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Annual Reunion and Barbe
cue At Scottsville
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PENSION BOARD MEETS
Effort Being Made to Arouse Inter
est In Proposed Montgomery-Tus
caloosa Highway—Jury Term
of Court Is Over
Centrevllle, July 8.—(Special.)—The
Confederate veterans of Bibb held their
annual reunion and barbecue at Scotts
ville, eight miles from Centrevllle, on
Tuesday and Wednesday' of this week.
A large crowd attended both days and
a pleasant time was had. Congressman
elect George Huddleston of the Ninth
congressional district delivered an ad
dress to the veterans Tuesday. He spoke
st length and covered many subjects.
He severely criticized the present ad
ministration at Montgomery for its
policy in dropping the names of so
many Confederate veterans from the
pension rolls. His address whs well
received.
The county board of pension exam
iners for Bibb has been in session here
this week, passing upon the applica
tion of Confederate veterans and the
widows of Confederate veterans for
pensions The board of examiners is
composed of Judge A. H. .Tames of Brent
and Dr. W. M. Peters of Centrevllle.
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An effort Is being made to arouse in
terest in the proposed state highway
between Tuscaloosa and Montgomery.
The proposed route passes through
Bibb.
The commissioners’ court of Bibb
county will convene here Monday next,
at which time a decision will be reached
as to whether or not a farm will be
purchased for the county paupers.
The Jury term of the county court of
Bibb for the Centrevllle division was
in session here on Monday of this
week. There were some 40 cases on
the docket for trial but Judge Pratt
finished the call Monday afternoon and
discharged the Jury. There were u num
ber of pleas of guilty and convictions,
several cases dismlsed, a number for
feitures taken and some cases con
tinued until the next term of the court.
Several defendants were sentenced to
hard labor for the county.
SUE A., B. & A. RECEIVERS
Ten People Claim $2500 Each On Ac
county of Delay of Trains
Ten suits for damages were filed yes
terday against the receivers of the Atlan
-y ta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
‘ company In which each defendant claimed
$2600 damages. The plaintiffs allege that
they purchased tickets from Birmingham
to Atlanta and that at Manchester, Ga.,
the train was delayed for several hours,
and they were greatly inconvenienced
thereby.
They also allege that the defendant
company failed to provide a sufficient
number of cars to acommodate the pas
sengers and that the defendants had to
stand for sometime. The names of the
plaintiffs are Luolle Bowers. Annls Seals,
Minnie Matthews, Doelar .lames, Fred
Smith, Queenle Petway, Ella Glaze,
Mamie Smith, Bob Price, and Ernest
Key. _
To Build New Road
The board of revenue authorized yes
terday the construction of a new road In
Precinct 10, East Lake, to be known as
Hewitt's road. The right of way has
been secured and work will commence at
an early date.
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NEGOTIATIONS ONLY
SERVE TO FURTHER
MUDDLE CONTRO
VERSY OVER RATES
(Concluded from Page Plve)
a lower flat rate than that named in
the contract of 1888 if it had so de
sired. But if the Birmingham Water
works company is, as a result of the
decision handed down, in accordance
with Mr. Weatherly's contention, com
pelled to return to the flat rate basis
of charge in old Birmingham, is it fair
or reasonable to ask the water com
pany to voluntarily reduce its flat rates
below those named In the contract be
tween the city and the water company?
Mr. Weatherly and the city attorneys
have contended that water furnished
for dwellings In old Birmingham must
be charged upon a flat and not upon
a meter busis. They have won their
contention. The water company is now
compelled to return to a flat basis.
Now we are told by Mr. Weatherly
that while we are compelled to return
to a flat basis we don’t have to charge
the rates named In the contract with
the city but can voluntarily charge as
much less as we please.
"Under the • operation of ordyiance
97-C the consumers of water In Great
er Birmingham have saved about a
hundred thousand dollars a year. The
water company has been able to make
•his concession without undue shrink
age of revenue because the contract
•mbraced in ordinance 97-C put the
sale of water upon a sound and cor
rect economic basis. The consumer
paid for what he got. Under the flat
rate contract the consumer pays for
water in accordance with the number
of rooms in his house regardless of
what lie uses. On the meter basis ho
pays for what he uses. The system
under which a man pays for what he
uses tends to prevent waste. The elim
ination of waste enables the water com
pany to reduce its rates. The flat rate
basis is advantagous to the wealthy
and careless user of water. It is un
fair to the intelligent and economic
consumer. The Birmingham Water
works company felt warranted in mak
ing the reduction provided for in ordi
nance 97-C because it put the sale of j
water in Birmingham upon a meter j
basis. There can be no reduction in I
the contract price charged for water I
in Birmingham so long as its price ;
must be based upon flat rates.
"The attempt of the city of Birming
ham to disregard its contracts with the
Birmingham Waterworks company and
to fix rates to be charged for water
by ordinance without the oonsent of
the water company has been condemned
by the United States district and cir
cuit courts. Those courts have held
that the city of Birmingham in 1888
made a contract for thirty years with
the Birmingham Waterworks company
which prescribed the rates to be
charged for water; that this contract
was a valid and lawful contract which
the city had authority to make, and
that during the period fixed by the con
tract the city could not disregard the
rates named in the contract and arbi
trarily fix such rates as it deemed
proper, without the consent of the
water company.
“Judge Crow has decided that the
water company was giving to the people
of Birmingham water of most excellent
quality, that all complaints as to its
service had been rectified and that the
water company’s conduct had not been
such as to justify the forfeiture of its
franchise but that as a matter of law
the water company could not charge for
water furnished dwellings in old Bir
mingham upon a meter basis.
“Notwithstanding these decisions, the
Birmingham Water company desires now
to say to the people of Birmingham that
it believes it to be to the interest of the
people of Birmingham that all water
should be furnished upon a meter basis;
that It knows from experience that more
than a hundred thousand dollars a year
can be saved to the people of Birming
ham by a contract such as that embraced
in ordinance 97-C, and that it is willing
to make a fair and reasonable arrange
ment for the sale of water to the people
of Birmingham upon a meter basis when
ever tiie city administration is willing
to consider such a contract.
“Replying to Mr. Weatherly’s advice
that consumers of water should not pay
tiie bills rendered them, tiie Birmingham |
Water company desires to say, these bills
will be made out in accordance with the
decision just handed down by the circuit
court of Jefferson county, and in accord
ance with the decisions of the United
States district court, and of the United
States circuit courts of appeals. The
Birmingham Water company is rendering
its bills in accordance with its written
contiacts with tiie city of Birmingham,
and in accordance with tiie decisions of
the courts. Mr. Weatherly says we could
charge less. Will he or any other re
putable lawyer tell the people of Bir
mingham that the charges which we are
making are not in accordance with our
contracts or that they are not in accord
ance with the decisions of the courts,
or that they are not lawful and collecti
ble?
“To each consumer of water in the
city of Birmingham we would say we are
endeavoring to furnish you water of the
greatest possible purity. We are en
deavoring to give you the best possible
service. We are charging you in accord
ance with the decisions of the state and
federal courts. If the quality of our
water is satisfactory, if our bills are
made out in accordance with our written
contracts and in accordance with the de
cisions of the courts should you or not,
as a matter of common honesty and com
mon fairness, pay those bills? Is there
any less reason why you should pay your
water bills than your grocery bills? If
tiie water company has charged you in
accordance with its contract, are you
justified in refusing to pay your bill be
cause the water company could voluntar
ily have made it less? If the water com
pany has charged you in accordance with
the contracts made by tiie city authorities
and sustained by the courts, can its
charges be said to be wicked, arbitrary
or tyranical? Do the same principles of
good morals and common honesty apply
to cities which apply to individuals? If
the city has made valid contracts with
the water company, is it honorable or fair
or decent that it should refuse to live
up to them? Ts it honest or fair or
decent for an official of the city to ad
vise the people of Birmingham to refuse
to live up to the contracts made for them
by the city government? It may be good
politics for a member of the city govern
ment to advise 30,000 people In Birming
ham to refuse to pay their bills. Would
It be honest, would it be decent, would
It be square for the 30,000 consumers of
water to follow this advice? The Bir
mingham Water company has not sought
to put Mr. Weatherly or the city ad
ministration in a hole. The plain truth
is that Mr. Weatherly has assailed the
water company's contracts and has been
defeated. He has assailed its franchise
and been again defeated.
“Mr Weatherly now announces that
notiiing will satisfy him but the annul
ment of the franchise of the Birmingham
Waterworks company. He is unwilling
to consider any lair and amicable agree
ment fixing rates to oe charged by the
water company during the balance of its
contract. He advises the people of Bir
mingham and the city administration to
pursue a policy of virtual repudiation.
The Birmingham Waterworks company
believes Mr. Weatherly's language to be
intemperate, his position to be unwise,
ids advice to be unsound. Since nothing
will satisfy Mr. Weatherly except the
destruction of the franchise of the Bir
n Ingham Waterworks company, the water
company will endeavor, in an honorable
and dignified manner, to defend its con
tract rights in the courts of this state;
meanwhile we would say to our cus
tomers that the water which will be fur
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LATEST EQUIPMENT
FOR NEWEST TRAINS
L. & N. Will Reduce Time
Between New Orleans
and Cincinnati
The most elegantly equipped and the
fastest trains In the south will be pro
vided lor Birmingham by the manage
ment of the Louisville and Nashville
when the two new limited trains are
placed in service during the next few
months. The Louisville and Nashville of
ficials contemplate through trains from
Cincinnati to New Orleans, which will
not carry jany day coaches, and which
will be entirely vesttbuled. An extra
fare will be charged for passengers using 1
the trains that are to be placed on this
fall.
It is stated that the Louisville and
Nashville management cannot at this
time make any official statement as to
the new service. However, it is learned
In connection with the trains that the
service will pass through here about 9
o'clock at night for New Orleans and
north about 6 o’clock in the afternoon.
The new trains will be the last word
so far ub equipment Is concerned. They
are expected to carry drawing room
sleepers, a buffet club car, observation
cars and a dining car. In addition the
standard Pullmans will be used. The
equipment will be all steel.
The completion of the new double track
north of Birmingham will enable the
Louisville and Nashville to operate Its
trains at a very much faster schedule
and there will be made quick services
from New Orleans to the north. It Is
stated that plans are being worked out
to provide trains from Cincinnati to New
Orleans in less than 24 hours.
The local officials of the Louisville and
Nashville are awaiting information about
the trains with deep interest. They are
or the opinion that service will be provided
which will be of the very greatest value
to this community and will place the
Louisville and Nashville In a position to
cut deeply Into that business, which Is
said to be ready for that line, supplying
metropolitan service to travelers in this
community. It is stated that there Is a
strong possibility through the Louisville
and Nashville of local men getting serv
ice to New York for which they have been
clamoring for sometime back. It is the
opinion here that service to New York
from Birmingham is at present below
standard, and it is known that plans
have been under consideration for some
time to procure more adequate service to
the east. The Louisville and Nashville
through its close alliance with the Penn
sylvania linos at Cincinnati would make
such connections as to give the local
men the same service to the metrop
olis. Whether the Louisville and Nash
ville has under consideration traffic ar
rangements which will warrant any addi
tional eastern service other than it now
suplies is problematical.
The announcement sometime ago that
the Louisville and Nashville had plans
for two additional fast trains from Cin
cinnati to New Orleans created interest
in local railroad circles. It is stated
that other lines are watching the Louis
ville and Nashville developments with
eagerness, and it would not be very sur
prising to have announcements made
from other lines during the next few
weeks of additional service for the
travelers from this city and this sec
tion.
MILNER WRITES OF
NEED FOR CHARITY
(Continued from Page Five)
probably not half enough in many in
stances, but further Indebtedness on
our part was incurred as it was.
“Last year the Associated Charities
spent $27,000, of which $200 is still a
debt, in caring for 1600 cases, about
$10 per annum per case.
“To sum up: The Mulga-Palos mine
disaster meant a fund of $40,000 to re
lieve the necessities of 66 widows and
137 children, which relief extended over
a period of about four years, or $10,
000 a year for 203 Individuals as
against the Associated Charities' $17,
000 for 3448 souls. We are now ap
pealing to the board of revenue for an
immediate donation of $100 and an
appropriation of $700 a month.
“Our expenditures last month for
groceries, rent, etc., direct relief to
the families in our care, totaled $778.65.
For the past two years the average
for this purpose has ranged from $700
to $900 per month.
“Believing that the continuance of
this week is a public necessity we feel
confident that our appeal through the
board of revenue to the taxpayers of
Jefferson county will not be made in
vain. H. K. MILNER.
“President Associated Charities.
“July 8, 1914.“
Clarke Hearing Postponed
F. T. Clarke, charged with fraudu
lent use of the mails, was given a hearing
yesterday before Judge R. B. Watts,
United States commissioner, but the hear
ing was continued until next Tuesday,
owing to the absence of important wit
nesses. The charge against Clarke grew
out of certain advertisements that ap
peared in local papers in reference to a
collection agency.
nlshed you will be pure and wholesome.
We will do our best to serve you in a
satisfactory manner. Our employes will
be instructed to give courteous consider
ation to all complaints.
“The water company might be in a
pretty fix with 30,000 damage suits on its
hands at one time, but should such suits
be brought unless they are meritorious?
Should such suits be brought unless there
is a righteous cause of action? Should
such suits be brought unless judgment
can be obtained for the plaintiffs? And
while such litigation might embarrass
the water company, would such a bitterly
hostile demonstrati;>n on the part of this
c< mmunlty toward a corporation striv
ing to live up to its contracts and to obey
the decrees of the courts, reflect credit
on the city or be calculated to induce the
investment here of idditional capital?
"The wisely managed corporations of
this country have learned that they must
be fair, honorable and upright in their
dealings with the public. Is there not a
corresponding duty on the part of the
public? If the water company has been
guilty of such wilful disregard of its
public obligations as to justiiy the an
nulment of the contract of 1888 with the
city of Birmingham, and tf the public
welfare will benefit as the result of such
action, then the quo warranto suit should
be decided against he water company,
and it should be strippad of its franchise.
But it would appear manifest as a matter
of sound morals and common honesty
that a contract male in good faith be
tween the city and »he water company in
1888 should not now be assailed simply be
cause it is now thought that the rates
named in that contract were too high or
because it Is now bolLved to be desirable
for the city to operate its own water
plant. Purely the people of Birmingham
do not favor a repudiation of their just
obligations. Surely they will not favor
a policy of harrassing the water company
sc that it will place it* property upon
the bargain counter. Surely they will nol
become embittered toward the water com
pany because while willing to make any
reasonable rearrange n»nt of its contracts
to secure a friendly settlement of the
pending controversy it has the courage
to defend its rights in the courts of thf
•state.
"THE BIRMINGHAM WATERWORKS
COMPANY.
"By Percy, Benners & Burr, Their At
torneys."
DAVE ROTH FACES REAL
TEST AGAINST LOOKOUTS
Should Roth Show Again to Advantage, Barons Will Have De
cided Question—Mack Declares He Has Phenom In
Thompson—Coombs Will Return to Slab
By HKl'BIfiX A. LEWIS
Big dave ruth win face an
acid test in Chattanooga.
The Baronial pitching hope
displayed a vast umount of stuff
in Memphis Sunday against the
Turtles. Should he repeat in Chat
tanooga, the question of his return
to form should be solved, for it
would be difficult for any twlrler
to pitch twice within a short time
at top speed with a faulty pitching
arm. Roth is slated to oppose the
Lookouts tomorrow, although he
may be dispatched to the slab this
afternoon.
The Lookouts should not prove
an insurmountable obstacle to Bir
mingham s advance. Every pitcher
on the Lookout twirling corps has
been hit with consistency on late
appearances. Quarders. the south
paw, has been unable to pitch,
while Moose McCormick, a major
part of the offensive strength, is
unable to play.
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Strength was injected in the lowlj'
Naps yesterday when the mighty
Joseph Jackson resumed his position
in the outfield. The shoeless wonder
responded as usual with the ash, se
curing a hit and a run. Injuries have
been a great setback to Joe Birming
ham's hirelings. Doc Johnston, the
former Southern leaguer, Is now out
of the line-up suffering from a bat
tered knee, while Outfielder Graney is
beset with a more severe malady.
Cleveland’s first handicap, after the
various players jumped to the Fed
erals, was Chapman's disablement.
Then the various other injuries fell
among the Naps. As the result of
these whacks of 111 luck, Cleveland
has rested In a lowly position since
the opening of the season.
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The return of Pitcher Jack Coombs
has been forecast. The Athletic pitch
er, who has always proved a main
stay for Connie Mack has recovered
his old-time stamina and the club phy
sician declares he will pitch soon.
The success of Coombs means as much
to Philadelphia as Ed Walsh will
to the Chicago White Sox if lit* shows
as much stuff as he did on his last
appearance.
Manager Callahan of the Chicago
White Sox, stated that he was con
fident that Walsh was right again.
He said the big fellow has as much
as he ever had. With Walsh in trim,
the White Sox will prove difficult to
handle. Benz, Faber. Russell, Cicotte
and Walsh have a mighty formidable
appearance.
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Connie Mack believes he has un
covered the phenom of the season in
the American league. Shag Thomp
son, a collegian from the University
of North Carolina, is the touted youth.
Thompson is an outfielder tend a right
handed hitter. He was signed by the
Athletics last year. While the young
ster is still inexperienced, the crafty
Philadelphia director declares that he
will prove wonder.
Thompson is not a large man. He
weighs a few pounds over 150 pounds,
but is fast and a dangerous hitter.
It Is seldom that Mack raves over a
recruit, but he has soared in ecstacy
over Thompson, saying he has as
much natural ability as any youngster
he ever viewed. He is just 20 years
old.
THE AUSTIN CLUB DROPS
TWENTY-SIX STRAIGHT GAMES
San Antonio, Tex., July 8.—By losing its twenty-sixth consecutive game
here today, the Austin club of the Texas league tied the record for
straight games lost in professional baseball, made by Louisville of the Amer
ican Association in 1889. Today's game was lost in the thirteenth inning
6 to 6.
1901 Arrests In June—$10,
211 Worth of Stolen
Property Recovered
Showing 10 arrests for murder the
report of the polioe department for the
month of June was made public last
night. The report also showed that
$10,211.10 worth of stolen property was
recovered.
The total arrests for the month, ac
cording to tho report, was 1901, and
the total fines collected in the record
er's court amounted to $5855. As the
Birmingham force now numbers about
125 men each officer made on the av- ,
erage 15 arrests for the month.
The buying of two Ford automobiles
has proved a bonanza for the police de
partment as two plain clothes men can
go out at night and in a few hours
fill the jail with vagrants which nets
the city treasury several hundred dol
lars in fines the next morning. It is
stated that one of the automobiles has
already been paid for in that manner.
A summary of the monthly police re
port follows:
Total arrests for recorders’ courts,
1673; delivered to county authorities,
194; fugitives from Justice, 12; deliv
ered to juvenile court, 12; delivered to
welfare department, 7; delivered to fed
eral authorities, 2; sent to asylum at
Tuscaloosa, 1; total arrests. 1901.
White males, 824; white females, 101;
colored males, 723; colored females, 253;
total arrests, 1901.
Fines and costs collected, recorder’s
court No. 1, $4874; recorder’s court No.
2 (Ensley), $981; total fines and costs,
$5855.
Value of stolen property recovered
and restored to owners, $10,211.10.
International League
At Toronto: Toronto 3, Montreal 2.
At Rochester: Rochester 2, Buffalo 3. ;
At Jersey City: Jersey City 3, Provi- j
denoe 6.
At Baltimore: Baltimore 0, Newark 1 I
BY CORONER’S JURYs
Verdict of Unlawful Homi
cide Returned In Cow
art Killing
H or hours yesterday morning an)
afternoon six business men sat In the
sultry gloom of Coroner Charles L.
Spain s office at the courthouse and
patiently listened to the contradictory
testimony of fourteen witnesses in the
inquest over the remains of Georg
Cowart, known as "Country,” a barber
who was shot and killed last Monday
afternoon at 2321 Fifth avenue, north,
the residence of William M. Hall, a
musician. As the last witness, a negro,
finished at about 6:10 o’clock last night
the jury immediately rendered the fol
lowing verdict:
"The State of Alabama, Jefferson coun
ty. Charles L. Spain, coroner, coron
er’s court.
"Verdict of coroner’s jury, composed
of J. H. Abercrombie, A. Reeves. W.
V. M. Robertson. L. A. Whitehead. G
F. Chambers, and Tony Schillici, in the
inquest over the remains of Georg.*
Cowart, known as ‘County,’ held at Bir
mingham. Ala., July 8th. 1911. We.
the jury, duly Impaneled by the coroner
of Jefferson county, on. to-wit: the 8th
day of July, 1914. to itiquire into the
cause of the death of George Cowart,
known as ‘Country,’ and having dili
gently investigated said cause, taking
all the testimony obtainable, we agre •
that the deceased came to his death by
a gunshot wound in the head, the same
being an unlawful homicide at the
hands of William M. Hall, and against
the peace and dignity of the state of
Alabama.”
The inquest began at 9:30 o'clock
yesterday morning and the jury was
quickly sworn in and impaneled. Then
all the witnesses were called in the
small room and also sworn and told not
to discuss the case among themselves.
Then the business proper of the day
began. Incidentally, the governor's sten
ographer was not present nor was as
sistant from the solicitors office.
Coroner Spain, prompted by Detectives
Goldstein and Brannom, conducted the
examination of the witnesses with few
interruptions from the jury.
Little that was new in the case was
brought out by the testimony of the
witnesses. The principal points upon
which they differed was why Hall and
Cowart were left alone and the actions
of the former after the shooting. Hall
has already been transferred to the
county jail and will be held there pend
ing a preliminary hearing.
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GAMES TODAY IN
LOCAL LEAGUES
The baseball teams in the Commer
cial and Greater Birmingham leagues
will swing into action again this after
noon. The games today will be the sec
ond of the season for the teams in the
Commercial league, while for those in
the Greater Birmingham organization
they will be the initial ones of the
summer.
Double-headers are scheduled for all
of the teams in the Commercial leacu*
Today'8 schedule In the Greater oir
mlngham lague follows:
Outlaws at Pep-to-Lac.
Burke at Osceola.
Postoffice at Beckham.
TEXAS LEAGUE
At Beaumont: Beaumont 4, Houston 2
At Dallas: Dallas «, Waco 17.
At San Antonio San Antonio 2. Gal
veston 5.
At Kt. Worth: Ft Worth 6, Austin
B. (13 Innings.)
r o the Me Who Love to
See Fair and Honest Sports
We ask you to wait for the decision of the
Chairman of the Competition Committee of the
F. A. M. against the exclusive instructions of
Referee Mitchell to a certain number of riders
and see who really did win the Ledger Trophies
of July 4th and 5th.
I We are not in business to sling mud or use
deceptive advertising; but we do intend to
protect ourselves against unfairness.
*
No one has received a prize or trophy, and
will not until the F. A. M. decides.
But still bear in mind we had the largest
percentage of perfect scores, July 4th and 5th.
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W. F. Specht, Jr., Distributer
Harley-David son Motorcycles
1714 Third Avenue Birmingham