard general strength ening tonic. GROVE’S TASTELESS • bill TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic and rure Appetizer. For adults and chil dren. oOc. PACKARDS FOR RENT We sell the Packard, Hudson and Kupmoblle. CHAS. DENEGRE SOUTHERN GARAGE Phone Main 4116 1922 Ave. F. [majestic! NIGHT 7 30 & 9 00 IOC-£0004-404 (RESERVED SEATS I 4 Marx Tirol Item In “Mr. I (irfen'n Reception" j Grafonola Concert w ANNEX CAFE f!i 1726 2nd Ave 13 noon to 11 p. m. * Ko charge for admittance, light lunches and all kinds of drinks nerved. ! EQUAL SU IE CLUB EN INS HERO OF IlliC obson Fires Opening Gun of Senatorial Campaign in Huntsville " • OMAN’S SUFFRAGE TO E TREATED BY STATE Repeats Statement That Annual Liquor Toll in United States Is Greater Than That of All the Wars Huntsville, May 21.-(Special.)-Con £ reps man Richmond P. Hobson delivered the opening address of his campaign for the l nited States Senate today in the courthouse, speaking three hours and out lining the Issues on which he will make his race before the people. He said h^ would stand on a platform of construc tive legislation and ^’ould make a fight on no man. He was invited here by the Huntsville Equal Suffrage association and accepted the invitation, but he had pre viously made plans to open his cam paign here. He said he is a warm advocate of wom an s suffrage, but it is not an issue in this campaign. He believes the question should be settled by each individual stale and not by an amendment in the federal constitution. He doesn’t believe in forcing equal suffrage on states that do not want It. Hobson States Plans | Captain Hobson said if the people of | Alabama will send him to the United States Senate he will devote himself to legislation intended for the upbuilding of the south. He is in favor of establishing ft bureau in the agricultural department for the dissemination of literature to teach ; the boys of the country how to farm. He has learned that this will cost only $25, <XK). He believes it will be worth millions to the nation through teaching tli’e young farmers what can best be produced in their separate localities. He favors gov ernment aid for public roads and govern ment aid for public schools, both to oe •handled down through individual states. He believes the navigable rivers of the south should be developed, and that i.ie water powers should he conserved. He be Uves much can be accomplished through making the rivers navigable and thinks the Tennessee river can be cut through to the Warrior, allowing traffic to go to the gulf by a short cut. Development of water power in the south has scarcely be gun. he said, and be mentioned that 2M), 000 horse power is going to waste in the Huntsville district. He said everything possible should be done for the development of the agricul tural interests of the country and making life far more attractive to the youth of the land. It is his purpose if elected to secure the passage of laws with this purpose in view. His advice to the south is to invite capital, but not to let it become the master of the people, and he advises the southern cotton growers to establish the mills nearer the fields. Ho favors the creation of a department of public health, a direct taxing system and ! prohibition. Those Liquor Figures On the latter subject Captain itobson devoted considerable time. He said science has proved that alcohol is a specific for degeneracy, and statistics show, he said, , that It kills 700,000 people a year in the United States, more people than have been killed in all the wars since Alex ander’s time. He expects to work against the sale of liquor in the state, the nation : and the whole world. He believes in the reasonable regula tion of railroads and believes the financial ! system should be changed so that na tional banks will be allowed to make loans on farm property. Captain Hobson was entertained at a public reception by the Huntsville Equal Suffrage association after his address. He left this evening for Scottsboro. He ex pects to spend 25 days campaigning over the state on this trip and will deliver about 50 addresses. Johnston of Alabama and Ransdell of Louisiana Lead Movement Washington, May 21.—(Special.)—The campaign of Col. William L. Sibert of the engineering corps of the Cnited States navy to succeed Gen. W. H. Kixby, chief of engineers, was launched today by Sen ator Johnston of Alabama and Senator Runsdell of ^Louisiana, representing the dekfgations of both states, calling upon President Wilson and Secretary of War Garrison and presenting the claims of Colonel Sibert. Colonel Sibert will have strong backing from many directions, his many, friends claiming that he has won unusual dis tinction by his work in charge of the Atlantic division of the Panama canal, where he has directly superintended and planned the construction of the great Ga tum dam. and locks, one of the feature engineering achievements of the canal. There will be, however, other strong candidates, and ns yet It is impossible to state who will be the favored one. i 7 BIG DAYS n AT EAST PARK I BEGINNING JUNE 2 Auspices Anti-Tuberculosis Association of Jefferson County. Season Tickets now on sale at $l! for the entire seven days if purchased before opening day. • - I Adopt Resolutions Denounc ing Closed Shop Principle. Final Banquet t Detroit, Mich., May 21.—The National Association of Manufacturers concluded its annual convention here this afternoon. Tomorrow the delegates will go to Battle Creek as guests of C. W. Poet, a Battle Creek manufacturer, and before the trip is concluded, Col. Oeorge Pope of Hart ford, Conn., will be elected president for the ensuing year. Just prior to conclusion of the conven tion resolutions were adopted urging es tablishment of a federal department of manufactures; denouncing the principle of the closed shop; urging adequate protec tion for all American industries; pro testing against the "abridgement of the rights of courts of equity to grant in junctions in labor disputes;” protesting against all "class legislation as un-Amer ican and detrimental to the common good;’’ pledging loyalty to the judiciary; securing further and more efficient enact ment of workmen’s compensation legisla tion, and approving the immediate enact ment of all important and necessary la bor laws. A. H. Baldwin, chief of the bureau of manufactures in Washington, was a visitor at the convention today. ’ The department of commerce has no intention of wielding the big stick over Independent manufacturers,” he told the delegates. "What the department is In terested in is finding out the facts re lating to the difference in labor cost here and abroad.” Many of the delegates had expressed emphatic opposition to the pol icy of having federal agents investigate conditions in factories where wages may be reduced on account of the new tariff law. as proposed by Secretary Redfield. The annual banquet was held tonight with the following speakers: William G. Brnntly of Atlanta, Ga.; Laurence Laughlln, president of Chicago univer sity, and R. S. Gourlay of Toronto, presi dent of the Canadian Manufacturers’ as sociation. WEATHERLY BEFORE Fourteen Are Awarded Di plomas at Jacksonville Yesterday Jacksonville, May 21.—(Special.)— The thirtieth annual commencement of the state normal school here drew to a close here today when Commissioner James Weatherly of Birmingham deliv ered an address before the graduating class and President Daugette presented diplomas to the class of 1913. This commencement will go down in history as being one of unusual interest inasmuch as the first county commence ment was held in connection with the normal. Thirty-seven boys and girls of the rural schools received their diplo mas, which were presented by Miss R, Atkinson, county supervisor of rural’ schools; James L. Sibley and N. R. Baker, state supervisors of rural schools, and County Superintendent H. T. Person. These school officials deliv ered instructive talks to the young peo ple. The members of the county board, trustees, parents and friends of the students were in attendance and the ex ercises were of a most interesting na ture. Fourteen young ladies and gentlemen were awarded diplomas by President Daugette. The graduating class in cluded Misses Amy Milligan, Madge Hendrick, Cora Fission, Dennie Crivett, Myrtle Nixon and Adelia Gaboury and Messrs. P. W. Catts, C. C. Dailey, H. G. Dvre, W. C. Petty, B. B. Lawson, It. A. Phillipps, T. E. M’Collough and E. T. Houston. In the afternoon a play festival was given by the children out on the cam- ] pus which was a very beautiful and in- \ spiring affair. The registration for the summer school will begin this week and already several have arrived in ' Jacksonville to attend. Prospects are for one of the most successful sessions of the summer school ever held. FOR COURTHOUSE Madison Will Use Part of Elks’ Building at Hunts ville Huntsville, May 21.—(Special.)—Madison county lias leased a large portion of the Elks' building, which will be in effect the county courthouse until about the first of next year. The present courthouse will lie remodeled from bottom to top, and nothing will be used except the walls of the old building. This makes necessary a removal of all the county offices, some of which will be placed on the third floor of the Elks’ building and some in the basement. A new vault will be erected In the basement and all of the county records will be placed there. The com missioners expect to let a contract for the reconstruction of the courthouse on June 16. A contest of t-he will of the late Mrs. Sallle Townsend, who died a month ago and left all of her valuable estate to her sister, Mrs. Lottie Woodall, and niece, Mrs. Arthur Nance, to the exclusion of another sister, Mrs. Ella Powell, has been filed In the probate court by Mrs. Powell. The estate, which consists of valuable lands In Ilaile Green, Is valued at $26, 000. The will was to have been probated today, hut action was postponed because of the filing of the contest. J. W. Paige of the industrial bureau of the Southern railway. Is here mak ing arrangements for an exhibition of the pictures and works of Howard Weeden in Chattanooga during the confederate re union. Most of the display will be fur nished by Miss Kato Weeden, sister of Howard Weeden. Association to Incorporate At a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce building of the Oak Hill Memorial association, a charter was drawn up and forwarded to Judge Stiles of the probate court for approval. The following members of the association were elected to the hoard of trustees, A. W. Smith, B. A. Thompson. Hugh Morrow and Charles F. DeBardelehen. The association Is formed to effect a perpetual beautify ing of the Oak Hill cemetery and to sec that the grounds are kept In proper shapew NEW CASTLE TO.BE NEXT MEETING PLACE OF PRESBYTERIANS Southern Assembly Will Hold 1914 Convention in Kansas City --1 : DAY'S WORK HAS SEVERAL FEATURES Adopt Resolution Directing Ministers to Make Formal Appeal to the Sinners—To Aid Public Con gregations -1— Atlanta, May 21.—Assemblies of the three Presbyterian churches now holding simultaneous sessions and attending the Pan-Presbyterian pentecost here will, be convened next year in cities widely sep arated. This was assured today when Kansas City, Mo., was chosen as the next meeting place of the southern as sembly and Newcastle, Pa., was selected as the 3914 assembly city by the United Presbyterian commissioners. Selection of a city for the northern gathering prob ably will be made Friday. While the proceedings in the northern assembly were classed as ‘ routine busi ness," several features of the day's work developed points of unusual Interest. Of primary Importance was the adoption of a resolution directing ministers to make a personal appeal to sinners to accept Christ as their savior, to be# made after or at some time during every sermon. Another Important matter was the adop tion of recommendations embodied in the report of the standing committee on pub lications and Sunday school work. The plan for publishing and syndicating grad ed lessons was approved by the commit tee, with the recommendation that begin ners, primary and junior lessons be sim plified and brought into harmony with Presbyterian doctrine, and that in the use of extra Bible lemons the same sug gestion be followed. As the report of the special committee on graded Sunday school lessons is yet lo be received, there may be made a fight to abolish these 138 sons entirely. Matter of Interest Another matter of interest was tne adoption by the Northern assembly of the recommendation of the executive com mission that the ..hutch erection board be directed to transfer $500,600 from Him John S. Kennedy fund to the loan fund for aiding feeble congregations to build churches. The legality of this action, which was also directed by the 1912 as sembly, had been -cjuestfonel by certain of the hoard, and Judge Alton R. Parke.' of. New York Is said to nave rendered two opinions iri the mat er, based upon two separate representations submitted by members of the hoard. In oijder to toko action It was necessary to secure the approval of two-thirds of the assembly membership, this repairing a roll call of 869 names. Voting to adopt the recom mendations of the commission were SIS delegates, only 672 be’ng requisite. The. Northern assemble will select its 1J14 meeting place Frld ly. Perhaps the most important action taken by the Southron assembly today was that taking from the executive com mittee of the church the power of elect ing field and other secretaries and restor ing this to the genial assembly. This action was taken upon overtures of the Wilmington (Del.) 7 lvsbyterv and makes election of secretaries a matter of popu lar vote, the executive commission hav ing power to place the names of candi dates in nomination. Japanese Immorality A description of conditions of immor ality and ignorance in the Japanese em pire was submitted to the Southern as sembly by Rev. S. M. Ericson, mission ary. Rev. D. W. Richardson made a sim ilar report regarding China. Dr. A. M. Fraser, Staunton, Va., chairman of t,ie committee on foreign missions, reported that beginning with a deficit of $104.60?, the committee had received contributions of $031,069 and now has $7577 in the treas ury. The consideration of withdrawal from the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America was postponed. That the commissioners are beginning to feel the effects of constant work was indicated today by ^he action of the united assembly in deciding t.> work only half of each day from now until the as sembly adjourns. Decision to erect a $10, 000 church in Washington, to be known as the “Memorial church,” for the purpns? of looking after the Interest of the United Presbyterian church in national affairs was another important step taken today. It Is proposed to raise money for the construction of this church through con gregational contributions of $10 or ignore FUGITIVE GIVES UP TO MARION SHERIFF Hamilton, May 21.— (Special.)—After being a fugitive from justice for about a month. Frank Alaup voluntarily sur rendered to Sheriff Lloyd last night at the home of George Dodd In the eastern part of the county. Alsup Is charged with the murder of Charley Clay and L. Rape near Delmar. He shot both men to death and claims self defense. AMERICAN LAUNDRY Member L. N. A. of A. 1720 and 1722 2d Ave. Why Don’t You Send Your Shirts Down Here? —The AMERICAN laund ers shirts to the liking of particular men. —: ' —Looks closely to the lit tle details—starches Just right and In the right spots — irons neckbands and cuffs both sides and doesn’t break them. —And the AMERICAN Is careful not to tear buttons off and buttonholes out. Phone us. nWE HAVE 0^71 2 PHONES O ( LOl 4 fit uoOD FAMILY LAUNDRY. NOW You Can Buy Mohair Suits Made By Hart Schaffner & Marx —and made expressly for us—and for you For the first time, that style, quality and fit, peculiar to Hart Schaffner & Marx garments, may be had in this delightfully cool fabric. $20 to $2^ We invite your attention to our window display of these suits. M. WEIL & BRO. 1915 and 1917 First Ave. The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes •#' OFFICIAL MAP OF THE WEATHER U. S. Department of Agriculture. K WEATHER BUREAU. BX^bANATCtKY NOT*®, . Observations taken at ftp-m.; fsaunorldlan time. Alt premure reduced to lea level. laobarl Icoothmoua Tlnel) Py of equal air proaeure. Isotherms (dotted lineal pace tnronsb poloa od .equal temperature; drawn only for aero, tatnna Hr, and Wr» o Claare O partly cloudy; # cloudy: ® ruin: <J) pndW; ® report mlaalnp. Arrow* dp with the wind, flat doron^hlfdert «^f»pratuTe part 12 hour*; second, precipitation afjQl limh or more ter peat M houra; third, martin um wind velocity. Weather Forecast Washington, May 21.—Forecast for Ala bama, Georgia and Mississippi: Local showers Thursday and probably Friday. Tennessee: Ix>cal showers Thursday; somewhat cooler Friday, probably fair. Local Data Local data for the 24 hours ending at 7 p. m. May 21, 1913: Highest temperature . 52 Lowest temperature . 66 Mean temperature . 74 Normal temperature . 73 Excess In temperature since Jan uary 1 . 45 Rainfall .34 Total rainfall since January 1.24.39 Excess in rainfall since January 1.. 3.10 Weather Conditions Birmingham, May 21.—(7 P. M.)—The pressure has continued low over the greater portion of the great central basin during the past 24 hours, and rain or cloudy weather has prevailed east of the Rocky Mountains. Fair weather has been general west of the Rockies except along the Pacific coast. This general rain area that has accom panied the passage of the “low” across the central Mississippi valley since Tues/ day night, has been heaviest over the great lakes, where the center of the dis turbance Is located, and high winds were reported on Lake Erie. In the cotton states the rain has been attended by thunderstorms at Birming ham and New* Orleans, but up to 7 p. m. Memphis alone reported excessive amount. There 2.50 inches have fallen since 7 p. m. Tuesday. No rain has fallen in Geor gia or South Carolina. Temperatures have fallen generally over all sections of the belt affected by the rain. In Geor gia there has been a slight rise. Conditions seem favorable for continued unsettled weather in this section Thurs day. Friday will probably become fair. Summary of observations made at t,nlted States weather Bureau stations May 21, 1913: Tem'ture Lowest At for 7 p.m. day. Abilene, rain . 78 83 Atlanta, cloudy .” 78 34 Atlantic City, cloudy . S3 BS Baltimore, rain . 64 53 Birmingham, rain ." 63 68 Boise, clear . 73 43 Boston, rain .!.!’/, 53 Brownsville, rain . " 72 72 Buffalo, rain .34 jjj Calgary, clear .68 33 Cliarleston. cloudy .” 78 73 Chicago, cloudy .” 64 58 Corpus Chrlstl, cloudy _74 74 Denver, clear .88 4’ Des Moines, cloudy .54 33 Dodge City, cloudy . 34 43 Duluth, rain .38 33 Durango, clear ..!!.!!!! 70 42 Eastport, cloudy .88 33 Galveston, cloudy .76 76 Green Bay, cloudy .54 44 Hatteras, cloudy ..!”;” 74 33 Havre, partly cloudy.”” g8 34 Helena, clear .66 40 Huron, cloudy .33 44 Jacksonville, cloudy .76 70 Kamloops, partly cloudy !!!!"!! 68 46 Kansas City, partly cloudy.....! 63 S' Knoxville, cloudy . 78 66 Louisville, rain .!!!..!! 70 61 Memphis, cloudy .!,,!! 73 34 * Miami, partly cloudy . 76 70 Mobile, cloudy . 78 74 Modena, clear . 76 42 Montgomery, cloudy . 80 60 Montreal, cloudy . 54 42 Moorhead, cloudy . 48 42 New Orleans, cloudy . 78 72 New York, cloudy . 50 50 I*/orth Platte, partly cloudy .. f. 62 748 Oklahoma, cloudy . 68 r>4 Palestine, cloudy . 74 66 Phoenix, clear . 90 60 Pittsburg, partly cloudy . 76 60 Portland. Hear .X. 76 4S Raleigh, cloudy . 72 68 Rapid Pity, cloudy . 48 34 Roseburg, partly cloudy . 74 42 Roswell, clear . 86 50 Salt Lake City, dear . 66 48 San Diego, cloudy . 62 58 San Francisco, cloudy . 54 48 Sault Ste. Marie, cloudy . 48 44 Seattle, cloudy . 70 46 Sheridan, partly cloudy . 62 4<» Shreveport, cloudy . 70 66 Spokane, cloudy . d 42 St. Louis, cloudy . 60 60 St. Paul, cloudy . 48 42 Swift Current, clear . 68 36 Tampa, cloudy . 80 6S Toledo, cloudy . 68 54 Washington, cloudy . 68 54 Williston, cloudy . 54 4> Winnemucca. clear . 76 40 Winnipeg, cloudy . 60 42 E. C. HORTON, Local Forecaster. DEGREEJ JASPER Six Raised to Royal Arch Degree Tuesday Night. Banquet at the Cranford Jasper, May 21.—(Special.)—The regular convocation Tuesday evening of the Jas per chapter, No. 118, ' of Masons, was made a reunion event for all the chap ter Masons of Walker county. There were present between 60 and 60 Royal Arch Masons to witness six candidates raised to that degree. Several of the beet posted Masons In the county were present to assist In conferring the degree. Also J. B. Bethea of Birmingham, who Is a member of the grand chapter's committee on work. The Cordova chapter was represented with the best portion of their working team, and the work of conferring the Royal Arch degree, directed by J. B. Bethea, was put on with great dispatch and Interest to both spectators and can didates. Those raised to the Royal Arch degree were Dr. R. J. Redden of Bulllgent, Dr. J. A. Goodwin, W. D. Manasco, H. S. Dong. K. H. Clem of Jasper and J. J. Grace of Townley. A large number of visitors were present, representing nearly every town In the county, and several from other chapters In Alabama and other states. Dater t e Masons attended a banquet at the Hotel Cranford. Judge T. D. Sowell was toastmaster. It was proposed last night that the Council Masons of this county organise a council at Jasper or Cordova and thqpe behind the movement expect to communi cate with all council Masons living in the county with the end In view of forming a council for this section. ' Western North Carolina EXCURSION Thursday, June 5th VIA Unit lone 15,1913 Southern Railway PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH THROUGH ATLANTA AND SPARTANBURG TO Hendersonville, Saluda, Tryon, Brevard, Lake Toxaway, Asheville,' Waynesville, Hot Springs, Black Mountain, Ridgecrest Through Sleeping Oars to Asheville. Dining Oar Servioe Leave Birmingham 3:55 p. m.; Arrive Asheville 7 a. m. Oity Ticket Office, Ground Floor Empire Building James Freeman, A. G. P. A. Mitchell Goxwell, D. P. A. Telephone 3067