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' CITY JAIL TRUSTY
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Carroll Seriously Stabbed in
the Neck by Jerry
Stevens
1 J. W. Carrol], a prisoner serving a sen
tence at the city Jail, was sejlously
stabbed yesterday morning about 6
o’clock by Jerry Stevens, held on a
chargeof trespassing. The stabbing oc
curred In the city jail. Carroll was taken
to the Hillman hospital where It Is stated
•i that he will recover. I
According to Warden Glover, Stevens
■was arrested Saturday night by Officer
Jones and Chauffeur Eddie Lyons *and
locked up on the charge of trespassing.
Stevens was thoroughly searched before
being placed In a cell, declare the of
ficers.
During the night In some manner-Ste
vens got out of his cell and started to
* roam about the corridors of the Jail. He
■was warned several times by Carroll,
who was acting as a "truRty,” to get
hack In his cell, but was finally left
alone. About 6 o’clock yesterday morn
ing Stevens, who had secured a knife
In some manner, Is alleged to have crept
■up on Carroll while the latter’s back
was turned and stabbed him in the back
of the neck.
tiarroll's cries aroused the entire jail
and considerable excitement prevailed for
a time. Warden Glover, hearing the
racket, opened the jail door and went
inside where he was promptly attacked
1 by the crazed Stevens. The unexpected
ness of the attack startled Warden Glo
ver for a few moments, hut he soon
subdued the recalcitrant Stevens with
several blows over the head with a heavy
club. Warden Glover escaped unharmed
although Stevens stahbpd at him sev
eral times.
it was staled at the city jail last
night that Dr. Charles Whelan would
examine Stevens this morning and if the
latter was Insane Prohate Judge Stiles
would be asked for a committment to the
asylum at Tuscaloosa.
WILL MEET TODAY TO
DISCUSS CEMETERY
A meeting will be held this afternoon -at
S o'clock In the council chamber at the
city hall looking toward the beautifi
cation and better care of the old Elyton
cemetery. A call was Issued Saturday
for the meeting, signed by a number of
well-known people and^a large crowd Is
expected to attend. v
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$1000 Fire Downtown
Fire from unknown causes damaged
. the barber shop of R. R. Keen, a negro,
30k Eighteenth street, north, at an early
hour yesterday morning and caused con
siderable damake by smoke to the store
of Mabry Bros., negro clothiers, at 306
Eighteenth street. The entire fire and
smoke loss was estimated at $1000. All
the fire apparatus in the downtown dis
trict answered the alarm.
In anticipation of the early an
nouncement of the locations for the
federal reserve hanks, the President's
appointment of the governing board
and the subsequent organization of the
new banks, it will be Interesting and
Inspiring to recall the growth and de
velopment of the financial institutions
which have so largely contributed to
the wonderful growth of this district.
In the midst of the depression which
inevitably followed in the wake of the
. disastrous "boom” days of 1886 and
1887, the master minds of H. M. Cald
\ well, P. H. Earle, James T. Woodward
and others of the same rugged deter
mination and wise forethought, realized
the Imperative need for a financial in
•titution, the strength of which would
be all sufficient and inspiring, and to
the management of which the com
munity could always look with con
fident assurance for financial advice.
As the outgrowth of this vision, the
Birmingham Trust and Savings com*
ft pany came into existence in December.
1887, with $500,000 cash capital.
Into Its organization was Incorpor
ated the fundamental principles of
rigid integrity and broad conservatism
which had characterized the lives of
its founders and to the adherence of
which had resulted not only the ac
cumulation of wealth, but the estab
lishing of character which has re
mained unsullied through all the pass
ing years. __
These men conceived, and the vision
has been realized and adhered to hy
V the subsequent management, that the
mission of such an institution is dif
ferent from that of an ordinary busi
ness enterprise. It Is not—can never be,
k purely an instrument for the private
1 gain of a few. no matter by how few
/ owned or managed, it cannot be oper
ated on the whims, the fancies, or the
purely personal tastes of those whc
happen to exert the most power In its
control.
A bank Is a social institution, no less
than a financial one: It is a moral force
In a community. Man’s duty to pro
vide for the comfort and safety ol
those dependent upon him is just as
mandatory as the duty he owes him
self to retain his health. He must pro
vide for those whose responsibilities he
jMhft assumed wfciie- b* 4s living, and.
P AL EVENTS '
E PAST WEEK ,
Much Speculation as to
What Might Happen
This Week
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
KEENEST STRUGGLE
With Result No Longer in l)oubtt the
Senatorial Contest Grows Apathetic.
The Part Anti-Saloon League
Has Played in Campaign
!
BY m e,IT w. ROBERTS
So sensational were incidents of last
week in a sense political, that students
cf the sport are apparently justified in
speculating on what might happen this
week, the last week of the campaign.
On account of the unusual apathy in ^
tho senatorial struggle, apathy due to the
fact that the outcome is no longer a (
matter of doubt, activity has been trans
ferred, It is acknowledged, to the strug
gle of the would-be governors.
The dragging of the state convict de
partment into the political arena featured
lest week. As is known, Theodore Lacy, .
convicted of having embezzled state .
funds, Issued an alleged interview tend
ing to implicate the governor. The gov
ernor, charging that this alleged inter
view was not only false, but was the
outcome of a political conspiracy to aid
the cause of ex-Governor Comer, de
livered an address in which he took the
former governor severely to task. This
was followed by the appearance before
tho grand Jury of Mr. Comer, the can
didate having been summoned, it Ih un
derstood, because of statements alleged
to have been made by him to the end
that during his own administration state
funds had not been stolen and divided
behind the capital.
“Drawn KyifeM Incident
j But these were not the most unusual
incidents of the week. A near-fight in
| Tallapoosa county between Mr. Comer
I and Walter D. Seed, rival candidates
| fur governor, was Interesting. In the
| controversy between the two, the word
| “liar" was used. Mr. Seed, it has bee*
pubished, threatened to strike Mr. Co
! mer “between the eyes." Mr. Comer,
it has been published, drew his knife,
brandished it, and threatened to lever
the jugular vein—or cut the throat—
of his opponent.
[ Deeply interesting in this regard is the
| fact that these candidates, both of them,
have received the indorsement of the
Alabama Anti-Saloon league, a political
organization, which declares In well mod
ulated tones, that it wages forever in this
state struggles based on moral Issues
of unusually inspirational significance.
Up to the present time neither Charles
Henderson nor Reuben F. Kolb, other
candidates for governor, other candidates
running without the beneficent support '
of the Anti-Saloon league, has charged
that his rival was a liar, and neither has
threatened to cut the turoat of any man.
Anti-Saloon League Indorsement
The facts contained in the above
paragraphs have recalled the precious
moment in which the Anti-Saloon
league laid Its hands on the head of
Mr. Comer and Mr. Seed, saying, in
t effect, “Go to it, boys, with our ap
[ proval."
As is# known, Mr. Comer is running
i on an issue of railroad rate regulation,
j He has said that prohibition 1b not the
‘issue in the current campaign. Mr. Seed
is running on an issue of state-wide
prohibition. He has said that state
wide prohibition is the issue.
The Anti-Saloon league stands for
state-wide prohibition. It says that
[prohibition is the issue, is the only
[eveuse for the soiling of its fingers
| by dipping the miuto the loathsome
! mire of Alabama poltlcs. And yet the
[ Anti-Saloon league, instead of indors
ing Seed and Seed alone indorsed Seed
and Indorsed Comer.
There was an exhibition of moral
[ courage. It is commonly believed that
| the Anti-Saloon league withheld a
j brave indorsement of the man who
[stands for the principle for which the
league stands because of its "knowl
edge that Mr. Seed cannot be elected.
The Anti-Saloon league is practical,
if anything.
The Parallel Drawn
Mr. Comer says that railroad rate
regulation is the issue—not prohibi
tion. Mr. Seed says that prohibition
is the issue.
• The Anti-Saloon league indorses Mr.
Birmingham Trust & Savings Com
pany—A Bank With a History
as far as In his power lies, must safe
guard them against poverty and Its
attendant evils after he has gone.
Working m not enough; he must save.
Saving Is not enough; he must so place
and Invest his savings as to be con
fidently assured and serenely satisfied
against all dangers and risks.
It therefore becomes the mission of
a trust company to furnish suoh an
assurance. Not only must it be abso
lutely sound within Itself, but It and
Its officers must typify everything
that Is sound. Its policy must he con
servative. Its home must be substan
tial. ^
Its officers must be men of Integ
rity. tested and found unsullied: Its
employes must be clean and upright.
In short, a banking Institution, the
most delicate of business enterprises,
to be also the strongest, must be such
as to Inspire confidence, hacked hy
traditions that have proven it worthy
of such confidence.
It Is the realization of this fact, per
haps more than any other single In
fluence. backed hy Its own Inherent
strength, and that fortified In turn
hy the rugged character and honesty
of purpose of Its officers and direct
ors. which has placed the Birmingham
Trust and Savings company In the
forefront of southern banking Insti
tutions. and which has established It.
In the minds of Its thousands'of de
positors. as the Ideal place for the
storing of their savings, and Into whose
hands can be confidently entrusted the
welfare of the loved ones for whom
they have tolled and sacrificed.
To provide an Institution which will
he of mutual benefit to all Its depos
itors; to afford an Institution, which
will always merit the absolute, un
qualified confidence of those with
whom It deals; to live up to Its tra
ditions and he a force for contlnuel
good in the community. In short, to be
an ever present, continuing guarantee
against all dangers In a flpancial way,
this Is the mission of the Birmingham
Trust and Savings company, ana the
public, aware of the suocess attained
in the past. Its confidence strengthened
hy the knowledge of the character of
men In control, needs no further as
surance of Its constantly Increasing
. useful nig snrt -conliauad success.
ro INAUGURATE MOVEMENT
TO WIDEN FIFTH AVENUE
—
■OULD BE DONE BY SHIFTING
SIDEWALKS, SAY ADVOCATES
OF IDEA—NUMBER OF REA
SONS ADVANCED
On account of the heavy volume of
raffle over Fifth avenue, a movement
*'111 be Inaugurated looking to the wid
ening of that thoroughfare. It is be
leved that the sidewalks could be moved
►ack several feet on each side of the
treet, which would give additional epace
'or the vehicles without incommoding
he pedestrians.
A number of reasons are advanced by
he advocates of the Idea as to why the
ivenue should be made wider. It is point
ed out that the greater part of the travel
o the Terminal station is done on the
itreet, in question and that with the
I* uble tracks of the Tidewater line, suf
Icient space Is not left for the vehicles.
There have been a number of accidents,
ortunately none of which were serious,
n Fifth avenue of late, and this fact
ias attracted considerable attention to
Returns on Account of His
Wife’s Health—Capital Is
Stirred Over Tolls Fight
Senator John Hollis Bankhead, on ae
:ount of illness of Mrs. Bankhead, has
cturned to Alabama, and will In all
►robablllty remain In the state until after
he election, April <5.
That Washington is In a stir in regard
o the free toll controversy was a state
nent of the senator. Otherwise, he said,
Washington is at the present time, un
isually quiet.
"In regard to the question of exempt
ng American ships from the payment
f a t&ll,” he said, "official life In Wash
ngton is now in a stir. The fight will,
n all probability, be transferred from
be House to the Senate, towards the
oncluslon of this week. In the Senate,
he chances are that the struggle will
>e long drawn out. Party lines have
<een smashed, and every man is con
luctlng himself Independently and In ae
crdance with his individual Ideas of
vhat is proper and what Is Improper."
Senator Bankhead Is naturally deeply
r.terested in the contest in the Sixth
Ustrlct In which his son, William B.
l&nkhead, Is a candidate against Wiliam
d. Oliver of Tuscaloosa, for Congress.
"The boys tell me,’* tne senator said,
‘that Bankhead will be nominated. How
iver, I have been away for so long, I
mow nothing of my own knowledge."
NEGRO FIRES UPON
VIRGINIA DEPUTY
Newport News, Va., March 2I>.—Deputy
sheriff Edwin Curtis of Elizabeth City
county was shot twice near the heart
ind probably fatally wounded today by
k»hn Henry Carter, a negro he had ar
ested in Hampton for selling whisky on
Sunday.
A posse pursued Carter, but he es
aped and is believed to have boarded a
►oat for Norfolk.
After arresting the negro, Deputy Cur
ls had allowed him to go into his house
0 get some clothing before starting for
he Jail. Carter returned with a pistol
ind opened fire on the officer.
Corner—and, Incidentally, Mr. Seed.
Oscar W. Underwood Bays that in
he race for the Senate prohibition is
lot the issue. It. I*. Hobson says that
irohibition is the issue. The Antl-Sa
oon league indorses Hobson and ini
iates a vicious campaign against the
lemocratic leader of the lower House
►1 Congress.
The Anti-Saloon league requires Mr.
Jnderwood to state his position on a
iroposed amendment to the national
institution providing for nation-wide
►rohibitlon. And when Mr. Underwood
ery plainly and very candidly said
hat he would oppose that proposed
imendment on the ground that it was
1 matter for the people of each state
o consider and dispose of, an Anti
Saloon league enters with marvelous
:elerity into a campaign having for its
mrpose the destruction of the House
eader.
Others Not Questioned
But the Antisaloon league has not asked
it her candidates for the Senate for their
josition in regard to the proposed amenu
nent. Captain White, Hay Hushton or
Watt Brown has not been questioned—
■ertalnly not unless that questioning was
behind a door from where the answers
.ould not reach the ear of the public.
And it is said that this year th eproposed
imendment will be in the Senate for linul
Deposition. This year either White or
Rushton or Brown will be in the Senate.
Underwood will be there next year.
And this amendment, which gives the
Antisaloon leugu ea license to paint Us
[ace in red and plume its head with
strange feathers, a license to go out on
;he silent trail with a hatchet concealed
’or the democratic leader, will be consid
ered by congressmen as well as senators.
The only congressmen from Alabama who
will be returned without opposition are
J. Tom Heflin and John W. Abercrombie.
[ twould serve no friutful purpose for the
Antisaloon league to question these gen
:lemen. But no open and honest ques
tions have been applied to Nathan Li.
Miller. George W. Darden, George Hud
lleston, Jere C. King, W. B. Oliver, W.
R. Bankhead. J. H. Ballentlne, W. W.
Callahan, J. U. Burnett, Fred L». Black
mon. Judge Deason, Henry D. Clayton.
?Hnry B. Steagall, G. W. Taylor, Oscar
It. Gray, Judge Almon. L. B. Rainey, or
W. D. Watts.
Republicans After Underwood
The fac tis, therefore, apparent that
Mr. Underwood, the leader of the demo
crats In Congress, the chief lieutenant of
he President of the United States, is the
mark against which the venom-tipped
lart of the Antisaloon league is aimed.
For this and other reasons, the belief Is
generally current that the republican
membership of the Antisaloon league of
America is the moving spirit against the
lemocrat. For this and other reasons
’he democrats of Alabama are rallied
Irmly around Mr. Underwood. For this
ind other reasons hi snominatiaon, April
k by a noverwhelming majority, Is ab
solutely certain.
All candidates for office in Alabama
ind there are dozens of them—will exert
:hemselves at a furious clip this week,
he last week before the primary clec
:ion. There are a great many people who
will be pleased w’hen the war clouds have
Irlfted away, and Alabama can resume
ts patient industry of building up AU
Mtimu
the proposition. According to Commis
sioner Weatherly, there Is no intention
on the part of the city of widening the
thoroughfare at present, but, he says that
It could be done should the travel be
considered heavy enough to demand It.
In discussing the matter last night, Mr. ]
Weatherly said:
"When the Tidewater line put down
Its tracks it agreed to widen Fifth ave
nue five feet. This was not done, how
ever, as an agreement was reached with
the city by which the traction company
was to extend Fifth avenue through
Smith's park at the same width as In
the city.
•'The city engineer estimated that the
cost of this work would be about the
seme as the expense of widening the
avenue as agreed. Fifth avenue formerly
was blocked by 8nTith's park, but has
now been opened to Walker street, giv
ing another outlet to the west.
"There Is no* present intention^ on the
part of the city to widen Fifth avenue,
but if the necessities of traffic demand,
it could be done by shifting the side
walks."
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Confident He Will Win. J
Interesting Experience i
in Brewton
Captain Frank 8. White, candidate for i
the short term in the United States Sen- ]
ate, returned last night from south Ala
bama, where he had been making an ac- t
tive canvass. He spoke Friday in Ever
green. 1
"1 feel confident that I will win," said i
Captain White. "I have stronger sup- j
port in the' southern *pa»t of the statu i
than I had even expected. 1 have not
been to northern Alabama, but my friends i
report that I will carry the Eighth dis- i
trlct by a large majority. {
"I had an interesting experience at (
Brewton last Monday. T addressed an
enthusiastic crowd there, and after the
I speaking Colonel Travis, a very old gen- ’
tleman, came up to shake hands with me. i
It was his brother who immortalized him- |
liself In the defense of the Alamo in 1830. j
lie was fighting for the independence of
' Texas, and with only 1K> men held the
Alamo for many days against thousands
of Mexicans under Santa Anna. Of his j
! heroic band all but three or four of them <
were killed in ban dt ohand combat with (
the Mexicans. Travis and the few sur
vivors were shot by order of Santa An- ‘
na. Texas named a county for him. 1
Colonel Travis of Brewton Is a highly 1
esteemed citizen and refers with natural <
pride to the fact that he was a brother 1
Of tbs hero of the Alamo." 1
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Answers Rountree
To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
A few days ago your paper pub
lished an Interview with Mr. J. Asa
Rountree which was so unfair to the j
oyster men of Alabama that I ask you,
as a matter of justice, to present our ’
side of the controversy to the public. \
Heretofore It had not been generally ]
known that Mr. Rountree had particu
lar knowledge of this great Alabama '
Industry, nor wan the public aware 1
that he had ever shown any great in
terest therein. Mr. John Craft of this
city, is president of the Alabama oys
ter commission, and also of the Ala- 1
bama good roads committee.
The fact that Mr. Rountree is secre- J
tary of th® latter body may have some
thing to do with his sudden interest In
the oyst^
In his published Interview Mr
Rountree says: "The Oyster Men’s
Protective association is fighttng the 1
present law and desires to have it re
pealed. A few men want no law or
restraint of any klnW. They have been
used to fishing oysters that grow on
the wild reefs of the state. They are
just like the man that depredates on
government timber, or the man that <
makes illicit whisky, or any others ,
that do not believe In progressive or
modern development."
This characterization of a respect
able body of Alabama business men is 1
ho palpably unjust that It demands
prompt response. We are not moon
shiners and we are not poachers. The
Alabama Oyster Men’s Protective asso
ciation is composed of men engaged
in the wholesale and retail distribu
tion of fish ami oysters. Our whole In
terest is in the growth of the oyster <
Industry. Our business has been In- |
Jured to a large extent by the opera
tion of the law as it stands at pres
ent, and at the next session of the leg- 1
islature we will ask that it be
amended.
So far as conservation and replant
ing are concerned, we would be foolish 1
to oppose them. Does It not stand to 1
reason that the better the supply the
I more business we will do? We would
like to see oysters growing on every ,
available bottom in Alabama waters.
As a matter of fact, Mr. John Craft
and his associates of the Alabama oys
ter commission at the present time are
collecting about $8000 a year from the
people of this state for which no ade
quate services'are rendered. Mr. Craft
and the others on the pay roll of the
commission occupy sinecures The tax
imposed upon the small dealers—those
In the little towns scattered over the
state of Alabama has practically
driven them out of business. This is
a condition concerning which we pro
test. The 25 cents a barrel tax upon
shrimp has destroyed the preserving
Industry in this state. Shrimp now
caught in Alabama waters are taken
to the ports of other states for canning
purposes. The big oyster and shrimp
canning plant at Bayou la Batre, which
once gave employment to probably
1000 persons, has long been closed
down. *
The Oyster Men's Protective asso
ciation will ask that supervision of tho
Industry be taken from Mr. Craft and
his associates and transferred to the
state game and fish department. The
law in its present form operates to
the financial advantage of for. Craft
and a few others and to the disadvan
tage of all of the rest of the people of
the state. This Is the sum and sub
stance of our complaint.
As a matter of fairness, I ask that
you publish this statement.
DON F. PETTY.
Mobile, March 27, 1914.
Wickersham Slightly Injured
New York. March 29.—George W. Wick
ersham, formerly United States Attor
ney General, and his 4-year-old grand
daughter. Winifred Akin, were cut on
the face by glass from the windshield
when the automobile in which they were
1 riding dashed into a trolley pole today.
Neither Mr. Wickersham nor the ohtW
was badly hurt* a
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1ST SPRING DAY
Hordes of Children Renew
Their Fealty to Miss
Fancy
ELEPHANT IS IN
BEST OF HUMOR
_i
Vccepts Attentions Showered on Her
With Characteristic Calm—Many
New Friends Are Intro
duced to Her
By KLMS C. HOI.LIMS
With the exception of r few clouds yes
erda|' was an Ideal day of the spring,
’he people were out by the thousands,
ind the center of the crowd seemed to
gravitate toward the zoo at Avondale,
rhere was an enormous crowd there mov
ng about, exclaiming at the lmprove
nents being made. Inspecting the newly
irrived animals and renewing their happy
icquaintance twith "Miss Fancy," the
hildren’s elephant.
It was the first Sunday the children
lad been permitted to get out into tho
•pen in large numbers. There have been
everal Sundays within the past three
nonths on which the children were at
he zoo in fair numbers, but yesterday
mrpassed any since last November. The
Irst thing the children asked for on en
ering the park was "Miss Fancy." They
)assed by the graveled walks, the new
ulvert- being constructed, the improved
vadlng pool and duck pond with eyes
mheeding. Their first cry was for "Miss
■"ancy," and they kopt It up, ceasing only
vhen "Miss Fancy" was seen at the
rest of the elevation, calmly accepting
he assiduous attentions of her little
Tiends, eating peanut* with an elephant’s
Abandon, spurning not even popcorn, now
nd then stopping for a moment for a
runkful of hay, to vary the monotony.
The kiddles cared not for the newly
rrived groundhog, which is said to be
At the bottom of all the Inclement weath
ir of the past month and a half. The
oon, "Mysterious Tke," held for them no
nterest. They did not core if three
vhlte deer had been added to the zoo,
ind the fact that the peacock had lost
ts tall feathers wus a matter of small
noment.
They wanted "Miss Fancy"; they
ranted to see her swaying slowly from
ilde to side as she lazily extended her
runk and gently took from their out
itretchd hands dainties that even the
hildren love; they wanted to look Into
ler kindly eyes and to give to her
teanuts, popcorn, apples and other
lalnties w-ith which they had made her
amillar; they wanted to assure her
hat she still held a high place In their
egard and that notwithstanding tho
act that other animals were contin
Rally being added to the zoo, she still
vas to them, the embodiment of all
hat Is companionable In an animal
The kiddles’ happy laughter was 10
:o heard everywhere. It attracted the
ittentlon of children who had not had
he pleasure of meeting "Miss Fancy"
md they immediate!!- hurried to the
op of the hill and made her acquain
ance. And "Miss Fancy" made a. con
luest of the heart of every little one
vho met her yesterday. She was in
/rime condition, at peace with the
vorld, and in an elephantine way made
t known that the -nappy laughter of
he children sounding once again in
ler ears was the most pleasing music
Yossiblo to imagine.
Spring officially arrived on March 21.
t now Is here In fact, and on each
ucceeding Sunday the streams of chll
Iren passing "Miss Fancy’s" door and
itopping for a chat are expected to1
;row larger and larger In volume.
bishopIbeckwith
HERE YESTERDAY
Confirms Classes at Church of Ad
vent and St.-Mary's-on-the
Hifchlands
Right Rev. C. M. Beckwith. Bishop
>f t)ie Diocese of Alabama, is in the
ilty on an official visit and on- yester
lay conferred the rite of confirmation
>n two large classes.
At the morning service of the Church
>f the Advent, Bishop Beckwith
>reached a sermon on "Temptation,"
vhich was singularly appropriate to
he Lenten season. At the conclusion
>f the sermon, a class 17 adults and
■hildren were presented by the Rector,
tev. M. S. Barnwell, as candidates for
he rite of confirmation. At the con
iusion of the simple, though iinpres
live ceremony, Bishop Beckwith made
l brief personal talk to the candidates
md urged a closer relation and greater
ove for the church than before.
1/RSt night at St. Mary’s-on-the
-ilghlands, the Bishop preached the
lermon and confirmed a large class
>f candidates.
CHARITY CAMPAIGN .
rO BE RESUMED TODAY
The trl-charities campaign will be re
turned today with renewed vigor after
i two-day rest. There will be a luneh
*on at the Southern club this afternoon
it 1 o'clock at which the teams will nmke
heir reports and the prizes be awaided.
\ little over one-third the sum ask«»d
or has been obtained and leaders of the
novement are optimistic over the outlook
’or the continued success of the cam
paign.
AMUSEMENTS
At the Lyric
Out of respect to the memory of the
ate B. F. Keith, the Lyric theatre will
pe closed for the matinee this afternoon,
nit will be opened tonight with the reg
i’ar performance, which Includes Little
’hip and Mary Marble, the most popular
itars that ever visited Birmingham, and
pow appearing here for their first time
n vaudeville. Their act is "The Land of
Dykes," a musical comedy specialty.
At the Bijou
In "Anita, The' Singing Girl," IJttle
Emma Bunting anti her company will ap
jear at the Bijou theasre this week com
mencing with the performance tonight.
Mile Bunting appears both as a hoy
inti as a girl, and she Is said to have a
-f arming part which delights her, ami In
which she delights to appear. A smnp
:uous staging for the show has been
milt.
PERSONAL
Dr. John H. Edmonoson has returned
rrom Rochester, Minn., where he had
been to attend the Mayo clinic*.
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if
Does Your Employer
i Limit Your Earn
ing Power?
You have hejrd it said that a
man is worth more to himself
than he is to his employer.
l’he way to get what you are
worth to yourself, and still work ;
for your employer, is to make j
your salary contributesomething
every month to a capital for
yourself.
You will have to be just as strict
about collecting this as you are about
getting your pay-envelope, hut it makes
the difference between a life-long toller
and a capitalist. Take off the income
limit by having a savings account at the
HSM American Trustji^avingsRank
|| ON SAVINGS riRST AND TWENTIETH — BIRMINGHAM
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TOLL EXEMPTION
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Attacks on Underwood Are
Inconsistent
LETTER FROM HARMON
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House Leader Taken Present Stand on
Party Platform—Incident Is Not
Worth Much “Political
Thunder/* He Thinks
Declaring that despite the fact that
Captain Hobson's managers are attack
ing Mr. Underwood for his position re
garding free tolls, Captain Hobson,
when the matter of exemption for
American vessels was up before, voted
for exemption as did Mr. Underwood,
W. J Harmon, a local business man,
writes the following letter to the editor
of The Age-Herald:
"I am sure that you have been read
ing the ’paid political advertisements’
in one of tho evening papers of Bir
mingham, and have seen the many
harsh things some ’warm-hearted
democrats' have published regarding
the House loader of the first demo
cratic House we have had in many
years, who, as a man. and a democrat,
has stood by the Wilson adminlstra- ,
tlon and fought for party principles I
and party pledges.
"For the past few Issues there have
appeared publications which any fair- i
minded man will brand as the most ]
unfair accusations, and will decide as
I have—that politicians who are so in
considerate of a worthy man, should be
rebuked by tho true democrats, who
are members of the same party, that
they claim to be members of. In
Saturday's issue of tho paper referred
to, w'hlch paper has no Sunday edition,
Mr. Underwood is attacked by these
democrats, who are apaprently very
much interested in tho success of one
Mr. Hobson. They have nssalled Mr.
l-nderwood for the stnnd he has taken
on the ’Panam toll.’ bill and try to make
it appear that Mr. Underwood Is not
in favor of Mr. Wilson’s policies. I am
exceedingly anxious to know—from the
publishers of these articles—how their
candidate voted on thiH question when
it came up—in the last Congress.
Hobson Voles With Underwood
"If they do not know, I can tell
them .that lie voted ns Mr. Underwood
did—furthermore, Mr. Underwood's po
sition is Indorsed by the democratic
party at Its national convention at Bal
timore, and is one of the leading
planks in our platform. It is also in- |
dorsed by the republican and progres
sive parties—so if Mr Hobson Is a
democrat—how does lie stand? If he
is In sympathy with either of the three
parties he Is hound by his oath
to sustain tlie platform. The
fight to come up as regards the i
toll bill is Just a difference of opin- 1
ion—for there are democrats, progres- j
sives and republicans fighting w'th
Mr. Underwood to let the toll bill stand
as It Is written. Because two great i
men differ in opinion on one Issue,
which is very brond, is by no means v (
sign that they are at "outs.'' Con
sidering tho experience that the House |
leader lias had. aim fils knowledge of,
law's, treaties, etc., why should it not I
be taken for granted that Ills judg
ment, and opinion is Just as good, Just !
as clear and sympathetic to the admin
istration as tiie President’s are, and in
asmuch as the speaker of the House,
who is another man of experience and
knowledge, and a genuine democrat,
is in favor of the bill standing, why
not measure these two men with our
able President? Mr. Underwood has his
reasons which are by no means selfish,
for sustaining the platform of his
party. He could not afford to play
false to his supporters and admlr&rs on
the eve of an election w'hlch will send
him to a higher place in the legisla
tive balls at Washington. Mr. Wilson,
h few weeks ago. dined Mr. Under
wood. showing his appreciation for
Mr. Underwood’s good w’ork done in
Congress, which has aided Mr. Wilson
very materially in furthering ills suc
cessful administration—then why
jump on Mr. Underwood because ho
is sustaining his oath to support his
party's platform, while the President
Ideesires to repeal the action of the
democratic national convention at Bal
timore? It is purely a matter of dif
ference of opinion, and it not worth
much for political thunder.
Question of Fortifications
"Mr. Underwood believes that if wo
concede that wo cannot give our ship.*
free tolls In passing through the ca
nal, we must concede under tho same
arguments that we cannot fortify the
canal In time of war Tf this be true,
and we are bound to believe it Is
true, then why censure our great Ala
l-amlAi! for ills conscientious stand?
We all know that free commerce is a
democratic principle. We have va
rious waterways open for which no
charges are made for boats passing
through—so why charge Hi the Panama
waterway case? The Panama canal be
longs to us. The land surrounding it
belongs to us. We acquired sovereign
ty of the soil—It is ours. Why not
be the ones io say, "Who’s Who, and
Why?" in this great "ditch" of ours?
Should a farmer build a private high
way through his own land, would lie
not have a right to tax others, who
did not contribute one cent toward the
cost of building the highway, and
should they want to go through free?
Would this same farmer tax his own
conveyances for the use of his high
way? Regardless of the dose feeling
he might have for his neighbor, and
regardless of other transactions he may
have had with them, he. as owner of
bis own highway, has a right to charge
tolls or keep them off, unless It was
shown by special agreement, that his
neighbors aided him financially and
REV. J. A. BRYAN AI
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Proaches on “Tho Responsi
bility of Christians”
TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS
“If (he I>ord Is With Us We Suc
ceed,** Says the Minister.
Work Without Christ
Too Often
The Rev. .T. A. Bryan, pastor of the
Third Presby tori an church, last night
delivered a sermon from n text from the
last chapter of the Rorik of John. The
pastor's theme was "The Responsibility
of (*hrlstians." He told of the resurec
tlon of Christ from the tomb and of his
appearance to the disciples thereafter.
He told of the miracles performed by
Him while on earth, stressing that of
tho telling the disciples to cast their nets
on the opposite side of the boat after a
night of fishing without aucceas. His ser
mon In part follows:
"The disciples went fishing They fished
sit through a long night and when tho
dawn came, cold and gray, they had not
caught a fish. They were disheartened,
and as It grew light they noticed some
one standing on the shore. They asked
vp° it was and John answered them,
saying, 'It is the Lord.- They called out
to Him. He asked of their success and
they told Him of the long, weary night
In Which they had caught not a fish.
He told them to oast their nets on tho
opposite side of the boat.
"There Is the point. They had been
fishing all night without Jesus. God had
not been with them and they had caught
nothing. lie came, told them to cast
their nets on the opposite side of the
boat. They did so and when the net*
were drawn they were so f til I of fish that
they threatened to break. The Lord was
with them and they succeeded.
".Ho It is with us, my friends. If the
Lord Is with us we succeed, if we have
the Lord with us; if we ask His aid. wo
succeed. Sometimes I roll and toss
through a long night, weary in spirit
and body, distraught; when r ask His
aid It all disappears. He helps me. This
same Lord stands ready and willing to
help all who need His aid. those who are
sore In spirit. He wants to help those
who are In trouble; He wants to help a
man that has a dark day; He wants to
help the man who has not a friend In
the worl<^ #thls blessed, sin-forgiving
Christ Is always ready to help us and
the secret of our non-success Is that
most of us are tolling without Christ.
"The reason we can't lead more men
to Christ Is that we work without Him.
I tell you. gentlemen, the responsibility
rests upon each of us for lost souls.
We must work with Christ and sava
them. You and I will he held Individ
ually accountable for the souls we do
not save and we must account to Christ.
We are responsible for the men In tht
gutter and we cannot shed our respon
sibility; we must not shed our respon
sibility. If a man drifts, you and I *1%
responsible to God. We are responsibly
fur the fart that theiv are hundreds of
men and women In this country without
work and starving, and we cannot sluat
the responsibility. If we would go hacj
to the diet with which Jesus fed the UiJ
dples. Just plain, substantial food, wl
would have enough left to feed the thou*
sands of starving men and women
this country, and we arc responsible II
w.» do iy>t do so."
The pastor closed his sermon with sub
appeal to those present to confess Christ,
asking them to accept Him as their Sa
vior.
On$ particularly beautiful feature o£
the service was when the pastor asked
all the little boys and girls In the church
to step forward to the rostrum and sing
"Bring Them In." The little ones, nog£
of them more than 8 years old, and most
of them under 7. came forward quietly,
took their places, and sang the song
excellently. They were unaffected, and
the sight of so many staring eyes seemed
to bother them not at all.
LOCAL HENDERSON
MEN WILL SPEAK
A number of local speakers will discuss
the Issues und feautres of the guberna
torial campaign In the Interest of Charles
Henderscon this week In Jefferson county.
The appointments follow:
Letts Store, Monday; New Merkle,
Monday; West End. Tuesday; Pratt City
(city hall), Wednesday; Fairfield.
Wednesday; East Thomas (Duffln's hall),
Thursday; Gate City, Thursday; Bir
mingham (Lyon Terry building). Friday.
Tho speakers will he Fred Wall, Edgar
Allen, Benjamin leader, S. J. Darby. Leo
Oberdbrfer, J. M. Kidd. M. M. Ullman,
R. J. McClure. E .M. Thomas. W. J.
Martin. D. G. Ewing. Dr. H. A. Elkourio.
Charles Ingram, Richard V. Evans, and
J. L. Shelton.
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otherwise, and should when completed,
have free use of the highway.
"I have no personal feelings against
Mr. Hobson. I do not know* him. I
have never seen him, though he at one
time did me a personal favor, w-hlch
I appreciate very much, Tnit for tho
unfair way In which he has permitted
his managers to deal with Mr. Under
w-ood as well as the way ho has dealt
unto him, I will on April 9 cast one
vote against him for the Senate.
Yours for better polities,
"W J. HARMON. ‘
2003 Twenty-Eighth street, B’haflfc
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