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MR. NEEDITNOW SUPPLIED
BY THE SWAPPERS’ COLUMN
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TO TESTIFY TODAY ON
[ACT DEFALCATION
| O’Neal Will Again Go Be
| fore Legislature's Investi
gating Committee
Governor O’Neal this afternoon at 12;3fl
o’clock will go before the legislature's
investigating committee, which will be
sitting in executive session. He will tell
the.1 committee of bis opinion regarding
the Lacy defalcation.
It is known that the governor will tell
the committee that in his opinion the de
falcation was the result of a conspiracy,
and that Lacy was the 'tool" of men who
are alleged to have controlled him.
The governor’s testimony will never be
made public, but the committee believes
that he will furnish a clew which, when
followed assiduously, will result in the
clearing up of the mystery surrounding
the notorious scandal of the convict de
partment.
!r—-i
Lovers of good and fashionable
clothes will be interested in
Our Double-page Ad
i in today’s
Saturday Evening Post
Read It
Hart Schaffner & Marx
per
M. WEIL & BRO.
1915-17 First Avenue
The Birmingham Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothes
t - - ,
Mr. Needltnow yesterday wanted to
make another swap and readers of The
Age-Herald Swappers’ Column were
asked to make suggestions. The correct
answer was a "pair of pliers,” and the
first one to send this suggestion to th«
swap editor was Tunstall Perry, 2137 Six
teenth avenue, south, and he accordingly
gets the dollar.
To show the widespread interest in the
swappers* needs, here are some of the
suggestions sent In yesterday:
Mrs. J. \v. Bryan, 1230 North Twenty
fourth street, pump; Mrs. Wilkes, 1230
North Twenty-fourth street, casing; Mr.
Oulce Bryan. 1230 North Twenty-fourth
street, tools; Mrs. Johns, 1230 North Twen
ty-flcourth street, some help; David W.
Had. Jr.. 210 Eubank street, pump; S. P. I
West. 147 Fifty-first street, pump; Mike
Grafl’o, 3200 North Twenty-fourth street,
pump; Mary Bell Cooley, 210 Eubank i
street, tools; Sara Wood, 2809 Highland I
a\rnue, pump; o. D. Williams, 805 Seven- |
teenth street, pump; Marshall Wood, 2809
Highland avenue, new tire; Bob Harris,
1832 Eleventh avenue, south, biow out
patch; Nellie Blackburn, 2122 Avenue I,
Ensley, pump; Ernest Blackburn, 2122
Avenue I, Ensley. valve; A. G. Dona ho o,
1209 North Twenty-fifth street, pump;
Cullen Lackey. 3810 Sixth avenue, new
tire; J. C. Parker. 320 Thomas street,
pump; Graham Willoughby. GOO North
Twenty-fifth street, pump; Raymond Ar
nott, 1827 Louise avenue, new' tire; Robert
Montgomery. 1324 North Thirty-first
street, pump: Henry D. Stollenwerk, 123L
North Twenty-fifth street, pump; Kermet
Johnson, 2404 Eighteenth avenue, north,
pump; J. A. Hale, 1308 Warsaw street,
blow cut patch; M. B. Turby, 1812 Eighth
avenue, north, jack; Mrs. M. B. Turby,
1812 Eighth avenue, top; Mattie Rutledge,
2148 First avenue, pump; Francis Norton.
91G South Eighteenth street, new casing;
Haven Condray, 1424 Whitaker street, new*
the; Virginia Parrish, 915 South Flfteentn
slieet, pump; R. V. Reason, 1705 Peter
street, jack; Emanuel Sims, 1810 Avenue
G. Ensley, tire; Thomas Boardman, 1043
Cakiwell Terrace, air: W. C. Carwell, 1700
Tnird avenue, blow out plug; P. C. Kidd,
1209 Twenty-fifth street, Jack; Dr. Fred
Ford, 1129 North Lawn street, jack; Henry
Turner, 725 Russell avenue, jack; Calvin
Stollenwerk, 1231 North Twenty-fifth
street, new tire; Newsome Knowiton, 1318
Huntsville avenue, casing; Griffith Irwin,
1609 Eleventh avenue, south, jack; J. C.
Rarsey, 1806 Tenth avenue, south, jack;
F. D. Parker, 1200 South Fifteenth street,
air; G. G. Holmes, 1122 Thirty-first street,
caring; Johnny Cole, 812 North Twentieth
street, pump; John Gibbons, 4132 Fifth
avenue, south, pump; E. J. Stringfellow,
Avondale fire department, valve stem;
Jack Laffeter, 1230 North Thirty-second
stiefet, pump; Alfred Clements, lrondale,
patUli; Jaylord Hubbard, Thomas station,
new casing; Charlie Webb, Parke drug
store, new tire; Norman Jordan, 6002 Tus
caloosa avenue, pump; C. H. Jordan, 6002
Tuscaloosa avenue, jack; Jack London,
2618 Madison avenue, tire cement; S. G.
Frye, 620 South Fortieth street, jack;
Gladys Hoen, 620 North Fortieth street,
new tire; R. M. Davidson, 1010 South
Twelfth street, pump; Austin Bennett.
3403 South Fourteenth street, pump;
Charlie Stone, 1021 First National bank,
pump; Frank Holt, Falrview station, Jack;
F.lsie Kelly, 2124 Eighth avenue, pump,
Mary C. Hicks. 1426 South Eighteenth
street, pump; Henry Jones, 1819 Cotton
i_
wood avenue, another inner tube: H. W.
Montgomery, 1324 North Thirty-third
street, jack; H. C. Miller, Oxmoor, jack;
Luther Kilgore. Oxmoor, pump; T. J.
Scott, 3281 Highland avenue, pump; Alva
Scoti, 3231 Highland avenue, casing; Jack
Trum, 616 Cotton avenue, pump; William
P. Shaw. 1014 Central street. Jack; Tun
attll Peary, 2137 Sixteenth avenue, south,
pair pliers; Clarence Molton, 210S Eighth
avenue, casing; Ray Huff, 6116 Cotton
avenue, jack; Virginia Shook, 1126 North
Thirtieth street, pump; Carl Gillespie. 2006
Highland avenue, pump; C. F. McCool,
4237 Avenue C, pump; H. R. Morris, 2227
Seventh avenue, north, pump; Archie Phil
lip?, 1314 North Fourteenth street, casing;
Willie Stephenson, Fairfield, puncture
plug; Pearl Skinner, 1422 Avenue J, Ens
loy. tire vulcanizer; E. Kastman. Jr., 1204
Second avenue, pump; M. P. Klyee, 1114
Nortli Twenty-eighth street, jack; Jim
Lay, 1809 Thirteenth avenue, north, pump;
Mary Volgler, 400 Ann street, valve; Vir
ginia llill, Underwood avenue, pump;
Francis McMillan, Florence hotel, pump;
Mrs. C. Hill. Seventy-fifth street and Un
derwood avenue, tools; F. B. Hammond.
First National bank, air; V. Street, 20*3
Fan avenue, pump; D. B. Moore, First
National bank, pump; Raymond Garrett,
401 Earl avenue, jack; D. H. Nunnally,
2102 Humboldt avenue, rim; Herman
Sehoettlin, R. F. D. No. 1. Box 54, valve
cord; E. S. Snaborn, 1019 North Nineteenth
street, pump; L. S. Haynie, Southern Bell
Telephone company, leather shoe for his
casing: Frank Day, Ensley, jack; J. P.
Gay. 2423 Avenue E, Ensley, tire; Robert
Goodwin, 1719 Avenue E, pump; Preston
Cooper, 1500 Twelfth avenue, north, tire
pump; Madison Jackson, 204 Compton
street, new tire; Dan Bodeker, 1304 North
Twenty-third street, pump; Miss J. L.
Lenta, 2209 Fifth avenue, pump; Miss T.
Mothtrshed, 116 Green street, new tire;
J. R. Morgan. 1815 Cottonwood avenue,
pump; M. Loekler, 500 Tuscaloosa avenue,
boot for tiro; Otis Richardson. 502 Tusca
loosa avenue, pump; J. E. Noogin, Ox
moor, blow* out patch; Miss Daisy Hay
den, 203 Broad street, jack; Mrs. E. A.
Whitlock, 16(8 South Twenty-first street,
pump; Louise Nevins. 1116 South Thirtieth
street, air; Rose Biddle, 2117 Avenue G,
Ensley, jack; W. E. Lacey, 503 Seventh
avenue, inner tube repairer; Harold Bry
ant, 409 American Trust building, jack;
Will Jackson, 212 Forty-sixth street, screw
driver; Estell David, 1318 Tuscaloosa ave
nue, pump; Paul Bosworth, 1809 Avenue
C. a tire; Morton Bosworth. 1809 Avenue
(*. mechanic; Edward G. Alexander. 445
Hood building, pump; S. Rogers, Suburban
hotel, jack: J. L. Johnson, 713 North
Twenty-first street, pump; Miss I. L.
Dickie, 817 First National bank. Jack;
Mrs. Sellars, 9 South Twentieth street,
pump; R. L. Waters, Y. M. C. A., pump;
Forest Kimball, 1408 Brown-Marx build
ing, tire; M. R. Parks. 1408 Brown-Marx;
building, tire patch; Miss Mnmie Peace,
1408 Brown-Marx building, jack; Miss
Vivian Smith. 713 North Twenty-first
street, jack; Mrs. Johnson, 713 North
Twenty-first street, pump; Mrs. Norell,
1501 North Twenty-fifth street, pump; E.
L. Turner, 1208 Jefferson County Bank
building, another casing: Ii. F. Robert
son. 626 North Nineteenth street, pump;
Akin Rush, R. F. D. No. 1, Ensley. pair
of pants; W. M. Walthal, 1526 Second ave
nue, blow out patch; Mrs. J. N. Brown,
213 North Twenty-sixth street, air; S. U.
Vaughn, 1421 Brown-Marx building, air; ;
Mrs. Jessie W. Watters, 1419 North Thir
ty-second street, pump; A- G. Mangrum,
533 Third avenue, Boyles, valve core;
As to \a
Style in ^
Young Men’s Hats
AS you know—
every critical
dresser knows —
there is no half way
1 in style.
A hat is either all
wrong or all right.
It is just that fac
ulty for being right
that puts the Stetson
where it stands to
day.
Spring Stetsons here
—Soft and Stiff. Come
see them.
Prices $3.50, $4.00 and
$5.00
Our Hat Stocks are the most
\ complete in Birmingham.
See Our
$2 Dixie Hats
Famously good, and in
Derbies or Soft Styles, in all
the popular shapes.
The Birmingala
Our $3.00 Hats
Made especially for us and
sold with our own personal
guarantee. Soft or Stiff
shapes in the season’s best
blocks.
Saks Special
$3.50 Hats
The pride of our Hat Stock
—we are sure of giving the
utmost in quality and style
as well when we sell you a
Saks Special. You are given
the privilege of selecting a
new one without cost to
yourself if one of these Hats
fail to give a full measure of
service.
Body of Man Found
Decatur, March 17.—(Special.i—The
body of a white man about 20 years of
age was found on the Louisville and
Nashville railroad tracks here today.
The body was cut in two at the waist.
Sowed on ills coat and trousers was
the name, C. D. Little of Birmingham,
-41a. In one coat sleeve were the lnt
j dais. T. B.
By some people who have se<4i the
lemains the boy Is believed to be Les
lie South of Birmingham.
| HEAD STUFFED FROM ;;
CATARRH OR A COLD ;;
■ —— • •
Says Cream Applied in Nostrils "
,, Opens Air Passages Right Up. . >
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ai.Mk—Ub 1 IIUlbtUa. A. OUT
! clogged nostrils open right up; the air
passages of your head clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking, snuf
llng, blowing, headache, dryness. No
struggling for breath at night; your
cold or catarrh disappears.
1 Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
« little of this fragrant, antiseptio,
H healing cream in your nostrils. It pene
trates through every air passage of the
head, soothes the inflamed or swollen
mucous membrane and relief comes in
5 stantly.
| It’s just fine. Don’t stay stuffed up
with a cold or nasty catarrh.
i I
RALLY IN SEVENTH
SPELLS DOWNFALL
OF THEATHIETICS
Barons Victorious by Score
of 5 to 4 in a Thril
ling Game—Read Is
Knocked Out
•y mcnARD F. USSIER
Orlando. Fla., March 17.— (Special.!
St. Patrick’s day was fittingly observed
by Rick Woodward’s Barons in trounc
ing Connie Mack's Athletics at Expo
sition park in a thrilling seventh in
ning batting rally. The score was
5 to 4.
For six innings Read, a graduate of
the sand lots of Philadelphia, held the
Barons to two safe knocks, but in the
fateful seventh two hits and several
passes spelled his downfall. He was
relieved by Harper, another recruit, on
whom the winning runs were made.
All the scoring of the Athletics was
made with Ifardgrove pitching.
Edson Hemingway started and fin
ished the seventh inning. He faced
Read and waited until Scott Chesnutt
sent him to first. There were cheers
from the half-frozen crowd. After get
ting three and two on Sloan, the re
cruit Read "grooved” one and the Bar
onial right fielder singled sharply over
the third base line. Hemingway was
held to second. McBride, amid the en
treaties of the crowd, sent up a high
infield fly which Kopf gobbled up. Ce
cil Coombs then rewarded tho fans
with a ringing double to righr., scor
ing Hemingway and sending Sloan to
third. Ellam walked and the bases
were clogged. George Hale advanced
to the plate, everyone on their toes
Hale hit a fluky little grounder <ilong
the third base line and Kopf, coming
in fast, scooped it up and shot the
ball to Wally Schang, forcing Tod
Sloan at the plate on a very clo.sc de
cision.
me bases were still drunk and Ar
thur Johnson was walked, forcing in
a run. A consultation between "Stuf
fy” Mclnnis and Captain Harry Davis
followed and Read was relievod by
Harper after two balls had been called
on Charlie Carroll. On the second ball
pitched by Harper the Baron first
sacker singled to right, scoring Flllara
and Hale. This tied the score and the
crowd of enthusiastic Orlandians be
gan calling for the Barons to win tlio
game.
Harper was wild and Hartle walked,
again filling the bases. Hemingway
came to bat for the second time in tiie
Inning and hit a slow grounder to
ward first which Harper juggled. Ar
thur Johnson scored on the play and
on Harper’s throw to Mclnnis, Carroll
sped for home. He was nipped by a
quick return. Mclnnis to Schang. That
ended the scoring for the day.
In the eighth the Athletics were eas
ily retired and in the ninth, although
they got two men on bases with none
out, “air-tight” pitching by Johnson
saved the day. The last out was made
fcy a briliant catch by Hartle in deep
center off Schang. The feature of the
game was the catching of Schang of
the Athletics and Hale of the Barons.
There was little to choose between
either of these two receivers and the
base runners had a very difficult time
stealing. Hale nipped two In one In
ning.
The veteran Harry Davis appeared
in the Athletics’ line-up for the nrst
time this season: Score:
Athletics— AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Murphy, 2b. 4 2 1 2 2 ft
Walsh, cf.4 0 1 1 C 0
Mclnnis, lb. ... fi (I 2 13 1 0
Schang, c.4 l 0 2 S 0
Thompson, if. .. 2 ft 1 I) 0 0
Kopf, 3b.4 1 1 1 8 0
Crane, .. 4 0 0 4 S 1
Davis, rf. 4 0 1 0 0 0
Read, p.2 0 1 1 2 0
Harper, p. 0 0 0 0 1 1
•McAvoy . (1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .33 4 8 24 7 2
Birmingham— AB. R. H. O. A. K
Carroll, lb.3 1 1 5 ] 2
Hartle. cf.2 0 1 3 1 P
Hemingway, 3b.. 3 l n 2 l o
Sloan, rf. 1 l l 4 ft 1
McBride, If. .... 2 0 0 ft 0 :)
Coombs, 2b. 4 1 2 3 3 2
Ellam, ss. 3 0 0 6 4 0
Hale, c. 3 1 0 3 2 ft
Hardgrove. p. .. 1 ft 0 0 0 ft
Johnson, c.1 0 0 1 (• 1
Totals .26 6 5 27 12 6
•Batted for Harper in ninth.
Score by innings:
Athletics . 100 21ft 000—4
Birmingham . 000 000 SO*—5
SUMMARY.
Two-Base Hit—Coombs.
Sacrifice Hit—Hartle.
Sacrifice Fly—Read.
Double Plays—Crane to Murphy; Kl
ldm, Carroll to Hemingway; Hartle. El
lam to Hemingway.
Stolen Base—Murphy.
Struck Out—By Hardgrove 2, by
Johnson 1.
Bases on Balls—Off Read b, off
Hardgrove 2, off Johnson 1, off Har
per 3.
Passed Ball—Hale.
Hit by Pitched Ball—By Johnson
(McAvoy).
Time'-of Game—2:0E.
Umpire—Chesnutt.
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A defeat worse than that administered
Tuesday night was met by Bruner, the
challenger, in his second match with
“Bill” Morgan, state champion, played
last night at the Monarch poolroom at
2008 Third avenue. While Morgan was
running 200 Bruner could garner but 48
billiards.
This makes the total score for the two
nights Morgan, 400; Bruner, 159.
With the balk lines at 14.2 last night
Morgan seemed at the top of his game.
He never shot a better cue, being strong
at masses and superb at round table
shots for position. Time after time he
elicited the applause of the large crowd
of fans who packed all available space
by his position plays and his masterly
handling of the cue ball.
Morgan got away to a good start with
the high run of the evening, making 32
before missing. From llien on the game
was entirely In his hands. Bruner’s high
run was 22, and his next highest 5. Mor
gan made the remarkable average of
9Mi. Bruner’s average was 2 6-21.
The score by innings was as follows:
Morgan
32 2 9 7 0 4 26 0 *7 22 2 19 117 20 12 3073
Bruner—
120135100010120340100 ?'3 30
“Bill’’ says he is going back to the farm
today.
IS FATALLY BURNED
WHEN CAN EXPLODES
Injuries which will probably psove fatal
were sustained yesterday morning by
Mrs. G. L. Watkins about 6 o’clock, at
her residence. 603 Lucy avenue. Graymont.
when she mistook a can of gasoline for
one containing kerosene. It is said that
the can which ordinarily contained coal
oil had been replenished and that when
she attempted 1o start a fire by pour
ing what she supposed to be kerosene
on the kindling, the gasoline was ignited
and exploded.
Mrs. Watkins was badly burned about
the face and body and Mr. Watkins, her
husband, received slight injuries while
attempting to extinguish the blaze. An
ambulance was immmedlately summoned,
and the injured woman rushed to the
Hillman hospital for treatment. It waa
stated last night that her condition was
most serious and that there was only
slight hope for her recovery.
AMUSEMENTS
Neil O’Brien Minstrels
A cordial welcome awaits the appear
ance of Neil O’Brien and his "Great
American Minstrels" at the Jefferson
theatre, matinee and night tomor
row, when this most entertaining
minstrel comedian comes to this
city on his third annual vlBlt.
Those who greoted Mr. O'Brien
on his previous appearances as a new
star at the head of a new organization
■till remember with delight the splen
did entertainment he offered. It
served to firmly establish Mr. O’Brien
and his minstrel company as the lead
ers in their particular field and to
make the announcement of this season’s
engagement one of the most pleasantly
anticipated of the year.
“A Pair of Sixes”
In "A Pair of Sixes,” which le to ap
pear at the Jefferson theatre Friday
and Saturday, March 26 and 27, with a
matinee Saturday, Edward Teple, the
author, bae departed from tlfe beaten
path of farce comedy by basing his
story on the quarrel of two young men
—equal partners in the business of
manufacturing pills. Their lawyer,
unable to effect an amicable reconcilia
tion or an equitable division of the
firm’s assets, proposes a game of show
down poker as the only means to de
cide which one shall conduct the af
fairs of the concern. After reducing
the idea to legal verbiage, the cove
nor is of which decree that the winner
Is to operate the business and the loser
Is to be the other’s servant for one1
year, the lawyer deals the cards and 11
pair of Bixcs proves to be the winning
hand. What happens to the losing
partner is said to furnish the com
plications from which the farce de
rives the humorous situations and
climaxes.
Utopia Saloon Damaged by Fire
Fire which broke out In the rear of the
Utopia saloon, Fourth avenue anrl Tweti
eth street, at 1:30 o’clock this morning
caused damage estimated at $600. The fire
originated, it is thought, in several bar
rels of empty glasses packed with straw.
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♦ E. F. RANSOM DEAD 4
t E. F. Ransom, one of the beat t
♦ known printers in Birmingham, 4
4 died suddenly this morning in *
4 his rooms at the Colonial hotel. 4
♦ He suffered a hemorrhage at 4
♦ 2 o’clock and died about an $
♦ hour later, despite every effort 4
♦ to safe his life. He was about 4
♦ 48 years of age, and had been ?
♦ employed in the composing: *
♦ room of The Age-Herald for the 4
4 past 25 years. No funeral nr- 4
4 rangements had been made this t
4 morning. 4
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OF UNIVERSITY IS
ANOTHER WITNESS
TO HOLD HIS OWN
(Cot.Hnued from P«Kf Two>
have failed to render precisely tide kind
of service during the past year. It is a
faet that many or these institutions after
July, 1914, had to deposit warrants instead
of cash in the various hanks where they
transacted business. They were reduced
to the necessity of advancing to the banks
interest on these warrants ns remunera
tion for carrying them until January 15
following. What is the precise meaning
of this? Wherein did such action differ
in principle from the service now under
discussion? It is a faet that these in
stitutions were acclaimed as faithful serv
ants. They deserved that acclaim. They
had done thetr duty. It so happened that,
under a statute limiting the investment
of our modest endowment to 'state and
national securities,' we were permitted to
render a still larger service. It was not
a matter of principle. It. was solely a mat
ter of opportunity and duty. For the ren
dering of this service we have not asked,
and are not now asking, any reward, sovo
a sincere and generous recognition of the
fact that we sought to do the thing that
all good men, regardless of Intra-party
differences, would commend ns worthy of
tile state’s oldest and most distinguished
child, who for nearly a century lias been
devoting herself to the sobering task of
ministering to the spiritual and intel
lectual life of this commonwealth.
Record of Hardship
"One thing more wo ask: The Univer
sity of Alabama has been tugging at its
bonds and trying to break away into a
wider service during every moment of its
existence Rince tho fathers of the com
monwealth assembled In Huntsville In the
year 1819 and by constitutional action
pledged to the institution then created
the succor and support of succeeding gen
erations. And how has that pledge been
redeemed? Was it redeemed in admin
istering the land grant made by Congress
in the year 1819? Has it been redeemed
by the habitual policy of appropriating
funds for the periodic establishment of
new institutions, while established Insti
tutions literally stand in need of the
bread of life? The history of the Uni
versity of Alabama from the beginning,
with tho single exception of the quadren
nial period beginning in 1907, Is a plain
record of inconceivable struggle and
hardship. Its urgent appeals have been
met with the familiar response that the
state is unable to do what It would de
sire to do and what other states of far
smaller population and assessed valuation
are doing. We have been constantly
asked to wait until some new institution
has been established and put on its feet.
We have been assured that better times
are uheud. Meantime, the institution has
been struggling on, shouting from every
housetop of opportunity and desire, ‘Sil
ver and gold have 1 none.' Yet, God being
our witness, there has never been a time
In this long and fierce battle when the
University of Alabama has lacked the
heart and the power to say to her strug
gling sons, 'Rise up and walk.’
“Come to See Us”
“I am hero to ask, you, gentlemen,
to come to tho University of Alabama,
not for a single day or a single week,
hut for a whole year. It Is your In
stitution. Study it and understand it.
Deal with it, not in the spirit of the
man who is doling out charity, but
in tho spirit of the man who in
creasing his noblest investment. I
pledge you my word that, if you ac
cept my ihvitatlon, you will find noth
ing for which any citizen of this state
would care to apologize except tho
meager support which has been given
to it.
"As a matter of fact. It was not un
til the year 1907 that the leglBlaturo
realized that something definite :nuat
be done, and done at once. I desire
here and now to put on record my
ueliberate conviction that in precisely
the same sense that the Huntsville
convention established tho University
of Alabama In 1819. so the legisla
ture of 1907 re-established it and ren
dered possible Its continued existence
as a standard college. So likewise the
legislature of 1911. realizing tha.: the
steps taken In 1907 to provide three
modern buildings meant that some
thing must be done to provide for their
upkeep and for the inevitable growth
of the institution following such leg
islation. made certain appropriations
conditioned upon tho notion of the gov
ernor In the matter of releasing thenx
A bill has been introduced in the leg
islature of 1915 to repeal these appro
urlng my words I sny it) that if such
bring my words I Hay It) and if suclt
action is taken without providing re
lief by new legislation wo are face to
face with a great crisis.
Appropriation Is Compared
"It is a fact that tho University of
Alabama la now receiving by uncon
ditional, permanent provision of law an
appropriation, for the support of the
college of arts and sciences, the col
lege of engineering, the school of edu
catlon, and the school of law, amount
ing to only 85000 more than Is an
nually appropriated for the support
of any one of tho Class A normal
schools whose sole function is to train
teachers for the elementary, rural and
small town schools. If tho normul
schools are receiving Inadequate sup
port (as I verily believe), what shall
be said concerning the university? I
do not mention the appropriating
made to other Institutions of higher
learning. I do not desire to make com
parisons, unless the facts are demand
ed. Yet I do desire to say that there
can be In my opinion no posslblo Jus
tification for the historic and habitual
parsimony that has been shown In the
matter of supporting our most import
ant seat of learning.
How University Lives
"The University of Alabama has been
reduced In large degrees to the neces
sity of living on the Income derived
from a modest endowment from stu
dent fees, from rental of rooms, and
from the constitutional provision made
by the state to pay the old land grant
debt, to which reference has already
been made. No human being can deny
that we have practiced the most rigid
eoonomy. It la simply Impossible to
administer the Institution on a moro
economical basis. I submit that It is
not an economy to allow valuable
property to depreciate owing to the
lack of a modeat fund for upkeep. I
submit that It Is not an economy to
be carrying iess than one-half tha
lnaurance protection that is Impera
tively needed. I submit that it ia not
an economy to bo overcrowding class
rooms when fundamental educational
efficiency demands smaller groups In
stead of larger groups. 1 submit that
It is not an economy to bo conducting
a two-year law school when the na
tional standard demands a three-year
course.
“It is true that we have reduced the j
per capita cost of instruction to u start - 1
ling minimum. It In true that there is
no parallel to this record in university
administration, so far as I have been
able to ascertain. Yet there is a limit
to all things, and i am here to say that
we have reached that limit. Four years
ago, when the student body was only
one-half its present size, the legisla
ture deliberately decided that the so
called conditional appropriations should
bo voted. The preamble to that act
Is a ringing declaration. By whut rula
of reason should these essentia! ap
propriations be denied the institution
at this time when it is serving two
students for every one that, was being
served at the time the appropriation
was made? This is no longer a war
ridden commonwealth, helpless and
prostrate. It is a young giant that has
the will to use its strength aright.
History of Releases
“I desire to add a personal word in con
clusion. Someone said to me recently
tha . there had been some criticism in view
of the release by the governor of the
conditional appropriations to which I. have
already referred. The simple history of
the release of the university appropria
tions is as follows: Prior to my accept
ing the call to Alabatna I stated plainly
to the late Dr. J. II. Johnson, through
whom the call was presented to me, that
1 should greatly hesitate to undertake
this work if the conditional appropria
tions of 1911 were not to be available with
lng a reasonable time. It was as plain
to me then us it is now that the Univer
sity of Alabama could not do its work
without these appropriations. Dr. John
son made a trip to Montgomery for the
solo purpose of discussing this matter with
the governor. Then and there it was
understood that at sometime within the
quadrennial period these appropriations
were to be released. That conference was
held in the summer of 1911. I had not1
then accepted the persideucy of your
state university, t was trying to decide
what I ought to do. JT knew nothing
of any intraparty divisions existing in
Alabama. I knew (hat here lived a groat
people who cherished! lifgh ideals and who
would appreciate the sacredness of an ob
ligation. Accepting in good faith the rep
resentations made to me at the time when
I was asked to give up the associations of
a lifetime to come to Alabama, and un
moved by any conscious deslro save to
render service, I made the great decision.
Having made it, I now refuse to believe
that high-minded men who'know the facts
will fall to give hearty sanction to the
motives that have actuated every man.
living or dead who has had any part
whatever In this matter affecting the for- i
tunes of an Institution whtbh from the he
ginning of our life as a separate, sov
ereign state has served Alabama, whether
In war or In peace, with a rare devotion
and an unremitting loyalty.
Concludes His Remarks
“Let me quota. as a final word, that
noble <* 1 <Jp Homan. Col. J. H. Fitts: ‘Educa
tion trickles downward, it rarely climbs
upward * No great commonwealth has
yet succeeded in building up an adequate
system of public education without the
impelling influence of a great institution
of higher learning, public or private, to
blaze the way and to set the pace. Are
you striving to establish a great school
system in Alabama? Hearken to the
words or Benjamin H. Hill: ’Education
Is like water; to fructify, It must descend.'
1 thank you, gentlemen, for this cour
tesy.”
ST. PATRICK’S DAY IS
FITTINGLY OBSERVED
Hibernians Have Programme and
Dance at Hall on Third Avenue.
Euchre Also Played
Ht. Patrick’s Day was fittingly cele
brated last night by the local division of
tho Ancient Order of Hibernians at their
hall on Third avenue. The attendance
was about 300 and oratory and songs ap
propriate to the occasion and music and
dancing were the order of the day. Hugh.
McGeever, president of No. 3 division, pre
sided and Introduced the several speakers,
who were Frank Deedmeycr, Senator
Frank S. White. Judge H. P. Heflin,
Judge Oscar U. Hundley and others. Tho
occasion was one of much pleasure and
thoroughly enjoyed by the Hibernians
and their guests. Dancing followed the
conclusion of the programme.
During tho evening. In tho ante-rooms
adjoining the hull, progressive euchre was
played, Mrs. John Antwine acting as
hostess. The prizes were beautiful pieces
of cut glass and were won by Mrs. Lizzie
Yeargin, Mrs. John McCarty, Mr. and
Mrs. John Antwine. Mr. H. II. Btadeu
won a pair of military brushes and Mr.
IS. J. O’Brien an ash tray.
Tho following programme was rendered:
Overture, “Irish Airs,” Davidson’s or
chestra: solo, “My Heart's Tonight In
Erin.” Mrs. Edward Matthew's; solo, N
“Mother Macree,” Miss Angola MeCaf
ferty; Address “Tho Irish Language,”
Frank Deedmeycr; Irish medley, orches
tra; nolo, “Kfllarricy.” Miss Margaret
Antwine: address. “The Day We Cele
brate.” Senator Frank H. White; selec
tion, Irish music, orchestra.
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