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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31

60 you are In business and want to, have
and keep good employees and pay them
lower salaries. on the average. than at
u present, offer each onebthat gets married
nm increase of So a week In salary.
Any great employer Of labor can afford to
pay the man a 50 n week increase IL he will
get married and then, In ten years. the mar
ried mans average salary will be lowerthan
II he remained single The wife and the So q
week increase. especially the wife,, will an.
Choir the average worker In his Job as lons
as he can hold 1t. and after he Is married he
Will demand an increase OF salary only when
forced to 10 1t.
There Is one big employerof labor In big
western city who makes a standing offer5!o
increase the salary OF every man who draws
over $18 a week by 50 on tho day he gets
married. He figures that he5 has saved tens
Of thousands OF dollars and maintainedsa
high standard among his worknen by this
policy. He does 1t as IN economic PROPOSE
tion, and he reveals figures that show that
the married men in his establishment, aver
aged for twelve years OF service each, ere
paid about S2.a5 a week less than the unmar-s
ried men who have boen In the service the
same length of time.
r y
Married KenAfYaidF Of Jobs.
The explanation he gives is that the mar
ried man, While he may ask for an increase
In salary. Eeldom demands Il, and still less
frequently makes IN Issue OF the salary
question by giving the firm Its choice be-
tween granting the increase or accepting
his resignation, When the man assumes q
wife he grows tlmid about losing his position.
his irnidiE and fear increase in direct
ratio to the number OF children born to
him.
I. Frequently" this, employer told me, II
order the salary OF some married man In
creased after he has served us faithfully for
years simply because ! know he never Will
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31
80 Nt
!. How TO Work Biseer Swindle.

e5rtgA1 = .%..
Itrequires more c capitalize start a. !" bank .
downtown. The fixtures must be more or
nate, a stair must! be employed, and the rcnt
isa much I'LL her. a lthousand dollars in7cash,
however, d alibernl estimate Of what the
!" presidents ,go,fsssome Of these institutions
have possesaedy,9sE Here It is more difficult: to
$procuregdeposits
Deposits often are receivedthrough agents
who spread the news of the new banks
founding among acquaintances. Then there.
As5the smooth talking young man, who gets
Into the rural districts and interests deposit
gors with the full soundingsname Of the bank
represents Quite often the men who
conduct them ar esthose whose narnes3havs
been connected With deals OF I'M ma
zture, yet In spite OF this, money pours In on
them. Not infrequentlyt the deposits foot up
to $4,000 before the crash comes. andSthis;
often on q $1,000 total capital!
With the wide publicity given to each|in-
stance OF a fax bank crash It would seem
that persons Of average intelligence should
find out something about q bank before plac-
Ing their funds in II, yet the list grows. The
assumption created Is that the penchant Of
the public for playing with fire In matters
hnan cial ls5 In no wise decreasing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31
Raise Pay of Married Men
in Order 10 Save Money.
BY @. e. NeWnneyer.

ask for 1t. The advance Of SIS a week granted
when they are married practically puts an
lend to their increases In salary and their de-
nands for Increases until they save enough
to be independent OF the work or until an
other position is open to them,
g 1t is an odd fact, too. that nearlytall firms
prefer married men to Glngle men as skilled
workers, because they are stendier, less lln-
Bile to ny of at slight provocatlon, and much
less likely to start or help foster labor
troubles inside the shop. The firms seldom
offer Jobs to married men working else
Increasingly because they don't see them.
1T seems a cold FLOODED proposition.
but we know that the IS a week increase
in salary Is an incentive to make the men
get married, and we know.and they do not,
that we save money by granting them that
incraA "a 4fEt3fEt ~ t4lS3f& HN1Ts3 tfsE N&g
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31

Miss Smith arrived with her perfectly
pointed pencil and her pad OF paper,
nNow, take this: Miss Smith, 1894 Blank
street. Yes. that's right he said, as she
started In surprise.
must be mistaken" she hesltated,
That's MY
TAKE dtctation. please"
We have your note Of saturdayand beg
TO assure usthat we appreciate your4rea-
sons for wanting to make q change,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31
why He Was Wiiling 70 Change.

we have been thinking 81 changing ste-
nographers, because our present5one, WHO'S
of good appearance n8fact actually pretty,
Is so Eure Of her ownimportance that she does
not attend to business, She came to u.s. In
competent and green andinStwo months at
our expensc, has learned her business and
made psogress on9sthe typewriter, She Is
constantly trying to make us believe hat va
are lucky to have her he%re--andshe wants an.
Increase in salary, ,
sSss Weregrett that we,too.work In our shirt
sleeves; and usathe cuspidor frequently but
We Will tgystofcontrol the latter habit II you
accept q position here, and also We Will smlEa
whenever we look at you.s Yours sincerely
That willdo.I think
Since they Understand each other Mlss.
Smith andSJones are getting along famously
-Rnd her raise In salary 81 In sight,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31
Bachelors Get Best Pay.

eve have studied the salarylIsts for many
years back, taking the old employees and
watching their advances. The ones that get
married, we And averaged about $40 a}Week
before marriage, the same as the generalrun
OF young men n5the office. When they We're
married their average jumped to about 81,
while tho single ones remained at sac. and
enyled the married men, Five years later, we
found the married men were ayeragtng about
$50, 80. and the single men, who started at
the same time. were getting nearly S2l. and
at the end OF twelve years service we discoy-
cred fron the average salaries Of twenty
seven married men who had received the rs
Increase, and fourteen single men who start
ed With chem In the Office, the married men
were averaging about $685.. and the single
men s25.b5. The single men, by demanding
Increases when they felt they deserYe0them,
had overcome the advantage OF the So .ad-
yancesand o~utstripped the married men who
had been afraid 70 demand morel money.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31

SO tlsfactory to the swindlers, or r the police
threaten an investigation, the depositorsj
come to the bank some morning and find
theirtdeposlts andSt he banker gone. Thereis.
one gang o Italians who have operated thus
in tho foreign quarters OF several cities OF.
the country, and always at Is the poor and
ignorant who have suffered by their opera
10 4 a n,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31

after he has gotlnear the-top, and wlthoutllt
s he never gets to.wherethe top may be seen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31


49, ] / Z
Fake Private
WON'T work for wages start a private
bank. What7 You have no capital?
wei, aon,t 81 s : s1 ,lt,,s , ting a ,lns tn St
start d private bank, inifacttti IS super
fuous. All you need is enough money or
credit OBSCURE the furniturs ccessnry to fit
an Office and pay for your printing; enough
to pay a months rent, and the public Will
do the rest. 1T Will furnish NIL the capital
ingansunbelievnbly short time. All YOU need
to do Is to get the start, to get n place where
YOU can keep money. Incidentally you must
be thoroughly dishonest and u~rscrupuloust to
makesa successat thisibusiness; but, pos sess-
ing these qualifications there Is no reason
exccptthat the police flnve been perniciously
active recently. whylaryone should work for
a living.
Appnrentlystn the longtlist OF fake get rich
quick
rest concerns there is none that has more
plentiful, more re1nuncrntivc, more easy
graft !. than the private bank. The bucket
shops. the fake mining companies, the in-
vestment companies, ell have to deal with
small amounts and the managing spirits
thereof must perform sncllnrduous labor as
wr1tdngletters 81 gsning bonds and. 3. talking
their stocks. The "president5'so f a private
bank sits shack IN his luxurious leatherette
chair, blows the smoke OF a near Havana to
the roof OF his mlntial office, and conde-
scendingly acceptssthe mite Of theSwidowand
the capital OF the s1nnlhbusiness man as de-
posts In his bank.
People come to him with money IN their
fists and shove it at ham, 1lnploring that he
will tnke 1t and&keepj 1t for them, forSheis
surrounded by the halo Of awe with which
greatiA1nerlcan public loves to surround
name q. nker..'n,SS Ie takes said money
Edllub Keeps Ni3HOWEWel1$he keeps ~ IS teSlllleu3
to by hundreds OF argryldepositors who have
clan1ored for DEPOSITS made In just such
banks. He keeps 1T 50 well that no one is
able to get at tt but himself. The moneys Is
safe with him and5jsafeSfor him. NO one
Will break in and steal norFwill race-playing
cashiers abscond with thesbal,k's funds, for
the president will guard them withNthe cnre
andijealousyto Of q man guarding his own.
SSA$ Y = S##s#
No Observation-Disclosures.
The usual idea that It requires a large
amount or capital TO open asbank5is sadly
shattered when the amount GOT capital in:
vested by a certain class orSprivate-banlSs
Is known. Many trusting persons have
learned to their dismay that theSlnoneyt they
$50 trnstingly put into the hands6of private
sbankersswns placed in the hands OF
had little or no capital oftheir own, and who
were in nowisa the kind Of men to be trusted
with peoples funds. They have learned,
nov when It is too late, that the chances for
tho return OF their money are decidedly slim
ButSthese Fhavesbeen banks started on a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31
Fake Private Bank Graf. Cheap and Easy Business. Proof Of Figuring Profits
BY the Lightning Syste
By j. Malcolm Stewart.

basis their general proflt was figured on, ana
30 they go down the line. and wtat5thcy get
through they have, say, q profit Of rs per
cent and an expense OF 20 per cent before
them. leaving q net profltfof 8 percent over
and above everything. q comfortable mar
gin. but unfortunately tficc, figured the rs
per cent as we have shown on the cost, the
20 per cent on the sales, and theygare one
and the same thing, tho profit only existing
on paper. They do business for q year, take
stock. ind no profit go over their boots,
take stock again, and finally wind up by.
lsuspecting their employees. This ID q good
example OF tho experience OF every firm that
tries to do b~usincss on this basis, while, had
they figured the other way, their position
would have been innpregnable and they never
would have figured Themselves out OF thelr
Just dues.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-12-31
Nan Ruins Employer by% Ignorance.

5MS ron NUNS GIn pIVYS - ~
* onco heard one OF the foremost account
ants In New York say OF q bookkceper Wno
had figured his profits that way md brought
his Arm to ruin: THAT man was q worse
criminal than the man that steals his firms
money. He ruined his employer by accepting
and pre- tenalngst to be able to Ill a position Nc
knew nothing about"
The business man always should pear IN
mind that a merchandise profit 10 q gross
spnrof., and the expenses always must % ng-
ured against IT. II Is not necessarysto state
that figuring one of2these on heinvestment
the other on the amount OF business, must
lead to error. Don't say Q understanding
and provide forit. WHAT'S the use ofsdoinng
that. why not figure right II nth the nrsts In q,
5stance7 Try and ind n advantage 70 be
gained by figuring tho profit on the cost
There IS none that I know OF. Ask some mer-
chant, who figures his profit on the cost. the
question I askedSthe5 plumber. andiEee what
answer you Will get. ASlittle study Will con-.
5vince&a one With any business experience
OF the Justice OF my contention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
NEW BUILDINGS FOR
 OWENTON COLLEGE
DORMlTORY AND GYMNASIUM TO BE UCTED-REMARKA- RlE SUCCESS OF PRESIDENT TURNER'S ADMINISTRATION.

The plans for the new buildings that are to be erected at Owenton college. have been completed and the contracts will be awarded in the next few days. The proposed structures are dormitory at cost of about $25,OOO This amount has been subscribed.
 A meeting of the committee that has the erection of the buildings in charge, will be called for final action when R. s. Munger, chairman, returns from Dal- las.
 Under the administration of President Turner, Owenton college, which is under the auspices of the North Alabama con- ference, has made some wonderful strides The enrolment this session is the largest in the institutions history.
 A movement is on foot to raise money with which to erect a library building. Prospects are bright for the success of the movement.
 At the next meeting of the North Ala bama conference of the Methodist Eps- copal church, south, which convenes at Athens the last of next month 1t is prob- able that some important plans will be adopted for the future of Owenton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
THE WEATHER.

Washington. October 22.-Forecast for Alabama: Fair Monday and Tuesday with slowly rising temperature, light northeast to east winds
 The Gawk Engraving CO makes the best cnts. Phone Peoples 27e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
SHELDON WILL HANG
 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
NEGRO MURDERER WILL PAY PENALTY FOR KILLING FLAG MAN ALMoN AT oxMooR IN JANUARY.

Unless the governor intervenes. Ander- son Sheldon. a negro. will pay the death penalty on the steel gallows in the county jail next Friday morning
 Sheldon Is charged with being an &C., complice in the murder of Ed Almon, a fiagman on the Birmingham Mineral, on the night of January 13. last.
 Sheldon professed religion some time ago, and last night at the Sunday prayer meeting, in which the negro prisoners take part, he assisted the two negro preachers who were conducting the ser vices.
 The crime for which Sheldon is sem fenced to hang was committed near OK moor on the Birmingham Mineral rail- road. Flagman Almon had gone back to flag train. A gang consisting of Ander- son. E. Johnson and Wesley Hale, waylaid the flagman and left him on the track for dead. Almon was picked up and brought to his home in this city, where he died day or two afterward.
 Hale, a member of the gang, was se- riously wounded in the fight with MT. Almon and was found the following day in the woods nearby. He was brought to hospital in this city. where he con- fessed to the crime, duplicating Ed John son and Anderson Sheldon Their capture was shortly effected and at the trials Johnson was given life sentence and Hale and Sheldon were sentenced to be hanged. Hale was hanged October 5. Sheldon will pay the same penalty next Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
LYCEUM LECTURE COURSE. Turn Verein Invites Public to Hear Discussions on Llvs Subjects.

regular lyceum course will be pre- scented by the Birmingham Turn verein during the coming season, and good speakers of Alabama and other states will be secured to deliver lectures on live subjects.
 The lectures will be given in the quar- ters of the Turn Verein, and the public will be cordially invited to attend. There will be no admission fee at any of the lectures. the Turn Vereln paying all ex- penses out of its treasury.
 Good musical and vocal numbers will be rendered in connection with these lectures and the audience, 1t is thought, will be highly entertained. The first of the series of lectures will be given on Sunday, November at D. m., when Alex T. London will speak on "Civic Duties''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
BIRMINGHAM'S BIG FAIR WILL
 OPEN ITS GATES THIS MORNING
TWO MEN MAKE DARING
 EFFORT TO WRECK TRAIN

A daring attempt was made to wreck train on the Greenville division of the Southern railway near Littleton yesterday morning. according to a report sent to Superintendent J. J. Cotter by G. c. Weathers, an engineer at Littleton. The message was received by MT. Cotter shortly before noon and he sent it to the police for Investigation Up to an early hour this morning the police had not ob- tained any clue that might lead to ar- rest. The following is the message from the engineer:
 Littleton, October 9, 1905.
 Two men attempted to wreck a train between Littleton and Tate's cut. chased them as far as the S35 mile siding and think they caught No. IS. Two witnesses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
ST. PAUL,S CHURCH.
Large Congregations Attend the Three
 Masses-Father Bratton Breaches.

Large congregations attended the three masses at St. Pauls church yesterday. The Rev. Father Tobin was celebrant at the o'clock service and the Rev Father Bratton was ceebrant at 93O and 10:3o. At the last mass Father Bratton preached a practical sermon on certain phases of church history and the outline of the church found In the scriptures
 The Rev. Father Kitrick who has been i'll at St Vincents for two weeks or more, Is now convalescent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23

here saw them pulling the spikes. Ask Ray if he did not put them off the train; also ask Conductor K. if he did not put them off G. C. WEATHERS.
 The supposition is that the men, who are said to have had conductors checks in their hats. were put off for some reason. The message above did not say whether they were white or black, but a later dispatch said both were dressed in black and that one wore a black hat. One was described as being slender, while the other, who is said to have worn brown hat, was described as not being over 19 years of age.
 No possible motive for wrecking train is known to any officer of the company and the entire affair is yelled in mystery, which may be explained today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23

has been instructing the buglers of the local military companies who are to take part in the parade tomorrow afternoon
 Buger Kennybrook, whose regiment is stationed at Lake Ontario, N. Y, is visit Ing relatives In Birmingham. His fur tough expires today. but through the in- huence of the local militia officers it was extended in order to permit him to blow the Presidents march.
 MT. Kennybrook has served in the United States army for seven years. He was stationed in the Philippines and in Cuba He was formerly chief musician in the Twentieth infantry. MT. Kennybrook is 25 years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
SCOTT'S EMULSION

We don't put Scott's Emul- sion in the class of advertised cure-alls; it doesn't belong there. We hardly like to use the word "cure' at all, but we are bound to say that it can be used for great many troubles with great satisfaction. Its special function is to repair the waste of the body when the ordinary food does not nourish, and this means that it is useful in many cases which are indicated by vast ing.
 SCOTT BOVINE. 4ae Pearl Street. New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
ARMY BUGLER TO
 SOUND THE MARCH
DAVID kENNYBRook, BlRMING. HAM BOY, HAS FURLoUGH FIX. TENDED so AS TO TAKE PART IN MILITARY EXERCISES.

David Kennybrook, a Birmingham boy, and bugler for Company c, Twenty-third United States infantry, will sound the Presidents march Tuesday afternoon. For the past few days Bugler Kennybrook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
Beavers Will Reoreanlze.

6lrmlnghdm bedVefS VIII neoTgahlze.
 Bridges Smith of Macon, Ga., supreme president of the Independent Order of Beavers, through his deputy, c. w. Brox- ton, seized the charter, books and prop erty of Birmingham dam on account of violating section 1 of article xix of the supreme constitution.
 Birmingham dam was the first body of the order, this city being the home of the Beavers, but the supreme president says the local dams must live up to the laws of the order.
 There is a move on foot to reorganize and quite a number of the old members desire to retain their membership in the order. The order at large Is said to be in splendid condition and new dams are being organized almost weekly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
Called to Knoxville.

Knoxville, Tenn. October 22.-Rev. Dun bar H. Ogden of Columbus, Miss, has been called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church to succeed Dr. James Park, who has served as pastor for forty years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-23
Do You Propose Opening A Savings Account?

You should have you CAN have one and keep 1t growing if you will determine to do
 But selecting bank for you@ sayngs there are sev. era things you should consider safety is the consideration Then the question of interest But you should overlook the important duty yourself the community to place savings with bank which will keep the funds at home working for the upbuding and prosperity the section in which you
 citizen are The Citizens Savings Bank is such a depository-the first and only strictly savings bank in Alabama
 If you live of Birmngham--it matters not where won can bank with us by with safety Give us your account.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-02
The Other Side
To the Editor Courier;

To the Editor Courier:
Kindly publish the following
statement in regard to the oontro.
vcrsy over the recent flag contest.
With all due respect to the organi.
zatiOn known as the order Of Eagles
we condemn and denounce the reso.
lutions regarding the action taken by
the merchants IN awarding the flag,
feeling that those members that are
honest and sincere in their regard for
the honor of the order have been mis-.
led as to the facts bearing on this
contest
First, not one of the merchants
were instiRAtors or promoters of the
advertising scheme as alleged.
Second, IL Is absolutely false that
anyone but the merchants interested
was present when final action was
taken
Third 1t is absolutely false that
any influence was used to change a
members views, but on the contrary
it was the unanimous verdict of all
the members present that to insure
n square deal to all concerned they
AbAlA hNA hAAbN ~ lfhllhhiu %
to be- worked on the public much less
ON our school children aud their
parents
At a previous meeting committee
appointed for that purpose after
carefully investigating certain charges
of fraud made in connection with the
voting contest found them substantial
and of the most glazing kind. In fact
IL the same methods would be used
to get votes at any of our municipal
elections, il would land the parties
in the penitentiary; after the fraudu.
lent votes were thrown out, the school
had the largest vote, all the contestants
had "squate deal, " aud that is
what the merchants have stood for
aud will stand by for we have clear
conscience in the matter and know we
have done what is right; We are will.
ling now to leave the verdict with
all honest men, a number of tho
order openly boislod that they woro
receiving coupons up and down the
line, from Rosehurg TO Ashland.
THE MERCHANTS INTERESTED.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-06-02
Grants Pass Optical Works.

DIR. f A. elise, late Professor of
the elise Optical institute of San
Francisco, Cal, leading eye special
ist of the Northwest, is now located
at Grants Pass. The Doctor has his
son with him who is an expert lens
grinder. Therefore we examine the
eyes and grind glasses to fit.
FACTORY ON PREMISES. We
are Manufacturing and Scientific
Opticians, using the latest and most
scientific methods Wrong glasses
will ruin the strongest eyes. GRIND
ING LENSES is mastered by com
paratively few opticians Being
manufacturers we can give you JUST
WHAT YOU NEED. We guarantee
every pair OF glasses we make to fit
the eyes. Eye strain causes more
headaches than all other causes com
bined. We positively cure Headache,
Granulated Eyelids, Inflamed Eyes,
Muscular Insufficieucy, Cross Eyes,
Etc, with proper lenses.
Children's Eyes should not BE-
neglected and allow temporary errors
to grow into permanent defects.
Complicated cases speciality.
THE elise OPTICAL CO,
Courier Building, Grants Pass,
Ore. Phone 903.