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BASEBALL GAME IS
SUNDAY’S PASTIME
Birmingham Man Writes
About Alertness of the
Mexican Newsboy
REFUGEES PRAISE
WILSON’S POLICY
Correspondent Thinks It Would be the
Nations Greatest Crime to Go
to War With the People
S of Mexico
By LEAYDER POOLE
Vera Crus, Mex., May 24.—(Special Cor
respondence. ^—Sunday In this country Is
markedly different from home, where at
this hour the people are going to Sun
day school, and preparing for church.
Here they have an early service, or mass,
and so far as I have been able to see the
remainder of the day Is given up to pleas
ure. This afternoon there is a big base
ball game scheduled between a Mexican
team and an American soldier team, so it
■would seem that the lion and lamb at least
can lie down together when It comes to a
great national pastime.
General Funston has put a crimp in the
bull fights, however, much to the dismay
of the natives, but they are solaced for
this aftdHioon with the ball game.
The small boy seems to be much the
same the world over. Down here we use
heavy auto trucks to haul the enormous
amount of mall from the dock to the office
and nothing makes the muchachos mas
contiento, more contented, than to ride
with us. They also line up on the deck
and ride in the launches with Senor Amer
icanos.
They are extremely bright, too; yester
day I met a newsboy who was calling
out El Dlctaraen. He offered me a paper
and when I replied "Americano no com
prehende," he immediately pulled out the
Mexican Herald, a paper printed In Eng
lish, and offered It to me. The first thing
one hears when he wakes in the morning
is the cry of the newsboy calling out El
Presente, El Dictamen, La Opinion, Irfi
Union and the Mexican Herald, the prln
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Mortgages in Demand
A weekly financial review
recently stated, in reference to
the stagnation in the stock and
bond market: “This means, if
it means anything, that the
man with money feels safer in
putting it in mortgages.”
Many persons prefer mort
gage loans to securities of
other kinds for the reason that
the safety of such investments
is not conditioned on the ability and integrity of other
parties. We deal extensively in notes secured by mort
gage and are glad to receive applications from parties
desiring to borrow on improved real estate in Birming
ham and desirable farms in Jefferson county, or to dis
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: ' We offer to investors mortgage notes netting six to
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High Class Bonds Bought and Sold
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j John E Frye, President Capital $500,000.00
INVITATIONS ISSUED TO THE
UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT
Tuscaloosa, May 29.—(Special.)—The
trustees, the faculties, the alumni and
the graduating classes of the University
of Alabama have issued invitations to
the eighty-third annual commencement
exercises of the university on May 31 to
June 1, 1914, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
The programme follows:
SUNDAY, MAY 31.
11 a. m.—Commencement sermon, the
Rev. A. J. Dickinson, D. D., First Bap
tist church, Birmingham. Morgan hall.
MONDAY, JUNE 1.
9 a. m.—Annual contests in oratory for
Lomax and trustee prizes, Morgan hall.
4 p. m.—Baseball game, Sewanee vs.
Alabama, campus.
8:30 p. m.—President's reception, Smith
hall.
0:30 p. m.—Skull's annual german, Clark
hall.
TUESDAY. JUNE 2.
9 a. m.—Business meeting of the Society
of the Alumni, Morgan hall.
10 a. m.—Reunion of law alumni, ad
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dress by Henderson M. Somerville,
LLD.. Now York city, Morgan ball.
11 a. m.—Oration before the society of
the alumni. A. Mitchell Palmer, member
of Congress from Pennsylvania. Morgan
ball.
I p. m.—Alumni banquet. Woods hall.
4 p. m.—Baseball game, Sew&nee vs.
Alabama, campus..
5 p. m. to 10 p. m.—Glee club concert.
Elks' auditorium, Tuscaloosa.
10 p. rn.-—L*. T. F. annual german, Clark
hall.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3.
9 a. m.—Annual meeting of the hoard
of trustees.
10 a. m. i'nveiling of bronze tablet in
Morgan hill Speech of presentation by
Morgan S. Gilmer of Montgomery; speech
of acceptance by President Denny.
II a. m.—Commencement address, the
Rev. H. M. Edmonds. I>. D.. Birmingham,
Morgan hall.
12 m.—Conferring of degrees by the
president of the university, Morgan hall.
4 p. m.—Baseball game, Seva nee vs.
Alabama.
9 p. m.—University reception, Clark hall, i
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cipal papers here.
They get out extras that would make
the Birmingham papers wonder how they
| get the news so quick when about all the
wires are down. A scoop with a Mexican
paper counts Just like It does back home.
Kind Words for President
I had quite a pleasant experi
ence last night when I met two
refugees who had a kind word
for President Wilson and the policy
he is attempting to work out. This
gentleman is a high official In an ex
press company. The other was Fred
Basham of Bashams Gap in Morgan
County, Ala* Mr*. Basham, however
was much upset, and seemed to desire
the immediate invasion of Mexico be
cause she had to leave her pretty home.
There is slowly coming about a slight
change in the bearing of the refugees
now that they see that they cannot force
the President into war.
Back home we thought the Americans
were the only people getting out, but 1
have met here any number of refugees
from England and Germany.
Unlike our refugees they accept the sit
uation with more patience and seem to
feel that the attempt to compose a trying
situation without furthur bloodshed is
both patriotic and wise. The English
consul here, Mr. Hutchinson, is a fine man
and I like him very much.
Consul Canada is still a very busy man,
and works far into the night. Posted on
his door is a notice that criticism of the
President and Secretary Bryan will not
be tolerated in his office, and to his
credit it must be said that he enforces
the order.
From the British refugees I learn that
the reason some of the American refugees
have fared badly is because of their
overbearing disposition. At one place It
was related that opportunity was given
some refugees to come back to the states,
but they elected to stay in Mexico rather
than face charges that were alleged to
he pending against them in the United
States.
We are having sweet potatoes down
here now and a few cabbage. The cab
bages are fine, hut the potatoes are not
very good. They seem to have too much
water in them. I have not had an op
portunity to get out and see any of the
country, but from its contour and the
nearness of the mountains l think that
the land must b© very fertile. I can see
the pineapple groves from the top of the
office.
Indorsement of Wilson and Bryan
Vera Cruz. Mex., May 25. —(Special Cor
respondence.)—A letter from a good friend
In Jasper, Ala., Inspires me to write and
ask that you give full publicity to this
letter to say that 1 am in entire accord
with President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan on the Mexican question,
j The occupation of Vera Cruz was the
! right thing to do. We are now in posi
tion to bring about salutary reforms in
Mexico by holding the purse strings of her
principal port. When due amends have
been made there will be ample time to con
sider the matter of evacuation.
1 am so heartily with the President that
I want you to run this letter with a good
head to that effect. But a war of con
quest on this helpless people would, to my
mind, be the crime of the nation’s his
tory, and there would, to my mind, l>e no
element of honor In vanquishing these
poor peons who make up the army of
Mexico. Again the American here w’hoso
jeopardized dollars causes him much con
cern makes your blood boil by cussing the
President in season and out. I do not be
lieve there can he found 1000 true, patriotic.
Americans in the whole republic of Mexi
co, and I, for one. do not wisli to see
the good American stock that makes up
our army butchered on battlefields and dy
ing in hospitals for expatriates whose
chief aim in life seems to be to cuss the
government to w'hich they claim allegi
ance. Won’t you please make this clear?
I am getting along fine with the Mexican
carriers and clerks. I have 16 in my
department and it would make you smile
to hear me telling them to “distribuea esta
cartes primero,” and to “engancho de la
mula en el carro,” but I get by with it.
and they understand. I have been taking
lessons in Spanish ever since 1 got here,
and T now' have a vocabulary of about 100
words, but linking them up is where the
job is difficult.
I have jpst had a chat with Richard
Harding Davis; he is a fine fellow of very
democratic manner, and we get along
fine. I went over to the Cuban consulate
today to see about some mail, and as it is
so hot I went in my shirt sleeves. I ex
plained the situation to the consul and
he replied: "It Is the man we appreciate
and not the coat.” I can get along with
all of them , except Austria. He cannot
speak any English, and his language is
Greek to me. The French consul is a Ches
terfield. but Johnny on the spot when it
comes to business. He speaks English
and we make it fine.
Henderson seems to have walked clean
away with Comer. T was not surprised.
Taxpayers are getting weary of increased
burdens and Mr. Henderson better keep
his economy wagon in the middle of the
road if he hopes to climb higher on the
political ladder.
Will try to writ you a long letter to
night describing a museum here that con
tains curios that were in it when Cortez
landed.
LETTERS TO EDITOR
To Get Desirable Immigrants
To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
Noticing in various newspaper matter
to the effect that “About $100,000 will be
expended at the Pan-American exposition
in San Francisco by Alabama’s depart
ment of agriculture, for the Inducing of
immigration, “one naturally is lead to
consider whether or not some new source
of revenue has been discovered by Ala
bama's financiers, or some correspondent
slightly (?) raised in figures some amount
proposed to be expended, or has Alabama
gone wild upon the methods of inducing
of Immigration.
Texas and Florida have for some time
been leading in the matter of desirable
immigration to occupy the land (both by
purchase and renting), and improve the
revenues and other material interests, and
the tact1c3 used are worthy of adapta
tion, and are not by any means new with
them as a matter of invention, having
been used much in the west for years.
Let Alabama real estate men and owners
of realty desired to be disposed of in
each county, get together and form an
organization for the purpose of aiding in
the inducing of desirable immigration,
and the sale of real estate to those caring
to purchase and to publish for distribu
tion, strictly truthful matter regarding
the countv and its soils, products and in
ternal improvements in localities where
it is sought to induce immigration and
purchasers from.
Each town and city should have its |
own local organization of real estate men
and land owners desirous of selling their
lanri^j and inducing desirable immigra
tion, and who should also be members
of the county organization, thereby form
ing the most far reaching organization
possible, and sure to work for the whole
county’s reputation and benefit. The lo
cal organizations would obtaifi from the
county organization whatever they needed
In way of literature published by the lat
ter (at cost qt course), and would, of
course, also publish matter describing
their locality, its soils, improvements, and
advantages for distribution with the mat
j ter descriptive of the county. Each of
the local real estate people In a town or
city would go tb work and arrange with
real estate, agricultural implement and
other people jn good northern, western
and eastern localities to obtain desirable
Immigrants from, upon a division of com
missions basis, to distribute literature and
work up desirable buyers and send them
down, or come down with them upon the
regular land seekefs’ excursion dates, di
rect to the local agent. No other known
method has ever shown results so satis
factory to all concerned, nor anything
like as economic, and it is probable that
$10,000 to $16,000 expended on these lines
would show more satisfactory results
than the proposed expenditure of $100,000
at San Francisco, and ask real estate
men and owners of lands In Alabama
If they wish to sell to carefully consider
the matter. They will find the railroads
stand ready to aid in the premises, espe
cially the Louisville and Nashville, South
ern and Illinois Central and Frisco, and
can do them much good In reaching
northern agents who will help produce
business to the benefit of all concerned.
JAS. F. SLATER.
Birr/, lug ham, May 27, 1914.
MORE PIKES WILL BE
05$ _ _ ij
$10,000 to be Spent on Fay-1
etteville-Athens Road
A $30,000 MUSIC HALL
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71st Annual Commencement at Athens
College Concludes Thursday Bring
ing Most Successful Session
in History to a Close
Athens. May 29.—(Special. >- Limestone
has just decided to build more pikes. This
will be a state aid road, and $10,000 will
be spent on the Fayetteville and Athens
road, taking it from Athens quite to the
stnte line in the east part of the county.
There is already eight tulles of good pike
and this addition will carry it to the state
line, giving to Athens a fine road for many
miles in that direction. The state is put
ting up a portion of this money, the coun
t> some and the people living in the
neighborhood of where the road is to be
built have added $3000 to the fund, making
it worth while. This is making Limestone
become a prominent county in the state.
There are now nearly 160 miles of fine
pikes, free to all, and building more each
year. Work will commence on this road
at once under the supervision of the state
engineer.
Last night brought to a close the com
mencement exercises of Athens college for
the seventy-tlrst time. There were a large
number of graduates and a large number
of visitors were here. Tills occasion wit
nessed the completion of the new $30,000
music hall, and the dedication will take
'place at the fall opening of the school.
Miss Mary N. Moore, president of the col
lege, has done wonders since she took
charge. The property had been trebbled
in buildings, and the value of tills prop
erty, which belongs to the Methodists, is
nearly $6fio,tmo. The exercises w'ere splen
did from start to tlnish, lasting a week.
Dr. Ivan Holt of the Missouri conference
preached the commencement sermon, and
Dr. W. V\ . Alexander of Nashville deliv
ered the baccalaureate address.
The. hoard of control has re-elected Prof.
J. M. Atkinson president of the Kighth
District Agricultural school in this place,
and selected the same faculty. His report
was said to have been the best of the nine
schools.
CHANGES MADE IN THE
EUFAULA POSTOFFICE
Emmett McCormick to Succeed Miss
Mary Clayton as Assistant Post
master—Plans for Fair
Eufaula, May 2ft.—(Special.)—Changes
that have been expected for some time
have been made In the working force at
the Eufaula postoffice and will be effec
tive June 1. Miss Mary Clayton, who has
been serving for the past year as assist
ant postmaster, will be succeeded by
Emmett McCormick, who was a clerk in
the office several years ago. He stood
the highest examination In the recent
civil service tests and the papers were
received from Washington yesterdny
naming him to the position, which pays
$1000 a year. The force will be Increased
also by the addition of another sulwtltute
clerk—Harry Mabry. The postoffice force
Is now larger than it has ever been.
The remodeling of the Methodist district
parsonage on Harbour street in this city
is to be started shortly. The presest
house occupies a l^rge lot, and will be
moved to the middle of this In order that
the full benefit of the site may be had.
Plans for the annual Barbour county
agricultural fair and street carnival,
which will be held in the fall, are now be
ing considered, a representative of an
aggregation of well known traveling
shows spent several days In the city this
week and talked over preliminary ar
rangements with the business men and
the old committee. Very little will be de
cided upon, however, until sometime in
the summer.
The Rev. E. A. Edwards of Lawrence,
Kan., will fill the pulpit of St. James’
Episcopal church during the month of
June. Mr. Edwards Is secretary of the
diocese of Kansas and has a large and
flourishing church at T^awrence, but be
is a southern man and on that account
is giving serious consideration to the call
extended him by the vestry of St. James’
church.
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SUCCESSFULYEAR
Catalog Just Issued Shows
Progress Along All Lines
ABOUT 1300 STUDENTS
Seven States Outside of Alabama Are
I
Represented—Practically Every
County in the State
Represented
University. May 29.—(Special.)—The gen
eral catalog number of the University of
Alabama bulletin has just come from the
[press and is being widely distributed in
I Alabama and other southern states. The
catalog shows that the session of 1913-14
which is just now drawing to a close has
been the most successful in the history of
the university.
The catalog shows progress along all
lines. There has been during the past
year a large increase in the student body
and a commensurate increase in the fac
ulty and in the material equipment of
the institution.
Though mere figures do not indicate the
real value of the work that an educational
institution does, the summary at the end
of the catalog throws some light on the
service that the university is rendering
| the state. This tabulation shows that dur
ing the year beginning June, 1913, and end
ing June. 1914, the university gave in
struction to 1283 students. Of this number
391 were in the college of arts and sciences,
101 in the college of engineering, 141 in the
school of law, 682 in the summer school,
all in Tuscalooosa, and 104 in the school
of medicine and the department of phar
macy at Mobile. During the regular ses
sion there were 98 officers of instruction
and government—61 professors, 31 instruc
tors and assistants and 14 other officers.
In the several colleges and schools at
Tuscaloosa, practically every county in
the slate is represented. The largest dele
gations are from Tuscaloosa, Jefferson,
Montgomery, Mobile and Madison coun
ties. Seven states outside of Alabama are
represented In the attendance here. Mis
sissippi has seven students, Illinois two,
North Carolina two, Tennessee two and
Vermont, Louisiana and South Carolina
one each. There is also one student from
Cuba and one from Greece.
In the school of law, DO recognized col
leges and universities in addition to the
university are represented among the stu
dents. These institutions are A nbama
Polytechnic, Howard, Davidson college,
W ashington and Lee, The Citadel, Univer
sity of Colorado, Vanderbilt, Tulane, Yale,
Southern unversity, Cumberland univer
sity, University of Chicago, Boston uni
versity, Birmingham college, Wake For
est, Sewanee, Virginia Military institute,
Louisiana State university, Illinois Wes
leyan and the University of Mississippi.
CAPT.I1 TAKES
UP DUTIESIN MOBILE
Hale Resident U. S. Marshal
for Southern District
of Alabama
Greensboro, May 29.—(Special.)—Capt.
C. C. Gewln has gone to Mobile, where he
entered upon the discharge of hie duties
as United States marshal for the south
ern district of Alabama.
William Collins of Qallton, Hale county,
has been made chief deputy to Captain
Gewln.
The Rev. W. D. Oglotree, the now pas
tor of the Greensboro Baptist church, will
arrive In a few days and will preach hla
first sermon June 1.
At a meeting of the board of truataos
I of the Greensboro Graded school, held In
Judge Waller's office, the teachers were
j re-elected as follows: Principal, J. A.
I.axlcy; assistants. Miss Bessie Moore,
Miss Inez Peake, Miss Ina Day and Miss
Kate Boardman.
Wedding Invitations Issued
Lyerly, Ga., May 29.—(Special.)—The fol
lowing invitations have been sent out:
“Mr. and Mrs. Middleton M Allen request
the honor of your presence at the mar
riage of their daughter, Mattie, to Mr.
Robert Oscar Story on Wednesday after
noon, June 3, at 3:30 o’clock. Methodist
church, Summerville, Ob." Miss Alien is
the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.
M. Allen of Summerville. Mr. Story is a
| former Chattoogan, now engaged In btisi
| ness in Rome, Ga.
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