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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22
EsD|GndidO bale

En- una tarjeta elegantisima, nos
llega la invitaci6n amable de la di--
rectiva del oCasino Puertorriqueho de
Humacao,s para el bale de Sociedad
que en- celebration del primer aniver-
sario de la fundaci6n del Casino, ha
sido organizada con toda esplendidez.
para ell treinta v uno del corriente.
Al propio tempo Sc nos avisa la
toma de possession de la Direetiva de di-
ebo cfreulo. Quedamos reconoeidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22
Por los campesinoS

Una comisi6n compuesta de los obre-
ros r. Rivera Noa, Presidente; j. Be-
cerril, Secretaio; Manuel Valdes, Ar
turo Torres, Armando Chico y j. L6pn
Santaella, es la encargada de las in
vitaciones para el bale de confianza
que tendra lugar, el sabado 30 de los
corrientes, en- el Teatro Municipal.
Ell producto de este bale sera des-
tinado ayudar una campana espe-
cial, en- pro del campesino puertorri-
queho. que para mejorar sus condicio-
mes sociales, llevara 4 cabo la Fedora
eion Libre duranfe el periodic de sic
te mcses comenzando en- Arecibo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22
h Padre Parab

Hoy embarca para Espana, despu4
de pasar unos dias entire nosotr0s, g
espera del vapor que lie ileva junt0 =
los suyos
Ell ilustre predicador ha renbhio da~
rante el tempo que ha estado en- -
Juan, p1blico homemade de la a'lnnma~
ci6n y simpatias que despierta enne
todas nuestras classes sociale8-
Permanecera dos meses en- E6pa
el Padre Paradis, y regrsar& s -
parroquia de Los Llanos, en- Sanf0 L.
mingo.
NosotroS deseamoS un feliz v1Aje n
elOcuente orador sagrado. !.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22
N0G,a del @l6a

q
En- cl Consejo Ejccutivo ha presen-
tado cl sciior Gromer una resolucion
conjunta que es de una trascendencia
grande y merece ser estudiada por TO-
das aquellas personas que &C interesan
por el bien general de Ia Isla.
Quierc el seiior Gromer que sea crea-
ds una ccmisi6n, de tres personss, que
informe & la proxima Asamblea Legs
lativa rcspecto al estado de la aericul'
tura v de la vida rural en- Puerto Ri
co La forma en- que puede mejorarse.
Ell seiior Gromer eta el ejemplo DE
los Estados Unidos. donde ha sido he
cha una labor inmenss y fecunda en-
resultados. v dice que en- la lsla, "que
es una de las mas ricas, mas bellas y
saIudsbles de las islas tropicales del
,oundo. siendo SUI china una primavera,
verano v otono constantes, proveyen-
do La naturaleza I'm invernadero per-
p.tun donde todas las plantas de los
tropicos y muchas dc la zona tempia-
da crecen exuberantemente, mlentras
cue La riqueza de Puerto Rico conslste
en gran parte de los productos de sus
huertas. campos y bosques", en- la Is
Ia es precise dice bien claramente, que
), robierno sc tome interes por meJo-
rar on cuanto sea possible y este en-
sos medioe. las condolences de la vida
rural de la agricultural.
yiniendo de un funcionarlo que tie
ne en- la vida economica de la coionia
,,,a s;gnificaci6n altisima, es de mucho
xalor esta declaration contenida en- Id
n!ausible resoIuci6n conJunta presen'a'
ia 4 la aprobacion del Ejecutivo-
Bueno es que el senor Gromer Sc
,nterese DOR la manera como puede ser
meiorada la vida rural en- fuer'o M
co porque asi, admitiendo la since
,,dad de las declaraciones. es dado es-
perar que desaparescan muchas Sio-
lencias cometidas contra agricultores
arruinados, muchas exigenclas crueies
tenidas con los cafetercs propietarios
rurales. cuando en- Las esferas del go
bierno sc sabe, v sc sabe perfectamen-
te. que la miseria de una gran par'c
de la poblaci6n campesina no tiehe
otra causa que la falacia del cabotaje
tantas yeces denunciado por nosotros.
Sin esperar ( la pr6xima Leg'slatu-
ra. sin aguardar informes que iuego
pueden ser ampliados, va puede hacer-
"a alpo en- beneficio de la agricultural
y de la vida rural, 81 no es que la IN
iusticia perseguidora de los cafeteros
ha borrado & estos del nlcleo de nues-
ira poblaci6n rural tan necesitada de
una vida mejor.
Ancho campo tiene va el gobierno,
en- que ejercitar los buenos propositos
an. ne yislumbran en- ell proyecto del
tesorero.
Nadie con mas motives, nj con mas
rsz6n que los cafetefos, para recibir
los beneficios de la protection oficial,
en- cualquier forma que esta pueda ma
nifestarse, sin chocar con los rigidos
preceptos de los inflexibles nuevos me-
iodos.
Todos sabemos de que manera vive
ga legion de infelices trabajadores
del cafetal.
Y el sefior Gromer que ha demos
srado en- el tempo que lieva entire nos
o.ros que es bombre que - interesa
por los probiemas nuestros. sabra d.
ssgnro cue este ano hs de ser muy es-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22
Ina function en- q teat,

Para les supervivientes del desas~
tire de Calabria y Stella Sc est4 Or
ganizando para el treinta y uno q
Enero una function en- el teatr0 Mun-
cipai.
Ell programa no esta combinado aas
pero sc sabe que en- el fgurar4n M
meros interesantisimos-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22

Sc concedieron dos peticiones de 25
y 30 dollars, respectivamente, & los
estudiantes Manuel Agosto y Antonio
Escalera, quienes embarcan para los
Estados Unidos, continuar los estu-
dioS en- su carrera.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22

trucci6n de un frozo de carrctera qua
partiendo del pueblo de NaranjitaL
empalme con la num. 20 que eonducs
de Bayam6n Comerio en- Ell puen1s d
nominado oPuente. de Ia Platas
T.. de la c. IS. Por "a se1or Coiras
Para asignar la suma de cincuenta ~
dollars para la continuation de II -
rretera de Gales 8 Jinna Diaz-
p. de la {. 80 Por el sei1or CADn-
les. Para la emancipation de h NJ.
ler.
a las $40 Sc suspeDde la session pa-
ra manana las solieitud del D.
lcgado Tizol
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22
Il lbaDi|o del teatlp

Ell Tribunal Supreme. ha confirmAdG
el sinjuctiono puesto por la Corte d
Distrito para detener las obras d
construction de un local, anexo .
teatro, para dedicarlo cafe y restan-
rant.
En- virtud del fallo del Supreme j
desaparecera de la acera del teatro b
que el pnblico ha dado en- lamar, grk6
camente, ell lobanillo-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22

Sc concedieron algunas licencias y
no sc trataron otrOs asuntos de i'm
portancia, al menos por La minuta que
nos ha sido ensenada en- Secretaria,
de la cual tomamos las noticias trans
critas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22
NotaS municipales

Anoche celebr6 session el Ayunta
miento de esta ciudad.
Sc discuti6 el expediente sobre ad
quisicion de terrenos, con destino al
barrio de Santurce.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22

Ell Presidente de la comision del ba-
rio obrero, pidi6 que en- vista de la
ausencia de uno de los individuos de
La expresada Comisi6n, Sc acordase
sispender para la pr6xima session el
asunto relative al bRrrio obrerO.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-01-22

vEASE LA SEPTIMA PLANA IN
FORMACI0N DEL Ola INTERESAN
TIE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
WEDDED, BUT WILL
 FINISH SCHOOL

Columbus. Miss, April 6-(SpeeiaI)- Miss Natalie Gathings. president of the senior class at the Industrial Institute and College, and J. D. Smith, son of Penn Smith, who lives near Artesia and conducts an apiary, were married in St. Louis, Mo, this morning A tele- gram received this morling about II o'clock from the bride at St Louis which read Married today. Will finish school,s is the only message the young lady has sent concerning her wherea bouts or move- ments since she left the college grounds yesterday afternoon about 8 o'clock Ac- companied by her friend and classmate, Miss lola Sanders, Miss Gathings jour neyed to Artesia on the $40 train, where she met MT. Smith by appointment. Miss Sanders returned to Columbus while Miss Gathings and Smith selected St. Louis as a suitable place to be mar ried.
 The bride is daughter of Dr. J. c. Gathings of Tibee Station, Miss, trustee of the Industrial Institute and College. A feature of the wedding is that last Oc. tober Miss Madge Gathings, younger sis ter of the bride of today, quietly left the college, where she was a student of the sophomore class and was married at the Methodist parsonage.
 President Whitfield Is out of the city and no one at the college will discuss the affair
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
TO ARRANGE FOR
 MEMORIAL DAY
Camp Hardee Will Hold an Important
 Meeting at Chamber of Com i merce Today.

Camp Hardee, United Confederate Vet erans, will meet in its regular semi monthly session in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce on Twenty-first street this afternoon at o'clock. The camp will take up the matter of the ar rangement for the celebration of Me- morial Day, April 26, and the meeting will be an important one.
 The committees from Pelham chapter Alexander H. Stephens chapter, w. L. Yancey chapter, United Daughters of the Confectionery, and Camp Morgan-Pettus and Camp Clayton, Sons of Veterans will hold a joint meeting, and all others interested in the celebration are cordially invited to attend. The veterans are espe- tend the meeting.
 Several other matters of interest will be brought up in the meeting. cam paign will be started to raise the fund for the erection of a monument at Selma in honor of the late Senators Morgan and Pettus. both of whom distinguished themselves during the Civil War.
 The Sons and Daughters of East Lake are cooperating with the veterans of Camp Bob Mckinley, United Confederate Veterans of East Lake, and arrangements are being made for the proper observa- tion of Memorial Day at East Lake.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
HOWARD COLLEGE
 WINS CONTEST

Selma, April 16-(Special.) )-Tonight took place the intercollegiate oratorical con test between the Southern University of Greensboro, the Alabama Polytechnic in- stitute of Auburn, and the Howard col lege of Birmingham. After listening to the efforts of the three young men repre- senting each of these institutions. H. S. D. Mallory, A. D. Pitts and Prof A. F. Harmon awarded the medal to Malcolm E. Kettles of Tunnel Springs, represent ing Howard college. The judges had to decide only on delivery of the question debated, and MT. Kettles was declared the winner. His subject was international Peace; Why?"
 W. s. Childs of Forsyth, Ga., spoke on ''The Age of Action,'' representing the Polytechnic University, and Louis John Webber of Mobile spoke on America and the Golden Age" representing the South ern university. Today was held meet ing of the State Oratorical association, and J. c. Hutto of Howard was elected president; c. H. Cleveland, Southern uni- versity, vice president, and Will Oliver of Auburn, secretary. Selma was chosen as the permanent place for holding the an- nual debate, provided this city would pro- vide the theater free of cost, which, of course, will always be done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17

as the strategic point in the entire edu- cational system.
 2. The professional training of teachers to meet the just demand for more eff cient service, and especially the strength ening of the department of education in the higher institutions for the training of men as teachers and principals of high schools, and as superntendents.
 "3. The extension of local school im- provement leagues to every community in the south and the earnest effort to place the work upon a self-supporting basis.
 A. Continued efforts in behalf of com pulsory education in such manner as may be deemed wise in each state.
 ''5 We recognize with delight the in crease in dignity and power of state su- perintendents of education, which is att tracting the strongest men among us, and the growing recognition of these leaders as the real shepherds of the people.
 "6. The National Bureau of Education at Washington has made such use of its limited resources as has rendered 1t a valuable re-enforcement of every good ed- ucationa lemovement throughout the land. We are glad to note that Congress has begun to make distinct increase in appro- prlation which, as heretofore, has been totally inadequate to the needs of the people, and painfully disproportionate to the importance of the interests which it serves We respectfully urge upon Con- gress that it undertake without further delay the placing of this bureau upon a plane of efficiency such as will enable 1t to render in fun the service which the states represented in this conference re- nuire and expect from such a federal of fee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
SEEK HARMONY
 WITH SHIPPERS
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso- citation Is Incorporated With
 Ten Charter Members.

With view of promoting harmony be- tween and to advance the mutual inter- ests of the shippers and carriers of Bir- mingham, to secure such freight rates to and from Birmingham as shall be equal in common territory and to work in the general interest of the merchants and manufacturers of the city, the Mer- chants and Manufacturers association of Birmingham has been organized and arti- cles of incorporation were filed in the office of the probate court yesterday.
 The association is incorporated with ten charter members all of whom are prom inent business men of Birmingham and the organization hopes for the accom- plishment of much good for the city and immediate district.
 The charter members of the association are: John E. Morriss, A. H. Ford, R. A Porter Frank Nelson, Jr., John L. Raul, W. H. Stockman. s. w. Lee, B. F. Moore, H. W. Coffin and R. H. Goodan.
 The names of the officers of the asso- citation are not given in the papers filed yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
MORE MEMBERS
 ARE NEEDED NOW
MIR. BABE BELIEVES MANY MORE WILL JOIN CHAMBER OF COM MERGE WHEN NEW BUILDING IS OPENED.

With the change of the Commercial club to the Chamber of Commerce, comes a big need for more members. The sec retary and officers of the chamber are making plans looking toward an intelii- gent enlargement of the membership.
 The number now barely exceeds 600 and while these number the most active busi- mss men in the city. yet under the new constitution there will be so much special izing that the need for many members in each branch of business becomes eyi- dent
 This" said Secretary Babb yesterday. cannot be brought about by membership campaigns, but by an education of the public to it's duties" He believes, how ever, that with the coming of the finest Chamber of Commerce structure in the south, the civic pride will become more evident. Every man who has any in- terest in Birmingham has something to do under the new plan of the organization and is expected to join and take part.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
Burton Looking After Election.

Washington, April 1e.-Senator Burton of Ohio leaves for his home in Cleveland today to take part in the closing days of the campaign in anticipation of the election to be held next Tuesday to fill the vacancy in the House created by Mr. Burtons elevation to the Senate. This district is the Twenty-first Ohio and the republican candidate is James H. Cas- sidy, former clerk of the House commit tee on rivers The democratic candidate is M B. Excel. Senator Burton talked with the President briefly about the sit nation as to various vacant federal places in Ohio.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
Killed By His Brother.

Emporia, Kana April 16.-Griffith Hughes. aged IS years died today as the result of having been shot last night by his younger brother, Owen, who mistoob him for a burglar. Having heard a noise in the basement. Griffith Hughes joking ly told the family that there was bur glar in the cellar. While they armed themselves preparatory to descending to the basement, Griffith Hughes, thinking to frighten his parents and brother stole down to the basement by way of the out side entrance. The younger brother rushed into the cellar and hearing a sound in the darkness shot and fatally wounded his brother.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
CONFERENCE FOR
 EDUCATION ENDS Satisfaction Is Expressed At
 Strides of Schools VALUE OF AN EDUCATION Resolutions Are Adopted Asking That Educators Give Special Attention
 to Work Which Shall
 Aid the Cause.
VALUE OF AN EDUCATION

Atlanta, April 16-With mixed feelings of satisfaction and regret, the twelfth an nual conference for education in the south the immense amount accomplished during the scholastic year just terminated. The regret was that the meeting so pleasant and instructive was so brief Every member of the conference united in a dec laration that never had the members ex- perienced as satisfactory a meeting
 The early sessions of the closing day were devoted largely to women and wom- ans work in the problem that the confer ence is endeavoring to interest all good citizens in solving. Women who have de- voted their lives to teaching or to the study of those economic problems which every community has to solve some time or other. gave to the conference members the benefit of the conclusion.
 The problem considered from the standpoint of the educator, and some at tention was paid to economic develop ments in connection with education.
 At the evening session "The State University of the Service of the State" WdS ulStuSScu UJ 1lldiitS II. van f1lSe. president of the University of Wiscon- sin.
 The entire day tomorrow will be de- voted to visit to the Berry school at Rome Ga
 That education is of little value unless it can be utilized by the people to solve the material as we'll as the spiritual prob lems of life was the conclusion of Dr. Van Hise, the final speaker of the con ference. He held that If the state uni versity did not render service to the least of the states citizens 1t was not meeting the requirements of the state. Dr. Van Hise divided his subject into four parts namely Instruction of students, research into and for those things peculiarly need ed by the state, service to the people by experts, the carrying of knowledge to the people. He claimed that there must be practical application of the theories.
 He declared that the doctor was not taught that he might be practitioner but that he might teach, that diseases might be prevented as well as cured.
 He declared that students of economy political economy and sociology lead in the industrial progress of the country and are influences In the general economics of the people.
 In word, he declared the university is the great clearing house of education, from which is drawn knowledge where ever 1t is need and practical service wherever it will do the most good.
 Dr. l.. A. Alderman, president of the University of Virginia, who was to have spoken on Educational Organization" did not arrive in time to make his ad- dress.
 Before the conference adjourned these resolutions were offered and adopted: Resolved That the conference for edu- cation in the south adopted for special at tention the work for immediate future: T. Improvement in country supervision
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
ADD FIVE YEARS TO LIFE.
pr. Foster Wants Insurance Compa-
 nes to Fight Disease.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 Dr. Burnside Foster, editor of the St. Paul Medical Journal and chief examiner of the New England Life Insurance com pany for Minnesota. speaking before the Association of Life Insurance Presidents Friday, said 1t would be possible to add at least five years to the life of the aver age policyholder by adopting plan or re-examination once in five years, as rre- quent medical examinations would indi- cate the beginning of unsuspected d1s- eases in time to effect cures or materially retard the progress of disease.
 Dr. Foster urged that as the lire lnsur- ance business was more directly con- cerned with the health of the people than any other business, the companies form ya combination to carry out his suggestion. He referred to the large amount Of cap ital invested in life insurance and to the great number of persons interested, either as insurers or insured. as proof that some action was needed. The re-examination, according to his plan. would be free to policyholders, and the trivial cost, he said, would be more than balanced by the in- creased premiums that would result Dr. Foster said:.
 Modern medicine has, above all, two chief aims-the prevention of disease and the recognition of its earliest signs in the individual. In both of these aims the bus mess of life insurance has an immense interest, since the nearer we approach to their accomplishment the more we add to human longevity. Preventive medicine be- comes more nearly an exact science all the time, and, while Its possibilities are far from being recognized, this is not be- cause of It's own exactness or shortcom- ings, but because the people have not yet awakened to the fact that those disease which cause the greatest number of deaths and the greatest amount of suf- fering are actually preventable if money enough be spent to prevent them. The only way to enlist all the people actively in the crusade against preventable disease is to present the subject as an economic one, which 1t surely is, and one which appeals directly to their pockstbooks."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
vindicated By unwritten Law.

Owensboro, Ky, April 16.--At the in- quest held today into the killing of wes- ley Smith by Charles Fulkerson in Ohio county, a verdict was returned by the coroner's Jury exonerating Fulkerson. In the dead mans pockets were found sev- eral letters from Fulkerson's wife which were introduced in evidence Smith was sitting in a buggy in front of Fulkerson's home when the latter returned and opened fire on him with gun loaded with ball bearings from a bicycle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
Protection for Americans.

Washington, April 16.-Acting upon press dispatches showing riotous conditions in Adana, Secretary Knox today telegra phed Ambassador Leiehman to take every step possible for the protection of American missionaries and to send full information concerning conditions in Turkey. While sending this dispatch as a extra precau- tion that every possible aid be given to missionaries, MT. Knox is confident the ambassador is fully alive to the situation. and that he has done all in his power to look after American interests
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
Schooner Is WaterIoroed.

Mobile, April 16.-The three-masted schooner James c. Clifford, Captain Mill Ter, is waterlogged in the gulf 60 miles southeast Of Mobile bar. The crew of the vessel has abandoned her, the lights were found burning forward and on the mast head, and the anchors were hanging over the bow of the boat. The windless is under water. The Clifford sailed from Mobile for Cuba last month with lumber and was on her return trip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
Panama Libel Suit.

New York, April 16-The federal grand jury spent very little time today on the investigation of the alleged Panama pur- chase Hbels by the New York World. The only witness called was John Sey- mour, an employe of the business de- partment of the World, and a man named Engleman, said to be connected with a news agency. After a short session the grand jury adjourned over until Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-17
Indicted for Murder.

Alexandria, Va, April 1s.-For the mur- der of Walter F. Schultz, a Chicago artist, on March 6 last special grand jury in the corporation court, after two hours deliberation today indicted Richard, alias "Diclk' Pines, James Dorsey, Calvin John son and Henry Smith, negroes. The prin- cipal witness was Henry Smith. a negro uphoisterer, who confessed and implicat- ed three other men.