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NO SICKLES MEAN
NO WORK ON ROADS,
SAYS LODGE LANE
-
Agitation for Change Comes
-From Those Who W’ant
Convicts Kept in Mines
UNDECIDED ABOUT
PLANS FOR THE CITY
Commissioner Inclined to Think Thai
Law Provides No Discrimination
in Treatment of Convicts
Can Be Made
“In conjunction with Dr. Lovelady and
with the aid of City Attorney Ronmine
Boyd I am r.ow conducting an investiga
tion as to whether or not the convicts of
the city shall be-worked without shackles
in compliance with the orders of Governor
O’Neal and a decision will be announced
early next week," said City Commissioner i
A. O. Bane yesterday afternoon.
"I am satisfied, however, that it can t !
be done, although I still have my mind j
open to all sides of the question. It is Pn-;
practical from the very beginning and is
not justifiable under the law. I do not
mean to make any personal attack on any
man when I say this, but I do believe that
the whole matter is merely an attempt to
have the convicts placed back in the
mines.
"In the mines they can he worked with
out Shackles and anywhere® else they
can’t. If it’s no shackles, then it's the
mines. Any man would be a fool if ho
.was convicted for a serious crime and
'when placed cn the loads with no shackles
on hUo did not escape. You take especial
ly these negroes, and let them dodge be
hind a house and they're gone. I am
thoroughly convinced already that the city
convicts cannot be worked on the street
without shackles on them, for the simple
reason that too many of them would es
cape. I have no authority over the coun
ty, but I am of the same opinion there,
for I do not believe unshackled convicts
can be worked on the roads without a
large per cent of them escaping.
All Must Be Treated Alike
"As far as we hove gone with the in
vestigation. I do not believe that tlie coun
ty convicts can be worked without
shackles and the city convicts with
shackles. If .one class wears them they
s 11 will have to wear them. .1 think that
}s one of the very points the governor
makes in his contention, that there must
he no partiality shown, not even among
prisoners where one man is convicted tor
a slight offense and another man for a
serious offense.
"The first L heatd of this matter was
yesterday ifternoon, when Dr. Lovelady,
president of the ooard of revenue, called
me up at home and stated that he wished
me as head of the department of justice
of the city to work in co-operation with
him in making an investigation as to
whether or not the city and county con
victs could be work'd without shackles, iC
so, how. if one data could artd another
class could not. and all the other .ma
tures about the matter. With the aid of
Attorney Boyd [ have been going over :he
situation all day and as I have already
stated, 1 am frank to say that I do not
believe it can or will be done."
Dr. Lovelady Opposes Suggestion
Dr. R. F. Lovelady, president of the
board of revenue, was out of the city the
INSTITUTE INSTRUCTORS
WILL MEET NEXT TUESDAY
I Beginning Tuesday at noon in the audi
torium of the high school, the conductors
and instructors of the county teachers’ in
stitute will enter upon a three days’ ses
sion. All of the Instructors and con
ductors will attend.
Henry J. Willingham, superintendent of
education, will be on hand, and he states
that. Prof. C. A. Brown, principal of the
Birmingham High school, will preside.
The instructors and conductors will dis
cuss means of imparting to Che teachers
of the counties the best and most ad
vanced methods of teaching all subjects.
The institutes will begin July ‘JS, and
one will be held in every county. The
teachers of the counties are required to
attend.
The programme is as follows:
"Vitalizing Institute Work," H. J. "Wil
lingham.
“Suggestive Schedule for Institute
Work," Spright Dowell.
"Teaching Reading," C, B. Glenn.
"Daily Programme," N. R. Baker.
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
"Eanguage," Mies Rosa Strickland.
"Standardizing Rural Schools," N. R.
Baker.
"Arithmetic.” C. A. Brown.
"Drawing," R. E. Dimmitt.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
"Geography," Spright Dowell.
"Grading the Schools," N. R. Baker.
"Spelling," C. B. Glenn.
"Play Activities," T. S. Settle.
THURSDAY MORNING.
"Grammar," Miss Rosa Strickland.
"Course of Study." N. R. Baker.
"History," Spright Dowell.
"The Reading Circle,” C. B. Glenn.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
“School and Home Sanitation," N. R.
Baker.
"Agriculture," J. B. Hobdy or D. N.
Duncan.
“Socializing tire Schools." C. A. Brown.
‘.'Use of the State Manual." C. B. Glenn.
entire day yesterday and was not ex
pected to return until late last night. It
was stated that he was in the lower end
of the county bn sntue official business.
No statement wai secured .from him as to
Ms Investigation Into the matter of work
ing the county convicts without shackles,
hut it is known that Dr. Dovelady op'
poses the proposition very strenuously and
believes that the agitation is from those
•who wish the .convicts placed hack in the
mines, the only piace whcy?e they can be
w'orked without shackles. Dr. Lovelady
has already made statements to this ef
fect.
FIRST SUMMER
CONCERT TODAY
Memoli Will Play at Capitol Park at
4:30 O Clock This Afternoon.
Stand Improved
Memoli and his hand will he heard In
the initial open air concert of the sum
mer in Capitol park this afternoon at 4:30
o’clock.
The handstand, at Mr. Memoli’s request,
has been made more comfortable and
lias been improved acoustically. Carpen
ters were employed there all day yes
terday. The roof of the handstand has
been raised four feet. The inner col
umns of scroll work have been removed
and Mr. Memoli said last night that
the handstand would now easily seat 35
musicians. His band, engaged for the
summer, numbers 20 men.
Memoli's band will play each night dur
ing the week except Saturday night and
the hour for beginning will he 8 o’clock.
It is understood thgt all the concerts will
be in Capitol parfcv ^jUh very few excep
tions. One of these Exceptions will he
next Tu6w«i£ , Mgbt, when Ike band will
give its concert at i |.;nn>* park in
connection with the dedication of the
playgrounds.
COMER SILENT ON
WALLACE’S SPEECH
Former Governor B. B. Comer declined i
yesterday to make any comment upon
the recent speech of J. H. Wallace in
connection with the race for governor
wherein tlie former chief executive was
rather warmly criticised. He said yester
day Iliat he had yet failed to find time
to read the statements made by Mr. Wal
lace and even if he reads them it is
I doubtful whether any comment will be
made.
Mr. Comer announced that lie had en
gagements to speak at Oneonta July 19
and at Albertville July 14. The latter
speech will be delivered during the morn
ing while the former governor will speak
in the afternoon at Boaz.
Take Advantage of Hood &
Wheeler’s “New
Furniture for Old”
Plan and Exchange
Your Old Furni
ture for New.
WHY not sell your old, out-of
date, “off style” and
worn furniture for its full value and buy
new, handsome and up-to-date furniture
with the proceeds?
—Scores of Birmingham families have re
furnished their homes by means of our
“New Furniture For Old” plan. It is a
straight-forward, dignified, honest busi
ness proposition. You, in common with
most everybody else, have more or less old
furniture in your home you’re heartily
tired of. Still it is too good to give or
throw away. Heretofore there has been no
way for you to realize anything like full
value on it.
—WE BUY ANY OR ALL OF YOUR
OLD, WORN, “OFF STYLE” FURNI
TURE—AND PAY THE FULL VALUE.
—You may then apply the proceeds on pur
chase of the new and desirable furniture
you need.
—In addition to this exchange feature, you
have the extra advantage at ll(H)I) &
WHEELER’S of choosing from the largest
and best selected stock of “ Last-a-Life
time” home furniture in this city—and you
will find, too, Quality for Quality, HOOD
& A\ HEELER prices are decidedly
LOWER.
—We operate an exclusive second hand store at 2111
2d avenue, where all the second hand furniture we
can buy is refinished and sold at bargain counter
prices. No second hand or, for that matter shopworn
furniture, is permitted at the big 2012-14 3d avenue
store.
R.R. COMMISSION
CONVENES MONDAY
Reweighing of Carload Ship
ments Will Come Up
RATE DISCRIMINATION
Abbeville Will Petition for Double
Daily Service—Reduction in Grain
Rates, Sheffield to Birming
ham, Will Come Up
Montgomery. July 6.—(Special.)—Cita
tions to ail Alabama railroad^ to show'
why the state railroad commission should
not promulgate uniform requirements
for reweighing carload shipments at des
tinations will be answered by railroad
representatives at the monthly session of
the commission Monday.
An order for the appearance of the
railroads was Issued several weeks ago,
but consideration of the case has been
postponed from time to time to allow
the railroads to prepare their answers.
If unif9nn requirements are adopted all
railroads will be forced to reweigh ship
ments at destinations in Alabama if re
quested by those receiving the freight.
Another Important case to be considered
Is that of the citizens of Abbeville and
other towns vs. the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad, being a petition for a double
dally passenger train service on the Abbe
bille bran'-b. At present only one regu
lar passenger train is operated and citi
zens want the railroad commission to
order the discontinuance of a mixed ac
commodation train and another passenger
train placed on the line. A large party
from Abbeville and other towns on the
line will come to Montgomery for the
hearing.
Other cases on the docket are:
N. I>. W ilson et al. vs. Southern railway, 1
passenger train facilities front lilocton,
Ala.
10. Wilkinson vs. Southern railway; re
duction in grain rates, Sheffield to Bir
mingham.
Alfred Wates et al. vs. Illinois Central
railroad, petition for doubly dally pas
senger service and depot at Brilliant.
A. and J. Manufacturing company vs.
Alabama Great Southern railroad et al.,
complaint of alleged discriminate rates
on stoves from Gadsden to various points.
Citizens of Scottsboro vs. Southern Rail
way company, petition for Improved train
facilities between Stevenson and Hunts
ville.
RAPID PROGRESS
ON IMPROVEMENTS
Recorder's Court Room Will Be Made
Larger and Lighter—Ventila
tion to Be Improved
Rapid progress is being made by tlie
workmen on the overhauling of t lie
city recorder’s courtroom at the rear
of the second floor of the city hall.
New windows are being cut in, the cage
for the rpisoners moved, several par
titions knocked out and the room much
enlarged. A new Judge’s bench will be
constructed and a new witness stand.
The recorder’s courtroom, back in the
corner, pressed on one side by the city
jail and on the other by the close wall
of a high building on Fourth avenue,
since time immemorial, has been one
of the darkest, gloomiest, most dismal
places in the city. From present indi
cations the improvements are going to
make out of it an ideal courtroom.
While the repairs are going on Judge
Jclks Cabaniss is holding court in the
city hall armory on the third floor, one
of the lightest and airiest rooms in the
entire building, and Clerk “Bill ’ Cun
ningham has dropped 20 years from his
stooped shoulders since he has been
doing business away from the dungeon
which he so long has occupied as judges
came and went. The change is appurent
but not marked in Judge Cabaniss as
lie had been confined in the old room
but a few' weeks before the repairs
began.
18,000-TON RAIL ORDER
FROM THE SOUTHERN
To Be Rolled at Ensley Plant—Book
ing Heavy for This Time
of Year
The Southern Hallway company has
placed an order for 18.000 tons of rail
with the Steel corporation to be rolled ;
at the Ensley plant. Announcement to |
this effect was made yesterday when
the tonnage for the week-end which
has been ordered was compiled. Tho
Southern during 1912 purchased a very
large amount of steel rails, but this Is
the first of the 1913 orders.
The bookings at tho Ensley plant are
said to be very large for this season of
the year. It is stated that the rail!
orders exceed any amount ever booked i
during the summer and on that ac- I
count there is absolutely no chance
for the plant to be closed down during !
this season. The 18,000 ton order of the
Southern will be used for relaying pur
poses, it is said, and some now work
in North and South Carolina.
Negro Stabbed to Death
George Mitchell, a negro, was stabbed
and killed yesterday morning about 12
o’clock at Twenty-ninth avenue and
Twenty-seventh street. It is alleged that
the stabbing was done by Jack Mason,
a negro who escaped.
Negro Se^rely Cut
Arthur Robison, a negro, was cut se
verely In the arm last night about 7:39
o’clock in Fifth alley, near Twenty-first
street. Anna Belle Bush, a negro wom
an. who it is alleged did the cutting, was
arrested and placed iu the city jalL
rLAUH DECLINES
TO TALK OF GROCERS
President “Has Nothing for
the Newspapers”
I __
CASE UP TOMORROW
Defendants Charged With Contempt
in Connection With Prosecutions
for Violation of the Sherman
Anti-Trust Law
Differing in a marked degree from
the suave, diplomatic head of the !
Southern Wholesale Grocers’ assocla- '
tion remembered on former visits, J. '
H. McLaurin of Jacksonville, Fla., pres- 1
ident of the association reached here
yesterday. Reticence seefned to be a
potent part of the official for he
spurned the attentions of newspaper
men. answering only In one way: “T
have nothing for the newspapers."
In former cases here the grocers’
president adopted the rule of calling
the newspaper men “old top” and such,
but yesterday he was the reverse, fie
talked to Walker Percy, local counsel
for the association, and also Sid W.
Bee of Birmingham as well as two
other defendants, B. B. Ernstrow of
Washington and J. D. Fossett of Bris
tol, Tenn. Mr. McEaurin, after meeting
his associates and Mr. Percy at the
Hillman yesterday at noon, was en
gaged for two hours. After that he
lunched and was engaged subsequent
ly in conference.
During the afternoon the informa
tion was imparted to him that the gov
ernment had excused many of its wit
nesses. During the afternoon he was
advised that several of the co-defend
ants who had been given the option of
coming here, decided not to come. So
•far as known, only three witnesses
are here and four defendants.
"Mr. McLaurin, how about this con
tempt case?” he was asked.
”1 have nothing for the newspapers,*'
he replied.
“When will General Wright be here?”
he was asked.
”1 have no information for the news
papers,” he said.
”fs General Wright still counsel for
the association?” he was asked.
”l have nothing for the newspapers,”
replied Mr. McT^iurln.
”llow about giving you a Joy ride?'
was suggested.
“That would be nice, and 1 would
return the courtesy if you ever cams
to Jacksonville,” Mr. McLaurin said.
"What chance is there of your spend
ing your vacation hers?” was the next
question.
“I have absolutely no Information for ,
the newspapers.”
“Will the case be started Monday?”
”1 have nothing for the newspapers.*’
The only development in the case of
tlio grocers who are charged with vio
lation of the Sherman lawr, according
to the general opinion, was the rumor
that the government did not expect
many of the 125 witnesses summoned
and not a half dozen of the defendants.
No information was procurable last
night as to the meaning of this ab
sence. It was stated by one of the party
that the case would be called Monday
in federal court. It is their opinion that
the case will be disposed of without
much loss of time and without any ma
terial damage to the grocers alleged
by the government to be parties to con
tempt of the federal court.
Gen. Luke E. Wright of Memphis,
/hief counsel for the association slnct
Mr. McLaurin assumed the presidency,
and Caruthers Ewing of Memphis, as
sociate counsel, will join Mr. Percy, as
sociate counsel in Birmingham Monday
morning. They will conduct the de
fense. (>. D. Street, district attorney,
and C. B. Ivennemar, assistant district
attorney, and Ilinton G. ('labaugh, spe
cial agent for the department of jus
tice, will conduct the prosecution.
Judge William I. Grubb will preside.
Aged Globe Trotter
From the New York Times.
The only passenger on the Atlantic
transport liner Minnehaha, which arriyed
from London last night, who did not seem
to mind the heat was Dr. J. M. Peebles of
Los Angeles, Cal., who will be 92 years
old on March 23 next. Dr. Peebles has
arranged to start on his sixth trip around
the world In the fall of 1915. Dr. Peebles
Is over six feet tall, with snow white hair
and beard and clear gray eyes. He told
the reporters last night that he owed his
good health to avoidance of drugs, eating
proper food and regular rest and exer
cise.
"I have been a vegetarian for 60 years,”
said Dr. Peebles, "and neither drink nor
smoke, but I am not a bigot. I was born
in Bennington, Vt., and was one of the
seven founders of the Independent Order
of Good Templars in New York state. I
stayed in the east until I was 28 years
old. I contracted tuberculosis and then
went to California to save my life, and
have lived there practically ever since.”
"What is the real secret of your vitality
at the age of 91?” he was asked.
"Just behaving myself, proper living and
always being up and doing account for It,"
said Dr. Peebles. "I have the will power
to compel me to do things Instead of sit
ting in a corner talking about the bygone
days, when I stood on the anti-slavery
platform with Garrison and other good
men before the war.
"I feel that I am in the morning of my
youth, and have no fear of death, be
cause I believe that it merely means the
shedding of the outer shell and going to
sleep to. wake up In a new world."
Dr. Peebles, who was accompanied by
R. Peebles 8udall, his adopted son, was
anxious to have the reporters know that
he was opposed* to vaccination and vivi
section. He was in the active practice of
medicine for 50 years, and still treats some
of his old patients. He served as a sur
geon In the civil war and was appointed a
consul In Asiatic Turkey by President
Grant during his first term, but served
only 18 months of his term of office, as he
found the life too tedious for endurance.
At the present time Dr. Peebles Is a cor
respondent of 31 newspapers and period
icals. of which nine are in India. Two
are Mohammedan papers. He made his
first trip across the Atlantic in 1863 in the
Cunarder Persia, and iron paddle wheel
steamship of 3300 gross tons, with a speed
of 14 knots.
Mr. Sudall said that Dr. Peebles, when
at his home in Los Angeles, generally
arose about 4:30 in the morning and break
fasted about f> o'clock. He Is accustomed
then to go to his rose garden. He retires,
as a rule, between S and 9 o’clock at night,
unless he has a lecture to deliver. He
Intended to atten dthe international con
vention of spiritualists in Geneva this
month, but the London fogs affected his
throat. After lying in bed for a week Dr.
Peebles srot up and said he was going
back to California.
His Model
From the Washington Star.
“That's the 10th can of sardines you
have ordered.” said the railway magnate.
“Aren’t vou afraid you will make your
self sick?”
“I'm not eatine them." replied the em
ploye with inventive genius. “T think I'm
on the track of a way to get more people
Uito a street car.”
CLEMENT R. WOOD IS
NOW IN FIELD FOR
CITY COMMISSIONER
Former Recorder and Well
Known Socialist Wants to
Rid the City of “Cor
poration Control”
Birmingham is becoming more and more
‘progressive." It now has a socialist'-can
itdate for the presidency of the city com
mission.
Clement R Wood, who was recently
Ilsmissed as city recorder, has announced
the fact that he will enter the race. He
3tates that he has been urged to do so.
He declares that if a petition signed by
iOO qualified voters is presented he will
immediately get busy. He states that
tie desires to ‘‘uplift’’ the people.
In hlg statement he refers to the city
government as a ‘‘corrupt corporation"
controlled government. He insinuates that
i Take off" occurs In connection with
jueh public utilities as transportation,
water, gas and the like. He will, if
elected, he states, see that labor is dealt
with impartially.
His studious prepared statement fol
ows:
“This decision to become a candidate
or the presidency of the commission is
n response to the urgent requests that
lave come/to me from citizens in all
walks of lice, particularly from the ranks
if labor, organized and unorganized. As
l understand the law, a person becomes
i candidate when a petition of 500 voters
s filed with the probate judge. If such
i petition is presented to me asking me
o run, I will be a candidate.
“This does not mean that I am an office
seeker; but it has been urged to ine that
[ might be of service to the general cit
zenship of the city. They understand
that my views on public questions are
definite and sharply at variance with
the views of the present city administra
tion, and those suggested to succeed the
present president. I believe my views
are shared in by a majority of the cit
izens. In municipal terms, these views
are that the present corrupt corporation
control and class control over, the city
must cease; and that the city govern
ment, in financial as well as moral ac
tions, must be administered in the in
terest of the majority of the people, and
not solely of the greedy few. 1 ani aware
that this local situation is not peculiar to
Birmingham; and this “machine" control
is a natural result of the system which
gave it birth and which will only finally
encl when that system eudj£ But the
people are entitled to have the govern
ment used against such corrupt and
greedy interests,'and in the interest of
tlie whole people. I realize also that
tiie election of one member of the board
does not win the whole fight, but tills is a
necessary first step.
“The time lias come to Birmingham, as
as- "nme to the other leading Amer
ican cities, when the public'welfare must
oc tne real standurd controlling the ac
SURPRISE CAUSED
IN BIRMINGHAM BY
WINCHEIi'S CHANGE
No Intimation Had Been Re
ceived Here That Popular
Official Intended to
Leave the Frisco •
The announcement yesterday that B. L.
Winchell, president and co-receiver for
the Frisco lines, had accepted the direc
torship of^ traffic for the Southern Pacific,
with Chicago oflfines, was received ht^re
with genuine surprise.
In local circles where he is well knows,
not the slightest Intimation had been re
ceived of the prospective change. Mr.
Winchell has been president of the Frisco I
lines five yeers, having succeeded J. C. I
Davidson, when Carl Gray was made i
senior vice president. Mr. Gray has suo
sequently become president of the Hill
Great Northern line. Mr. Winchell, oy
aligning with the Harriman lines, follows
Julius Krutschnitt.
It was rumored some time ago that Mr.
W’inchell would go over with the Hill line.
He denied that, as did James J. Hill. The
rumor was never heard here that he would
go with tlie Harriman lines. Mr. Win
chell’s acceptance of the new work will be
a distinct loss to Birmingham. He hits
been identified hero so long that he knows
the district. He is in touch with the am
bitions of Birmingham developers and
while a new president will in time learn,
>et one could scarcely hope that any man
would he so optimistic about Birmingham
as was Mr. Winchell. Personally, he is
admired and greatly esteemed in Bir
mingham.
No announcement as to his successor
ha8 been made.
.Stolen Auto Recovered
The six passenger Studebalcer M/itomo
bile of H. H. Fitts of the East Lake Lang
company that was stolen Friday night in
front of the Orpheum theatre was recov
ered by the police yesterday afternoon.
It was found In one of the downtown
: streets where it had been abandoned.
| tions of the city government. Popular
education, public recreation, safe streets
I and crossings, sanitation and heulth as
j a public service, impartiality to labor in
its lawful actions, these are the most
Important things before the people. vThe
time has come, or will soon come, when
the citizens will not further permit a
“rake off'* on such necessary and gen
eral public utilities as transportation, wa
ter, gas and electricity, ice, coal and
tlie like. Birmingham is ripe for a now
social spirit in city affairs.
“In becoming a candidate I represent
no one class or interest, or one section
of the city. I want no support except
from those Who believe In the princi
ples and measures for which I stand; and
an unquestioned majority of the citizens
do believe in this repudiation of machine
and corporation control, and the use of
the city government in the interests of
the citizens. This Is merely a statement
that I will he a candidate; a programme
of constructive principles and measures
will shortly be issued.”
CHEERS SEEMED ''
HAVE BEEN A HAI
TO BAIL |
Slayer of Saunders at Am
ton Believed to Have Cu
Throat With Safety
Razor Blade
Anniston, July 5.—(Special.)—A miss
ing blade discovered Friday by Coroner
Murphy in the case where Guy H.
Bailey usually kept his safety razor and
shaving paraphernalia, togeltler with
blood stains in the sink in his cell,
where the blade was probably dropped,
probably tell how the man gave
way to a fit of despondency after being
ordered to Jail for the murder of C. W.
Saunders after the preliminary hearing.
When the new county jail was built,
the commissioners and State Jail In
spector Oates were at loggerheads in
regard to screening the cells, the In
spector opposing that measure as in
terfering with ventilation; and it was
rumored Thursday night that a weapon
had been slipped to Bailey. This was
declared to be improbable, however, by
Sheriff Brooks, who states that the pris
oner was on the second floor beyond
the reach of anyone from the outside;
and he had given orders not to allow
anyone to see the prisoner except his
attorneys and Coroner Murphy, his
business associate.
Brave for a few minutes, following
the adverse decision of Judge Merrill,
the cheers in the court room seemed
to have been a hard blow to Bailey. He
became despondent at once and told his
brother-in-law, Capt. S. C. Pelham, that
he w’as the victim of manufactured tes
timony. The despondency led to the
suicide, and- he took no chances on
making good the Job. Having cut too
high on the left side of his throat, he
then made two more slashes on the
right side, following this by severing
the radial artery in the left wrist.
Today, all because of the quarrel of
two children, two widows, one residing
at 209 and the other at 212 East Fif
teenth street, are mourning loved ones.
The body of C. If. Bailey lay at the
morgue of the Murphy Furniture com
pany, of which he was secretary-treas
urer, and was viewed by hunderds. The
body of C. W. Saunders lies In Edge
mont cemetery. Both men are mourned
by hundreds of friends, and two of the
most prominent families in the county
have been rent asunder.
it was stated that the funeral of Mr.
Bailey will probably be held Sunday,
definite decision Having been withheld
pending the arrival of relatives from
Texas. Interment will take place at
Edgemont cemetery. The deceased is
survived by a widow, who was Miss
Cary Pelham, descendant of the "Gal
lant' Pelham, and three children. He
was about 37 years old and had resided
here about six years. He belonged to
several frateranl orders and carried in
surance on his life.
Old Glory Floats on High;
Flag Shows Highest Point (nUlr) New Building |
Birmingham now
has distinction of
having south’s
highest steel. See
it and tell your
friends.
The progress is so rapid
that the building will be
ready for occupancy Oct.
1st, 1913. Work com
menced Oct. 10,1912.
Yancey R. E. & 1
Ins. Co. will be
glad to show you
floor plans and
make space reser
vations.
Jefferson County Savings Bank;
l Birmingham. Capital and Surplus Over $750,000.00 «
^ Christian F. Enslen, Chairman of Board. Eugene F. Enslen, President. I
Wm. C. Sterrett, Cashier. Chas. E. Thomas, Vice President. jj
Wm. D. Enslen, Assistant Cashier..
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