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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
CONTRACTS WILL
Be INVESTIGATED
City Council SpechI Commit
tees Meet This Morning
HEAT AND ELECTRICITY
Birmingham r. L. & p. Co. Contracts
With City for Supplying Gas,
Steam and Electricity to
Be Considered.
HEAT AND ELECTRICITY

Mayor Drennen has issued a call for
meeting of the special committee, APP
pointed under resolution from the City
Council, to investigate the contracts held
by the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company for supplying gas, steam
heat and electricity to consumers In Bir-
mingham. The meeting will be held this
morning at 10 o'clock in the office of the
day by Private Secretary B. A. Pepper
man.
The committee is composed Of:
Mayor Drennen, chairman.
Alderman Robert H. Thach Of the Sew
enth ward.
Alderman George B. Ward of the Sec
ond ward.
Alderman Walter Moore Of the Fourth
ward.
Alderman B. H. Cooper of the Fifth
ward.
The appointment Of this committee was
provided for by resolution introduced
by Alderman Moore at the last meeting
will report be made at the regular
sefni-monthly meeting Wednesday
night?" Mayor Drennen was asked yes
terday afternoon.
1T cannot answer that question. In
fact 1 do not know just what is to come
before the meeting OF the special COM
mittee yet"
Weights and Measures.
1t is understood that the Retail Grocers'
association and the Board OF Trade will
send representatives to the City Council
meeting tomorrow night to protest
against the present form of the weights
and measures ordinances Of the city. 1t
is understood that the representatives of
the two organizations will ask that the
inspector be placed upon a salary instead
of on the fee system as is stipulated In
the present ordinances.
Some interesting arguments are ex-
peeted If the matter is re-opened in the
City Council, inasmuch as this has been
a live issue with the municipal authorities
for some time past. 1t is understood
that the merchants will contend that
Birmingham receives large licenses and
the article which appeared in the local
columns of The Age-Herald Monday
showing that the license collections in
this city are larger than in other cities
with larger population, may perhaps be
cited
Southeastern Tariff Association.
Mayor Drennen stated yesterday after
noon that as yet he has heard nothing
further from the Southeastern Tariff as
ISOLATION and the Board OF Trade with
reference to a larger fire department and
lower insurance rates.
1t will be recalled that the finance and
the fire and water service committees of
the City Council after hearing the Board
of Trade members recently instructed
the members of the organization to sub
NIT a proposition to the Southeastern
Tariff association. This proposition was
to the effect that few Of the demands
OF the association would be granted by
the City Council, provided that a lower
insurance rate Is given Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
Mrs. WInsIow's Soothing Syrup

The best remedy for DIkRRHOEA. Sold
by druggists In every part of the world.
Be sure and ask fer Mrs. Winslow's
Sc othing Syrup" an take no other kind.
Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS
hv MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their
TaITDPEN WHILE TEETHING. with
PERFECT SUCCESS. 1t sooTHES the
CHILD sOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS
all PAIN, CURES WIND CoLIC. and Is
twenty-five cents n bottle.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31

WAN TIE Inexperienced
stenograpber by a large and
we'll established concern.
None other than thoroughly
competent will be employed.
Address, ]. r. H., care Age
Horald
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
Clock
Savings Bank
Free

We are offering to our
Depositors in the Savings
Department, a handsome
CLOCK SAVINGS BANK
a correct time piece, in
black enamel, which will be
kept in repair
Free of Cost
To obtain one OF these
beautiful and useful clocks
free, you are requested to
call at the bank and an Of
ficer will cheerfully explain
to you.
AMERICAN TRUST & SAVINGS
BANK,
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Corner First ave. and Twentieth st.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
THE WEATHER

Washington, January So.-Forecast for
Alabama: Cloudy Tuesday; rain at night
or Wednesday; fresh northeast to south
east winds
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
oFFIcERs:

]. B. cobbs, President: B. f. Roden. v.
President; II. H. Mayberry, Treasurer;
c. G. Davidson, Secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31

New Store-We will build
to suit an acceptable tenant
a modern 4-story store on
First avenue, between goth
and 2lst SITS. w. B. Leedy &
Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
DESERVES A TRIAL

For over so years Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters has been demonstrating
it's ability to cure Stomach, Liver and
Kidney disorders with wonderful sue
cess. 1t is therefore deserving of a
fair trial by every sufferer from Dys.
pepsa, Indigestion, BeIching, BIoat.
ina, Heartburn, costiveness, Bilious
ness, Insomnia, chiIls, Colds or Ma
Iaria, Fever and Ague. It's results are
certain. Don't hesitate any longer.
For sale by all Druggists.
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS.
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DIRECTORS:

]. B. cobbs. II. H. Mayberry, B. F.
Roden, ]. II. Robinson, C. o. Simpson. ],
r. Copeland, C. o. Burns Of Jew York.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31

Phone 27s (People's) II you want the
Gawk Engraving Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
CITIZENS
SAVINGS, BANK &
TRUST co.
2OO3 First Avenue.

We furnish free, a handsome Steel
Savings Bank to depositor desiring it.
AS little as One Dollar will start an
account here.
Our shiboleth is: Safety first-but
courtesy always.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31
Local Weather Data.
Weather Report.

Temperature and precipitation as re-
ported by the weather bureau for select
ed southern stations during "a hours end
ing at a. m. Precip-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31

H. B. Crawford, superintendent of Co.
lumbus Birmingham division of the Cen
trail of Georgia railway, was in the city
Yesterday. He was purchasing coal and
attending to other matters of business in
connection with the road.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-31

w. L. Henderson, land and industrial
agent of the Southern railway with head
quarters in Mobile, was in the city yes
terday. He is attending the meetings of
the Manufacturers association. He states
that several industries are expecting to
locate in or near Birmingham and that
he will soon have all the particulars con-
corning them and the positive announce
ment where they will locate.
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w. A. MITCHELL,
Observer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

ures are taken to systematic the govern
ment art work.
In Fort Myer, which crowns the hill near
Arlington, many expensive buildings have
been erected to accommodate the cavalry
troops which are quartered there. This is
one of the show places of the capital city
with natural site of great beauty. No
general plan has been studied. the build
ings and landscape form an incongruous
group without beauty or artistic expression
In their general arrangement and ugly in
their details. The riverside park, reclaimed
by filling the Potomac flats, affords oppor-
tunities for broad water and landscape eff
fects with its relations to and contrasts
with the formally treated Mall, which in ca
pabIe hands is unlimited. The engineers
have already commenced building roadways
without having adopted a general system of
treatment whole and without consider
alton of the future development of the
Mall, memorial bridge and other vital points
This important measure could be carried in
the proper direction if there was a bureau
or commission of fine arts. The Geological
Park is another of the branches of the art
development of our capital which is pro-
crossing without having formulated def
mite scheme on which it shall grow. The
Palisades of the Potomac are being rapidly
destroyed by the quarries which are now
being developed along this stream"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

age of the resolution and the building of
the monument by private subscription. In
truth the work of forming a new republic
no small task Washington's admin
istra tons were hampered by the Indian
wars, the whisky instruction and Shay's
rebellion; Adams term was taken UP with
the French troubles and the threatened war
with the directory; Jeffcrson's administra-
ton was filled with the wars with the pi
rates of Tripolo, Lewis and Clarks mar
velous march to the Pacific, the Louisiana
purchase and Aaron Burr's conspiracy Dur
ing Madison's administrations Congress
could of course. think of nothing but the
second war with England. 1t took a long
time for the country to recover from that
war, and so it happened that nothing but
little headstone marked the grave of Mary
Washington when Lafayette visited this
country in 1872"
There is something touching in this ref
erence to Lafayette's visit to the United
States in 1926. He visited Mary Washing
tons grave. He had known the lady in
life. To him is given the credit of calling
her Roman matron. Some of the pref
test observations on the character of this
woman were written by Lafayette After
the surrender of CORVALLIS at Yorktown
the citizens of Fredericksburg gave a great
ball to Washington and number of Ameri-
can and French officers. Lafayette was
there. Mrs. Washington, though an old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

yard. Capt Brackets Light Infantry Oh
Alexandria, a troop OF hght morse tto.lt
Eauquier county, me Die ir and the
Fredericksburg Rifles. The President was
attended by Lewis Cass, Secretary or war |,
Roger B. fancy, Attorney General. ana
Mai Dona ldson, his private secretary Mr.
Burroughs the donor of the monument, had
a conspicuous place in the procession, ana
SO did the relatives Of Mary Washington;
There were large number of navy ana
army officers and Masonic societies, while
the rear of the procession was brought up
by school teachers, pupils, citizens and
strangers.
Soon after this ceremony Mr.. Burroughs
sustained financial msfortunes and the
work was suspended. The pedestal was In
place. and the obelisk had been hauled to
the grave but was not erected. Some desul-
tory efforts were made to appropriately
mark the grave but without success, and
the approach of the civil war turned peo-
pies thoughts away from such tender MEM
cries as those of Mary Washington.
X
A writer who visited the grave of Mary
Washington in the SOS wrote the following
which appeared in the New York Times:
THE monument was commenced long be-
fore the great war, but never finished. For
four years ii lay between two armies and
battle surged around it. The marbles are
pockmarked with bullets fired in that sad
time. Strewn about are blocks of marble
and The main smart, winch was never put
in place 1t was within sight of this mOnu-
ment that occurred the terrible slaughter
of our troops on that awful December day,
1862 But ten miles away in the following
May the rout of charlottesville took place,
and in May, 1861. within fifteen miles, was
the bloody Wilderness, in whose tangles so
many men went down in battle or were
burned in the forest fires dndled. Within
ten miles was the slaughter of Spottsyl-
vania Court House. So it may be said that
within sound of that spot died over fifty
thousand brave men"
In 1873 Capt. George Washington Ball,
descendant of the Balls of Epping Forest,
originated the Mary Washington Associa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

n recent number of the Inland Archi-
tect and News Record there appears
an article on Washington, Logi-
l. cal Art Center" by Mr. Glenn Brown,
secretary OF the American Institute
of Architects. The article, no doubt will
interest all persons who are DESTROYS of see
ing Washington, the most beautiful capital
In the world and it is reproduced in The
Star. in part, as follows
Washington city should be the most i'm
portant center in the United States for the
fine arts. architecture. painting and sculp-
ture. The question Of art was considered
one Of the essential elements in the design
of the new city. The character Of the land
scape. the site and style of the buildings
and the possibilities OF vistas were carefully
considered in the preparation OF the original
plan, and the scheme evolved by L'Enfant
with Gen. Wash!ngton's supervision and
advice Is acknowledged by the authorities
of the world as the most artistic plan for
a capital city.
Presidents Washington, jefferson and
Madison personally interested themselves in
securing artistic expression from the most
skilled men in their professions without
reference to political or personal preference
to design the landscape and buildings. A
dark period in federal art began about 1850
and continued without ray of light for
nearly fifty years This depreciation was
due partly TO the Presidents OF the period
having little interest In and knowledge of
the value of art. but this dark period was
more largely due to congressional legisla-
ton, which ignored the noble plan left them
by the father of the republic. In legislation
Congress ignored the fact that the treat
ment of the city should be in accordance
with the original plan. A composition as
whole was ignored and each individual
building and park was legislated upon as
an individual scheme and treated without
reference TO other parts of the general plan
thus producing dscord and destroying har-
mony between the various parts of the COM
position. Congress has never yet appre-
eiated the necessity of a competent art di-
reau.
1T has never appreciated the value OF
obtaining the most skilled artists for fed
eral work, but has frequently legislated 50
as to place most important commissions in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

dlction of various officials no two working
on the same principles, each treating his
park as an individual spot Different de-
partmentS or branches of departments de-
sign bridges and architectural embellish-
ments, while others do the planting of trees
and others of flowers. The statues and
monuments are selected by various commit
tees and associations without reference to
what has been or will be done by other
committees. These committees have usually
shown their utter incapacity TO judge of
good art.
The most serious need is a capable ar
tistic head who will have charge of the art
interest of the country in the work executed
by the federal government. 1t would be
sensible and economical business arrange
ment to have the artistic affairs of the fed
eral government managed by one commits
sion or bureau. There would then be sys-
tenn and harmony in the completed work
and the educative effect upon the people
would be felt and appreciated.
10 Illustrate the unfortunate effects of
TINS want of system without a capable ar
tistic head, it may be well to call attention
to a few of the works which are now in
progress and which if not brought into har-
mony at an early date 1t will be inlpossib
TO rectify One of the most important rec
concentrations by the park commission was
the securing of the ground from Rock
creek to the crest of the hills. In no case
was large area required to obtain this
ehd, ana by such an acquisition some of the
most beautiful natural landscape would be
assured. No action was taken and now
real estate spectators have in many in
stances, destroyed the natural beauty of the
park by high red clay embankments and
in their work of demolition have ruthlesaly
killed trees of hundreds of years growth
have filled with careless hand picturesque
rivulets and cascades, where the water
dashed over hoary boulders gray with age
3
xA
Rock creek, where 1t extends from the
Mall on the Potomac river TO Rock Creek
Park, has for more than half it's distance a
valley of great beauty, and this is the nat
| ural link between the Mall system and the
outlying park system. 1t is easy of treat
ment, or was easy a year or two ago with
| parked drives and walks making prominent
| a beauty spot between Georgetown and
| Washington. Now this valley is fast being
| turned into a dump heap. Where Massa-
| chusetts avenue crossed the creek it was
| particularly beautiful. The engineers in
| charge of the bridge by which Massachu-
| sets avenue crossed over the valley have
| built large culvert the approaches de-
| stroying the beautiful landscape by taking
| the form of railroad embankment across
| this beautiful valley. bridge spanning
1 this space designed by capable hands might
/ have added to the natural beauties of the
scene Drives and walks would follow the
natural contours and pass under arches oi
/ the bridge. Many beauties of the valley may
yet be saved to the people If prompt meas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12

woman and not much interested In festive
things, was, after long persuasion. induced
to attend the ball, called then and noted
long after as the peace ball"
1t was this occasion that Lafayette met
Mrs. Washington and referred to her as
Roman matron."
George Washington Gusts of Arlington.
the grandson of George Washingtons wife
and adopted son of Washington, writing in
1926 of the death of Mary Washington,
said:
Thus lived and died this distinguished
woman. Had she been of the olden time
statues would have been erected to her
memory at the capital and she would have
been called the mother of Romans When
another century has elapsed, and our de-
scendants shall have learned the true value
of liberty, how will the fame of the paternal
chief be cherished in story and song Nor
will be forgotten she who first bent the
twig to incline the tree to glory. Then, and
not till then, will youth and age, maid and
matron, aye, and bearded men repair to
the now neglected grave of the mother of
Washington"
Agitation in behalf of a monument to
Mary Washington crystallized in 1890 when
the people of Fredericksburg raised $1,000
by subscription, and were proceeding with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12
Dolly Madison's Flight
From the British

~ My six miles distant from Wash
II inston, three miles above the Chain
bridge, in Fairfax county, Va. on
~ the estate known as Salona, in
the Langley tract, stands an old
house that Is of historic interest 1t was
built in 1901 by the Rev. William Maffit.
and tradition has it that the bricks in the
structure were brought here from Eng
land 1t was this old house that in 1914
sheltered Dolly Madison, wife of the Presi-
dent of the United States, on her flight
from Washington in 1914 to escape from
the British invaders
One of the owners of Salona is Miss
Harriet q. Smoot, who resides on the old
estate at this time. Miss Smoot recently
gave to The Sunday Star an account of the
fight of Dolly Madison from the British,
the story having been told to her by per-
sons possessed of reliable information rel
alive to the incident. The story as related
by Miss Smoot is as follows:
Dolly Madison fed from Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-12
WASHINGTON CITY A
LOGICAL ART CENTER

the hands of ut -erly incompetent crafts
men. We owe tie early Presidents of the
United States credit for the good which we
may have in federal art. Senator Mcmillan
appreciated the unfortunate growth of the
city with discord and not harmony between
its related parts and without a general ar
tistic composition At the suggestion of the
American Institute of Architects, he by a
resolution of the Senate, appointed the park
commission to report on the future artistic
development of Washington. The report re-
ceiVed the unqualified Endorsement of Gull
tiVated people in Europe and America. The
commission presented a scheme including
the salient features of the plan of l. Enfant
and Washington, and q development of new
portions of the city in harmony with the
original scheme
THE following structures are already be-
ing erected in conformity with this report:
The Union station. the National Museum
the Agricultural building, the office build
iIgs for the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatves, the municipal building, the
home of the Daughters of the American
Revolution and George Washington Univer-
sity buildings. The continued development
=, the city on the line suggested VIII make
Washington the most attractive city in the
world from an artistic standpoint. Its
buildings, parks and statuary will form an
art com position in which the various parts
viii be in harmony, a place of residence
worthy of and attractive to all who have ar
tistiC perception.
I'VE. as a nation. are spending enormous
sums on works which should be art produc-
tons, and the early examples of the fed
eral government can be commended for
their merit; there is now a decided revival
of interest in the character of the work be-
Ing executed under the auspices of the
United States. How best to crystalline and
make continuous this tendency is a serious
question for our officials to consider.
feel that the Importance and value of this
movement Will best be brought to the atten.
ton of Congress, which will be more able
to appreciate the interest OF the people In
the subject II the various national art as
sociations should locate their principal of.
fees in the national capital
In 1900 the American Institute of Archi
| tects established its permanent headquar
iers In Va