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DEMONSTRATION BY
LOCAL SUFFRAGISTS
PLANNEDFOR TODAY
'•‘Universal Suffrage Day”
to Be Observed—Automo
bile Parade and Meet
ings to Be Held
/
The eeooml celebration of universal suf
frage day will be held In Birmingham to
iflay under the auspices of the Birming
ham Equal Suffrage association. May 1
has been designated by the national as
sociation as "Woman's Day” and suf
frage demonstrations and parades will
take place in every city throughout the
ifnited States where the suffragists have
hoisted their flag. The programme for
today will include an automobile parade,
speaking at prominent parts of the city
and a main meeting at Capitol park.
During the day the “voiceless speech"
will be placed in downtown show win
dows. The automobiles will be decorated
In the suffrage colors and will be in
charge of Mrs. M. L. Satterfield, Mrs.
Oscar Hundley, Mrs. R. E. L. Rust. Mrs.
Angus Taylor, Mrs. J. E. Frazier, Dr.
Mary Robinson. Dr. George Lotterhos
and Mrs. J. L*. Dewberry. They will be
halted at the same time at several points
Jn the city and speeches on the suffrage
question will be made.
Among the speakers will be Mrs. H.
H. Snell, Mis. J. D. Matlock, Mrs.
Charles D. Sharpe. Mrs. Oscar R. Hund
ley, Dr. Mary Robinson. Mrs. Angus Tay
lor, Mrs. Sidney Ullman, Maj. Elizabeth
* Baxter. Ben Gross, Arlie Barber, H.
H. Snell, S. M. Ullman and others.
Boy With Bad Case of
Chicken Pox Had No
Place to Go
A young man in the office of City
Health Officer R. M. Cunningham yes
terday afternoon presented a human ex
ample of the errors of a municipality.
The boy had a severe case of chicken
pox. He was very ill. He was without
friends or home except a boarding house,
•nd he had been kicked out of four sepa
rate boarding houses up until 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon. j
There was absolutely no place for the
boy to go. and the health department of
ficials were placed in a quandary. Unlike
' most other cities. Birmingham and Jeffer
son county have no contagion hospital.
There was not a hospital in Birmingham
where the boy could be sent. The appeal
of his situation should have been felt
by every voter in Birmingham if they
had been permitted to see the young
nan.
He was perhaps 16 or 17 years of age and
well dressed. But he had the niisfortune
of contracting a contagious disease in a
City where he had no home other than
a rooming house, and where there is no
contagion hospital. He was therefore
doomed to walk the streets or And some
one with enough kindness in his heart
to take him in.
Through the good offices of the dif
ferent officials of the health department
a rooming house was finally located where
It waB agreed to give the boy a place to
live while he was ill. The landlady was
told the full circumstances and then said
Che would help the boy out.
Otherwise there would have been no al
ternative but to send the boy to the pest
house out on Red mountain.
SPECIAL REPORT ON SCARLET
FEVER ISSUED BY CUNNINGHAM
Expects Number of Cases in
City Soon to Diminish.
Thinks Maximum Has
Been Reached
TELLS OF METHODS TO
PREVENT CONTAGION
AND SPREAD OF FEVER
When Fever Develops Within Six
Days After Child Is Taken From
School Grade Is Quarantined
Ten Days and Room
Fumigated
• -M—
TABLE B
Itelatlon of onset of illness to school
attendance:
While in school .. 28
Firt day out of school .IT
Second day out of school . 11
Third day out* of school .1:1
Fourth day out of school . 5
Fifths day out of school .
Sixth day out of school . . . 1
Seven days and over out of school 12
Total ..
" ■<‘n scarlet fever develops In the
schoolroom or within six days after
the patient has been taken out of the
schoolroom. Dr. R. M. Cunning ham.
city health officer, recommendN that
the grade he quarantined for lO day«
at least, and the room fumigated.
I>r. Cunningham states he does not
recommend that parents in general
tnke their children out of school. He
states further that < he scarlet fever
eases of the city are apparently at
their maximum, as there has been n
very slight IncrenNc in the past few
"ecks, and that he expects the num
ber of eases noon to diminish.
This Information is contained in a spe
cial report on scarlet fever made to the
city commission yesterday by Dr. Cun
ningham. The report is probably the
most detailed and exhaustive article of
its kind ever prepared for public con
sumption in this or any other city.
Gathers Special Data
Dr. Cunningham has had inspectors of
the health department gathering special
data for the report for nearly a week.
He states that it should be read and
studied by every parent in Greater Bir
mingham. He has written it with the
purpose in view of avoiding technical
phrases and words, and it can be easily
dnderstood by the average layman, being
on the same line hs the health bulletins
which Dr. Cunningham issued weekly in
The Age-Herald last year.
In tables accompanying the article Dr.
Cunningham shows that from January 1
to April 29 there have actually JOB cases
of scarlet fever developed in the public
graded schools of the city. There have
beer. 86 rases of the disease developed kut
slde of the schools and there have been
during this time of practically four
months a total of 202 cases of the dis
ease. Tli^e are now existing 71 cases.
In another table Dr. Cunningham shows
how the disease has developed in school
children with relation to the time child
was last in the schoolroom and of the
113 cases there have been 28 which actual
ly were taken down with the disease on
the same day as in school. The rest of the
table covers the cases which developed
in from one to seven days after being
taken out of school, there being danger of
contagion, it Is stated, in some cases for
as long as six days.
Report of Health Officer
Dr. Cunningham’s report is as follows:
‘‘Birmingham. April 30, 1916.
“Honorable Board of Commissioners,
City:
‘‘Gentlemen—T have the honor to re.
speetfully submit a special report on scar
let fever.
‘“Jable ‘A’ gives certain statistics—the
school, the grades, the number of cases
In eacli grade, the total In each school
and the number that did not attend
school. It will be observed that there
were 202 cases all told. Of this number
86 did not attend school; one a private
school; two private teachers, 14 attended
parochial schools and 99 attended the pub
lic schools of the city. The greatest num
ber of cases were in the first four
grades. It will be observed that the
greatest number of cases was at Pratt
City, the next greatest number at the
Paul Hayne school and Paul Havne
Junior High school. 10; South Highland
school 8; St. Paul school. 8. Prom this it
will be observed that the largest percent
age of cases are among the young chil
dren in the school, if grades are a cri
terion of ages.
Table ‘‘B” shows the relation of the
onset of the disease to school attendance.
This table shows that the onset occurred,
while In school in 28 cases; one day out
of school 87 cases; two days out of school
14 cases; three days out of school 13 cases;
four days out of school five cases; five
days out of school three cases; six days
out of school one case: out of school seven
days and over 12 cases. One hundred and
one of these cases occurred In school or
within the incubation period of attending
school. This table shows the Intimate re
lation between the schools and scarlet
fever Incidence.
Nature of Disease
Scarlet fever Is an acute, infectious, con
tagious disease. The particular germ pro
ducing it has not been identified. The
source of contagion is the secretions of
the nose, mouth, throat and respiratory
tract. It is introduced lnt6 well persons
by respiration and swallowing, the for
TABLE A
, SCARLET FEVER
From January 1, 1915, to April 29, 1915
GRADES
Kinde
1st 2d 3d 4th 5th fith Tth gar- To
School— Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. ten ta!
Pratt City ....214222311.313. 24
Pratt City, col.,.1 1
Pratt City Oath- .
olic school ...... 1
M inor . . 1 1 . . * . , 1 . . . . . 2
ylam ...... X . . . - . . 1 . , , , , . ,
Moore ..'.1.1
Rush . 1 . 1.1
Fair view ....1.Ill 6
Elyton . . . . . 1 . 1 . ; . . . . i 3
tir.aymont.2 2
Fairfield. 1..
Henley . 1.1.1 3
S. Highlands ...1.2.221. «
Lakevlew. . 2 . 1.2 5
Paul Ha.vne ..1.142.3
Oilman . 12.2.1 4
Hemphill.11.1 3
. Martin. 1 . . . 1.2
E Thomas. t..
35th Ave. 2 . 1 . . 1 t
Kennedy . 1.1 ;;
IVocdlaWn .... 1.1
Avondale . 1.1.;
Powell . 1 1.1
St. Paul's . 3 . 1 . 2 . 2.4
St. Mary's ...2.1.1. t
Miles Memorial .1. l
Total . 4 13 6 17 3 12 4 10 3 2 1 5 5 7 3 10f.
HIGH SCHOOLS
SEMESTER
School— 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th fith 7th
Central High . 2 2 1
Ensley High . . . . . 1 t
Paul Hayne. Jr. 2 . . . . . . 2
Margaret Allen .. . . . . . . i
Private teacher . . . . . . . _>
No school .. . . . . . .44
Total . 2'i2
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mer being the principal method of infec
tion. Tt is no doubt a general infection
because the blood from a scarlet fever
Patient transfused into the blood vessels
of others communicate the disease, it
lias been taught from time immemorial
that the scales of the peeled skin also
communicates the disease. Recently great
doubt has been thrown upon this method,
some claiming that these scales are not
infectious. The strong probability is that
contact or near contact, that is within
the reach of droplets in the exposed air.
is necessary to produce the infection. The
infective virus may also be communi-1
f'ated in books, ' pencils, handkerchiefs,
spoons, chewing gun, etc., et< . It is not
an air borne disease except in proximity
or near proximity to those infected with
the disease. There is little or no danger
of contracting scarlet fever from one
house to another through the medium
of the air, and very little danger from
one room to another, Tt may, however,
he carried from house to house and from
room to room by persons who have been
in contact with scarlet fever patients
Its communication through the instru
mentality of cloths is very doubtful, ft
is also very doubtful that the disease is
communicated upon the streets, in the
parks, playgrounds or anywhere in the
open air, unless there is personal contact
or near contact of those infected with
the disease.
How It Is Spread
Coughing, kissing, etc. and the use or
pencils, books*, etc., that have been in
contact or near contact with infected
person may communicate the disease. The
period of incubation is from one to seven
days, according to most writers, usually
from two to four- days. Some writers
claim that it may he as long as 12 days.
It is largely a disease of childhood, the
vast majority of cases occurring under
10 years of age. From this time on the
tendency to the disease steadily dimin
ishes. 'it is said that from 60 to per
cent of all children under 10 years ot
age who are exposed to the infection by
contagion or near contagion contract the
disease.
There are three types of the disease:
the mild, severe and malignant. Many
of the first class do not report sick or
may only have a slight,vsore throat, and
continue their avocation; the school,
play or work. These mild cases are a
source of danger, and may communicate
to others the severe or* malignant type.
The disease has many very severe com
plications, such as inflamation of the
kidney, usually oceuring during con
valesrense. severe inflammation in the:
throat, disease of the middle ear, mas
told hone, and large abcesses in the
neck. It may also cause inflammation
of the lining membrane of the heart,
and of the membrane that covers the
heart. The discharges from these during
convalescence contain the contagious
virus and may communicate tlie dis
ease. The severe type is usually at
tended by some complications, either in
the throat or elsewhere. Cases of the
malignant type die within a few days
from an overwhelming toxaemia. It. will
be obeserved, therefore, that even after
the patient with scarlet fever gets up
and about, if there is discharge from
the nose, the ear or an abcess are ca
pable of communicating the disaese to
others.
Prevention
The methods of prevention are iso
lation of persons with the disease and
the quarantining of those who have
been exposed, and the disinfection of
all the discharges, vessels and utensils
used by the patient. The disease may be
communicated b> milk. Many epidemics
in the United States have occurred from
the contamination of the milk or the
utensils used In the handling of milk
with thq contagious virus. Milk bottles
should be thoroughly boiled by those1
who hate not been In contact with the
scarlet fever patient before delivery to
the dairyman. If the dairyman steril
izes these bottles before use it will
largely remove this source of danger
The present epidemic of scarlet fever
in Birmingham, in my opinion, proves
that milk plays no part in it. From the
first of May, however, the source of
milk supply will' be ascertained in each
case. There are many difficulties in en
forcing these measures. The methods
employed by this department are: first,'
isloating the patient; second, the quar
antinlng of all children from this pa
tient; and, third, the disinfection by
formaldehyde of the room and all things
that have come in contract with the
patient. Whether these regulations are
observed or not depends upon the au
thorities in the household. It is im
possible, of course, for the health de
partment to watch over each case. Wo
also find that those who report chil
dren who are quarantined in their
homes for running out on the streets
or leaving the premises, usually refuse
to give their names, and others refuse
to appear in court.
Until the ordinance recently passed reg
ulating this quarantine, we have had no
authority in the premises. The only safe
method to prevent scarlet fever is for
all children under 15 years of age to
remain at home, and all other children
kept off the premises. This, of course,
is a hardship and very difficult of execu
tion. Children who go to Sunday school,
day school, church, motion pictures, who
ride on street cars, etc., are more or
less exposed to the disease. The statistics
furnished you in tables “A” and "B”
show' that the school^ are undoubtedly
an environment for communicating the
disease. I herewith have the honor to
again recommend that where the patient
develops the disease within six days after
Mskteg Good Work Possible
As long as one is on his feet, he can
V'ork after a fashion, no matter how
badly he feels. But you cannot Jo
good work—have ambition and energy,
ieel that life is worth living—wlih
sluggish bowels or torpid liver. Foley
Cathartic Tablets do away w'ith that
drowsy, dull, tired reclin. They never
attending school, certainly within four
days, that the miptls in the grade should
be quarantined for not less than 10 days,
and the grade room fumigated To quar
antine the children In the family where
there is a case of scarlet fever and not
to quarantine the child in the grade
where there was scarlet fever, seems to
me to say the least, inconsistent.
In conclusion, it is my opinion that
there need not be any great or unusual
alarm at the present incidence of the
disease, as there has not been but a
slight increase of the disease during tlie
month of April. Besides cold we&thei
predisposes for obvious reasons to the
spread of the disease. I beg to respect
fully call your attention to the letter
recently submitted to you upon this ques
tion. The vast majority of the eases of
scarlet fever in the present epidemic ar«
mild. I am often asked by parents wheth
er or not their children should continue
in school. It is impossible to give a
mathematical answer to this question
They must act upon their own judg
ment. T have advised, however, that un
der existing conditions 1 would not takf
children of mine out of school. No om
will take the responsibility to guarantee
that the disease will not be contractor
by indiscriminate association with other
children. Tn my opinion, the disease wil
soon begin to diminish. Up to this tim*
the disease has been confined to one 01
two patients in each household. Very
truly yours. •
DR. R. M. CTTNNINOKAM.
City Health Officer.
Commission Anticipates No
Difficulty in Disposing
of Recent Issue
At a special meeting of the city com
mission yesterday afternoon an ordinance
was passed formally issuing the $1,260,(XX
worth of municipal bonds which weru
authorized by the people by a two to one
vote April 12.
The bonds are to pay the city's debts
which .have been Incurred In the past
four years of commission form of gov
eminent. The commissioners state there
will be no trouble whatever in selling
them.
This marks what Is practically tne end
of what was one of the most exciting
elections ever held In the city. There was
considerable opposition developed to th€
bond Issue in certain sections and thr
campaign that was waged for and against
the authorization of the bonds was actlvt
and full of excitement.
At the polls, however, an overwhelm
ing majority for the bonds was given and
the commissioners are now trying to run
the city on Its income so as not to pile
up another deficit between the present
and the lime when the legislative reli.>’
looked for In the form of tax reformation
bus arrived.
Was Charged With Blocking
Sidewalk—Appeals to
Circuit Court
Taadore Shapiro waa found guilty ol
blockading the sidewalk on Second avenue
and a fine of II Imposed by Judge Percy
Turner of tho recorder's court. Notice
of appeal t6 the circuit court was Im
mediately given and the bond Hied. The
case came up yesterday afternoon. Attor
ne.v J. VV. Altman appeared for the city.
Attorneys l,eo Oberdorfer and Ben Gross
represented Mr. Shapiro.
Officer Burkett testified that the de
fendant was stajidlng on the sidewalk and
when told to move *>n refused to do ao.
Mr. Shapiro denied this and a number
of Witnesses denied the allegations of the
city's witnesses. The ca^pwas argued
at length by Attorneys Altman and Ober
dorfer.
This morning OfTicer Burkett will be
given a hearing before the city com
missioners on charges preferred by Mr.
Shapiro, who alleged the officer used bru
tality and violence in making the arrest.
OBJECT TO DRINK
STANDS IN PARKS
Jacob Brono. secretary of the West Park
Playground association, will present a
petition to the board of city commission
ers on Tuesday protesting against the
erection of temporary soft drink stands
in the several parks during the summer
months. Those behind the petition con
tend that it is unfair to the merchants In
close proximity to the parks, and who
pay a yearly lie nse for the privilege
of selling soft drinks, to allow' temporary
stands to be erected during the only sea
son when the business pays. The petition
contains over 100 names business and
professional men who object to the sum
mer months stands. It is understood that
work has been stopped on the erection
of the aland In West park pending the
action of tho dty commissioners on tho
BANKHEAD RETURNS
HOME AFTER PLANS
MADE FORJAY13
Twenty-Five Members of
Congress Will Be With
Garrison
FAMOUS ENGINEERS
ARE ALSO COMING
Programme Will Not Be Strictly
Formal—Local Real Estate Men
Charter Boat for Trip
Through Lock 17
After completing plans for the enter
tainment of Lindley M. Garrison. Secre
tary of War, anti the Senate and House
committees on commerce and rivers and
harbors. Senator Jtol\n H. Bankhead re
turned to his home in Jasper yesterday
afternoon.
“As far as 1 can judge,” said the sena
tor, “the distinguished visitors will he
greeted and entertained with marked con
sideration. Prominent Alabamians. Sen
ator Underwood. Senator White, Governor
Henderson, Lieutenant Governor Kilby,
and the members of Congress will, unless
something happens to prevent, head the
reception committee. I believe that as
members of this committee will be repre
sentatives not only of the counties touched
by the Tennessee river, hut of several
touched by the Warrior and others the
people of whom are interested in the de
velopment of latent water power, the open
ing of our streams to commerce, and gen
eral material progress.
Twenty-Five Congressmen Coming
“The membership of the two commit
tees of Congress consists of 38 senators
and representatives. 1 am Informed tlint
2.'* will attend the meeting at Sheffield and
the subsequent inspection of the Tennessee
and Warrior rivers. Judge Garrison. Sec
retary of War, will be the most interest
ing figure, perhaps, but among the other
visitors are several with the names of
whom the general public is familiar.
Among these are Senators Fletcher of
Florida. Vardanian of Mississippi. Shields
of Tennessee, Simmons of North Carolina,
Clarke of Arkansas, Nelson of Minnesota.
Smith of Michigan, and Congressmen
Humphreys of Mississippi. Gallagher ol
Illinois, Scully of New Jersey, Kettner of
California. Hughes of West Virginia, and
Powers of Kentucky, in addition, there
will he present government engineers or
whose shoulders rest all the projects Ir
which the government is Interested ami if
yearly expending millions of dollars.
“The. programme. If I am Informed cor
rectly, will not be strictly formal. Sun
day. May 9, the party of visitors wil
reach Sheffield. On the following dav
Muscle Shoals will be Inspected. The tvvc
succeeding days will be spent in furthei
inspecting tbe shoals, and the river ai
far north as Hale’s bar, Chattanooga
On the night of May 12 tJie party wil
rear'} Birmingham Tij>e foliQJVteg -
they will leave for Cordova, and will g<
through lock No. 17. one of the larges
in the world, a lock which will forrr
the largest artificial body of water it
America, possibly In the world. As th*
boats are being towed through the lncfc
the Secretary of War will make a few
remarks, and possibly others will b«
given opportunity to express themselves
We will arrive in Tuscaloosa just as
evening is falling, and will be there greet
ed by the people of that city, and en
tertained wit it a moonlight barbecue.
“We expect to show the members ol
Congress, the Secretary of War. and the
government engineers just what we have
accomplished with the money invested
by the government In Alabama, and the
possibilities to result from further invest
ment. I believe tlie visit and inspection
will make the members of Congress as
enthusiastic as we Alabamians are. and
that in consequence, great good to the
state will ensue."
Unable to Reach Marshall
Throughout yesterday Senator Bank
head made strenuous efforts to get into
communication with Thomas Ft. Marshall,
vice president, who Is en route east from
San Francisco, and who will be in Me
ridian May 10. Senator Bankhead was
very anxious to extend the vice president
an fnvitation to visit the state, and with
the Secretary of War and members of
Congress, see Alabama rivers and learn
what improvement lias been made ami
of what other Improvement there Is great
possibility. He felt certain that had he
been able to reach Mr. Marshall, the In
vitation would have been accepted. Fur
ther efforts will be made today and the
senator Is very hopeful.
Birmingham real estate dealers, to the
number of about 100, have chartered a
boat for the purpose of making the trip
down the Warrior, and in addition, the
Birmingham party will be representa
tive of the Industrial life of the city. ▲.
H. Woodward will tender his launch to
the Secretary nf War. while the launch
of the Pratt Consolidated Coal company
will be used by the members of Congress.
Demopolis will have representatives on
the scene, and other nearby Alabama
cities will likewise be represented. Mo
bile. which sees great possibilities for Its
bay, will send delegates in the “good
boat" John Quill.
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with Resinol
Here is a simple, inexpensive
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keep the hairthick, live and lustrous;
At night,spread the hair apart and
rub a little Resinol Ointment Into
the tcalp gently, with the tip of the
linger. Repeat this until the whole
scalp has been treated. Nextmorn
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creamy Resinol lather well into the
th e seal p. Rinse with gradually cool -
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AGENTFOR CAREY
Contract Closed Yesterday
With Big Roofing and
Asbestos Concern
A deal of considerable magnitude was!
consummated here yesterday when the j
'oung fo Vann Supply company closed a!
contract with the Philip Carey company
of Cincinnati, one of the oldest and one
of the largest roofing and asbestos com- ,
panics in the United States—whereby the j
Young & Vann Supply company has taken j
over the Birmingham branch and entire
organization of the Carey company, and
will enter extensively into the sale of
Carey roofing and ashestos materials.
J. J. Asbury, who has been the Bir
mingham manager of the Carey company
and his selling staff, will la nine asso-!
elated with the Young & Vann Supply
company, who will carry the largest and
most complete stock of roofing, pipe cov
erings and asbestos materials in the south
and will be fully equipped with experi
enced construction men to take care of
the extensive business which the Philip
Carey haa been favored with In the past
by their many friends and patrons In
Birmingham and vicinity.
The Philip Carey company have very
extensive interests throughout the Uni
ted States and the largest sales organi
zation in the country, devoted exclusively
to the sale of their products, and the
consummation of this deal by the Young
&. Vann Supply company Is a merited
recognition of the Increasing activities of
one of our most progressive local institu
tions.
I I
Opposing Attorneys to Pre
sent Briefs of Arguments
to Judge Grubb
No decision was reached yesterday at
the conclusion of the arguments in the
healing of the injunction proceedings
brought fly the. K. M. Hose Liquor com
pany of Chattanooga against the South
ern Kxpress company, held yesterday be
fore Judge W. I. Grubb of the federal
court. Counsel on both allies will sub
mit briefs to Judge Grubb presenting
their views on the case, which will lie
reviewed by the judge and ills rulings will
follow.
The constitutionality of the Bonner anti
shipping law, which limits the amount of
liquor thut can he shipped to private in
dividuals Is the point of law Involved,
and Weighty arguments for and against
the proposition were advanced yesterday
before Judge Grubb.
Judge Samuel l>. Weakley of Birming
ham, Hubert Alston of Atlanta and Hugh
Morrow, local counsel for the express
company, are resisting the petition fur <
the injunction. The petition*)' in repre
sented by M Weil of Montgomery. Judge
Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati and Her
bert Jackson of Chattanooga.
Many authorities, state and federal,
bearing on the question were presented to |
the court by counsel in their arguments.
LIFE SENTENCE IS
GIVEN FORROBBERY
Adonia Cruseau, * Negro,
Convicted of Holding Up
White Men
Andonia Cruseau. neKrn, was given a
life sentence in the penitentiary yesterday
on a charge of robbery. The case whs
tried in the tlrst division of the criminal
court before Judge H. P. Heflin and oc
cupied nearly two days. It went to the
Jury yesterday afternoon aud after a
short deliberation the above verdict was
returned. Circuit Hollcltor Joseph R. Tat*
and Assistant Solicitor Walter Brow«i
represented the state, Attorneys Levy
and McClelland the defendant.
The charge against the defendant wan
that on December 4 last year he and a
negro named Pasco Slater held up and
robbed two white men on the Trussville
road near Iromiale. Slater was tried some
time ago ami given a life sentence in the
penitentiary. The defendant denied all
knowledge of the crime and sought to
establish on alibi, and claimed not guilty
by reason of lack of Identifloatlon. He
will be sentenced this morning by Judge
Heflin.
Tlfe case of Andy Moss, white, charged
with murder, was continued specially
until May 7. On this date the case will be
disposed of, as both sides are anxious for
a trial.
Rev. Slaton Speak* Sunday
*‘A Beggar and a Banker” will bo the
striking subject of the address at the
Young Men’s Christian association Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The speaker
will be the Rev. 8. T. Slaton, pastor of
the Norwood Methodist ohurch. The men
of the dty are Invited.
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MUCH PLEASED WITH
HIS TRIPjO SELMA
Underwood Returns After
Delivering Memorial
Day Address
"Old time southern hospitality l« still
extant." said Senator Underwood yester
day on his return from a visit to Selma,
where he delivered the memorial day ad
dress over the graves of former Con- '
federate soldiers.
"I had a most pleasant time.0 he said. V
"The residents of the city showed me
every attention, and I was dined and «
entertained In such manner that l per- #
force recalled the stories of the south In *
the days before the war. \
“Following the exercises of memorial
day. those who entertained me drove me
in their cars through adjoining counties,
Marengo and Perry. No notice of our
coming was given. However, the people
were prepared not only with hearty wel
comes but with the necessities of life. T
have seldom enjoyed myself more, and
am beginning to realize j"«* what i !
missed during the last
permitting myself hy dt 9
last in Washington."
Mr. Underwood saw the alfalfa in Ma
rengo. and the cotton and corn in Perry *
and Dallas. He conceived the idea that
the people were prosperous ami content
ed, and admitted yesterday a desire to
emulate their good example.
"When the people get tfred of sending j
me bark to Washington,” he said, "I will
i not return to the practice of law. I will
either become » farmer or a raiser of
« at tie The life appeals to me. especially
since my visit through several of the
counties of the black belt.”
IZZ T
ON PERKINS’ SPEW
Bankhead and Underwood
Say It Is Same Old
Story
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Senators 1 tank head nnd Underwood, who |
lunched together at the Birmingham
Newspaper club yesterday, declined to ’f
discuss the speech or George W. Per* K
kins, delivered Thursday night before ths
Southern Commercial congress, in flea- f *
sion at Muskogee,,Okla.
In this speech Mr. Perkins, regarded At
a Koo.sevelt satellite, discussed disparag
ingly the tariff hill and the antitrust
hill. In writing and presentation of which. {
two Alabamians, Mr. Underwood and Mr.
Clayton, played leading parts. The ar
gument of Mr. Perkins was to the end
Hint politicians were making of business ijg_
a l oot tin II. t -•‘JH
“K very body tin America,*' said Mr. Un- aH
«lei w-mi I, “Is a business man. and no op*
would intentionally hurt business. -OtrTH
the other hand, everybody, democrat Of
republican, would foster business. Wf
simply differ iinotig ourselves as to
Ireatmvnt which la cunaldered nccMMry ,
ami essential. It will b« proved In tlM
long run that nothing the democrat* have '
dour will he nn Injury to legitimate bu«l
n* nr. Denmiiata, however, In their fo»
terliiK uf the interest of hueineee, have
In mind. too, the Interest' of the peo
pie." (
Senator Btir.khfad agreed with Mr. T■
dernuod In Ids remarks. "It Is slmplviffie
old story.-" he ,.ald. ' When the detnpernte
aie In power the republicans lodge com
plain. and when th« icpuhlh-an* are In I
power the democrats lodge complaint. Mr.
Perkins. In saying that politician* make ■
a football of business, evidently had In f
mind the demagogic politicians who de- I
sire to ride Into office hy arousing the ■
prejudice of the people."
NO CONFERENCE ON
WALL PROBE VERDICT
No conference has been held hy the city
commissioners on the results of the ±
Bteele-Smlth wall disaster probe. They 2
slated vesterday they did not *now when
a conference would be held. There Wag
some belief that the commissioners would
not announce their “verdict" until Sun
day. but it Is indicated now It wlVlr bg
(sunetlnie next week and perhaps later.
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two the user ha* the loveliest pinky JK
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