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HUNDREDS VISITED
THE ZGO YESTERDAY
All Manner of Fashions or
Parade—Miss Fancy
Shocked
Despite the fact that Easter Sunda
started off with promise of rain, th
afternoon became more spring like am
hundreds of people flocked to the zoc
f bringing along the kiddies to see “Mis
Fancy,” the children’s elephant.
There was not the display of Easte
finery on the part of the Indies tha
would have been in evidence had th
day been more in the nature of a Jun
morn, but “Miss Fancy” was consider
ably shocked at some of the creation
on parade. One young woman wh
trudged up the hill to see the lady ele
phant wore a vivid red dress, the skir
of which resembled a partially Inflate
balloon and an extra large mail bag, th
Firings of which had been slightly drawi
at the bottom.
When this young lady reached the law
of “Miss Fancy’s’’ home, the lady ele
phant was Just elevating her trunk fo
the one-hundred and steenth time to re
coive a peanut from a laughing littl
girl. The elephant saw' the young lad
and stopped, her trunk waving uncer
tainly in mid-air. “Miss Fancy” coul
remember having seen the baloon effec
at the circus, but that mail bag ai
pearance was something of a poser.
After deciding to her satisfaction tha
everything was all right, the elephan
greeted the young lady as though sh
were a long-lost sister and extended he
trunk its full length in cordial commen
da t ion.
There were on display at the zoo yes
today all the colors of the rainbow. Th
ladies were wearing everything from th
extreme pannier effect in skirts to th
newest idea of bustles *nd five tiers i
** the skirt. There were bright reds, scream
ing defiance at the more modest blues
purples of a shade deeper than the vio
let; greens that were at once the env
end admiration of all irishmen; yellow
that brought forth tears of gratJtud
* from all woman suffragists and combi
nations of the whole that were the de
aspnir of all masculinity.
The animals seemed to be imbued w'itl
the spirit of the occasion, the peacoc!
being the most dressed up of the lot, th
recent loss of his tail feathers to th
• contrary notwithstanding. •
AMUSEMENTS
Otis Skinner in “Kismet”
At the Jefferson theatre Wednesda;
morning the sale of seats for the ehgag*
ment of Otis Skinner in “Kismet” Frida;
and Saturday nights begins. HaJJ. tli
beggar, has been called the best actini
part in point of variety of emotion, pic
turesqueness and originality that ha
ever been written by an American dram
atist, and it is one that is particular!;
suited to the versatile genius of Mi
Skinner, owing to the length of the per
J’ormance and the in; |rnitii(le of the pro
duction, the curtain will rise at 8 o’clocl
in the evenings and 2 o'.clock at the mat
lnees.
“Damaged Goods”
It has been the history of civilizatioi
that the greatest advance has been th
direct outgrowth of great wrongs or o
oppression. Eugene Brieux, author o
"Damaged Goods,” suffered such a wron;
and out of it grew a great good to th
French stage. At the time that “Dam
aged Goods” was produced in Paris ii
im there was a censor of the drama ii
France, and he exercised his legal ngh
in suppressing the sermon play after on
performance. The great sociologists an*
physicians of the nation raised such !
storm of protest at this injustice that th
doom of the French censor was seait**
and shortly thereafter the office was abol
ished. “Damaged Goods” will be at th
Jefferson theatre April 22, 23, w*ith mati
nee.
Lyric—Vaudeville
Easter week at the Lyric theatre wil
be inaugurated this afternoon and tonigh
with a vaudeville bill of distinct features
with Ray Cox, a noted comedienne in 1
cycle of new songs and characterizations
and Arthur Deagon of “Belle of Net
York fame,” as two of the headliners, an*
supported by a bill of five other acts o
much merit.
At the Bijou
, At the Bijou this week will be Littl
Emma Bunting in "The Wishing Ring,
a delightful, wholesome /comedy drama ii
which the little star has a most acceptabl
part. The Bijou was closed for hoi;
A week, and reopens tonight. The compan
9 enjoyed extra rehearsals last week, an*
the scenic artist was given extra thn
In which to prepare this week’s produc
tion.
v At the Orpheum
1 After being closed for two weeks fo
■pring cleaning and repairs, the Orpheur
theatre will be reopened this afternooi
and tonight with Boyle Woolfolk's “Petti
coat Minstrels,” a tabloid musical corned;
with 20 people, of whom all but two or
girls, and very clever entertainers. Th
songs, comedy, music and the dancin
specialties are said to be particular!
good. »
FAITHFUL NEGRO
SERVANT DEAI
The death yesterday of “Aunt”’ Anni
Zellner, one o fthe best^nown of th
) older generation of negroes, was th
' cause of considerable regret amoni
those who knew her pn South High
lands. She came to Birmingham in 387
and was for many years a faithful ser
vant In the family of Mr. and Mn
Ketcham, the parents of Mrs. Georg
H. Ward, and was widely known fo
Aer devotion to the family. She w*as 7
years old when she died. She will b
burfed tomorrow.
EASTER SERVICES AT
r _
Turned Away
—
MUSICAL PROGRAMME
•
Numbers Are Beautiful—Rev. Barn
well Preaches Appropriate Ser
mon on “Death Is Swallow ed
lTp in Victory”
By CHARLES Ik HANDY
Easter Sunday was celebrated yester
day at the Church of the Advent by one
of the most elaborate and beautiful serv
ices ever held In the city. Long be
fore the service commenced the spacious
church was crowded to its capacity and
. many persons were turned away for even
“standing loom only,'* was not sufficient
to accommodate the crowd. The musical
part of the service was superb, but no
more interesting than the sermon by thT**
. rector, the Rev. M. S. Barnwell, who had
' for his text the fifteenth chapter of Cor
inthians , “Death is Swallowed up <n Vic
tory.” It was a singularly appropriate
and fitting discourse.
The musical programme was of the
[ highest order and was beautifully ren
dered. The choir was augmented by ad
ditional voices and there was an orches
tra of 12 pieces led by Prof. Caiman, in
cluding Mrs. Oliver Chalifoux, with the
harp. Among the numbers rendered the
most pleasing was Vorich’s “Christ
. Our Passover.” Other numbers of in
2 terest was the “Te Deum,” Handel's
) “Hallelujah Chorus,” and the offertory,
“Risen to Reign." The programme was
5 under the direction of the organist and
choirmaster, Fred E. Grambs, who ar
. ranged all the instrumental and vocal
t I’artq.
' Rev. Barnwell’s Sermon Follows
J The sermon of the rector was as fol- j
- lows:
3 “I Corinthians, xv:C>4. So when this cor
) ruptible shall have put on incorruption,
- and this mortal shall have put on immor
t tality, then shall he brought to pass the
l saying that is written, ‘Death is swral
» lowed up in victory.’
i “There s but one message that I can
bring to you this morning: ‘He is not here.
i He Is risen.’ The heart is the home of
- 1000 previous hopes. It thrills with an
r exaltation which is not of this world, Its
- doubts and its fears Imve passed. It
? rests in tlie unutterable calmness of God s
j surpassing peace. Yesterday the world
- stood broken-hearted at the door of the
1 hillside sepulchre. Today it stands re
t jotcing before an empty tomb. In that
- He died. He died unto sin; but in that
He liveth, He liveth unto God.’
t “The cross Is behind Him. He has borne
. it ancknow lays it down. Gethsemane Is
r forgotten. Its sorrow and Its anguish can
• touch Him nevermore. The shame of
sin, and the pain of death have done
’ their worst, and Jesus lives.
3 “And what it meant to Jesus it means
■ to you and me. In life He led the life that
1 we must load. His patience. His humility,
' His service—these were the patterns by
’ which we men must live. And this is
r hard, because it means self sacrifice. In
c His passion lie led the way for us.
’ Mis agony in the garden, and His death
on the cross must be matched by our own
heart-break and by the nailing of our
i dearest sins to the tree. And these are
: hard, for we are weak. But the very
3 fact that in life and in death we must fol
low Jesus makes our Easter joy a reality,
for God would not have us follow Him
into the grave, and remain there while
Christ comes forth. If we follow at
all. then we follow all the way, and our
pains and our crosses will have their Eas
ter morn, and this is no longer hard. The
resurrection of Christ tells us that the
hope for a life beyond, which has lived
In the breast of man since time began, is
not a dream, but is tlie gift that God has
sent in answer to the age-long prayer cT
His children.
Death No linger Hopeless Tragedy
“Before the resurrection of Christ, every
. death was a tragedy. All of the rolling
doors of those rock-hewn tombs in the
garden where Christ was buried had
k closed, not only on the bodies of men,
but on the hopes and dreams of men as
well. Before the resurrection of Christ,
this life seemed all. Beyond was the
» hades of the Greek, or the seeol of the
‘ Jew. dreary abodes of pale spirits, living
t in memory of the stirring days of their
F earthly life. Even the Psalmist wrote
r that ‘in death no man remembereth thee,
• and who wiU give thee thanks in the pit?’
“But (Mrnst has broken the bars of
1 death. Before, all that our tired eyes
1 could see was the door that opened into
the grave. But Christ has revealed to us
1 another gateway, that leads from that
1 grave to a nobler and a fuller life be
i yond. The ending of this dream that we
• call life no longer threatens. What we
I thought was death Is but the awakening
• to a brighter day. Death no longer has
‘ dominion over us, but through our Sav
• lour Jesus Christ, is swallowed up in vic
tory.
“But what an enemy death has always
been! Hatred of death, and the love of
I life; nay the very lust for life have al*
L ways been the ruling passions In the heart
of humanity. Before the resurrection of
[ Christ this life had been to man the sum
of all sweetness and of all joy and power.
• For this life alone, for the grasping of
I its joys, for the shunning of its sorrows,
l for these alone man lived. And life was
a fearful struggle for existence, because
life here was all that men knev*;. Here
on earth was the only cup of joy from
which man might drink, and because
; this life waa the only cup, man drank It
to the very dregs. For man, death marked
| the end of conscious existence. No longer
; the joy of following the wild beast in the
’ chase. No longer the savage ecstasy of
battle. No longer the passion swept plains
| where sands were gleaming red with the
i blood of brothers slain. No more songs
and shouts of laughter In license breeding
sacred groves. No more the wine-hushed
voice of conscience, when it tried to plead
for God. All of the hope, and all of
• the hate, and all of the love, that the an
i cient world knew had to do with this
i present life, and death was the end of
■ them all. Enemies might be overcome by
r the force of arms. The fields were barren,
i but could be made to yield corn and
i wine. From the glare of noonday’s east
J em sdn man might flee to cave or valley,
< but death alone stalked triumphant, the
one unconquerable foe, to whom at the
last, in fear and trembling every man must
yield.
Still the Child of God
) “But even with al lof this, man was
still the child of God. Burled away In
L h'y^art there was ever the thought that
, perhaps there was another life, or a more
' exalted form of this same life, but the
3 hope was dim; the prospect so uncer
f tain, that it was of small value whdn It
- came to molding man’s character and
I life. This life, here and now, man knew
- that he had. The other life, of which his
heart was speaking was so shadowy and
5 far away! He could only cling tenacious,
r ly to what he had and knew\ And so this
L life was sinned against, and desecrated
s and made a thing to be loathed, merely
because it was the only life man had.
NO. ALABAMA PRESBYTERY
AT WOODLAWN TUESDAY
*
The North Alabama Presbytery of the
Presbyterian church will convene tomor
row night at 7:80 o’clock at the Woodlawn
chvrch and will probably be in session
three days Elaborate preparations have
been made for the reception of the visit
ing delegates.
Tomorrow night the officers for the en
suing year will be elected. The opening
sermon will be preached by the Rev. J.
H. Morrison, the retiring moderator, now
financial agent of the Alabama Synodical
college at Talladega.
Wednesday night Judge S. 1>* Weakley
will speak on "The Work of the Church,”
and the business of the presbytery will
be taken up. Thursday night the Rev.
Henry M. Edmonds, pastor of the South
Highlands church, will preach on "The
Identity of the Church I'nder the Two
Dispensations—the Old and the New."
During the meeting of the presbytery dele
gates will be elected to the general as
sembly of the church which meets In At
lantic City In May.
On Wednesday and Thursday the ladies
of the Woodlawn church, which has only
recently been completed, will serve lunch
for the delegates and visitors at noon at
the church.
At the presbytery will be representatives
of the 74 Presbyterian churches in north
Alabama, and much business will be
transacted. Missions, both home and for
eign, will be discussed ami the general
work of the church discussed.
WOODWARD TAKES
—■
Birmingham Capitalist Said
to Be Sinking at Florida
Home
Information received in Birmingham
yesterday in reference to the condition
of J. H. Woodward, the Birmingham cap
italist who Is ill at Orlando. Fla., his win
ter homo, was not reassuring to his
friends. It was stated that Mr. Wood
ward has been falling during the past
day or two and that his physicians
very much discouraged over his failure
to resist the disease that lias attacked
him.
His son, A. H. Woodward, who came
here a few days ago from Florida re
turned Friday afternoon and is in Orlando
now. Congressman Oscar W. Underwood,
a son-in-law of Mr. Woodward, has been
there fore the past three days. Mr.
Woodward’s condition has been such as to
excite the keenest anxiety among his
friends and the members of his family. It
is said that his physicians entertain little
hope of his recovery.
In fear lest some good thing of life
should escape, man tore from this life
the very heart of unselfishness; tore from
it all shreds of morality. He had but this
portion, but this one cup to drink, and
he would drink 6 all, taking the spark
ling wine and the dregs as they came.
“And yet, there was ever present the
thought that perhaps there was this other
life, where virtue would meet with re
ward, and where vice would meet with
justice. And man was not only torn by
the power of his sins, hut also stung and
maddened by this half hope that he dared
not throw away. And over all this inward
misery and outward guilt, there fell the
shadow of impending death. Ah, how man
hated It! How he feared it! And how,
when he found it at his side, in despear
he met it!
“And then Christ came! This sinful
world derided Him. Christ taught. They
scoffed at Him. Christ suffered, and
they mocked Him as He hung on the
cross. Christ died, and they buried Him.
This teacher, who had promised so much,
who had claimed so much—He, too. had
met the enemy, and death was still the
victor. It would always lie so with men.
And the tomb door closed on Jesus, and
buried His body, and buried the hope and
faith of those who had believed on Him.
And then, when the world was all ready
to plunge again into its melanehly task
of forgetting the enemy it could not con
quer. a most astounding thing happened,
for Jesus rose from the dead! Men looked
into the empty grave and wondered. Then
men spoke with Him face to face and be
lieved! It was an overpowering fact that
their senses could not deny. They lied
to themselves and said it was not so.
They bribed the Roman soldiers to say
that the body had been stolen. So long
had they lived in despair and darkness
that they refused the hope and light that
Jesus brought, yet Christ was risen! The
hand of doubt was thrust into His side,
and Thomas was no longer faithless, but
believing. By a word Christ cleansed the
heart of Saul, and filled it with a love
that knew not even death as an ending.
And the glad news was spread, and is
spreading still, and shall spread until it
echoes throughout this, and it may be
other worlds, the glad news that at last
death is conquered, and from the ran
somed souls of men through all god’s uni
verse the glad shout is raised to heaven
that death is no longer death, for death
is swallowed up in victory!
“In victory? Yes. we believe so. if
Christ has so revealed it. But isn’t it,
you ask. sometimes hard to feel the
triumph? 1>o you remember the story of
the great leader who after n hard-won
battle looked about him and saw ids men
by thousands strewn across the bloody
field. ‘Another such victory,’ he said,
‘and I am undone!’ Haven’t you felt that
way about this victory over death? I
know’ you have. And sometimes I have
stood in your homes when the angel of
death was hovering near. and I have seen
the fear and the anguish written on your,
brows. And the angel has descended. And
[ have read. ‘I am the resurrection and
the life.’ saith the the Lord., ‘He that
believeth on Me, though lie were dead,
vet shall he live; and whosoever liveth
and believeth on Me shall never die.’ I
have read these words and seen despair
sitting in your midst. ‘Oh death, where
is thy sting? Oh, grave, where is thy
victory?’ And I knew that the sting of
death was in your heart; and to victory,
If victory there wap, I knew that your
eyes were blinded. And I knew the
empty desolation of soul that had af
flicted you. And I knew how hollow all
of these glorious words sounded, and
I have even shrunk from telling you that
all was for the best; and have hesitated
to speak of the life beyond where part
ings are no more, for I knew that you
would think it was easy for me to say,
for the iron had not entered into my soul.
‘And so I kept silence, yea, even from
good words, but it was pain and grief to
me.’
Trouble With People
“But oh, my friends, the victory Is
there: the trouble Is not with the vic
tory. The trouble Is with us. So many
of us. so many of us who love the !.ord
Jesus, and who say week after week. ‘I
believe that on the third day He rose
again from the dead,’ are still living In
those dark days when man thought that
death wns the end. We have not eli
te: od Into the secret of the Joy of Christ's
resurrection. We gather about the bed
side, dying ourselves a thousand deaths
while we watch the coming of one. And
our hearts fall us when at last man goeth
to his long home, and the mourners go
(i bout the streets. For the silver cord
Is loosed nnd the golden gowl Is broken,
and the dust returns to the earth as It
was. And we say, ‘He has gone!’ Gone?
Nay! God says that ’He has come!' He
has come away from the sorrow and grief
that he knew. He has come away from
the friends who so often wounded him
with unkind words, and who have cruci
fied him with misunderstanding of his
noblest deeds. He has come sway from
all this, and come at last Into the pres
ence of God, where all tears are wiped
away. Is come from pain to Joy, from
fear to trust, from doubt to faith, from
hatred to love, from death to life un
ending!
“A pestilence hangs over a great city
and t’.e shadow of the dark angel passe.,
fo and fr^^om house to house. And all
Is dark and terrible. And each night the
husband goes to his cottage home. In fear
and trembling, lest the wife whom he
left In health be found stricken and gone.
One evening he comes. The house Is
darkened. Nn wolocniing light. He knocks.
Thero Is no answer. Only a shrieking si
CHARITY BALL AT
(irand March Will Begin
Promptly at 9:30 O’Clock
Tonight
Arrangements for the charity ball *o
be given at the Southern club tonight have
all been successfully made and every
thing is in readiness 'for one of the largest
social functions of th eyear.
The admission to the club tonight will
be by tickets only and all who attend are
urged to bring them. It will be possible,
of course, to purchase tickets at the
club.
The grand march begins promptly at
9:30 o'clock and will be lead by Mr. and
Mrs. Sydney J. Bowie and Mrs. \\\ E. B.
l>avis and Mr. H. Key Milner.
Immediately following the grand match
the special figures will be danced and the
cabaret features will begin at 11 o'clock
In the Tudor room.
In compliance with the new rules of the
Southern club, the ball will close at 1
o'clock,.
The treasurer requests that all checks
for tickets which have been sent out be
sent in before tonight.
FORT TO IM*PANEL
JURIES FOR WEEK
Noncapital Felony biases Will Be
Tried in First Division of the
Criminal Court
Juries will tie empanelled this morning
in the first dl^fclon of the criminal court
by Judge W. E. Fort and the docket set
for the day taken up. A non-capital fel
ony docket has been set for the first di
vision. A few misdemeanor cases have
been set In the second division and when
disposed of Judge Samuel E. Greene *111
assist In the first division. The first di
vision docket for Monday includes the
following cases:
Priscilla Lutes Butler, murder, second
degree; Ed Ellis, murder, second degree;
George Alexander, murder, second degree;
Lee T. Robinet, criminal assault; Bill
Guiee, operating gaming table; John
fonts, grand larceny; Ed Conley, grand
larceny; A. T. DcBow. embezzlement; I..
G. Gaines, embezzlement; Mary Glass,
grand larceny; Arthur frump, embezzle*
ment; Frauk G. Moseley and Carl Camp
bell, assault with intent to murder.
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YOUNG GOES TO HOUSTON
To Bead Paper Before Supply and
ManufacIurers’ Convention
I. F. Young of the Young * Vann
Supply company left yesterday for
Houston. Tex., whes-e he will deliver one
of the principal speeches at the annual
convention of Southern Supply anil
Manufacturers' association.
Mr. Young, according to the an
nouncement made here, will have a
paper on "Our Standard of Eligibility."
He will speak In reference to salesmen
employed to handle the products sup
plied by the dealers. lie Is regarded
as one of the best informed men In
ills line Ilf business and whatever he
says on the subject will be heard with
keen interst.
Mr. Young will return home during
the latter part of the week.
lenoe. And his heart sinks within him.
But In the gathering twilight he fimls a
message pinned upon the door. It is the
handwriting of hi r whom lie loves. And
it says, ‘My Father lias come for me
And lie lias carried me away—
up Into the mountains, where the
sun Is shining, and where there Is no
death. And I am safe, and soon my
Father shall return and bring you with
Him. and we shall be together aguin '
"And so we come to the dark house that I
held our beloved And the eyes are closed. I
No welcoming light of love is shining.
And we i re heart broken and desolate,
until we read the message. The loved one'
Is not dead. The brooding death is con
quered: She has gone to the mountain
with the r'atin i. and soon the Father
shall come and rail us too!
Death Ends Nothing
"The question Is sometimes asked. Does
deatu end all?' The answer given by
t'hrlst, and echoed by 2000 yearn of
Christ's religion is that death ends noth
ing. Death ends nothing, for the wnn
drously simple reason that there is no
deRtli. There are no dead.
"We confuse ourselves by speaking of
tills life and the life beyond ns if they
were two lives. There is only one life,
and that life Is immortal here as well as
yonder. We are here for a time, as we
are often In Inns where we make friends
who are very dear to us. and then we
leave them, or they leave us, as they
pnsa on to another stage of life's pilgrim
age. But we are traveling the same road.
And our Journeys all erid within the
aFther's house. They see new landscapes
und pass through new experiences Into a
larger world, but presently we follow.
We are separated and often lonely, but we’
look forward with joy to new sights and
sounds, and to the hour when, Dirtlier
along on the Journey, we shall "travel
hand In hand again, and look Into their
eyes i.nd hear their voices.
"To think of life as one and indivis
ible, of immortality as our possession
here and now, of death as normal change
In an eternal process of growth, to think
of those whom we call 'dead' as more
Intensely alive than when we knew them
here—all this Is to transform the »x
perlence of death, which has for ages
overshadowed the world as the end of
happiness. Into s larger freedom and Joy.
So to think of life and death Is to make
of Immortality not merely a vague ex
pectation, but an open road that leads
Into the very heart of a fuller and a Wet
ter life than we have yet known.
“And I pray that the time may come
when we shall lay these tired bodies down
to rest without a tear. That the time
may come when no more the mourner’s
chant will rise. When the Easter Illy
and not the dark crepe on the door shall
be the sign that a soul has passed to
God. I pray God the time may come
when we can lay these whom we call dead
In their last resting place with a son#
of triumph in our heartB that the 'strife
1* o'er, the battle done—the victory of
life Is won.’ ”
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OUTLOOK BRIGHT
FBR THE A, B. & A.
Interesting Announcements
Expected in Few Days
TRAFFIC AGREEMENTS
/ ‘ -
Officials Coming Here This Week to ;
Strengthen Alliances—Retirement
of Atkinson Cause of Much
Regret in Birmingham
lly CLYDE M. MNMS.
With the sale of the Atlanta. Birming
ham and Atlantic railroad next week in
Atlanta and Its formal transfer to the
! new organization. It la expected that plans
| In connection with the operation of that
[ line will be announced which will be c f
much Interest In Birmingham. There has
| been considerable discussion here during
the past few days In regard to the line
affecting some new traffic alliances, widen
will strengthen Its position in railroad
circles ami will add very materially t >
the gross tonnages handled.
It Is stated that President Lamb and
a few other officials are expected here
during the luatter part of the week or the
first of ..next week to meet officials of
the Frisco and the Seaboard Air line.
There Is said to be pending negotiations
whereby traffic argreements advantageous
to both lines may be worked out and it
is not Impossible that other lines may
be Included.
The Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic
and the Frisco, It is stated, have at pres
ent a traffic agreement by which the
Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic obtains
considerable traffic. This, it Is said, will
be greatly strengthened and there will be
affected other alignments which will go
to the betterment of the Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic.
There Is considerable optimism in local
railroad circles and industrial circles gen
erally over the outlook for the Atlanta,
Birminghapi and Atlantic. It Is stated
that the new financial arrangements ..ill
materially lessen the fixed charge load
carried by the line and that there will be
an easier method of handling the indebt -
edness.
The Atlanta. Birmingham Hn«l Atlantic,
which was built into tills city by Harry
M. Atkinson and Alexander Bonnynian.
as chief engineer, has always held a
very warm place in the estimation of Bir
mingham people. Mr. Atkinson by ids
diplomacy and friendship for Birmingham
was able to obtain for his line a position
in this community at the outset, which
has been of great benefit to it. The per
sonal popularity of President Atkinson
had a gr**at deal to do with the cordiality
j with which tin* road was received in Bir- i
| mlngham.
With the passing of the Atlanta. Bir
I mlngham and Atlantic into the hands of
other officials the most regrettable fea
ture Is that Mr. Atkinson will no longer
be with the line actively. It is said th it
the hard times during W'hlch he pushed
the line through, the consequent finan
cial breakers, and the absence of that I
support which lie bail counted on. h is?
served to considerably disappoint Mr. At
kinson, who dreamed of the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantie for years before
its construction. It wav ids one ambition
lo get the lint! constructed and opera'<d
profitably. However, obstacles that even
lie could not surmount caused extreme
financial difficulties ami the subsequent
retirement of Mr. Atkinson.
In all of the south, however, there Is 1
no man In Industrial or railroad circle-;
who has so many warm friends In tills t
city as Mr. Atkinson, and while lie r *
linqulslies his whole interest in this cltv, *
yet he may be counted upon to furthci 1
the progress of Birmingham at every u •- f
port unity. t
RECEPTION IS HELD
FOR MR. UNDERWOOD F
_ i
People of Orlando, Fla., Eager to 1
Greet Man of Such Prominence
in Party <
- I
That the people of Orlando, Fla., were t
glad to see Mr. Underwood is indicated in 1
the following dispatch from that city to T
the Jacksonville Tlmes-I’nion of Friday: “
“Oscar Underwood who, with Mrs. Un- A
derwood, is here visiting Mrs. Under- t
wood’s father, J. If. Woodward, who has t
been seriously ill at bis winter home, held 1
an Informal reception for the benefit of (
Orlando business men at James L. Giles' ,
office this morning from 0 to 10 o’clock, j
this giving the voters an opportunity to
see the man who, next to President Wil- *
son and Secretary Bryan. Is in the pub- ,
11c eye as much as any man in America J
at the present time.
“Mr. Underwood seems in the best of
l*‘alth and expressed himself as highly y
incused with Orlando, which lie Is now *
visiting for the first time, although his
father-in-law has spent several winters
here in his beautiful home In an orange
grove north of town.
“In answer to the question as to what
be thought about the Mexican situa- '
tlon. Mr. Underwood said: "That is sonu- *
thing we cannot talk about.” t
“Mr. Underwood will return to Wash- |
ington tomorrow. Thomas B. Hopkins t
of Birmingham, another son-in-law of j
Mr. Woodward, was in the city this morn
ing and reported that the old gentleman 1
passed a very comfortable night and i
some of nis symptoms were improved, t
His physician, Dr. McKwin, made a slmi- «
lar report ar to tlie condition of his pa- c
tient. Mr. Underwood went to the San \
Juan barber shop tor a shave before re- i
turning to l^aBelle, the country home of* i
tlie Woodwards. Quite a frowd of citi
zens, who wrere too late to greet him be- i
fore, went to the tonsnrial parlors and l
paid their respects.” i
HOTEL MAN COMING
Representative of Vanderbilt in New
York to Be Here Soon
Announcements have been received iri
Birmingham from the management of
the Vanderbilt hotel in New York city
that Lyles Black of Nashville will f
shortly visit this city and meet with 1
those that have visited the Vanderbilt •
In the past and discuss the attractions 1
of that hotel with others going to New '
York. 1
So far as known this innovation by j
Walter H. Marshall, manager of the
Vanderbilt, Is the first time that any
eastern hotel has thought so well of (
southern patronage as to send a travel- ]
Ing agent over the south in order to
I secure business. Mr. Black, who Is w ell
Informed about hotel work, will, it la
believed, be cordially received in this ,
city. In fact that personal popularity ’
of Mr. Marshall will insure that the trip
of Mr. Black to this city will be sue
cessful. Mr. Marshall has been here
several times and is well known here
among those who visit New York fre
quently.
PERSONAL
George Gordon Crawford, president >t
the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad
company, will return to the city tnia
morning.
if" t*,e r°ht>er of his pay^TM^k
\ * IfU( before he gets it. A quarter
jj' WtH/sTy / of a million of them (at so
If jj much a month) live in this 11 Ml
I country. What you keep in II®™
g|P| ■ a safe depos t here never pays a IIEjj
ll burglar. It pays you. JfMU
[Jiv t We charge less than 1 cent a JJjjj
i 1 fpMAN T RUSTjjAVINGS KMK
BIRMINGHAM’S NEW “CITY
BEAUTIFUL” DEPARTMENT
In the talks under this head about the
nings that go to make a City Beautiful.
>e wish to again refer to the posslblll
les of a school for the instruction of
oth white and colored youth in the art of
nrdening. It has been suggested that
pc have to rely on the colored man for
ielp in this line. Yes, and so long as we
ail to relieve the employment of the
pprobrium so unfortunately applied in
his section, just so long will we be
cmpelled to rely on the colored help,
kith all Its ignorance and indifference to
roper execution of such work.
Educate the white youth in the work,
earn him to like it, and he will finally
ome to enjoy It. and then to love, and
hen lastly to feel that It Is a part of
its dally routine. Then, why should we
iarp on the line that we should teach
he darkey the nice methods of caring
or our lawns, and trimining our shrub
bery and trees, when there Is no nat
o-al bent in that direction?
With the proper persuasive methods
dopted to induce the white youth of our
outhern states to learn these things,
here will be no need of looking north of
klason and Dixon's line every time we
'/ish expert work along these lines. Our
Teat school at Auburn Is bending more
nergy in this direction every year, but
t is confining Its work to the work of
he farm. Perhaps later on they will
graft on to itw curriculum that of flori
culture, and the higher class of work
along these lines.
It should bo urged by those In a posi
tion to do so that we encourage by
every means possible the white youth
who comes to you and asks your at
tention to his request to care for your
lawns and trim your plants. You ques
tion his ability, but you do not stop to
ask what experience the "good old
darkey” has had. You take It for grant
ed he "knows it all.”
So let us get together along the line
of Instructing our boys In the work of
the lawn, flower and vegetable gardens,
and we will see quite a difference in
their appearance. Whether they actually
do the work or not Is another matter,
but It Is well for them to know how It
snould 'he done, and to Know when it is
pioperly done.
Just here, let us remind you, if you
haven’t gotten that lawn roller, you had
hotter get all your neighbors together
and buy a good one when you get It. A
h'wn does not want a tieav> roller In
the spring, but a light one. then Increase
t'n- weight along in the summer as the
light soil requires it. and then heavier In
the fall Our soil is responsible for more
lawn failures than some other things,
and nothing will assist In the work so
much » roller. Try it. If the man
who cuts your lawn has not one, en
j courage him to get one, or arrange with
(another man to care for your lav.n w no
has one.
LARGELY ATTENDED
Communion Rail at St.
Paul’s Thronged—Father
Sands Preaches
All the Catholic churches ill Mirmiug
uuii were crowded at the Faster
rmsses.
At St. Paul's each of tin* four masses
ivw an immense congregation. At 6:30
‘clock the church was tilled to its ca
acit\ a nd^ again at 7:30 every pew was
ocupled. The Rev. Father Coyle stated
hat at tile two early masses the num
• r of tin* faithful who received holy
omniunion aggregated more than 1000.
There was a large attendance at the
:3<i ©clock mass, and the church was
lied to overflowing at solemn high ;
mss at 10:80 o’clock.
The Ilolj Name society, both senior
ml junior divisions, attended the 7:80
clock service and received communion,
t was the largest turnout of this
Iourlshing sodality ever seen In the
arish. After the mass Father Coyle
eceived into full membership Into the
oclety IS candidates.
At high mass the Rev. Father Sands
•as the preacher. He chose for his
ext these words of ohrlst: “Deatro.v
his temple and in three days 1 will
aise it up. But He spoke of the temple
f His body.”
Those w'ho heard the discourse spoke
f It as one of rare eloquence^ ami
ower.
The mass was followed by solemn
enedietlon of the blessed sacrament.
DECORATIONS AT
ST. MARY’S CHURCH
laid by Those Attending to Have Been
Most Beautiful Ever Seen at
This Church
Flip decorations at St. Mary’s church!
pRtprday for the elaborate Mplscopalian
hister services were said by those at
pndinK to tie the moat beautiful that
iave ever been 'iieen In that church for
ny occaelon. The church lends Itself
iivnrably to decoration schemes and the
ilded dogwood blossoms. Master lilies
ml a few palms served to creat an at
ractlve picture. The dogwood blossoms
xtended from each door through the
liancel and to the altar. The service was
ttendi d by one oj the lurgegt congrega
lons that has been present in some
nonths.
Mr. Claybrook eonduoted the services
rid delivered a short sermon appropriate
or Master, snd administerpd holy com
nunlon. Tlsc augmented choir and spe
lal nnislc also added much [o' the at
ractiveness of the service.
STILLMAN IN CITY
Says There Is Knom for Improvement
in I*ig Iron Market
Charles A. Stillman of Chicago, repre
enting Rogers, Brown & Co., the widely j
mown Iron brokers, was In the city
•esterday on business for his company,
le was stationed In Birmingham some
ime ago ami Is widely known In Indus
risl circles. Mr. Stillman visited sever il
ocal friends and discussed ^vith them
he iron outlook.
He said that while the pig iron outlook
vas not as discouraging as in the past,
here wras considerable room for improve
nent. Mr. Stillman visited the News
paper club yesterday and spoke very
ilghly of its attractiveness.
Mr. Stillman said that Birmingham
ippeared to be unusually busy, end
hat even if business In other sections
vas slightly dull, there had apparently
>een no serious let-up to this city.
Memorial Service at Americas
Amerlcus. Qa.. April 12.—Dedicatory ex
■relses In connection with the erection
if the monument of New York state In
he Andorsonvllle national cemetery to
ts soldiers who died In thf war between
he etates will take place April 30. It wu,
tnnounced here tonight. A large New
fork delegation will attend.
BOVS BEATEN BV
—
Patterson and Faulkner As
saulted at Fifth and
Twentieth
I ' --
j ,1. O. Patterson and Carl Faulkner
"ere brutally assaulted last night about
M: 16 o’clock by seven men who rode up
[in an automobile to where the two were
standing in front of the Southern club,
at Fiftli avenue and Twentieth street.
According to the story told by Curl
Faulkner at police headquarters, lie whs
escorting his sister home in company
with young Patterson and another girl
friend from evening service at the First
Met hod 1st church. The young people
were standing at the corner of Fifth
avenue and Twentieth street, waiting
for a Tidewater car. when a seven
passenger automobile drove up. and
truni within the car came shouts of
derision and words of Insult.
Patterson and Fulkner resented the
remarks and sought police assistance,
when suddenly the men in the auto
mobile alighted and rushing up to them
struck tlie men several blows In Un
lace with brass knuckles, knocking out
several of tile teeth of the young men
and cutting their faces badly. Follow
ing tile assault, which was over in a
second or two, the thugs returned to the V
automobile and speeded west on Fifth
avenue. The assault was witnessed by
score® of people and many members of
the Southern club.
Patterson is a government clerk ami
resides at 220 South Sixtieth street, lie
is about IS years of age. Faulkner re
sides at 6080 First avenue and is nbout
10 years of age He goes to the Cen
tral High school. Both bos* are under
medical care.
B. Ik S. MAKES CLEAN
SWEEP IN TALLADEGA '
The baseball nine Representing tlie Cen
tral High school made a clean sweep with
Its series with the Talladega High school
In Talladega Friday and Saturday.
The local high schoolers won Friday’s
contest by the score of 9 to 7, while in
the double bill Saturday they won by
scores of 3 to 0 and 7 to 4.
The game Friday was the best of tlie
series, it going II innings before a de
rision was obtained. In the ninth Jenkins
ldt a home run with one on base, tieing
the score, while in the eleventh he won
the jrSpic by slapping out a two-bagger
with two on.
R. J. crawforTTwins
BOWLING TOURNEY
U. J. Crawford won the Individual
bowling tournament at the Birmingham
Athletic club witli a total score of 556.
His scores for the three games were
176, 213 and 167 K G. Stevens fin
ished second, while Turnipseed, Mason
and Hhtll followed In the order named.
A series of games will he howled
with a team from the Young Men’s
Christian association Tuesday night on
the dub alleys The team from the
Y. M. C. A. will bp composed of Bruce,
Stapleton, Church, Thompson and Barr.
NO FIGURES GIVEN
ON THE STRIKE VOTE
Calumet. Mich., April 12.—It was said
tonight at the Western Federation of
Miners' district union office at Hancock
I that returns on the copper strike vote
were Incomplete and that no figures would
be available until tomorrow. At the
headquarters of Ahmeek the local vote
was given as 1257 against calling off the
strike and 861 for ending It.
No figures were given at Calumet Head
quarters, but It was said the vote through
i out the district was heavily for continuing
I the strike. A majority of the members
voted, it was said.
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