The Birmingham age-herald. [volume], July 16, 1913, Page 5, Image 5

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I As
I Long
As fire will burn or burglars
enter homes—just so long do
you need a safe deposit box
in our modern steel vaults
for the protection of your
private papers and other val
uables.
We will be pleased to show
you conveniently located
boxes, renting from $3 to $50
yearly.
The First National Bank
Capital and Surplus
$3,000,000
AT THE HOTELS
C. E. Hughes of Anniston, T. L. P.
Christensen of Tuscaloosa and F. K.
Tucker of Auburn are registered at the
Metropolitan.
Clarence A. Foreman of Gadsden, E.
R. Stanford of New Decatur and B. M.
Morgan of Florence are at the Morris.
T. P. Harreson of Acton, E. L. Par
ker of Johns and M. L. Kinney of
Montgomery are stopping at the Bir
mingham.
C. B. Hervey of Mobile. R. E. Daw
son of Selma and J. M. Foster of Mont
gomery are guests at the Hillman.
E. M. Lowery of Enterprise, W. L.
Cooper of Anniston and William E. Hill
of Talladega arc among those at the
Florence.
R. W. Mitchell of Gadsden, W. L.
Fritted of Dothan and F. W. Raper of
Camp IliU are registered at the Em
pire.
Heal Estate Transfers
Deeds were placed on record yester
day In the office of the probate court
showing the following transfers of
property, the consideration bqing $1000
or more:
$1200—Stephen Bell to Mrs. Mary J.
Yancey; 5 acres of land in southwest
corner of southwest quarter of north
west quarter of section 20, iownsnip
17, range 2 west.
I'jOOO—Sam A. Burkheim to .lames
M. Tanory; north half of lot 20, block
148, map and plat of the city of Bir
mingham.
$1000—Inglewood Realty company t<>
Lyde D. Blair; lots 7 and 8, block 1,
map and plat of the Inglewood Realty
company’s addition of Boyles High
lands.
$1150—George A. Backus to W. M.
Hayne; lots 8 and 9, map and survey
of Altman’s addition to Avondale.
$2500—J. W. Fain to S. B. Klippett;
part of lot 4, block 611, Elyton Land
company’s present plan and survey of
the city of Birmingham.
$1200—East Lake Land company to
Miss Peytibel Bibb; block 58, map and
plat of Roebuck Terrace.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday in the office of the
probate clerk:
Will Archer of Birmingham and Miss
Elnora Soror.son.
W. J. Harris of Birmingham and Mrs.
Willie Lee Todd.
Rufus A. Crumbley of Birmingham
and Mrs. Annie L. McNeil.
J. B. Greene of Fairfield and Miss Lil
lie E. Powell.
E. C. - Cummings of Ensley and Miss
Willie E. Morris.
STEALING AND CARELESS
WEIGHING HAVE MUCH TO
DO WITH COAL SHORTAGE
Numerous Witnesses Testify
That Whatever the Short
age the Consumer
Must Pay It
STATE COMMISSION
HOLDS HEARINGS TO
DETERMINE REMEDY
Retail Coal Men and Railroads Are
All Represented at Sessions Be
ing Held at the Courthouse.
Hard to Place Blame
♦ *
i STRIKING POINTS BROUGHT *
i OUT III RETAIL COAL MEN 4
* -- ♦
4 Retail coal dealers testified: *
$ There is a shortage in every $
♦ car of coal delivered. 4
4 The shortage Is estimated at •
$ 10 per cent. ?
♦ The shortage Is due to care- $
$ lessness in weighing at the $
$ mines, stealage from the cars t
4 after their arrival in Blrming- 4
4 ham and incorrect stencilling of 4
4 ear weights. t
4 The loss from evaporation and ♦
♦ sifting is nugatory. t
4 In the final analysis the con- 4
$ sumer Is charged with the loss. 4
♦ Tf the shortage is checked the ?
$ cost of coal will be reduced. 4
t The city permits a variation $
4 hetweeen scales of dealers and 4
4 scales of the city of 75 pounds. 4
$ There are some wildcat deal- ?
? ers preying on the public. 4
4 The city's tolerance between *
$ scales of 75 pounds is too great. $
t and a movement is now on foot ?
j to have that tolerance reduced \
♦ to 1 per cent, nr 20 pounds. 4
t *
The slate railroad commission, in its
sessions in Birmingham, is endeavoring
to find out why there is a shortage in
every car of coal delivered to retail
dealers in Birmingham, and by correc
tion, to alleviate the burden of tlie cost
of living to the- ultimate consumer.
For the retail coal dealers who testi
fied yesterday were very free to admit
that whatever loss they sustained as a
result of shortage in weights and
measures, was charged to the consumer,
ami that but for the shortage, coal
would he retailed at a figure consider
ably lower than that which obtains to
day.
For it was very plainly shown that
the consumer is not only required to
pay for his coal and for whatever loss
the retail dealer acquires through
shortage In weights, but is forced also
to pay for freight, switching, unload
ing, slackage, delivery, an intagible
“overhead" expense, and the more in
tangible "unseen” losses.
M. A. Myatt of Fowlkes & Myatt.
which firm deals in coal and water in
addition to groceries, testified that $1.70
was attached to the cost of a ton of
coal to covfer the above details. He
gave the figures as follows:
For freight, 30 cents; for switching
and unloading, 15 cents: for slackage,
15 cents; for drawage or delivery, 60
cents; to cover "overhead” expenses,
30 cents; to cover unseen” losses. 20
cents.
“Consumer” Is Not Present
Although the investigation of the
commission chiefly concerns the#con
sumer, the consumer is not present un
less he be represented by the railroad
commission. Kvery other interest is
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HERVEY IS ELECIED
PRESIDENT OF HOTEL
MEN’S ASSOCIATION
Legislative Committee Ap
pointed to Secure Better
Laws to Protect Hotels
PROBABLY MEET
NEXT IN MOBILE
Today Will Be Devoted to Pleasure.
Delegates Will Visit Steel Plant
This Morning and Have
Banquet Tonight
♦ ♦
* M-W OFFICERS ALABAMA •
t HOTEL MEN’S ASSOCIATION •
? - ♦
* President, C. B. Hervey, Mo- $
i bile.
* First vice president, C. H. *
? Nabb, Birmingham. $
* Second vice president, J. W. i
t Williams, Opelika. t
* Third vice president, B. Wolff, $
* Montgomery. +
t Secretary and treasurer. P. C. $
* Steele, Mobile. $
t Executive committee, J. .1. •
* Monaghan. Mobile; .James T»ac- $
* ovitch, Mobile; F. A. Robertson, ?
* Birmingham. i ;
* Next place of meeting, Mo- t i
* bile. |
* *!
With the appointment of a legislative
committee and the reading of the ho
tel laws of Georgia, the first annual
meeting of the Alabama Hotel Men’s
association concluded its business ses
sion yesterday and today will be de
voted to pleasure. Birmingham acting
as host to the hosts of the state. This
morning the delegates anrl their wives
will visit the steel plant at Ensley
and other points of interest in and
about the city, and the two days' ses
sion will be brought to a close to
night with a banquet at the Hotel
Hillman.
When the roll was called yesterday j
morning practically every hotel pro
prietor in the state was present, the
few absentees sending regrets at be
ing unable to attend. The morning ses
sion was taken up with the business of
the convention.
At. the noon hour the entire party,
including the delegates and their
wives motored out to the Country club
where an elegant luncheon was en
joyed. Those in the party were:
C. H. Nabb, Hillman. Birmingham;
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Burt, Florence,
Birmingham; H. B. New, Metropolitan;
Birmingham; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Rob
ertson. Empire, Birmingham; Mr. and
Mrs. Ridenhour, Southern, Birming
ham; T. H. Edney. Colonial, Florala:
J. C. Hunt, Grenala, Greenville; C. B.
B. Harvey, Cawthon, Mobile; Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Taylor, Gay-Heague, Mont
gomery; Luke Thompson, Thompson,
Montgomery; B. Wolff. Imperial. Mont
gomery: Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Williams,
Clement, Opelika; Mrs. J. H. Lumpkin,
Arcadia, Selma; H. A. Bruner, Central,
Talladega; H. A. Snow, McLester, Tus
< Con 4 lniied on I*«tge Tent
The Public Has a Right to Know
The ingredients of every article which
it is asked to buy for food or to mix
with food. Any article advertised
with this information concealed must
be looked upon with suspicion.
The Public Has a Right to Know
Royal Baking Powder is made from
Royal grape cream of tartar, a most
wholesome fruit acid, and its man
ufacturers are eager to make this fact
public in the widest way, because this
ingredient makes the very best baking
powder and the most healthful food.
The Public Has a Right to Know
But manufacturers of alum powders will
not give in their advertisements the
names of the ingredients they use.
They not only decline to publish, but
they take means to conceal from
the public the nature of their powders.
Is not this sufficient proof that their
powders contain ingredients which
are injurious or improper, or both?
The Public Has a Right to Know
BIRMINGHAM’S CLAIMS TO
ARMOR PLATE PLANT TO
BE PRESENTED AT ONCE
ACTION DEFERRED ON
TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
BY THE COMKION
Protest Against Parking
Clause Made by Com
mittee of Doctors
FINAL ACTION TO
BE TAKEN FRIDAY
Physicians Say Parking Clause Would
Work Hardship on Them and Pre
vent Their Answering Hurry
Calls—Lane Impressed
What was probably the largest crowd
ever appearing before the city commis
sion in session was that yesterday, com
posed mostly of doctors, w’ho were there
to object to certain features of the traf
fic and automobile ordinance. They ob
jected and the ordinance was passed
over for “final action” Friday.
The committee of 100 doctors made a
rigorous protest against the sections ot
the ordinance which relate to the park
ing of automobiles on the down-town
streets—sections 27 and 28. After the meet
ing the three members of the commission
Indicated that the ordinance would be
passed Friday over the protest of the
doctors.
Speeches were made yesterday by Dr.
H. S. Ward, Dr. E. P. Riggs, Dr. D. C.
Morris, Max Winkler, W. B. Deedy, Rob
ert Jemison, Jr., R. S. Monger, Major H.
K. Milner, Dr. II. A. Elkourie, H. B.
Hodges, and others. The doctors asked
that they be exempt from the regula
tions of the ordinance as regards the 20
minute parking limit. They based their
*equest on humanitarian grounds, they
said, in that many lives would be lost if
they were not able to respond to a hurry
call immediately by reason of having to
gVi two or three blocks to get their au
tomobiles.
Commissioners statements
"I could not say just what Impression
the arguments ot' the doctors' committee
made on me as I haven’t had time to
think it over," said President Exum alter
the meeting. "1 don’t see how we can
grant their request, though, and avoid
class legislation. My opinion is that if
we exempted the doctors and tried to en
force the ordinance on other classes of
people there would he a bigger howl than
the doctors are making now, by a great
deal.”
"1 was very deeply Impressed with the
arguments of the doctors," said Judge
Lane. "They appear to have based their
arguments on fair grounds and. although
I have not had time to think the mat
ter over, I'm inclined to believe we ought
to exempt them. To do so 1 do not be
lieve would be class legislation."
"If we exempt the doctors, I’m in fa
vor of repealing the whole ordinance,"
said Commissioner Weatherly after the
meeting. "We never could enforce tile
ordinance against a man just because he
didn't happen to be a doctor. An at
tempt to do so would be a farce, and I
believe illegal. It might be that we will
extend the time limit Irom 20 to 30
or to minutes, but further than that l am
not In favor of making any changes."
Dr. H. S. Ward, president of the Jef
ferson County Medical society, presided
as "toastmaster." In a short preliminary
speech he explained that a committee of
100 doctors had been apolnted to explain
to the commissioners why they believed
the parking clause of the new ordinance
would work an especial hardship upon
them. He called upon Dr. E. P. Riggs.
Would Work Hardship on Doctors
“Tile real effect of this ordinance
upon the doctors of the city, 1 believe,
is something of which the commis
sion is not fully cognizant." said Dr.
Riggs, “it affects the physician more
than any one else. In some cities, in
fact, most of the other large cities
of the country, the doctors have their
offices at their residences. Here the
great majority of them have them
downtown and the parking clause will
work a hardship on the doctors whose
offices are in the big office buildings
as well ns upon the doctors’ patients.
“A doctor often will go to Ills of
fice and find there one or two patients
who will so occupy his attention that
he will forget about his car in the
street, leave it there over the 20 min
utes and then be arrested. The great
majority of the doctors cannot employ
chauffeurs for the simple reason that
we can't afford it. For that reason we
would have to leave our cars at the
designated parking place some several
blocks away and in case we got a hur
ry call, as we often do, a great amount
of time would be lost and the patient
probably die.
"We don’t want to ask for class leg
islation. But from the very fact that ]
a doctor's work so hindered would be
a humanitarian mistake, is the reason
why we believe the doctors should be
exempt."
Dr. K Morris was called upon
by Dr. Ward and presented a petition
which he said was signed by practically
99 per cent of the property holders and
renters in the dtstriut affected by the
ordinance. The petition was against the
ordinance. Upon examining the peti
tion Commissioner Weatherly stated
that he found that a large number of
the signers designated "all owners” as
those they wished exempt from the
ordinance and did not contine it to
the doctors.
Dr. Ward told of the methods used
In other cities, many of them using
the center of the street for the park
ing of cars. This Is impossible here
on account of the street car tracks.
Dr. Ward said First avenue and Twen
tieth street both were wide enough
for the cars to be parked along the
curb and plenty of room still left for
the street cars and vehicle traffic.
"The matter of people coming down
town to shop and are kept away from
tile merchant’s door by cars being
parked there is very much exagger
ated," he said. ”A very small per cent
of Birmingham’s shoppers come down
town in automobiles. Those who don’t
come down In street cars and get off
at the corners. Why can't the automo
bile shoppers also get out of their cars
at the corners and walk the half block
or few doors to the merchant where
they wish to trade?"
Easy to Evade, Says Leedy
W. B. Leedy stated it would lie easy
to evade the law but "it would be an
awful bother to go out and get in hia car
every 20 minutes and run it atound the
block.” Mr. Lewis, who has charge of
the First National bank building; Robert
Jamison as agent for the Kmnlre and the
Chamber of Commerce buildings, and
other of the office building agents stated
they had no objections to exempting the
doctors from the ordinance.
R. s. Hunger stated lie was greatly
Secretary Daniels’ Sugges
tion That Government En
ter Business Stirs Great
Interest Here
LOGICAL PLACE FOR
PLANT OF THE KIND
WHICH IS PROPOSED
Industrial Men Point Out That Bir
mingham Offers Greater Advan
tages for Location Than Any
Other Place in Country
“A decidedly goo i proposition and we
should present Birmingham claims prop
erty and without delay," were the words
used yesterday by W. P. O Harding,
president of the Chamber of Commerce ,in
referring to the possible location in Bir
mingham of an aiti.or plate plant by th)
federal government.
The idea of locating such a plant In this
community was first advanced by Com
modore Wad hams here last winter. How
ever, the proposition was brought to the
attention of Birmingham industrial men
yesterday with unusual force by Asso
ciated Press quotations from a report of
Secretary Josephus Daniels of the navy.
He reported by request to the Senate
that three -teel plants had practically a
monopoly on armor plate for the govern
ment. He pointed out that feeling secure
of that trade the j lants boosted prices
until this government pays nure for ar
mor plate than any country in the world.
The Secretary of the Navy advised the
Senate to enter the armor plate business
by erecting sufficient plants to take care
of the government demands and also pro
tect the government from the three plants
that, he says, constantly send up the
pi'kes. He suggested no special locality
as suited for the proposed plant.
Secretary Daniels in his communication
to the Senate says that Japan liar recently
built two plants, while other countries
have for some time been engaged in armor
plate manufacture.
Creates Great Interest
The report anil the lait that Birming
ham is the most logical place to locate
such a plant on the government’s part
created wide interest here yesterday. It
is a matter of Considerable value and
there is no doubt hut what the Chamber
of Commerce and other powerful influ
ences will get after the location of the
plant nere If the step Is definitely deter
n it.ed upon by the government.
By locating Hie plant here the govern
ment would he very near the navy yards
and Shipments from this district could he
made to the coast and to the navy yards
at an unusually low price.
Shook Makes Statement
In connection with the proposition
Paschal G. Shook, one of the best in
formed steel and iron men of the district.
Issued tills statement yesterday:
"Birmingham is easily the most feasible
of all present -»teel manufacturing centers
fern the location of a government plant.
From this point the average distance and
treight rate charges on armor plate to
navy yards are cheaper than from Pitts
burg, Chicago, Youngstown or any other
steel making region, it is only 272 miles
to Mobile. 2fi9vmiles to Pensacola, 3)9 to
New Orleans, |8.s to Charleston, 398 to
Brunswick ant^ 130 to Savannah. If the
armor plate were to he delivered to I lie
navy yards at Philadelphia or Brooklyn,
Birmingham eoukl dr'iver it at a cheap
rail and walur rate combined. The armor
Plate could he delivered at tile lowest
cost of anv poinc to navy yards at
Charleston and Pensacola an 1 certainly
we would h ive the advantage in shipping
it to the Paei’.l? const through the Panamu
canal.
Not Profitable on Coast
"It would not he profitable lor the gov
ernment to locate an armor plate plant
on the (oast. The reason Is very simple.
The steel Ingots would have to he shipped
from the inland steel manufacturing cen
ters at great cost and, in addition, there
Is an enormous wastage. Even In eon
vrting Ingots into steel rails a lot of the
spongy portion of I he ingot !r sawed off
end goes to scrap. In the manufacture of
armor plate, the sawing off process Is
much more expensive. My recollection
Is not exact upon (his point, but my Im
pression In a general way is that only one
ton of armor plate Is secured for each
10 tons of ingot steel. In making plate
they continue to discard until absolutely
hard iron Is reached, and this only is
used. The most economical armor plant
would be one located In Birmingham."
Harding Deeply Interested
President Harding of the Chamber of
Commerce was deeply Interested In the
proposed armor plate plant, and also
the slatements of Mr. Shook in connec
tion with Birmingham's claims to the
plant If It is determined upon. 'In the
absence of further light on the subject.
Mr. Harding would not go further than
tile quotation above. it is understood
that further Information will he asked on
the probable action of the government,
and that tile Alabama delegation will lie
requested to watch carefully after local
interests while Ibis plan Is being con
sidered.
pleased with the ordinance with the ex
ception of llie iiarking law, which he be
lieved should not be enforced upon the
doctors. He stated tie had studied such
ordinances in other cities and believed
that as a whole the Birmingham ordl
nance was the best he had ever seen and
couldn't he Improved upon, hut for one
or two minor details. One of these de
tails Mr. Munger suggested as the clause
prohibiting mufflers being cut out on en
gines while the cars were In motion. He
suggested that this he made while the
cars were standing still also, as some
times great annoyance was afforded this
way. The commissioners stated this sug
gestion would be adopted. Major Milner
told of the law In New Orleans where
the cars hacked up to the curb at an
angle of about 45 degrees on both sides,
by means of which less space was taken
up from the street and It was much
easier for a car to get out or back In
to the curb. This suggestion may also
be adopted.
Deorge < . Oliver protested the prohibi
tion of children skating on the sidewalks
and the commissioners said that this was
a mistake and they had not intended to
put it In the law. It will be eliminated.
H B. Hodges, foreman of the Highland
garage, spoke interestingly of the traffic
laws In Denver and Boston, having lived
in both cities. Mr. Hodges is thoroughly
conversant with traffic regulations anil
the commission was so impressed with his
knowledge that he was asked to meet
with them In conference over some
amendments to the law now up fur adop
tion.
None of the commissioners made any
statement ip the commission room and
alter the speeches were concluded Presi
dent Exum announced that the ordinance
would be “finally acted upon Friday.”
What Is a Safe De- I
posit Box?
It is a steel compartment inside
cf this big vault, and is rented to
you individually.
It has an individual numbered
door with a double lock.
One lock answers to your key, ?
the other to the bank’s key, but
neither operates alone.
That means no one can possibly
go into your box except yourself
or on your written authority. See
them here for yourself.
>mricanTrust?.SayingsRam
FIRST AND TWENTIETH — BIRMINGHAM
EAST LAKE FRANCHISE IS
GRANTED BY COMMISSION
By a vote of two to one the city com
mission yesterday afternoon granted the
petition for a franchise for the Birming
ham Railway, Light and Power company
to construct an eight block extension
to the present East Lake line of that
company to the easteri) city limits and
also to take over and operate the Rugby
street car line.
President Exum and Commissioner A.
O. Lane voted “aye" and Commissioner
Weatherly voted "no" on the proposition.
No remarks in explanation of their votes
were made by any of the commissioners.
The franchise thus granted authorizes
the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company to construct the eight
blocks of track at the end of the present
East I.ake line, the line to be extended
then from the city limits to the Roebuck
Springs country club. A petition ask
ing permission for the const ruction of
the line from* the city limits on to the
clubhouse will be tiled in the near fu
ture before tlie county hoard of revenue.
The Rugby street car line, which by
the franchise, becomes a part of the Bir
mingham Railway, Light ami Power com
pany system. lias been operated hereto
fore? by the East Lake Land company
nee of charge for the accommodation of
its patrons. By the construction of the
eight blocks to the eastern city limits
a connection is made with the Rugby line
which will form a loop line in the East
l<ako communit\ and which will he oper
ated ns a “feeder'* to the main line, with
flie transfer privilege. Blockage of >100
per block is paid for the eight blocks
of new line to be constructed.
The petition was presented and sup
ported by \Y. \V. Crawford, president
of the East Lake Land company. It
was favored by many citizens in the ter
ritory covered, and strong representa
tions in favor of the extension were
made to the commission by delegates
from t lie* A la llama Roys' Industrial school
which will be thereby furnished with a
car service.
It Is expected that work on the ex
tension will begin in the near future, the
next step being a petition before the
board of revenue.
ORDINANCES 10 BE
PRINTED AND BOUND
Resolutions Providing for
Action Introduced by
Weatherly
Two resolutions by which it is provided |
that all ordinances and franchises adopt - ,
ed by the city and not already in print
shall hf printed and bound in book form
were introduced yesterday by City Com
missioner Weatherly. Mr. Weatherly
stated he did not desire any action now
but merely wished to bring the matter
before the commission so a conference
could be held over it In the near future.
The resolutions are as follows:
"Be it resolved, by the board of com
missioners of the city of Birmingham,
That all ordinances, resolutions, contracts
and agreements of the city of Birming
ham, by which franchises have been here
tofore granted to persons, associations
or corporations for the use of the streets
and highways In the city limits of great
er Birmingham, including the franchises
granted by any of the towns prior to |
their coming into the city of Birmingham,
shall be codified and embodied into a
printed volume similar to form of fran
chises. contracts and special ordinances,
compiled by John B. Weakley In the year
1907, and so as to cover fully every fran
chise for its public streets and highways
now being exercised by any person, firm
or corporation in the city of Birming
ham, each particular ordinance, agree
ment or contract being set out in full
in said volume, and that said work he
done under the supervision of the city at
torney by the secretary of this board."
"Be it resolved, by the board of com
missioners of the city of Birmingham.
That the city attorney, under the super
vision of tlie department of Justice, be
and lie is hereby authorized and direct
ed to have all ordinances and resolutions
of permanent nature, which are now In
force and which shall be in existence
and effect up to the conclusion of tlie
work hereby authorized, classified ami
embodied into a code of laws ami ordi
nances of ttie city of Birmingham, ami
there is hereby appropriated tlie sum of
-dollars for the carrying out of tills
resolution."
O’NEILL A DELEGATE
TO GOOD ROADS MEET
John W. O’Neill is in receipt of a let
ter from Go'". K nr. met O'Neal appointing
him a delegate to the convention of tii •
United States Good Hoads association,
which will be held in St. Louis November
10-15 of this y nr. Mr. O'Neill WHlte* to
The Age-llerabl as follows: “J was elect
ed vice president of the United States
Good Hoads association when they or
ganized at the Je Pierson theatre, April
24-26, 1913.”
FEW PROTESTS ARE
MADE ON TAX RAISES
Majority of the Cases Are
Settled With Captain
Allen
Few protests were made at tlie sec
ond day’s hearing of the proposed prop
erty tax raises before tlie board of
revenue yesterday. About 35 of the 50
cases docketed for the day were dis
posed of, all except tlve being settled
by agreement between the property
owners and (’apt. J. V. Allen, hack tax
commissioner.
Tlie hoard will continue to hear the
tax raises at tlie rate of 50 dally dur
ing this week. Beginning Monday 100
cases will be docketed each day.
The hearing yesterday was without
special incident and with the excep
tion of hearing half a dozen protests
the board hud practically nothing to
do, as the large majority of the cases
had previously been adjusted. The board
disallowed proposed raises in the fol
lowing cases: R. M. Archibald, ,7. L
Cox, Henry Bruner, Mrs. Lucy Lee
Cheate, Pink Davis.
The following raises were agreed
upon: .1. \V. Barnes, $350: Mrs. Anna
Campbell, $500; Presley Campbell. $350;
\Y. T. Caraway, $200; it. M. Caldwell
(colored), $435; M. II. Carpenter. $400;
Mrs. Fannie V. Carter and (J. O. Rob
inson, 5300: Mrs. J. \V. Castlenian, $‘_’750;
Nellie ('ns tie man. $160; A. .7. Cates.
$H00; Mrs. Annie Chambers. $250; Mrs.
K. F. Cham Idee, $500; .1. F. and (4. L.
Cliamblee, $100; C. B. Cleveland, $650;
John M. Cook (colored), $250; Ldward
L Coleback. $750. D. C. Coleman, $ 400;
Mrs. K. F. Connelly, $780 Mrs M. H.
Cornelius, $200; A. L Coerln, $400; Miss
Ann Colter. $400; Mrs. P. II. Ciov,
$1000; I. M. Crum, $500; W. A Dumeron,
$200 George A. Davis, $400. T. J Da
vis, $300; Benin li Dawson (.colored),
$600; Mrs. M. Dawson. $340; D. T. Dead
nian, $250; Mrs. !.. K. Dee. $400: Mims
De.larnett, $800: J. W. Del^ashwitt. $600.
JACK MOORE IS
EXTREMELY ILL
Jack Moore, a brother of Walter Moor*,
who withstood two operations In Boston
and was brought, home critically 111, is
growing weaker hourly at McAdory'a
Infirmary and it Is said to be only a
question of a few Cays before the end.
Mr. Moore a widely known in this com
munity as -veil as over the state.
He was for some years sheriff of Walker
county and was Identified strongly with
the progressive developments of that com
munity. it was said last night by Walter
Moore that practically all hope had b.’< n
abandoned ard that the physicians are
of the opinion that the sinking man has
only a very short time to live.
Business
Success
L n
BUSINESS success de
pends not so much
upon a man’s great abil
ity as upon his informa
tion regarding business
in general. The man
vho is thoroughly posted on under
lying conditions at all times is the
man who succeeds in business.
In keeping posted on the basic
situation you will find the letter on
trade, which is issued monthly by
this Bank, of considerable assistance.
These letters will be mailed to you
without charge if you request it.
Birmingham Trust & Savings Co.
Birmingham, Alabama
112-116 N. 20th St,