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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-03
THREATENS TO SUE
FAIR ASSOCIATION
PIANO FIRM THINKS ASSOCIATION
SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED IT'S
6lD-PRosPEcTs FOR SUCCESS
ARE INCREASING EVERY DAY.

President Krebs and General Manager
MacKnight returned from Atlanta yes
terday, where they spent labor day In
the interests of the state fair. They OBJ
tanned great deal of valuable Informal
tion from Secretary Frank Weldon of the
Atlanta fair and made partial arrange
ments to combine with him on certain
important attractions. The details will be
concluded within a short time.
The management of the fair association
were somewhat surprised yesterday to
receive a visit from a lawyer who said
that his client wanted to bring suit
against the association for not accepting
their offer of a piano for the piano con-
test.
1t appears that the management sent
out a notice to the agents of the many
piano companies requesting them all to
make the best offer they could for a
piano to be given away by the associa-
tion in the contest which is now creating
so much interest and discussion. In the
final adjustment of the matter the bids
made by each piano company were
opened and duly considered by the execu-
tive board, and the offer made by the
E. e. Forbes Company was accepted and
all others rejected, because no more than
one could be accepted.
A. H. Sims the manager of the ma
chinery department of the Miner & Ket-
tig Company, has consented to take
charge of the machinery department at
the state fair. The management has had
some difficulty in selecting the proper
man for this place, and great satisfac-
tion is felt at headquarters over the &C
ceptance of Mr.. Sims.
The horse department and horse show
have been placed in charge Of w. H.
Jones, who will be assisted by Major F.
Y. Anderson and H. H. Mayberry. A
number of valuable prizes will be offered
in several classes for local horses driven
and ridden by the owners. and for chill
dren on ponies; for mounted platoon of
police and for firemen with their horses
and engines This will compose an ex-
tremely interesting feature of the fair.
and under the management of these gen.
tlemen it will be made as complete in
every detail as circumstances will allow.
Word has been received from the Con-
vent of Visitation at Mobile that prob
ably two young ladies from that institu-
tion will enter the plano contest.
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woMAN's UNION MEETS.
Baptist Missionary Work to Be consid
cred Tuesday Next.

At the Presbyterian church in Avondale
the twelfth annual meeting OF the wom-
ans Missionary union Of the Birmingham
Baptist association will be he1d on Tues
day. September 0. the session opening at
10 o'clock. Another session will follow in
the afternoon. At the same time the as
ISOLATION of the Birmingham district will
meet at the Baptist church nearby.
Mrs A. r. Killain will open the meeting
with devotional exercises, after which
delegates will be enrolled and reports of
minor associations received. An interest
ing programme has been prepared
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PRESIDENT NOT COMING.
Cannot Accept invitation to Visit City
of Birmingham.

Mayor Drennen yesterday received a
telegram from Secretary Cortelyou stat
ing that it would be impossible for Presi-
dent Roosevelt to come to Birmingham.
as the arrangements for his trip were al
ready completed and 1t would be impos-
sible to change them.
The telegram Is as follows:
East Mortified, Mass, September 2.
Hon. w. NJ. Drennen, Mayor of Bir-
mingham, Ala:
Telegram received. Regret exceedingly
that the limited time at the PRESIDENT
disposal for trip to Chattanooga will
make 1t impossible to go to Birmingham
(Signed) GEO. B. CORTELYOU, Sec. !"
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TO GIVE BANQUET.
Alumni and Students of Auburn Dine
Thursday Evening.

The alumni and students of Auburn will
hold a reunion and banquet at the Hill
man hotel next Thursday evening at 8
o'clock at which ii is expected about
seventy-five guests will be present.
Judge ]. J. Banks will act as toastmas-
ter and he is arranging for a number of
responses from prominent graduates of
the university. Invitations have been
sent TO many well known men. among
them Governor Chandler, c. C. Thatch.
president of Auburn; Prof. o. d. Smith,
DIR. ]. II. Drake, DIR. J. II. Phillips
1t is expected Governor Jelks will re-
spond to a toast as will Attorney VIII
Terry of Birmingham.
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10000 BAD EYES
At ONE HOSPITAL
Or. |. G. Wopdson Talks of
European Clinics
FREE TREATMENT POPULAR
English Doctors Charge $40 a Visit.
Or. w. e. B. Davis Held In High
Regard by European
Physl jIans.

Dr. L. G. Woodson arrived in Bir-
mingham on Saturday after, a summer
spent in European capitals While his
visit abroad furnished him a pleasant
vacation. most of his time was occupied
with clinics.
DR.. Woodson in speaking yesterday OF
the great hospitals abroad said their
clinics were attended by many Ameri-
cans.
81 was impressed and amazed" he
said, with the mass of material that
is found in the foreign hospitals. In
the Royal Appthalmie in London, the
largest eye hospital In the world. the
sum total of patients treated annually
is one hundred and twenty thousand
while in the Golden Square. the famous
car, nose and throat hospital, the num-
Der Is about sixty thousand. This is also
about the average number of patients In
the Paris hospitals.
This is one of the most striking fea-
lures of the large hospitals of Europe,
and is naturally of great advantage to
those who go to study at the clinics.
America is fully abreast with Europe in
the equipment of its hospitals and its
knowledge of scientific treatment, so
that consequently the greatest advantage
to be derived from studying in the hos
pitfalls abroad is from the large number
of patients that one comes in contact
with at the clinics. / witnessed IN a sim
gle morning eight operations for cat
aract
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GRADY MADE PRESIDENT.
William Grady of Pratt City Head o.
Hibernans.

William Grady of Pratt City has been
elected president of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians at the annual meeting held
In Montgomery. Eugene o'Brien of Mo-
bile was elected vice-president; John A.
Hughes of Mobile treasurer, and the Rev.
Hugh O'Brien of Montgomery. chaplain.
Miss Mamie McPoland of Birmingham
was elected president OF the ladies auxil-
iary OF the Hibernians. and has called
the newt biennial meeting to be held in
Birmingham. Mrs. William Grady will be
elected secretary and treasurer of the
auxiliary.
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TO REMOVE LIBRARY.
Arrangements Made to Place Books In
City Hall.

Tho public library In the city hall will
be put In condition at once. arrange
ments having been made yesterday for
the placing CT shelving In the rooms set
aside for It's use on the fourth floor of
the city hall. and the books now at the
public school building will be removed
and placed in the new public library as
soon as the necessary inside work is COM
plcted.
This was decided upon at a meeting yes
terday of the special committee appoint
ed by the board of education to arrange
fo- the removal of the library from the
high school building to the city hall and
to provide the necessary shelving and
furniture for the same. This committee
is composed oft Mayor w. NJ. Drennen,
A. o. Lane and II. B. Gray.
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FAILED AGAIN.
Police Commission Makes Intellectual
Attempt to Hold Meeting.

An attempt was made last night to
hold a meeting of tho police commission
to attend to some Of the largo amount
of business which has accumulated since
the last meeting. which was held about
two months ago, but 1t was failure
like several of the preceding attempts.
Only three OF the commissioners were
present, Chairman Rudolph and Commits
sioners Mobley and McCary. Commits
sioner Stradford is still out of the city.
There are several trials to be heard in
addition to routine business of about two
months. Another effort will be made to
hold the meeting at 2 o'clock this after
noon.
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Conference Between Officers and
AdiutaDt General Brandon
EQUIPMENT TOCOST $4,000
Officers of the Battery Left for Mont
gomery Yesterday Afternoon to
Hold Conference With Gov.
Jelks-New Members.

The Birmingham battery of artillery
will be mustered into the Alabama
National Guard Tuesday night Septem-
Der % by Adjutent General w. w. Bran
don before what will probably be the lar
gest assemblage of military officers ever
held In the state.
The state will fully equip the battery
with the latest and most improved guns
furnished the national guard by tho
government. The equipment will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000 and Ad-
Jutant General Brandon stated to the
committee yesterday morning that he
was able to give the battery about $4,000
or $4,000 worth of equipment at present
and would furnish the remainder later
Large Reception.
This statement was made yesterday
morning In a conference between the
committee from the battery and the adj
jutant general held in the office of Capt
Ed Smith The date for the mastering
In was also decided on and the commit
tee In charge of the reception has been
instructed to complete as soon as possible
all arrangements. including the invita-
lions which are to be issued.
The meeting lasted from 10 o'clock I'M
til / o'clock and was attended by all the
commissioned officers and several MEM
bers of the committees. Colonel Bran
don stated he was very much pleased
with the prospects of the battery and
that 1t had caused more enthusiasm in
military circles than he had seen since
he has been connected with the service.
He was enthusiastic in his praise of the
men who have organized the battery and
said it would fill long felt want in the
state
Yesterday afternoon Capt. Ed Smith,
First Lieut.. Frank S. White, Jr., Lieut..
]. @. Smith. Lieut. o. c. Speight and
Charles Stillwell, accompanied the adj
jutant general to Montgomery to have a
conference today with Governor Jelks and
urge his attendance at the reception.
The committee will also ask all the state
officials to be present.
Conference Held.
The reception will be on a very large
scale. Invitations will be sent at once
to all the commissioned officers of the
Alabama National Guard state, county
and city officials, members of the bat
terry and of the press, as well as a large
number of prominent men all over the
state. 1t is believed that 80 per cent
of the commissioned officers of the state
will be present. This will be the first
time In the history of military In Ala
bama that a large majority of them
have been together.
The battery will muster in between
seventy-five and eighty members. The
committee which passes on applications
for membership has sent in fifteen new
names to the secretary and there are
more TO be passed on.
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CHARLESTON TO HANG.
Board of Pardons Refuse to Commute
His Sentence.

Taylor Charleston, who is now under
sentence for killing a negro In Birming-
ham, has beer refused q Communication of
sentence by the pardoning board and will
be banged at an early date. The adverse
decision in the case has just been render
cd and advices have not yet been re-
ceivcd at the sheriffs office as to the
date when the hanging will tage place.
Charleston was sentenced to be hung
In August, but stay of execution was
secured from the governor In order that
the board OF pardons might give consid-
Grafton to the case. They investigated
1t and their decision settles all chances
for Communication of the courts decree.
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TO DISCUSS RATES.
Board of Trade to Discuss Prices of
Water.

The board of trade will meet this ar
ternoor at o'clock In it's rooms in the
Tominson building to attend to some
routine business and to discuss the water
rates charged In Birmingham in COMPARE
son with the other southern cities.
1t is probable no action will be taken
at the meeting. as the Water Works
company has requested that none be
taken until it's manager can have a con-
ference with the committee of the board
A tabulated statement showing the price
of water in other southern cities will be
presented by the committee
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MEET SATURDAY.
School Teachers to Discuss Plans for
Winter.

A meeting of the Jefferson County
teachers will be held next Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock In the court house. A
full attendance is desired as this is the
last meeting before the schools open and
will be an important one.
Superintendent McAdory will bring up
Tor discussion the work of the schools
for the winter term. Several Of the long
term schools are preparing to open at
once
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President Hates Speaks.

Upon calling the meeting to order
President T. C. Hates spoke of the work
and it's need here. He then asked for ex-
est made a short talk calling attention
to cruelties seen every day and stating
experiences she had had In the past. She
represented the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union and was superintendent Of
the department of mercy OF that organi-
cation. She assured the officers Of her
hearty sympathy in any effort made.
Former Mayor A o. Lane spoke Of the
history of such organizations in the past
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Ieel estate transfers Included the fol-
lowing:
Albert Adler and wife to Mr.. Sarah
Wilson, 5000. Lot 7, block 447, Bessemer.
q. r. Cunningham to John s Mitchell,
sleeo: 12o feet north OF southwest corner
OF northeast quarter of northwest quarter
of section. 20, township II. range 3, west.
-. l.. Jones end wife to Leo A. Fisher.
$780, Southeast quarter Of section ",
township Is, range g. west
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-09-03
NEGROES BOUND OVER.
Charged With Using Pistols and
Knives.

Lizzie Dowdell. a negro woman, was
bound over to the criminal court yester-
day by Judge Feagin en- two cases of as
Earlt with intent to murder. the bond
being $500 in each case Recently she shot
and seriously wounded John Jones and
Fannie Ross, two negroes.
John S. Stokes. negro, was also bound
over to the criminal court by Judge
Fesgin en- a charge of cutting Bessie
Walker. negro woman. His bond was
set at $500
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Minnie Lee iarrelI.

Minnie Lee Harrell. aged % years. died
yesterday at $40 Second avenue. The
funeral services w..l be conducted this
afternoon at o'clock from the residence
and the interment will be in Oak Hill ccm-
etery. She was the daughter of J. M.
Harrell. an employee of the rolling mill.
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The Fee system.


"a striking difference between Ameri-
can and foreign methods is in the fee sys-
tenn" continued DR.. Woodson, land this
accounts for the crowded conditions of
the hospitals of Europe. The specialists
charge two guineas ($10 500 for a visit,
and no discrimination is made, and fully
70 per cent of London's population re-
ceives treatment free at the hospitals OF
course, the wealthy classes are able to
pay a $40 fee, but those who are unable
to receive private treatment flock to the
hospitals, where they get treatment free.
In Europe even more than In this coun-
try members of the medical profession
are judged according to the Endorsement
of the hospitals, and the most eminent
men of Europe are at the heads of its
great hospitals and on their STATS.
There is DR.. Marcel Lermayer, the
surgeon-in-chief at the st. Antoine hos
pital, Paris. He is pre-eminently the
most distinguished ear, nose and throat
specialist in Europe, as well as being
one of the most brilliant and able men
of France. He is a member of the French
parliament. and is personally one of the
most delightful men have ever known.
He is greatly interested in American af-
fairs. He is president of the Information
al Congress of psychologists which meets
this month in Rome, Italy. DIR. De La
pearson of the Hotel Dieu is another
eminent specialist of wide reputation.
Friendly to America.
THE great specialists OF London and
those on the continent entertain the most
friendly feeling towards the medical pro-
fession of this country. They know the
regulations of our eminent specialists
and recognize that our hospitals are as
we'll equipped as those abroad"
When asked of the American surgeons
who stand foremost In the medical pro-
fession of Europe. DIR. Woodson said
that Dr. w. E. B. Davis of Birming-
ham was recognized as one of the coun-
try's most eminent men.
DIR. Davis is regarded In Europe as
one of the foremost men in the medical
profession of America, number of emf
nent European specialists referring to his
remarkable career. His articles in the In
ternational Journal have attracted wide
attention, together with his recent ap-
pointment as delegate from the United
States to the International Medical Con-
gress In Rome"
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and emphasized the necessity of having
a special officer and OF having funds
with which to pay him. He offered a sug-
Restion that larger list of members be
secured and each be required to con-
tribute some certain amount every
month. Judge H. A. Sharpe placed his
approval upon the society and of Mr..
Lanes suggestion.
B. L. Guice, DR.. A. N. Ballard. DIR.
Samuel Ullman. J. H. McCary, Chief C.
w. Austin and DR.. j. H. Phillips all
spoke enthusiastically of the movement
and assured support in the movement.
All were of Mr.. Lanes opinion with ref
erence to securing and paying an officer.
Horseshoers' Union Committee.
The names of all present who desired
to become members of the organization
were then secured after which a COM
mittee from the Horseshoers' Union
spoke of the manner In which many
horses were crippled by poor shoeing, and
asked assistance in having law passed
requiring all horse-shoers to stand an ex-
animation on their fitness.
After the appointment of committees
and informal discussion regarding laws
and organization. an adjournment was
taken until next Tuesday afternoon at
o'clock. when the committees are ex-
pected to make report at a meeting to
be held In the assembly room of the po-
lice department in the city hall.
Among those present last night were:
T. A. Hamilton, Mrs. T. A. Hamilton, II.
c. Pearce, DIR. J. H. Phillips. DR.. Samuel
Ullman. Dr. r. v. Mobley. b. L. Guice,
Mrs. B. L. Guice. E. G. Chandler, Mrs
E. G.. Chandler. A. o. Lane. w. j. Gill
more. J. N. johnson, A. f. LanIsman
and Judge H. A. Sharpe.
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DEATHSAND FUNERALS
Ethel LoveIoy.

Ethel. the 3-year-old daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Lovejoy, died Monday
at their residence beyond Red mountain.
The funeral services were conducted yes
terday and tho interment was in the
cemetery near Pratt Mines.
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Committee Appointed 10 Solicit
Members and Subscriptions
NEED OF A SPECIAL OFFICER
Committee of the Horseshoers' Union
Present to Show How Horses Are
Made Lame BY improper
Shooting.

mass meeting was held in the assem-
bly, room of the police department last
night in the interest of the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Fully thirty-fve persons were present,
Including several prominent women. Ac-
tion looking to the securing OF a larger
membership and the collection of funds
to secure an officer was taken.
A committee consisting of Mrs. B. L.
Guice, Mrs. B. Everest Mrs. E. G. Chand-
Ter, Miss Annie Walker. Mrs. Hawkins
and Mrs Reed was appointed to solicit
members and donations. A committee on
legislation was also appointed for the
purpose of examining the laws of the city
and seeing IL additional laws are needed
to further the efforts of the society. This
committee consists of DR.. ]. II. Phillips
DR.. Samuel Ullman and DR.. A. N. Bal
lard
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Don't Neglect

To attend our REMOVAL SALE. VIII
sell regardless of cost DIAMONDS,
WATCHES JEWELRY, etc. ]. Lowin-
sohn, 20OS First avenue. After October 1.
1921 Second avenue.
su-tu-wed
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Stoves, ranges and house
furnishings at unheard of
prices now on sale at 1917
4th Ave. 8. Spiro.
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Pains In the back and kidney and liver
troubles are cured by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla.
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Mr.. Maben In New York.

]. C. Maben, president of the Sloss-
Sheffield company has been in New York
for ten days and he will remain there
until after the quarterly board meeting.
Just before he left Birmingham he said
he could not account for the rise in the
stock of his company except on its
merits. He said he knew of no Wall
street manipulation of the stock; that the
stock had advanced from 80 to 40 be-
fore he had noticed the figures.
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My elegant stock damaged
by fire and water now on
sale at 1917 4th Ave. Don't
miss this sale. s. Spiro.
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One rumor is that the Sloss-Sheffield
is about to acquire the Alabama Steel
and Wire plant at Ensley. This is I'M
probable. for the reason that the steel
and wire company has no property that
the Sloss-Sheffeld needs. The Messrs.
Schiller, who own the controlling inter-
est in the steel and wire company pos
sess valuable coal and ore lands, but
the Sloss-Sheffield company owns all the
mineral lands that 1t can utilize in the
next ten years. The Schulers also have
plans for a large blast furnace and
steel mill but the Sloss-Sheffleld COM
pany can also devise plans for addition
al furnaces and a steel plant whenever
it Is SO minded.
probable rumor is that the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company has
Its eye on Sloss-S Sheffield. The latter
company has seven furnaces, all of them
in operation and all of them fine pro-
ducers The Sloss-Sheffeld company is
making money and it's future is brighter
now than ever before. The Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad could afford to pay
stiff price for the control of this prop
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Hear Frank Strickl md, the

blind pianist in some of his
own compositions at Stones.
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BIG RISE IN STOCK
ISCAUSE OF RUMORS
Is Tennessee Company After
the SIoSs-Shefleld2
LATTER HAS 7 FURNACES
President Maben Now In New York.
Rumored That a Dividend VIII
BE Declared on the Com
mon Stock.

The continued upward movement Of the
sloss-sheffield common is attracting
much attention In Wall street and is
causing favorable comment here In Bir-
mingham. The stock exchange was closed
Saturday and Monday. the sloss-shenield
selling Friday at IS and closing at CAS-.
Yesterday this stock closed at 70. Six
weeks ago the selling price was 80 to
80.
It is understood that the board Of di-
rectors Of the sloss- Sheffield Steel and
Iron company will on the tenth instant
declare a dividend on the common stock.
This might explain the rapid advance,
but growing out of the jump in the
price of the stock are various rumors,
some unthinlxable and others probable.
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5000 kitchen utensils at
less than half cost. Fire sale,
1917 4th Aye. s. Spiro.
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Music for its melodies

the blind pianist at Stones.