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Outlook for Week Relatively
Cheerful Trade Report
DROUGHT IS RELIEVED
Most Advices Indicate Activity in
Jobbing Lines—Crops Being Mar
keted at Good Prices—Trade
Ahead of Last Year
r New York, September 19.—Bradstreet’s
review tomorrow will say:
“As trade broadens optlmisrti spreads
and the outlook for the week is a rela
tively cheerful trade report. Most ad
vices* Indicate activity in jobbing lines or
a tendency that direction. Actual wants
following a prolonged policy of staving
stocks is the foremost factor in broaden
ing denjand.
“Coupled with this are a number of
other activities, making characteristics.
Tims the marketing of crops at good
prices, copious rains in southwestern
drcuth afflicted sections, stimulants af
\ forded by fall festivals and a somewhat
enlarged turnover in retail circles.
“Thus the uplift has not been uniform
in these branches of trade and industry;
in fact, there are quite a few laggards,
and it is significant that many of the re
turns indicate that trade, especially In
dry goods, is well ahead of last year.
“Business failures for the week were
2j1). against 279 in 1912.
“Wheat, including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week aggregate 4',145,992 bushels, against
3,801,477 last year.”
New York, September 19.—R. G. Dun &
Co.’s weekly review of business tomorrow
will say:
». "There Is slightly more disposition to
.extend operations further into the future
» as business advances, most advices indi
cating a larger volume of trade thlm one
year ago, while some industrial centers
report more machinery active with a
reduction in the number of unemployed.
"l^abor troubles exert a leading influ
ence in a few sections. Disturbances of
a serious nature, however, are absent
now\ Lower temperatures have had a
stimulating effect on distribution of mer
chandise at retail, and tlie fall season
appears to be opening up fairly well.
"Less conservatism is manifest in the
wool market. Buyers of leather are oper
ating more f re Icy. Both retail and job
bing trade in footwear is moderately ac
tive nowr.
"Pig iron reflects -increased strength
•with heavy sales of southern iron a feat
ure. The strong statistical position of
copper has been reflected in a continued
rise in prices.
"Failures this week numbered 282,
against 291 last year, and 20 in Canada,
compared wifh 24.
DISTRICT PYTHIANS
MEET IN WETUMPKA
Semi-Annual Convention of Eighth
District Convenes—Barbecue
a Feature
Wetumpka, September 19.—(Special.)
The semi-annual convention of the
Eighth Pythian district has attracted a
large crowd to Wetumpka yesterday. An
interesting session was held at the
courthouse this morning presided over
by H. R. Golson, chairman.
After the impressive invocation by
the Rev. J. M. Dan nelly, addresses were
delivered by Mayor F. W. Lull and W.
L. Lancaster welcoming the visiting
knights. Responses replete with wit
and wisdom were given by Grand Chan
cellor A. G. Patterson and J. Lee Hol
loway.
t A barbecue was served to 1B0 or
more ugests on the hillside overlook
ing Wetunipka’s business square, the
local knights being hosts of the visi
tors.
Crops in this section of the state ar°
fairly good. The cotton crop is devel
oping some champion pickers. A pretty
little 10-year-old Elmore county girl
picked i>OU pounds in 11 hours.
TO BAR PISTOLS
FROM THE MOVIES
Chicago Reformers Seek to Eliminate
All Suggestion of Firearms in
Moving Pictures
C'fhicago, September 19.—Moving picture
ploys iti which there is a display of re
volvers are to be barred from exhibitions
in Chicago if a campaign begun today
by judicial and reform authorities is car
ried out. The elimination of even the sug
gestion of firearms is sought. Maj. M. I*.
C. Funkhonser, deputy superintendent of
police, believes that “gun play” In motion
pictures has a bad influence over boys.
Judge* M. W. Pinckney of the juvenile
court savs many youths brought before
him say they secured the ideas for their
crimes from motion pictures.
EIGHT GOVERNORS OF ALABAMA
1874—1901
No. 62—The Begihnings of the Birmingham “Boom’f
Edward A. O’Neal, Governor
By the year 1S85 the Ely ton Land com
pany, under the management of President
H. M. Caldwell, assisted by Secretary
Willis J. Milner, and by the gentlemen ot
the directory generally, especially Col.
D. S. Troy of Montgomery, had succeeded
in awakening a permanent interest
throughout Alabama in the fortunes of
Birmingham. A sense of confidence in
the landlocked mineral wealth became the
foundation of most enthusiastic faith.
From Mobile, Eufaula, Montgomery, Sel
ma, Demopolis, Huntsville, Talladega.
Tuscaloosa, Greensboro, indeed from the
towns and the farms the very cream of
the population changed homes to Bir
mingham.
Probably no town in America had ever
been so suddenly built up by a population
so well educated, so conservative in tone,
so fixed in purpose to remain on the spot
ready for a tilt with any fortune that
might come.
The fame of the mineral deposits
brought capitalists from the east and
from the west, but the dominating ele
ment was native southern. Virginia. Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia,
the Carolinas sent their contributions to
the mass, but the natives of Jefferson
county more than held their own in the
animated rivalry ot all for success.
Hanks, churches, manufactories, street
railways, parks, theatres came like mag
ic. A shoe merchant from Montgomery
opened business on Second avenue and
soon discovered, to his astonishment, that
the denmnl for tine shoes was heavier
there than fn his old established town he
had left. Fashionable tailors, mantua
makers, fine clothing houses, the best
of grocery stores found immediate cus
tom. The city school system was at once
set on foot with liberal support from the
city government, and in most admirable
method by the superintendent.
In a word, as the far famed Bonapar
tist grant, on the Tombigbee, had been
suddenly settled ‘by southern slave hold
ers, and the forest with unexampled rap
idity transformed into splendid cotton
plantations, so the same class of people
had come to Birmingham and with ener
gy, tact, intelligence and honesty had
amazed the world. The mayor was a
young native of Alabama, the judges on
the bench were southern born, the pastors
were southern born, the captains of in
dustry were southern born. Every man
on the directory of the Ely ton Land com
pany was a native of a cotton state, and
to this association of citizens the town
owed the prospects ahead.
It was in response to public reputation
of this kind that a large number of young
men. lawyers, doctors and merchants
came. Among these was Oscar W. Un
derwood, B. M. Allen, Joseph F. John
ston, the young doctors Morris, brothers.
They found there William A. Walker,
Samuel E. Greene, Chambers McAdory,
their peers, natives of Jefferson. They
found there, natives of Jefferson, the
young Drs. Davis, brothers, their peers.
Messrs. W. C. Garrett and F. V. Evans
established the Daily Age. Messrs. Wat
kins, two brothers, from counties of the
valley of the Tennessee, became their
successors. Colonel Morehead and Mr.
Plnckard and Mr. R. N. Rhodes set up a
rival, the Herald* across the street, both
morning papers. Mr. F. V. Evans set up
the Evening Chronicle all alone, joined
the next year by Mr. George M. Cruik
shank. In rivalry Mr. R. N. Rhodes set
up the Evening News.
This was the general situation when
Col. .James \V. gloss, a leader in the in
dustries; I>r. E. H. Shell and others, to
gether with the clergy, determined to in
vite the young evangelists from Geor
gia. the Rev. Sam Jones and the Rev.
Surn Small, to hold a protracted meet
ing. A great tent was pitched on Hie then
open square in front of the county court
house. For successive days and nights
these preachers held immense audiences
in closest attention. Pastors Purser,
Handley, Rush, Simpson, T. J. Read.
Messrs. James J. Garrett, Going, Nabors,
Dr. Sholl anti others, published a card
after the meetings closed, saying:
“Messrs. Jones and Small came into our
midst upon urgent, repeated invitation.
No pay was asked or promised for their
labors. * * * Thejr left multitudes in
Hie churches and out of them who respect
and honor both of them as Christian gen
tlemen. * * * Hundreds of non-profes
sors of religion converted; professing
Christians of all names aroused, instruct
ed and stimulated to increased earnesi
nesf, zeal and better living. * * * These
are some of the things they left behind
them.”
In the same autumn, General Rucker
and others secured the services of Col.
Louis J. DuPre of Washington City, a
distinguished newspaper w'riter, a south
ern man, for special service on the Daily
Age. The project was to create through
‘he columns of the paper a public pressure
upon Congress to open the navigable
rivers of Alabama to all the year round
navigation. DuPre’s standing in his pro
fession was lirst class. He was at once
successful to a remarkable degree with
the Birmingham paper. His writings, de
scription of the coal and iron deposits,
of the town and its people and his gen
eral editorial ability attracted universal
attention whereever the paper could oe
sent.
A feature of this ingenious advertis
ing was to call a great * waterways con
vention” at Tuscaloosa. So on November
17, 1885, the convention met as planned.
Citizens of distinction from all the im
portant towns of Alabama, many from
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Tennes
see. assembled. M^ayor Jemisou called the
meeting to order in an eloquent speech.
Mayor Lane was made temporary chair
man. Hon. Harry Toulmin of Mobile was
made president. Messrs. W. W. Screws
of Montgomery, Louis J. DuPre, H. H.
Brown and M. H. Hudson were'made sec
letarifs. Among the citizens in attend
ance were Judge David Clopton of the
Alabama supreme court, Thomas H.<
Watts, once governor general; J. W.
Burke, collector of the port of Mobile;
W. H. Skaggs, mayor of Talladega; Wil
liam A. Walker and a great many o fthat
11am A. Walker and a great many of that
and .John M. Martin, Herbert and Oates
wrote sympathetic letters.
Senator Pugh was in attendance and de
livered the main speech. At that time
the great engineer, James B. Eads, was
pushing his scheme for a ship railway
across the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. Sen
ator Morgan ‘had Just entered upon his
14-years’ labor for an isthmian canal. Mr.
Cothrell, the engineer of Eads, addressed
the convention, explaining the ship rail
way. Senator Morgan wrote a long let
ter, which was read and which as usual
created profound interest.
The great “boom” of 1886 rose to its
full height, immediately following the
convention. East Lake. Ensley, Wood
lawn, Avondale, Smithfleld Land com
panies were organized in a night—East
Birmingham, North Birmingham, etc. I
remember a remark of the late B. F.
Roden at this Hush time. He exclaimed,
“These land companies will ruin this
town.”
JOHN WITHERSPOON DUBOSE.
Object of Organization the
Welfare and Upbuilding
of Greensboro
Greensboro, September 19.—(Special.)
The Hale County Business and Agricul
tural league was organized at a recent
meeting of the citizens of Greensboro,
having for its object the welfare and
upbuilding of the town and county.
John G. Apsey, Jr., was elected presi
dent. Jack Powers, vice president and
Charles IS. Waller, Jr., secretary and
treasurer. There was much enthusiasm
and sixty members were enrolled.
The back tax commissioner has made
541 raises for tins year in the county,
amounting to $139,822.
The government experts touring the
Sixth district spoke here to a large gath
ering of Hale county citizens. Dr. W. W.
Sanders, state health officer, was pres
ent. IS lost excellent advice was given by
the experts. *
All schools have opened except the pub
lic graded school. The new, handsome
school building still being incomplete, the
school will not open before the last of
the month.
The town ladies gave their usual recep
tion to the Young Men’s Christian asso
ciation on the opening of the Southern
university. Many were present, and a
most pleasant evening was spent.
Traders National Bank
This bank endeavors to give a safe
and efficient service; and desiring to
increase our connections, we devote
especial attention to new business
whether large or small. At the end
of nine years we have more than four
thousand customers, and resources
of one million two hundred thousand
dollars.
Attention is especially called to the large percentage
of cash and bonds to deposits, which our statements
always show. Loans also have been n^de in moderate
amounts to a considerable number of people, and col
lections are not dependent upon the ability of a few
persons to pay. In nine years the average loss has
been less than fifty cents on each thousand dollars of
paper taken, or one twentieth of one per cent.
In line with the practice of many national banks,
we have organized the Realty Trust'Companv, with a
capital of five hundred thousand dollars. This com
pany does not receive deposits, but its close affiliation
with the bank has proven advantageous to both insti
tutions, and has increased largely the facilities we offer
the public.
JOHN H. FRYE, President
Birmingham, Alabama Resources $1,200,000.00
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EMU ELKS HAVE
Large Number Initiated at
Exercises Last Night
1229 BALES GINNED
Moulthrop to Appoint Delegates to
flood Roads Congress in Mobile
From Alabama Convict Im
provement Association
Eutaula, September 10.— (Special.)
The Eufaula lodge of Elks will hold its
annual reception to new members Fri
day night, when a large class will be
initiated. Under the leadership of Dr.
w. S. Britt, exalted ruler during the
past two years, the lodge has become
one of the most flourishing In the
state. It has practically doubled Its
membership and has purchased a half
Interest In the Masonic building on
Broad street, of which It uses the en
tire second floor for club rooms.
Col. Robert Moulthrop, chairman of
the executive commltee of the Alabama
Convict Improvement association, will
appoint 100 delegates to represent the
association at the Alabama Good Roads
congress, to be held at Mobile. Every
county in the state will be represented
bv this means. Colonel Moulthrop is
still engaged in securing data on the
convict situation in other states.
A number of wholesale drug houses
have offered donations in money and
merchandise for Eufaula's proposed
public hospital, which will be istab
iished if the voters of the city choose
lo grant the use of the public school
building on Suriford street at the elec
tion to be held October 6. The senti
ment in favor of the hospital is so
strong that there is little doubt that it
will carry.
According to Felix W. Ventress of
Clayton. Barbour county representative
of the United States census bureau, the
tabulation of the separate returns from
tile ginners for the September report
showed that there were 1229 bales of
new cotton ginned prior to September
1, as compared with 439 bales up until
that date last year.
The old Eufaula eommandery, No. 9.
of Knights Templar, was reorganized
last night, with the ceremonies being
presided over by George A. Beauchamp'
grand secretary of Alabama; Guy T
Smith, his assistant, and Lawrence H
Lee, past grand master of Alabama.
WARNINGISSUED BY
INSURANCE DEPT.
Montgomery. September 19. -(Spe
cial. I—Tlie Alabama insurane depart
meat lias issued warnings against the
making of contracts to write insur
ance for the Provident insurance asso
ciation of Waco, Tex. According to of
ficials of the insurance department the
Texas company has not qualified to do
business In Alabama and the depart
ment has been Informed that the com
pany has not been licensed by the
Texas*department of insurance.
The state insurance department asks
that the Texas company be not con
fused with the Provident Insurance
company of Gadsden, which Is organ
ised under the Alabama laws, and qual
ified to do business In the tsate.
PREPARATIONS FOR
HOTEL BEING MADE
Construction at Huntsville
Begins Shortly
COST ABOUT $115,000
New Hotel Will Be Five Stories High
With Something Over 100 Rooms.
Wilson Invited to
Huntsville
Huntsville. September 19.r-tSpecial.)
Preparations are being made by Quincy
R. Cove. AVilliam F. Struve. Humes
Coughlin and other promoters of the new
hotel proposition to take possession of
the city hall lot and begin construction
at the earliest possible date. A big mer
cantile firm has a lease on the ground
floor of the main portion of the building
and cannot move out until its new store
is finished, which will be early in No
vember.
The hotel people will take the rear of
the lot within the next lew days, how
ever, and begin tearing away fire depart
ment headquarters and operations will be
well under way by the time the whole
of the property can be turned over to
them. The new hotel will be five stories
high, will have something over 1Q0 rooms
and will cost about fll5,000.
In response to an Invitation recently
forwarded by the Chamber of Commerce
to President Wilson inviting him to visit
Huntsville this fall, a letter has been
received by President Kd C. Betts saying
that a definite answer cannot be given at
this time, but the matter of a visit to
Huntsville will be taken up in the event
the President finds it possible to make a
southern tour this fall.
The fact that the dry spell of W’eather
has resulted in completely drying up the
big lake in Shelta cavern has just become
known. A party visited the cave yester
day and found the lake bottom literally
as dry as a bone. The lake has always
subsided in the summer time, but it has
never been known to be completely dry
before.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM CHILDERSBURG
Merchants’ and Farmers’ Co-operative
Association Doing Good Work.
Gins Being Erected
Ohildersburg, September 19.—(Spe
cial.)—The Merchants and Farmer’s
Co-operative associalion, which was or
ganized at Childersburg during the
summer is doing some good work in
the way of encouraging the farmers to
diversify crops and we will plant the
heaviest oat crop here that lias ever
been on record for this vicinity.
The Profile Cotton mills of Jackson
ville have begun the erection at Chll
dersburg and will install six Sd-saw
Igins of the latest improved make, to
be ready for ginning by October 3.
This will be a (great benefit to the
town, as this is a heavy cotton growing
vicinity. Childersburg bus received up
to date about 1000 bales of cotton, not-s
withstanding the heavy rains recently.
Childersburg lias made quite an im
provement in the last few days by
working the streets, which has added
to the appearance of the town consid
erably. M. C. Mathews Is having a
beautiful residence built on Church
street.
JUVENILE REFORM
SCHOOL PROPOSED
Union Meeting of Meridian Bible
Classes Sunday Morning in In
terest of Project
Meridian, September 19.—(Special.)—in
the interest of the establishment of a ju
venile reformatory in the state of Mis
sissippi there will be held a union meet
ing of all the adult Bible classes of the
city of Meridian in the auditorium of the
I irst Baptist church Sunday* morning.
Addresses will be made by- some of the
best orators in tlte city, among th-.t
being R. is. Wilbourn, H. R. shone and
W. W. Venable. A central committee has
been appointed for the purpose of enlist
ing all the Bible classes In the state in this
movement and literature bearing on the
subject will soon be sent out.
The movement Is intended to be itate
v.ioe and has the indorsement of Governor
Eiewer, and so far as can he learned
every circuit court judge and district at
torney in tiie state, besides many other
men of prominence who are in a position
to know and understand the need of i
juvenile reformatory.
B. J. SCHUSTER AGAIN
HEADS HARMONY CLUB
Oldest Social Organization in Selma
Elects Officers—Past Year Most
Successful Yet
Selma, September 19.—(Special.)—Wed
nesday night the Harmony club, Selma's
oldest social organization, held its annual
election of officers. The bonds with which
tlie new building was erected are being
paid off satisfactorily and the past year
has been a most successful one for the
organization. Among the officers elected
Wednesday night, B. J. Schuster was
again chosen as president of tho club.
For (he past 24 years Mr. Schuster has
served in that capacity, and with the end
of the new year will have served the
club faithfully as Its executive head for
a quarter of a century.
The officers elected for the year are as
follows: B. J. Schuster, president; Mor
ris .Meyer, vice president; Jack Leu,
treasurer; ike Varetzky, secretary; la-o
nartl Hagerdorn, historian. The board of
directors chosen were: Max Rosenbaum.
Max Hagerdorn, A. A. Davidson, H B
Blkan and M. E. Heineberg.
J. WILEY BROOKS IS
FOUI^D DEAD IN CREEK
Bullet Hole Through Head Causes
Death of Well Known Citizen
of Talladega
Sylacauga, September 19.-(Special.)
News was received here today of the
finding of the body of J. Wiley Brooks
who lives about nine miles east of here
'lead in a small creek near his borne
'ate yesterday afternoon. The head had
a bullet bole in It that was the cause
of thi death.
It is thought by some that he was the
victim of foul play as he lived near
the scene of the recent killing of Carl
Mac hen and where some troll hie has
been going on lately in regard tq some
illicit distillery.
Others say that he had been in failing
health, fur some time and think that tie
bad committed suicide. He was about
fifty years old and had a good reputatiju
in the community where he lived.
^Watch Her Eat!
She used to leave half of
her food till I let her chew
WRIGLEYSk
► '
It gives her an appetite. ^
She likes it better than
things not good for her
and it costs me less. ‘The
Beneficial Confection’ is
a delicious pastime that
improves teeth, appetite,
nerves and digestion.”
Chew it after every meal
BUY IT BY THE BOX
of twenty packages—it costs less—of
any dealer—and stays fresh until used
Look for the spear Avoid imitations
Weakened Trestle Discov
ered by W. J. McSher
don Thursday
Childersburs;, September 19.—(Spe
cial. i—The heroism of M. .J. MeSher
don. a fisherman who lives mar the
Coopa river bridge at Childersburg
no doubt prevented a very serious acci
dent and probably saved many lives
last night. Mr. McSherdon on seeing
a freight train cross this bridge noticed
its rocking and on investigating found
the trestle to be in a precarious condi
tion. He then notified trainman on
next train by having them flagged.
The bridge foreman was immediately
summoned and on arrival claimed the
bridge to be in a very had and dan
gerous condition and would not allow
local passenger train number 4, nor the
Seminole limited passenger train, to
cross the bridge until it had been
repaired.
Mr. McSherdon is a man in poor cir
cumstances.
Reduction Announced
New York. September 19.—The Standard
Oil company of New Y’ork announced a
reduction of % cent per gallon on all
grades of naphtha for export today.
NOTICE
Alabama Great Southern Uailroad
i oiupuny
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of i he stock ho- lers of
the Alabama Great Southern Uailroad
company will be held at the office <*f
the company in Birmingham. Alabama,
on Wednesday, October 1, 191.:, at 10
o’clock a. m., for election of directors
and the transaction of such other busi
ness as may be brought before th*
meeting. R. D. BANK FORD.
Secretary.
September £0, 1913.
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