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The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
FITZGERALD TO
 ADDRESS MEN
Evangelist VIII Speak Under Auspices of the Y M. c. A. This
 Afternoon.

The first week of the. Fitzgerald meet ings at the First Cumberland Presby- terian church, U. 8. A., Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street. came to a close yes- terday The services are attracting much attention and the revival is well under way Those who have heard the evange- list pronounce him one of the strongest and most entertaining speakers who has ever visited Birmingham. While in no sense a sensational preacher. there Is a subtle humor at times in his sermons which gives spice to his strong denun- cia tons of sin and wickedness.
 Dr. Fitzgerald will preach at the Il o'clock service this morning and at tho usual service hour tonight. At 3:30 this afternoon he will speak to men only at the church on "The Sane Life" Tho meeting will be under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian association. Mu- sic will be directed by Professor Maxim and will be led by a male quartet.
 The church Is said to be the coolest in the city and big supply of palm leaf fans has been provided. Arrangements have been made to give all men who at- tend the meeting cordial welcome.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
MONEY IS LACKING
 FOR HOSPITAL WING
UNCOLLECTED INSCRIPTIONS WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFI- COMMITTEE WILL HOLD SPECIAL MEETING.

Sister Chrysostom, in charge of St. Vincents. reports that she now has n bank to the credit of the fund being raised for building an east wing to the hospital 316,5s4.14. The subscriptions uncollected amount to upward of $10,- 900. Father Doyle of Ensley subscrib ed $100 yesterday.
 There Is pressing need for the wing, 1t Is stated but work will not be start ed until $25,0O0 is in hand. The addi- ton Is to cost s50,000, but of this amount one-half Is to be provided by the Sisters of Charity.
 The committee that has been can wasting for the fund will hold meet ing this week and set to work to col lect unpaid subscriptions The archi- tects' plans have been submitted and approved by Sister Chrysostom, and it is the hope of the sisters that they will be able to start the work of construc- tion next month, or the month follow ing, at the latest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
KINDERGARTENS TO
 OPEN ON SEPT. 20
THESE, TOGETHER WITH KINDER
 GARTEN TRAINING SCHOOLS,
 ARE OPERATED UNDER AUS PiCEs OF FREE KINDERGARTEN

The free kindergartens and the kinder garten training schools, operated under the auspices of the Birmingham Free Kindergarten association, will open on September 20. The work of supervision and instruction Is again in charge of Miss Agnes Wilson, who. after two years of successful work, needs no in troduction to the people of the district. The several kindergartens are located as follows: The Ninth street kindergarten, Miss Edith Drake director; Paul Hayne, Miss Emma Ewing director; Elyton, Miss Mary Rumph director; St. Mary's. Miss White director; Graymont, Miss Alberta Wylly: Temple. Miss Ida Gelders direc- tor Miss Stella Bernheim assistant. This kindergarten will open October il: Nor wood, date of opening not yet decided upon
 Last year the attendance upon the kindergartens reached 50o0 and there is already promise of an increased at tendance during the year just open ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
SEES DEFEAT FOR
 THE AMENDMENT
WINkLER SAYS REPORTS COMING INTO MONTGOMERY INDICATE OPPOSITION HAS ALREADY WON VICTORY.

Max winkler has just returned from Montgomery and when seen yesterday had this to say
 Since carefully examining conditions and going over the reports which are pouring into Montgomery every hour. l have come to two conclusions; first, that the constitutional amendment will be de- feated, and that Lee Long is undoubted- Iy the best man for secretary. the best man to lead in a fight of this kind that could have been selected.
 q was more than amazed at the re- ports which are reaching Montgomery from the country districts. Whole towns are writing their disapproval of the amendment. and it is evident that many counties which went three to one for prohibition will so two to one against the amendment.
 Ut is quite evident that the people of the state have never favored prohibition in the constitution. The most infuenYal leaders in the fight for prohibition be- fore are helping in the fight to defeat this latest move of the administration. They are more than optimistic around heae- quarters and undoubtedly have a right to be.
 As to Lee Long, he is the man for the place. He knows his business and Is a hard-working, patriotic citizen II the anti-amendment forces use as much judg- ment in their other work as they have to date, the fight will be won easily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
NEGRO IS ROBBED.
Another Snatches Money from Hand
 and Escapes In Darkness.

Charley Blair, country negro, came to town yesterday and while gazing about in amaxement at the city sights last night had his savings, which amount ed to s7o. snatched from his hand.
 The negro knew nothing of the town and was wandering about when stopped at the corner of Avenue B and Eighteenth street by another negro. After talking for a minute this negro discovered that Charley had two bills in his hand and without more ado suddenly seized them and made a dash down the street
 Charley reported the matter to the po- lice begging them to help him find his money. One of the bills was for s2o while the other was a half century number, making the total amount s70.
 Negro fiimhammers have found great pickings during the past month on the country members of their race. One country negro showed his wisdom sev- eral nights ago by going to police head quarters and depositing s45 with the desk sergeant overnight He stated that he had heard Birmingham was a bad place for Triggers" with money and he want cd to keep what he had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
JEMIS0N MACHINE
 STOLEN FROM CLUB
BIG CAR TAKEN LAST NIGHT WHILE OWNER WAS AT COUN- TRY -ANOTHER "JOY RIDE" IS SUSPECTED.

An automobile thief got in his work at the Country club last night, the machine belonging to Robert Jemison being stolen from in front of the club. MT. Jemison spent the evening at the club and upon starting for home discovered that his machine had disappeared.
 The car is an E. M. F. 'a0'' and bore license tag No. 213. It Is five passenger machine. The matter was reported to the authorities and instruction sent out to hold the machine and arrest the driver.
 During the past few months the steal ing of automobiles has grown to great proportions. In most instances it has de- veloped that some one desiring to take a joy ride was the guilty person and was trusting to luck to return the machine from the place he got 1t before the owner made ready to use it. The joy of riding however, appears to be so fascinating that the borrower just can't turn in the machine and generally makes a night of it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Horse Betrayed His Trust.

From the Marinette (Wis.) Eagle-Star.
 The Misses Signe and Ogla Johnson drove out to pick blackberries Saturday morning and it proved to be an unlucky day for them. They had with them large supply of lunch In a basket, which they depended on for their dinner. When the blackberry grounds were reached they tied their horse fast to tree. while they were gone to pick blackberries. Their lunch basket they were afraid to leave Tn the rig so they hung 1t on limb in front of the horse and then set out to pick berries. When they had filled their pails they started back to where the rig was and with the intention of dining, but to their surprise the horse had managed to reach the lunch basket and emptied it of Its good food which was meant for the hungry girls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
COKE PRODUCT
 IN ALABAMA Takes Rank As Third State In
 The Union ON BASIS OF THE OUTPUT Quantity Shows Steady Decrease Since 1896, When It Was 3,00O,o00 Tons-Ready Market Is
 Found at Home.
ON BASIS OF THE OUTPUT
From the washington Herald.

From the Washington Herald.
 For a quarter of a century. from 1880 to 1005 Alabama and West Virginia were close rivals for second place in the rank of coke-producing states. and during the last five years of that period each state held the place alternately. Since 1905. however, West Virginia has outranked Alabama and in 1907 produced over a million tons, or about a third more coke than her rival. It would appear there fore, that West Virginia is permanently established as second among the coke producing states. In 1908 West Virginia produced nearly 275000 tons more than Alabama.
 Alabama's production of coke decreased from 30s4.5 .5O1 short tons in 1906 to 3,021,794 tons in 1907, and to 2,362,6ee tons in 1908. The value, however, increased from @,477,sss in 1906 to $s,216,1s4 in 1907, but fell off to $7.169so1 in 1908. The decrease in 1908, as compared with 1907. was 659, ,12S short tons. or A.S1 per cent in quantity, and s2,O46 293, or 222 per cent in value.
 The coke manufacturers of Alabama possess an advantage over those of West Virginia in having a home market for their product. This is Illustrated par ticularly by the difference in value be- tween Alabamas production and that of West Virginia. While West Virginia coke is certainly of as good quality as that of Alabama, the value of the smaller tonnage of Alabama in 1908 was greater by over q, 300, ,0O0 than that of the larger production of West Virginia. Notwith- standing the depression In 1908, the aver age price per ton of Alabama coke de- clined only 1 cent from $3.06 to SO4, while that of West Virginia declined from $2.S8 to 8. N
 There were 45 coking establishments In Alabama in 1908, an increase of two over 1907. The total number Of ovens ln- creased from 9S8D to 10,14. or the 4o es- tablishments 10, with a total of 1SSo ovens, were Idle during 1908. as compared with six idle establishments having total or 715 ovens in 1907. There were no new ovens building at the close of 1903. The es- tablishments in Alabama include two by-product recovery plants with total of 28O ovens, all of which were operated during the year ~
 Considerable increase in noted in the percentage of coal washed before cok- ing in 1908 as compared with 1907. In was S,924, ,956 short tons, or 79 per cont of the total In 1908 the quantity of coal washed was 3.N4,4S0 tons. or S4 per cent of the total. Of coal used for coke mal- ing in 1908. ,45S tons was run-of-mine and 1888 tons slack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
North Carolina Snake Story.

From the Statesville Mascot.
 We have often heard or snakes eating eggs-hen eggs-but never knew until re- gently, when we learned the secret from an eye witness. It was in Rowan coun- ty, where the black snake swallowed four hen eggs. He found the nest under an ap- pie tree, and, although the eggs were larger around than the snakes head. his neck or even his body, he had no trouble in getting them pushed down the narrow passage You could see them go without any trouble, and when the four eggs were in the snake you could see the four knots on the snake.
 But how did he digest them? Well, that was an easy question for MT. Blacksnake. He crawled up the body of an apple tree, wrapped himself around it, and frightened himself until pop pop, pop, pop-and all the eggs were broken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Enolish A. She Is cermanized.

NrOm EVerybodYs 8 MagdZIHe.
 The class at Heidelberg was studying English conjugations. and each verb con sidered was used in model sentence, so that the sta'dents would gain the benent of pronouncing the connected series or words, as well as learning the varying forms of the verb. This morning IL was the verh .to have, in the sentence. "1 have a gold mine.'
 Herr Schmitz was called to his feet " Professor Wulr. 1T
 ..Gonjuate do haff' in der sentence, T han a golt mine" the professor ordered
 Herr Schmitz proceeded:
 .I haff a golt mine, du hast golt deln: he hass a golt hiss. We, you or dey nan a golt ours, yours or deirs, as de case may be-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
BALL TEAM ENTERTAINED.
w. M. Cosby Gives Dinner to Members
 of Y. M. c. A. Team.

W. M. Cosby entertained the Young Mems Christian association's baseball team last night at an elaborate banquet at the Morris hotel, on the occasion of the teams breaking up for the season Seymour Hall was elected manager for next year and c. L. Mccoy was chosen captain. William Cosby, Jr., was unani- mously elected mascot for next year and was given quite an ovation.
 The work of the team during the sea- son was gone over. and plans laid for cap turing tho pennant next year. R. c. Cubbon, the new physical director of the association, was introduced to the play CTS.
 Those present were W. M. Cosby, A. w. Brown, J. P. Stubbs. R. c. Cobbon, w. A. Redd. Jr., F 5. Jones, Max Zielminski, Seymour Hall. c. L. Mccoy Henry Thom- as. W. c. Mccoy. J. D. Leslie. J. r. BosticlS, L. M Wilson, J. M. Weems, Ben Heck, Jim Adams, W. M. Bruce and William Cosby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
FINE TEST FOR FisHHOOks. Story Told by Skipper to Party About
 to Go Fishing.
Ind netroit Eree Press

From the Detroit Free Press.
 party in waters down east piece was going blueishing. The boy had brought the fishing tackle up from the cabin. and now the skipper was sitting on deck big file filing the hooks.
 Used to be a man go bluefishing with me-" the skipper said. ''that always filed his own hooks. Carried a file in his pocket for just that Always had that file with him and always filed his own hooks.
 And when he'd got . hook filed he'd test it by hanging 1t on his nose. He'd tip his head back, just @ little. and just rest the point of the hook on his nose, and if 1t slid off he'd sharpen it some more, but if 1t hung there he knew it was all right"
 Singular way of testing fish hooks, said one of the party.
 "It was." said the skipper. ''but he all ways caught fish"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Killed In Stampede of Horses.

Crosse Mesritsch, Austria, Septein- Der 11-An odd accident occurred here last night during the maneuyers of the Austrian army. The horses of the Sixth regiment of dragons were stampeded at midnight by a search light played on their camp by the ap- preaching "enemy." They ran madly through the camp, trampling on the sleeping soldiers One man was killed and 19 severely injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
WOODLAWN SCHOOLS.
All is Ready for the Opening on Mon-
 day, September 20.

The Woodlawn schools will open at S45 Monday morning, September 20. All the buildings will be ready and ample room for the accommodation of all pupils has been provided. The district lines will remain as last year, except Fifty-ffth street will be the. line between the Cen tral and the Kennedy schools. Pupils are requested to report to the rooms where they were at the close of school and the teachers will send them to their places All senior sixth and seventh grade pupils will report to the Central school.
 Pupils who were conditioned at the close of last term and new pupils are re- quired to report to the buildings they attended last year for examination and classification on Friday, September 1T, at 2:3o D. m. The principals will be there to conduct the examinations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
A Lluht Dinner.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 Cornelius " Collins. the brilliant crim- inoloeist and superintendent of New Yorks state prisons. narrated at dln- ner in Troy some "reminiscences of his interesting work.
 "A clever criminal of gluttonous pro- clvities," he said, 'once couched com plaint in rather neat terms.
 My inspector, entering this mans cell one day, found 1t very hot and stuffy.
 "'why have you got your ventilator closed?' he asked.
 "The burley and gluttinous prisoner an swe~ed plaintively:
 "'We1l, inspector yer honor, the last time I had the ventilator open wasp flew in, you see, and carried off my dinner while my back was turned"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Notes From the Bosswood HusIe.

Somebody took the rope off the bell In the fire engine house to use for clothes line, and now, when there is fire. the constable has to climb up into the tower and ring the bell with hammer. Some body took the hammer the, other day ond when Hank Purdy's corncrib ketched fire tho constable had to hurry down to| Hillker's store for to borry hammerA Hillker had lent his hammer to Deacon Renfrew, who lives four miles out in thS country, and by the time the constable lad got there and hunted around in tho barn for the hammer and got back to the engine house. the angry clements had done their worst and Hanks corncrib was a mass of smoldering ruins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
What Rabbits Cost Australia.

From the London Chronicle.
 The rabbit Is an expensive little anil mal A return has just been presented to the Parliament of Queensland showing how much the destruction of tho pest has cost the state The figure is tidy one -e1, ,252. .5s1 Until the early sos there were no rabbits in Australia. Then some malignant fate prompted squatters to import few for sporting purposes. These became the progenitors of count less millions and the rabbit plague" brought about the ruin if thousands of farmers. The prize of f5.000 for an effec- tive exterminator has never been won. Among those who had a shot for it was M. Pasteur.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
CITY LIMITS ARE
 TO BE EXTENDED Meridian CounciImen Cannot
 Agree on Plans PEOPLE SEND PETITION Some Want to be Admitted Into City Limits, Others Don't, and Whole Matter is Carried Over to
 Another Meeting.
PEOPLE SEND PETITION

Meridian, September 11.-(Special.) ] At meeting of the mayor and boards of councilmen and aldermen last night the first of their troubles regarding the extension of the city limits was started. The people of that part of the city north of the Highlands peti- tioned the boards to exclude that part of the city from the order of exten- sion. The petition was backed by strong talks. The matter was deferred until an adjourned meeting to be held Tuesday night. In the meantime 1t is expected that there will be other petitions and that the boards will have to listen to more oratory on the sub jeet. Within the limits embraced in the extension ordinance there is a great deal of land in cultivation, truck farms, pastures and old fields, and the owners do not believe that they ought to be compelled to pay city taxes on 1t and not get one cent of municipal benefit, such as sewerage, lights, side walks and police protection.
 The boards adopted an order chang ing the hours of closing the polls in city elections from to 6 o'clock in the afternoon. It was explained by Councilman Ethridge that the en- ployees of the railroad shops and oth- CTS were prevented from voting un- der the present order closing the polls at o'clock.
 The boards also adopted a measure making the terms of all officers elect ed by the boards two instead of one year.
 L. Sheffield, aged S4, Confederate veteran of Lauderdale, who died at the home of his nephew, D. A. Holz- kineckt, in this city, was buried to- day in Sumter county, Alabama. A number of relatives from this city and Lauderdale accompanied the re- mains to Sumter county.
 Wiley H. Clifton of Aberdeen, grand master of Mississippi Masons, was in Meridian yesterday, and last night he paid the Masonic lodges of this city an official visit and was re- ceived in an offical manner by the three lodges of Meridian. He dellv- cred fine address, which was the fea- ture of his visit.
 The Clarke county circuit court, which has been in session at Quit man all the week, will be in ses- sion all through next week. The ses- sion to date has been marked by the large amount of business that has been transacted. The damage case of young Willis Hunter versus the Ms sissippi Lumber company for s25,00O for personal injuries alleged to have been the result of being run down by a Mississippi Eastern train while he was operating motorcycle on the road, which is alleged to be the prop erty of the lumber company, was con- promised by the defendant company paying him s5000. This case has been before the courts for the past two years. The next case of importance is set for trial next Thursday. This Is the case of Ollie Williams, 20 years old, charged with the killing of his father in August last at the family home, near Stonewall. It is alleged the elder Williams had threatened to kill the boy after he had finished the evening meal he was engaged in eat ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12

a showing much larger than is really the case at the end of year.
 Che result of this bookkeeping practice is to give d deceptively small percentage on net profits on the volume of business transacted A safe way to get at the sum total is to multiply production in tons by S45, which figure is very lib- eral average price of all kinds of products of the corporations mills. The year of largest production was 1070o,000 tons, an apparent aggregate business of approxi- mate.y S75o ,00000O and net profits of S165,- o00.0o0. Actually the gross business was not more than S50O,0o0,oO0
 With an output of 100000 tons in 1910 the total business should properly appear to be not over $65O, ,OOOOOO. Just why the Steel corporation persists in keeping up this bookkeeping deception has never been explained. It Is not in harmony with the lofty assertions of strict frankness in dealings with the public.
 Upon one point the great employers of labor bear cheerful and harmonious tes- timony. It is that labor is in a higher state of general efficiency than for many years. Thia statement bears on almost every division of the labor market, but especially skilled. The human nature explanation of this situation Is that
 
 been on short rations for long time and are only enjoying their first taste of re- turnins, prosperity and employment. Not vet heinz quite sure that they will be ahle tc hold their jobs they naturally put in their best licks
 This is a sordid view perhaps to take of the situation. but it Is one which is quite freely entertained by employing classes. Incidentally. also. it Is a view xxfI7 iah r1T1xrolraS dpT n1A n11iPt nent among them, not unmiXed with cu- riosity as to how long strenuous extra efficiency will last. It may be taken for granted that 1t will last until the demand for labor again exceeds the supply, as was the case prior to the panic
 Savings deposits in the New York saw fngs banks are again on the increase. They are larger now by $35 900 900 than they were a year ago. Fat Is once more beginning to grow on the ribs of humble thrift Most of the savings banks of Greater New York are paying 4 per cent interest. Total deposits now foot up s766, ,000y0o0.
 Word drifts in from outside points that a rushing business is done throughout the country in New York real estate bonds. Most of these bonds are repre- sented to be based on productive real es- tate in Greater New York and in a great majority of cases facts no doubt exist to back up the pretentions of the bond salesmen There is nevertheless a great temptat1on to looseness in the manufac- ture of these bonds and 1t vii lbe just as well for buyers to Hook leetle out' be- fore they put their money into this class of securities. If they don't, somebody s liable to get nipped one of these days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
Edward Mears.

Edward Mears, aged 31 years Is dead at Cleveland. O. He is survived by a widow and baby who are in Birmingham. Mrs. Moars is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. F. Kreulhaus of Birmingham, form erly of Cullman. The remains will be sent to Cull1nan for interment. A host of relatives and intimate friends survive the deceased.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-12
Mrs. Saqe's Donation.

Crawfordsville, Ind, September II. At the annual session of the North west Indiana Methodist conference here today it was announced that Mrs. Russell Sage will donate $5OO.oOO 10 the church for use in spreading the Bible throughout the world, provided the church raises a like amount Dy January. 1910. The work or distrib- uting the money is to be conducted by the American Bible society.