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The age-herald., 1902-01-01
MACHINISTS GIVE A
 NEW YEARS BALL
Several Hundred Persons Enjoy We'll Prepared Programme-Even-
 ing Finished by Dance.

The New Years ball given by Machin- ists Union last night at Magnolia Hall was attended by several hundred persons. An interesting programme was rendered in the early part of the evening, consist ing of Piano selections, songs and recita- tions.
 The different committees all perform ed their work well, and the whole enter tainment was most pleasant and enjoya- ble.
 The piano solo by Miss Susie Nall and the piano duet by the Misses Foster were exceptionally good. Recitations by Miss Myrtle Foster, Miss Flora Maroney and | an original recitation by MT. w. B. Bid- we'll were delivered in an excellent man. ner and thoroughly appreciated by those present.
 MT. Charles J. Herbert in his song, Asleep In the Deep" was at his best. Af- ter the programme was finished dancing was indulged in until a late hour. music being furnished by Chase's band.
 The front room was used as the dance hall while in the back room refresh ments were served during the evening.
 Following are the committees:
 Entertainment: MT. T. c. Lancaster, chairman; MT. P. H. Moore, Mir. L. O.. Dunnevant.
 Refreshments: Mir. P. H. Moore, MT. J. R. Dreher, MT. L. B. Pound, Mrs. T. C. Lancaster, Mrs. J. R. Dreher, Mrs. P. H. Moore.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
LAY CORNER STONE OF
 NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Ceremonies at West End Conducted By the Masons-A Hand-
 some Structure

The cornerstone of the new West End school was laid yesterday afternoon at 23O o'clock in the presence of about 200 people and 100 scholars, who took part in the exercises, which were conducted by Grand Masonic Lodge of Alabama. Past Master Dan A. Greene officiated, assist ed by R. N. Hawkins.
 The school will be located at the corner of Cotton avenue and Elyton street. It is to be a handsome two-story building when completed. costing in the neighbor- hood of $10,0O0. It will contain six rooms three on each. floor, and the upper floor Is so arranged that it can all be thrown into one big room.
 Work was commenced on the building about six weeks ago. and 1t Is expected that 1t will be completed in about two months. c. M. Allen is the contractor.
 Dr. R. N. Hawkins, Mir. Charles Schwend. MT. w. s. Montgomery, Mir. H. J. Salters and other Masons were present and took part in laying the cornerstone. Several coins and a copy of the charter of the city were placed in the stone. Three young ladies were emblem bearers, Miss Mildred Worrell. oil; Miss Eunice Belle Milner, coin; and Miss Alma Thorp, wine.
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acceptance. MT. Thompson spoke as if that would be chiefly a matter of form. At any rate he talked confident ly of the enterprise.
 Some persons there were who expressed doubt about the scheme. To put 1t mild ly they spoke of it as a bluff. But one or two citizens of Birmingham who were close friends of MT. Thompson were en- tireiy satisfied that there was no blum about it. Mir. Thompson. he said. meant just what he stated to the newspaper men. Since the interviews with MT. Thompson appeared little has been heard of the steel plant. This fact however, has no significance. for every one familiar with big undertakings knows that it takes months to perfect plans.
 WILL BE BUILT.
 In reply to inquiries touching the steel plant yesterday MT. w. II. Hassinger, district manager of the Republic, said ''Yes, it will be built. There is no req sonable doubt about that. Just when the company will be ready to begin work cannot tell, but 1t will not be a great While; several months perhaps; maybe not before next summer.
 We need the steel mill and the public may rest assured that the company is not going to stand still It will be found moving forward with the rest of the pro- cession."
 The T. C. Is steel making venture, now an established success, has been a moth
 
 this district forward as nothing else could have done. And with a $3,000,000 steel plant at Thomas, Birmingham will boom ahead at a rate not dreamed of three years ago.
 All that will be needed to make the future Birmingham, without exaggera- tion the Pittsburg of the south, is the Warrior canal
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corporations have been organized to do business fin Jefferson County with a com bined capital of about ss.OOO00O. Among eration are the hollow-ware works. tho knitting mills and the Southern Cement Works, all large concerns located at North Birmingham. At Helena the Ala bama Tube Company has put up a large plant, and is making tubing on a wide scale. To this important industry is be- ing added a hoop and tic plant.
 The old Trussville furnace has been re- built on large and strictly modern lines. It recently went in blast It Is owned and operated by c. E. Buck & Co.,, and is doing highly satisfactory work.
 RAIL MILL.
 One of the greatest of the new plants erected in the county Is the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company's rail mill at Ensley. It is practically complet ed and will soon be in operation.
 The number of small industries which add so much to the thrift of any com II unity, has not increased as rapidly as brmlngnam conditions would justify, but there is bright promise for improvement in this line this year.
 One of the most telling facts in connec- tion with the general prosperity of the Birmingham district is the phenomenal increase of the bank clearings in this city The volume which passed through the clearing house for 1901 including yester- days business amounted to s4SO29. GOT, be- ing an increase over 1900 of $4O46, 163.
 THE NEW YEAR.
 As prosperous as this district was in 1901 the new year will far surpass it in thrift. It will be a great record break CT. In the first place the demand for iron, instead of diminishing. is more lively than at any period of last year and prices
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Model BottIing Works.

To accommodate the ever increasing demand for their famous products. the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Ass n, St. Louis. Mo-, now have in course of construction an immense bottling establishment
 A handsome structure covering an area of 700 by 400 feet (about four city blocks1 equipped with the best and most modern machinery. will be, when ready for oper- ation. the largest and most complete bottling works in the world, the "Rud- weiser" department alone having A ca pacity of a million bottles day.
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JURY PANEL.

The jury panel in the first division of the City Court is:
 A. O. Riddle, A. farmer; J. A. Bundrick 42, clerk; B. H. Johnston, 33, clerk; J. w Prowell. 10. coal dealer: Henry Hidden, 37 agent; George M. Hudson. 21, bookkeep- CT; ". T. Tanner, Il, dairyman; James N Collins. s7, conductor; C. Morris. 25. farm CT; T. S. Smith, g, farmer; H. D. Stewart IS, miner; Billy Fields IS, farmer; James Howard, 21, insurance agent; J. T. Glaze, 24 farmer; Wm. Parsons. l. farmer; J. L.. Woodward, 3o farmer; John B. Jones, 12, farmer; w. c. McHale, 34, Blacksmith; Thomas Willard, Jr.. 37, carpenter; John Mccoy, H, unknown; T. N. Harvill, 21, bookkeeper; J. T. McCrory, 37, collector; T. N. Harris, 37, track foreman; W. F. Donovan, 21, clerk.
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are advancing. No. 3 foundry went up last week to SIP ton. A further ad- vance this month is talked of as one sl a ton within the next few weeks. It looks, indeed. as If there would be what iron men call q runaway market.
 The T. c. I. has planned for large additions to it's already extensive indus tries. It's great steel plant at Ensley will be extended by the erection of two sta tionary furnaces, and the company will begin work, probably early in the year. on hoop and tie mill. Other big opera tions will follow which will mean a vast outlay on the part of the Tennesse Coal. Iron and Railroad company and employ ment for many skilled workmen
 The Republic Iron and Steel Company and the Sheffield Steel and Iron Company will each make important ex- tensions in it's operations. The Republic is now completing its third blast furnace at Thomas. This will be the largest and most modern furnace in the South. It will be ready to blow in by March and will have a capacity of 25O tons a day.
 NEW STEEL PLANT.
 But as much as this new furnace means for Birmingham. 1t will be overshadowed by the steel plant which the Republic intends to erect at Thomas. When Presi- dent Thompson of the Republic com pany and several of his directors were here early last fall the announcement was made by MT. Thompson that it was the purpose of the company to build the steel works. He stated for publication that the plant when completed would cost s3,00O,00O. This would include, he said, certain related mills In addition to the central plant for the manufacture of steel. While the project would have to be laid before the board of directors for final
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
MANY ARE PAYING
 STREET AND POLL TAX
All Must Have Receipts Who Wish to Vote This Year-Books
 Close February

The office force of the city street and poll tax collector was given much work yesterday by persons desiring to pay poll tax. A line of would-be voters kept each clerk busy writing receipts from early morning until closing time.
 More than seventeen hundred receipts for poll tax have been issued by the col- lector. The receipts for this years tax is necessary to entitle, one to vote. This is the cause of the rush.
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WILL ENTERTAIN
 NEWSBOYS AT DINNER
MT. Dave Wurtzburger and Judge Houghton Will Have Them
 as Their Guests

entertained at a dinner this afternoon at The Florence Hotel by Judge w. R. Houghton and MT. Dave wurtzburger, who represents Lowinstein Brothers of Memphis.
 The dinner will be served promptly at 8 o'clock in the dining-room. The boys are Instructed to assemble at the Age-Her- aid office an hour earlier so that they may be given the tickets which entitle them to be present at the banquet
 Judge Houghton has been a friend of the newsboys for a number of years, and he will see to 1t that all of them are taken care of this afternoon.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
PROSECUTION WILL NOT
 ASK FOR DISAPPOINTMENT

1t IS possible for the captain in person to tell. Colonel Higdon will leave this morn- ing for Montgomery
 Captain Kennedy said last night that he had no verbal testimony to give ex- cept that which would be testified to by other officers, and that the command or dering Lieutenant-Colonel Kyle into camp had already been handed in as evidence He said the order was made out by for mer Sergeant-Major Walter Gardner, at present regimental quartermaster of the Third Alabama.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
SELLS RESIDENCE PROPERTY,
Pratt Land and Improvement compan,
 Purchases Land.

The Pratt Land and Improvement Com. pany yesterday filed deed of sale in the clerks office of the probate court which conveyed the property near the corner of West Twentieth street and Park avenue from Mir. Joseph and wife to said com pany. $13.SoO being the consideration named.
 The lot faces ss feet on the west side of Twentieth street and runs back l5O feet on Park avenue. It is in one of the most desirable residence portions of the city,
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86 FOR, 5 AGAINST
 IS VOTE AT DOUGLASS
Judge Stiles Has Not Set Date for the Election of Mayor and
 Aldermen.

The result of the vote to incorporate a negro town to be named Douglass was yesterday handed to Judge J. P. Stiles of the Probate Court. It stood S6 for in- corporation and against.
 The law requires that Judge Stiles shall notify the sheriff within three days after the articles of incorporation are filed, and that he shall name a day for the election of Mayor and an Aldermanic board of the city. No date has yet been set for the election
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There will be no postponement of the HigdonKyle trial on account of any re- quest coming from the prosecution based on the fact that Capt. Huges Kennedy, adjutant of the Third Alabama, is i'll and will not be able to leave his room un- til the first of next week.
 Colonel Higdon stated last night that as far as he was concerned there would be no request for delay, that all of Cap tain Kennedy's testimony in the case was in, and that the records kept by him were perfect and would tell as much as
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FAILS TO MAKE BOND.
o. E. Rinsland Boy Arrested for Steal.
 ing Overcoats.

o. B. Ringland, the 19-year-old white boy who was arrested recently charged with stealing overcoats. was yesterday , afternoon locked in the Jefferson county jail in default of $500 bond in three cases of grand larceny. He was tried in Judge Feagins court and bound over to the Criminal Court.
 It will be remembered that Ringland made his living by stealing overcoats and selling them Quite number were recov- cred by the city detectives, Ringland aid ing them by telling where the coats were sold.
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Yesterday was the last day on which taxpayers could give their money to the county without having to pay extra for | the office than ever before. There was a long line of people extending into the cor ridor of the courthouse all day, a new person arriving as rapidly as one moved out at the head of the line.
 It was estimated that over s100, ,0000 was
 ><<-<~<<<<Na-><%< was that the rural bankers would not favor change In the present conserva- tive law which confines loans to borrow CTS with readily convertible securities. They are in the same boat with city bankers When strain and stress come the small-town institutions have to call on the big cities New York must be chiefly reckoned with, and 1t is out of the question, Birmingham financiers remark ed, to think that real estate security, no matter how valuable, would be for a moment considered in the money center.
 The official of one of the national banks said: 'The village banker doing business under the national banking act is able now to say to a man after a loan on a real estate mortgage. T would be glad to accommodate you, but the law pro- hibits the bank from letting out money on the sort of seculity you offer. I know the bank would be absolutely safe in accept ing your mortgage in exchange for it's cash. but you see the law .forbids. As a matter of fact the mortgage might be first class. furnishing more than ample margin for the amount asked for. but 1t was not what the bank wanted. The loan would have too long to run On the other hand there are cases where a national bank might see fit and desire to make six months loan on real estate. In that event the business is easily managed by having the deed made to one of the di- rectors of the institution and by him transferred to the bank"
 President of State Bank.
 The president of a flourishing bank operating under a state charter said there were many reasons why change such as Congressman McCleary had in mind would not commend itself to the National Banking people. He wished to point out only this one as settler While the real estate loan might be more than safe. he said, 1t was liable to put the bank to trouble and expense In many states the law is such that if the borrow CT defaulted on his note and judgment were obtained he would have two years in which to redeem his mortgage, all: or nearly all the states, had laws giving the mortgagor q big advantage when it came to litigation. said the banker. This he thought would offer an insurmount- able objection to change in the Ma tional banking law. Assests that will go in New York is what the rural national bank as well as the city ones must have in their vaults. Congressman McCleary, judging from the tone of his letter has the good of the public at heart, said the bank president. but when the answers to his questions are in he will find a large majority of them on the negative side
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TO BE SWORN IN.
New City Officials Will Take Oath
 This Morning.

All officials of the City of Birmingham will be sworn in at the city hall this morning by Mayor Drennen An order was issued yesterday by the Mayor ask ing all officials of the city whether new ly elected or not to be at the city hall at o'clock for the purpose of being giv- en the oath of office.
 The employees of the city hall will have a half holiday today. The offices will be open until 12 o'clock but will close promptly at that hour remaining closed until Thursday morning.
The age-herald., 1902-01-01
Last Day for Paying Tax
 Brings in $lOO,OOO

taken in at the office. but the exact amount has not been figured out. It will propably be this afternoon before the total for the year Is known.
 The taxes collected this year are much greater than ever before, there being an increase of over $50,000 yesterday. and it Is expected that it will go much higher than that when all the returns have been made.
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For new subscribers, The Age-Herald will accept cigar box tops or the following brands of Traylor, Mo- Donald 6 Compsnys fine cigars in payment of subscription to the Daily Age-Herald. as follows: Magistrate" Traylor's Travellers. Traylors Havanas, Right of Way. Sportsman's Delight. Bob White. Little Clear Havanas. Traylor's $ Specials. Traylor's Boduet and General Gordon. sent by mail or express, charges prepaid. Three months subscription for 10 tops. Six months subsc, iption for 20 tors. Twelve months subscription for 40 tops.
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FUNERAL NOTICE

Mrs. Susom M Baker. wife of I. A. Baker. died at the residence of w. s. Davis. 1880 Fourteenth avenue. North Highlands. of pneumonin- yesterday at 3:30 a. m. Funeral services will be held at the residence 10 a. m. this morning. In- torment Oak Hall cemetery.
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LOCAL BANKERS DO NOT ENDORSE PROPOSED CHANCE Congressman McCleary's Plan to Help Rural Banks Not
 at All Feasible SHOULD STAND AS IT IS Small National Banks Could No More Afford to Lend Money on Farms
 and Town Lots Than
 Big Ones
SHOULD STAND AS 1T IS

Congressman James T. McCleary of Minnesota a member of the committee on appropriations, Is sending to 24OO presi- dents of national banks a copy of the circular letter which followsf House of Representatives. Washington. December 27 1901. "It has been suggested to me by sev- eral gentlemen interested in national hanks and desirous of rendering them as useful as possible to the communities in which they are located, that 1t would be well to amend the national bank act so as to permit national banks in the smaller places, where the clientele of the banks is largely rural, to loan a DOT tion of their resources on real estate se- curity, If the proposition seems wise to those who have practical knowledge Of such matters, may introduce Dill a1ter the holidays providing for the amend ment With that in view l desire the benefit of your judgement in the matter, and I will appreciate an early answer to the following questions.
 1. Do you believe that such an amend ment would be in the public interest? If so, why2 If not, why notY
 '.2 If you first answer be affirmative where would you draw the line between those national banks that may and those that may not make such loans? Would you make the capitalization of the bank or the population of the town where the bank is located the basis of such classifi- cation2 Why?
 's. Just what percentage and of what would you specify in the amendment? That is, would you grant the permission as to a certain percentage of the capital of the bank or as to a certain percentage of it's loanable funds? Why? (Sugges- tions running from 25 per cent to 40 per cent of the capital of the bank have been made).
 "4. Would you limit the operation of the amendment to farm loans or would you include town property? Why?
 'b. Would you permit loans under the amendment on first mortgages only, or would you permit such loans as meet the approval of the board of directors? Why?
 .e. Would you require that all loans un- der the amendment should have the ap- proval of the directors before being made? Why?
 .7. Have you any other suggestions as to the safe operation of the amendment if 1t should be made?
 's. Are you willing to have me quote you on the above points in any remarks that may make on the subject?'
 Neither Feasible Nor Desirable.
 Several Birmingham bankers expressed their opinions yesterday on MT. Mo- Clearys questions. They were in accord on two points. One was the cautious manner in which the Congressman has set out to sound the banking people on his tentative proposition. The other Is that a measure such as he suggests would be neither feasible nor desirable.
 The upshot of the talk in bank circles
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Card of Thanks.

We desire to thank our friends for their many kindnesses to us in our great be- reavenent through the death of our son and relative, Ebert N Jones.
 M. w. JONES AND FAMILY.
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Funds for Silver Service.

Subscriptions to the battleship Alabama silver service are being received very slowly. A number of committeeman have failed to make reports. but they will be urged to complete their work without de- lay The total amount of contributions is s850.00.
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There will be a hot time at your home if you use a Gas Heater.
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BIRMINGHAM DISTRICTS SOLID PROSPERITY
 AND RECORD BREAKING OUTLOOK FOR 1902

In the year just closed the Birmingham district had it's full share of the country's prosperity. While tho price of pig iron was not as high as 1t had been the fur mace business in 1901 was remarkably sat- isfactory. because it was at once active and normal.
 The furnaces were taxed to their ut- most capacity, and during the fall the demand was far greater than the supply. In 1900 Alabama, which from the indus trial point of view means practically the Birmingham district. made 1.155,5s3 tons of iron as against 1,0S3,eo5 in 1898 and SEA- 667 in 1895. The statistics for 1901 have not been made up, but 1t Is estimated that Alabama's iron output will show some thing like 1,25O,0OO tons.
 There are nearly forty pig iron furnaces in Alabama using coke and ten using charcoal. Several of these furnaces are out of blast for repairs, and few of the old ones are probably out for good.
 The coal output of the district has been increasing steadily every year. In 1900 it was s273,362 tons as against 7,4s4,773 tons in 1899. It is estimated that the output for 1901 was considerably over 9.O0O.OO0 tons Coke was 2,119917 tons in 1900, and 1t will probably foot up two and a half million for 1901. The railroads have been over taxed in handling the iron and coal traf- fic.
 WAGE BANNERS.
 The number of wage-earners in this dis trict has increased in twelve months from forty-five thousand to about fifty thou sand, and they are on the pay rolls for about two and three-quarter millions of dollars per month. During the year new
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A FULL LINE Of Gas Stoves, Heaters, Hot Plates, Tubing, Mantles, Etc. Birmingham Railway, Light E Power Co. 2lO4 lst ave,
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Congressman James T. McCleary or Minnesota a member of the committee on appropriations Is sending to 24OO presi- dents of national banks a copy of the circular letter which followsf
 House of Representatives,
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