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First National Bank
of Birmingham
Capital and Surplus Three Million
Dollars
Four Per Cent Interest, Compound
sd Quarterly, on Savings Deposits
WATER CONFERENCE
WILLiUTODAY
Generally Believed the Com
mission and Company Will
Reach An Agreement
At the city hall this morning will occur
the conference scheduled between officials
of the Birmingham Waterworks company,
President A. M. Lynn, Superintendent H.
H. Horner, Counsel Walker Percy and
probably others and members of the city
commission over the details of the water
company’s proposed settlement of water
rates ami municipal ownership of water
works.
There appears to be every indication
that the two parties will come to an ami
cable agreement, and that the water con
troversy that has stirred Birmingham
at very frequent intervals for the past
several years will be settled. The propo
sition of the water company has been
printed in The Age-Herald, in brief, pro
viding for about a 25 per cent reduction in
water rates and for the purchase by the
city ot the plant of the waterworks com
pany. Modifications as to the time and
method of this purchase will probably be
made at the conference today, upon which
it is generally understood the success or
failure of the negotiations depend.
Acceptance of the water company’s prop
osition provides that existing suits brought
by the city against the water company
on various grounds be adjusted out of
court.
GIVE SO UT I)A TA O N
DISTRICT SCHOOLS
In view of the recent discussion at
Montgomery regarding Alabama's district
agricultural schools, the following Infor
mation Is given out by President H. O.
Sargent of the Sixth Distriot school at
Hamilton, regarding the work of this In
stitution from 1897 to 1915. The data is as
follows:
"3174 High school students (seventh
grade Included) have been enrolled.
"2290 of these have been boarding stu
dents.
"2880 of the enrollment have been from
the farm.
"J57 bave graduated.
"45 of the graduates have attended Au
burn.
"42 have attended other institutions.
"30 of the graduates are teaching In
agricultural schools, principals of county
high schools and instructors in higher
Institutions of learning.
"The following counties and states have
been represented: Marlon, Franklin, Col
bert, Fayygtc, Walker, Tuscaloosa, La
mar, Pickens, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Ran
dolph, Chilton, Calhoun, DeKalb, Law
rence, Morgan, Macon; Mississippi, Ten
nessee, Texas, Georgia, Oklahoma and
Connecticut.
"The average cost of the school to the
state of Alabama has been less than 9
cents per pupil per day. (The cost of the
public school system for the year 1913-14,
white and colored, was 8 cents per pupil
per day.)
"The enrollment for this year is 258; out
Of this number 174 are boarding students."
INSPECTOR JAMES
SLOWLY RECOVERING
Dr. Charles Whelan, who is attend
ing C. W. James, the city health in
spector, who is lying dangerously
wounded at Robinson's infirmary,
stated last night that unless undue
complications set in, Mr. James would
recover. James has shown great re
cuperative powers following the oper
ation Friday afternoon for the bullet
wound in his abdomen.
Inspector James was shot and seri
ously wounded Friday morning by Wil
liam M. Davis, a street car mOtorman.
at 1115 Third avenue, north. Davis is
now a prisoner in the city Jail jn a
charge of assault with Intent to mur
der. iii;
According to a statement purporting
to be an ante-mortem statement by
Mr. James at Robinson's Infirmary Fri
day afternoon, the shooting was tho re
sult of mistaken identity. j
Capital and Surplus $1,150,000.00 .
Birmingham Trust & Savings Co.
Capital $500,000.00 Surplus (Earned) $650,000.00
MEASURE YOUR MONEY
By what it will earn rather than by what it will buy.
When you give thought to the earning power of your
money, the value of a savings account will force itself
upon you.
OPEN THE ACCOUNT TODAY
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TOM O. BM1TH, V.-Preeideot a t>. COTTON. QmMm
W. H. MANLY, OMbter 1 W. FINCH. A—I Cashier
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THE CROP CAMPAIGN
WORKERS ARRIVE IN
'BIRMINGHAM IODAV
Governor Henderson Will
Attend Alabama Products
Dinner February 3
COMMITTEES TO MEET
AT LUNCHEON TODAY
Plans Now Being Made For the Big
“Alabama Products” Dinner
To Be Held at the Tutwiler
February 3
_
Arriving a week earlier than they
weje expected, the men of the Inter
national Harvester company's agricul
tural department will reach Birming
ham today at noon for the crop diver
sification campaign over the state that
starts here on Wednesday of next
week. These men are coming from
Texas, after taking part in a cam
paign in that state.
The party is headed by P. G. Holden,
the noted farming man, who has been
called "the corn wisard of Iowa.” Ho
is the man who began the testing of
seed corn in Iowa that eventually led
to that state becoming one of the
great corn sections of the world. In
later years most of his work has been
devoted to increasing tho spread of
alfalfa and in bringing about diver
sified farming not only in the south
but in the northwest, where wheat is
the big crop.
Others In Party
In the party also are C. W. Farr, a
special agricultural school malt; A. E.
Chamberlain, live stock authority; J.
E. Waggoner, J. F. Hudson, John A.
Bliss, R. A. Hayne, C. M. Carroll, Hen
ry Dewing, I.indsey Reese, Edgar
Green, J. M. Browning, C. C. Kirkpat
rick, J. E. Wooten, B. Angle and W. E.
D. Rummel. Some of these men owu
large diversified farms with hogs, cat
tle and poultry. All of them will take
part in the campaign in Alabama.
There will be a special meeting of
the general campaign committees at
noon today at the Tutwiler. Every day
this week there will be committee
meetings to arrange the details of tho
work. Reports from the counties in
dicate that the campaign will prob
ably last for a month or more. The
advance work in several counties has
been finished and this week the ad
vance guard will cover eight or ten
more counties. Two crews of 15 farm
ing men each will go out over two
routes in northern Alabama next week
after the campaign through Jefferson
county on Wednesday,' February 2.
Preparing For Dinner
Secretary w. C. Radeliffe of the cham
ber stated last night that word had been
received from Gov. Charles Henderson
stating that he would accept gladly the
Invitation to be present at the "Alabama
Products” dinner at the Tutwiler a week
from Wednesday night at which the Ala
bama crop diversification campaign will
be launched formally. Prominent farm
ers, bankers and business men from every
section of the state are planning to come
to this dinner, which will be open to
every man who is Interested in crop di
versification. No invitations are being is
sued; all that will be necessary will be
for any person desiring to come to so in
form Secretary Radeliffe so that the
proper reservations may be made. It is
expected it will be the largest dinner of
its kind ever given in the south. The
cost per piate will be *1. This will be the
final grand rally meeting to launch the
campaign. Speeches will be made by
prominent men in all lines of endeavor.
The governor of Arkansas, the mayor of
Little Rock and the governor of Tennes
see are expected to be present.
W. P. Redd, chairman of the gen
eral committee; Hill Ferguson, chair
man of the finance committee; Joe H.
Simpson, chairman of tho publicity
committee; former Gov. W. D. Jelks,
chairman of the marketing committee,
and the other leaders In the work ex
pect the Alabama campaign to exceed
in extent the one held in Arkansas.
W. R. Baughman, at campaign head
quarters, said last night that the boys
of the county would have until Tues
day morning to send in their ears of
corn for the germination tests. Tha
boys sending In the best ears, as shown
by germination, will receive |2, ya
and yi, respectively.
Will Improve Hotel
Carrying out tho plan of remodel
ing and renovating the Birmingham
hotel, the hotel company has awarded
a contract to W. F. Kelly, the Southside
plumber, to Install running water, hot
and cold, In all the rooms of the hotel.
The bathrooms will be installed with
new tubs and lavatories and all on the
most modern and up-to-date lines. The
improvements are being made under the
direction of D. O. Whllldin, architect.
CROP DIVERSIFICATION |
Photograph of a Mississippi farm on w hich diversification tin is non
being advocated in Alabama is prcticed. The crops of this farm are
mostly fed into live stock which are easily and profitably marketed to
the financial benefit of the farmer and the enrichment of the soil of
his fields.
NE W ORLE ANS SUG AR M AKERS
GET INTO THE BIRMINGHAM
MARKET WITH FUEL ORDERS
!
One of the best indications of improved
business conditions is the announcement
made yesterday that the American Sugar
refinery in New Orleans will-resume op
erations February 1, and will consequent
ly be in the market here lor a very large
tonnage of coal and coke.
It is stated that after a shut down of
four months the company has made bids
for sugar orders at New York prices to
be refined at New Orleans. The company
operates the largest sugar refinery in the
world at New Orleans, and buys a very
larg« amount of coke in Birmingham, as J
well as coal.
it was staled yesterday by one ol the in
dustrial leaders that the company hu«l
already made its coal contract here, but
that the coko purchases had not been
made. It is generally reported that the
Pratt Consolidated Coal company will sell
the American Sugar refineries all of Its
coal. The company is one of the best ciiV
tomers of this district. Its western plunts
buy coke in Birmingham and pay a prem
ium for it, the shipnn nts going as far
| west as Oakland, where the Pacific coast
I plant is located.
TODAY ENDS OCTAVE
OF SPECIAL PRAYERS
Church Unity Devotions at St, Paul’s
Well Attended—One More Service
at Noon Today
In this Catholic diocese today com
pletes the octave of prayer for the
union of churches, ordered by the lit.
Rev. E. P. Alien, bishop of Mobile.
At St. Paul's church Hhoi't services
for unity among Christians, in fom
pliance with the bishop s instructions,
were held last week daily at noon and
the Rev. Father Coyle announced yes
terday at high mass that the attend
ance had been large, which was most
gratifying to him; and he hopeB to see
a very large attendance! at the closing
service at noon today.
Father Coyle's sermon was on the
church unity devotion. He gave an in
teresting account of the origin of the
movement and its progress, it was in
augtirated, he said, seven years ago by
the Rev. Spencer Jones, a minister of
the Church of England and tlia: now
the devotion was praticed by very many
Catholics, not alone by English speak
ing Catholics, but by Catholics of many
tongues all over the world.
In speaking of some of the results of
the unity devotion already realized
Father Coyle told of several Anglican
religious communities or orders that
had recently been received Into the
Roman church. In October, 1909, the en
tire society of the Atonement, friurs
and sisters, were admitted. In 1913 two
communities of Anglican Benedictines
entered the Roman church in a body.
The Anglican nuns of St. Brldo's ab
bey and members of the order of the
Holy Savior, who had been received,
were mentioned also as among the
fruits of the unity movement.
In the liturgical churches next Sun
day will be known as Septuagesima,
which marks the approach of Lent.
ORCHESTRATO HOLD
REHEARSAL SUNDAY
At a meeting of the Birmingham Or
chestral association held yesterday aft
ernoon, organization was formally :om
pleted and by-laws were adopted. The
association which will consist of about
40 musicians will hold regular rehear
sals on Sunday afternoons, the first be
ing next Sunday at 3 o'clock at Musi
cian's hall. Rienzl Thomas 1b tho di
rector.
Hit By Street Car
H. E. Parker, 1331 Sarah avenue,
while walking along the street car
track, was knocked down by a South
Ensley car going west at Lancaster
itatlon about 6:30 o'clock last night.
Examination at the Infirmary, where
Parker was removed In Shaw’s am
bulance, showed that the victim has
lulfered a broken left arm and num
erous bruises about the head and body.
Negro Women Dead
A negro woman named Rosa Fanncy
was found dead In her shack at Wood
ward ore mines In the western part of
:he county yesterday afternoon. The
eft hand was burned to a crisp, but
;he clothes or the rest of the body was
untouched by the Are. The cause of
leath is under Investigation.
Cuta Wife’s Throat
Mary Whitley, negro woman, had her
throat cut by her husband yesterday
afternoon at the Qraymont fire sta
tion. The husband escaped.
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MR. ATTWOOD’S VISIT
Famoim Pythian Will Deliver Lecture
I * to the Public at Cable Hall
Tonight
An event of more than usual inter
est to the local Knights of Pythias
| and their friends is the visit of Ured
j crick »S.. Attwood, thrice grand ctian
cefior of Minnesota and official a c
turer of the supreme lodge of ”ylh
ians, who is totally blind.
Mr. Attwood is one of the nolablt
figures in national Pythian circles. A
deop student of fraternal history, u
finished and dramatic orator, a gen
tleman of culture and high literary
attainments, he is known wherever
Pythianlsm has extended. He comes to
Birmingham under the auspices of the
committee on Pythian education of the
supreme lodge, of which Hernian M.
Beck of Birmingham is chairman, an
honor, by the way, among the highest
in the gift of tlie supreme chancellor.
He will deliver his now fa mouse lec
ture, “Fraternalism and Pyt.iian
Knighthood,” tonight at the Cable ball,
which includes the dramatic story of
Damon and Pythias. The lecture Is
free and open to the public; in tact,
Mr. Attwood’s mission is in part t«»
present the principles of Pythianmm to
the public.
Mr. Attwood will arrive in Birming
ham today at 12HO from Montgomery,
where he lectured Sunday night. He
will be received by a special commit
tee of prominent Pythlans and will be
dined at the Tutwiler as the guert of
the committee. Among those who will
meet Mr. Attwood are Herman M. Beck,
Alec C. Garber, Herbert J* Cobbs, JJ.
W. C. Yarbrough, B. J-). Meaders, C. G.
Bandman, Frank E. Spain, Henry F.
Beaumont, I. Eoewenthal and others.
Herman Beck, who is a personal
friend of Mr. Attwood and who has
heard him lecture, states that ne is
possessed of a magnetic personality
and fine presence, and that his lecture
is considered by all who have heard
it a classic. Mr. Beck is desirous of
having the general public hear the lec
ture which will commence at 8 o'clock.
Back&che?
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ness and stiffness leaves.
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vigorously after a few applica
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JITNEY AUTOS ARE
Birmingham Now Has Prob
ably Fifty in Service on
Various Streets
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BOYD DRAWING UP
NEW REGULATIONS
Question Is Being Asked in Many
Cities, “What Will Be Effect on
Trolley Lines of the New
Sen'ice?”
What may appear to be a rather*
insignificant ordinance has been un
dergoing the process of formation in
the office of City Attorney Komaino
Boyd during the past week and in all
probability will he adopted by th ■ city
commission at the meeting tomorrow
afternoon. There is nothing exception
al about the provisions of the ordi
nance. It merely stipulates very rea
sonable regulation of the "Jitney auto
lines" which in the past few weeks
have sprung up throughout the city.
The subject of the ordinance, how
ever. has been the cause of consider- j
able amount of discussion not only in
Birmingham hut throughout the «oun
try in the past few months, the ques
tion at issue generally being: "What
is the effect on trolley car operations
going to he from the operation ol the
jitne> automobile?"
Many Cars Operating Here
In Birmingham already it is esti
mated there are no less than 10 f,r 12
different individuals or eofhpanies en
gaged in operating automobiles for the
purpose of carrying passengers i<» and
from the residence districts and the
number, of cars in service would prob
ably reach near a half hundred. Lines
are in operation on schedules ranging
from four to ten minutes between the
business section and nearly all id the*
suburbs, the fare being a nickel each
way. No doubt thousands of passengers
are carried already in Birmingham ev
ery day by these 5-cent taxicabs or
"jitney autos," as they are mote fa
miliarly known jitney being in many
localities a slang name for a 5-cent
coin. The effect, it is said, is hound
to he felt by the street car companies,
to what extent remains to be seen, for
officials of the trolley cur concerns yet
maintain the automobiles are doing
them no harm.
The successful operation of the v or
wood bus line with a specially made
automobile bus demonstrates thaf. that
sort of enterprise without doubt has .1
big future. It was admitted at .list
that this line was not expected to make
a profit hut was placed in operation
by a real estate company merely for
accommodation of a section which had
no street car service. The busses, now
ever, it is stated, have proved highly
efficient and successful from a hiian
cial standpoint and many opinions nave
been expressed to the effect that the
day of the electric trolley car is fast
passing.
Originated on Pacific Coast
The jitney auto, it appears, origin
ated on the Pacific coast but n few
months ago, in Bos Angeles, San. 1* ran
cisco and neighboring cities. It spread
rapidly and now is in use in cities in
all parts of the country. Following is a
news story which appeared in the Chi
cago Tribune of recent date:
"San Francisco, January 20.—How se
riously the advent of the ’jitney auto'
threatens to affect street railroad com
panies in Pacific coast cities in 1915 is
shown In estimates compiled here. The
jitney men report their minimum av
erage receipts at $1 an hour for un
eight-hour day. • ■
"In the four most populous centers1
on the coast—the Han Francisco bay
cities, Bos Angeles, Portland and He - (
attic—the number of cars now in op
eration is 2375 and their minimum
daily receipts figured on this basis, ag
gregates $19,000.
"At tills rate the jitney cars would
take from the traction companies in
a year $6,935,000 if operated in their
present numbers. But the business Is
only in its infancy.
"In San Francisco the number of
cars has doubled in the last week and
an organizer of the jitney men Ins as
sured officials of the Panama-Pacific
exposition that there will be 2000 cars
to handle exposition crowds on the
opening day, February 20. The inva
sion lias just reached Portland, which
now has only 75 jitney cars.
Kansas City Aulu Line
"Kansas City, Mo., January 20.—Sev
enteen motor cars, several of which
were driven by their owners, entered
into competition today with street cars
in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City,
Kan., hauling passengers for a fare of
5 cents. The cars ran from nil parts
of the city to a central station in the
downtown district. One of the ears
was driven by a woman. The motor cat
owners declare they are in the trans
portation business to stay. Most of
them reported a heavy day's business.
Hits Des Moines
"Des Moines, January 20.—Following
the failure of the city and the street
car company to agree on a franchise
the movement to establish ‘Jitney’ bus
lines Is growing. Already one is In
operation here and more are expected.
If the street car company does not get
i franchise by March it must vacate
the streets by order of the supieme
:ourt."
Following are dispatches appearing In
he Chicago Dally News, under date of
lanuary 22, the Chicago newspaper’s ln
isrest arising from the fact that a move
sent Is on foot there for the city to In
vest $2,000,000 in municipal owned "Jitney
luto lines."
$1000 In Daily Fares
Houston, Tex., January 27.—It is estl
nuted that the 6-cent fare automobile In
Houston, known as the "Jitneys" are tak
ng $1000 a day from the street railway
iompaqy. The system was put in oper
itlou about six weeks ago with 12 cars.
It proved popular and the number of
‘jitneys" now In operation Is about 200.
The "jitney" car owners’ association of
Houston operates under no franchise at
ill, each owner merely paying tl license
fee and fltliy; a $100 bond to comply with
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•city ordinance*, which do not cover per-'
sonai injuries. It is a free-for-all business!
and everyone seems to he entering it
Barring an unusual number of accidents,
tlie service seems satisfactory. The may
or has written to other cities with the
view of adopting some method of regula
tion.
Kun On Schedule*
New York. January 22.—A passenger
tarrying automobile bus service has been
in operation In New York for about seven
years. The company operate* under an
almost exclusive franchise and thus far
lias been able to prevent competition In
the shopping, theatre and residential dis
tricts of Fifth avenue, Broadway and
Riverside Drive. Futile attempts have
been made on two or three occasions to
establish u competing line, one company
offering a o-cent fare for a compara
tively long ride, but the franchise was
denied h.v the local authorities.
The tariff is in -cents for a ride from
lower Broadway to Grant’s tomb and the
service is .satisfactory. The busses are
clean and speedy and are run almost on
n street car schedule, in good weather
the score of seats on top are well pat
ronized, particularly in the evening. Dur
ing the winter a similar number of pas
sengers travel in comfort downstairs.
Average S7 a Day
Fort Worth. Tex., Junmtrx 22. -On hun
dred and forty-two automobiles are oper
ating in “jitney” service here in compe
tition with the street car company. All
have started since the auto transit com
pany was formed about 10 days ago. The
transit company operates 20 ears. The
others are operated by individuals. There
are no license or tax restrictions i. s yet,
uk the service is new and lias developed
so rapidly that (lie city is at a loss as
to how to regulate it. The service is
profitable, individuals with a single car
averaging about $7 a day net. The street
<ar company is losing approximately S4«K>
daily. The service in Its limited dis
tricts is satisfactory, but does not go
the distances street ear lines do or oper
ate-on unpaved streets. Movements for
license fee*, taxutlon and other regula
tory features are under wnv. At present
the service is open to everyone.
Jitneys In Seattle
Seattle, Wash., January _2.--No longer
are Seattle citizens dependent upon the
service rendered by the street railway
company, for during the last four weeks
there has sprung tip an automobile serv
ice which now parallels all of the street
car lines and Is running in u- tlve com*
| petition with t he transportation company.
There are now more than 500 of these
i automobiles in service. The fare is
cents and the autos make the trips in
half the time taken hr the street ears.
So popular arc the autos that there is
room for all to sit on the street, cars
even during the rush hours. In addition
the "jitney" busses maintain a service
throughout the night, charging 10 cents
after midnight. Till* is appreciated in
Seattle, where only three of the 45 street
car line* run owl cars.
JANUARY CAPITAL
DOCKET SET TODAY
The first capital dm ki*t for the Janu i
ary term is set for tills week In the
first division of the criminal court and
includes several noted cases. Juries for
the week will be organized this morning
by Judge W. F. Fort, after which he
will sound the docket and set the date
of trial of the cases during the week.
In the second division a misdemeanor
docket is set which will he taken up l>v
Judge If. I*. Heflin. Judge Heflin will
a8s 1st in tin* trial of tlie capital cases
on the completion of tlie second dlvlslo i
docket for eacli day.
The first cages docketed are those of
Tom Webb, white, and Tuck Cain and
Lonnie Webb, who were indicted for the
murder of J. W. Alexander, the North
side merchant, who was assassinated In
his store several months ago. The cases
on the capital docket are;
Turk Gain, murder; Lonnie Webb,
murder: Tom Webb murder; William
Hall, murder; John McCain, murder;
Will Doby, robbery; Jean Hunks and
Nathaniel Baum, robbery; Krman Wil
liams, alias, murder; Jim Keith and Will
Jones, robbery; Ned Loll is, murder; Abe
Wilson, murder; Jim Smith, crimnal as
sault; Lorena Nance, murder; Pearl Hes
ter, alias, murder; Euless Homer, alias,
murder.
AMUSEMENTS
At The Lyric
With Bessie Wynn, the lady dainty, as
th3 headlfher, and Florence Tempest, "Our
American Boy,” as the added attraction,
the Lyric is well fortified this week with
features of the feminine sex. Britt Wood,
un old favorite; Flanagan and Edwards in
“Off and On;” the skating bear, the five
Yoscarya, great acrobats, and Hearn and
Eley complete the week's bill.
# - At The Majestic
Commending at 12 noon and running
continuously until 10 p. m., the Majestic
will offer Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day, “The Other Woman,” a stirring
three-reel, feature drama; “The Burglar
and the Mouse," a one-reel comedy;
"What's In a Name?" a one-reel Him, end
the Pathe Animated cartoons, a one-reel
comedy feature. For the last half of the
week the Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem,
“The Price Ble Paid.” will be offered In
live reels.
PERSONAL
Frederick W. Rockwell, vice president
of the United Hotels company, and O.
M. Johnson, secretary of that company,
are expected here during the next few
days on a tour of Inspection. They will
be here several daya, It Is reported.
J. M. Culp, vice president of the
Southern railway, wus here yesterday
en route to Washington. Mr. Culp visited
relatives and left yesterday afternoon
for the east.
Mrs. R. P. Yeatman of Marlon Is visit
ing her son, Maj. John T. Yeatman, ut
1015 Crescent avenue. •
HONK OKPICK
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.
Thi» Company has Ju»t had its
annual audit by Actuary 11,111
dav of tha Alabama Insurance De
partment. The report shows
gratifying Increases for another
year.
Assets Increased Olr\
In l»M. MA* /0
Reserves Increased
i. taw.*>Uyo
Surplus Increased
In 1914. JO
The Assets, Reserves and Sur
plus of the Company, taking eaek
Item, have more thaa doubled lu
three years.
A Money-Making
Company
OFFICERS
Win. D. .folks, Pres.
Richard W. Massey. Vice-Prss.
Clarence J. Palmer, Secy.
\V. \V. Crawford, Tress.
W. G. Harrison. Med. Director
Cabanlss & Bowie, A ttys.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
.1. C. Maben. G. R. Harsh. J. H.
Wilson. Frank Nelson. Win. A.
Davis, .fno. h. Kaul, Chas. Hen
derson. It. A. Mitchell. Robt.
Jemison, Sr., M. M. Baldwin.
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RUSSIAN STAMPS TO
HELP WAR VICTIMS |
Revenues From New Stamp 1
Will Go To Orphans and
Widows
The Age-Herald yesterday received
from the Imperial Russian Patriotic
society at Petrograd specimens of the
new patriotic postage stamps which
may prove of interest to stamp collect
ors. The new stamps are issued by the
government and one copek more la t
charged for them than for the regular
Issues.
The extra copek will go to the fund
for orphans and widows of soldiers who
have fallen on the battlefields.
The stamps are more than twice as
large as the ordinary United States
stamps and the designs are appropriate
to tin* cause in which they are issued.
Specimens sent to The Age-HerAld in
clude denominations of 1, 3, 4, 7, 8 and
11 kopeks. The letter is dated Pet
rograd, December 28, which would he
two weeks later, according to our cal
endar and reads ns follows:
"To the Kdltor Age-Herald, Birmmg- ,
hum, Ala.:
"Dear Sir—The Imperial Russian Pa
triotic society, wishing to gratify the
urgent need of help to the families
of the valiant soldiers who were killed
on the battlefield.has obtained a tem
porary Issue of patriotic postage
stamps, samples of which are attached
and which aro much larger and differ
in design to the regular issues of 1, 3. *
7 and 10 copek stamps.
"These patriotic postage stamps can
be used for every purpose of the or
dinary postage stamps, namely. In car
rying parcels, papers, letters and cor- I
respondence of every description. Pa
triotic stamps aro offered to all pur
chasers of stamps in all postoffices al
an Increase of one copek to the usual
cost of an^ ordinary postage stamp. The J
Increased revenue thus derived will be Jj
used to clothe, feed and educate the H
orphans and families of the soldiers v
W’ho are fallen on the battlefield while
protecting their home and country.
"In view of the w'orthy cause of this
issue and in order to acquaint the
public with this new* method of help
ing the families and orphans of our
heroes we kindly request the editor of
The Age-Herald to publish our meth
ods in the columns of your valued
Journal.
"Those interested in such stamps can
get them from the Petrograd postoffice,
or from the patriotic stamps office, 2D
Catherine Canal, Petrograd. In this
movement we sincerely hope we Lball
And you sympathetic and thanking you
in advance, we are, respectfully yours,
"Director*.*
(The two signatures are apparently
in Russian.)
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In Use For Over SO Yeses
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