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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
AMOUNT FOR ALABAMA AND MIS-
SISSIPPI DURING 1909 WAS $780,
GAO. 7o-coMPARATlVE FIGURES
GIVEN FOR 1906.

The internal revenue collections for
Alabama and Mississippi for the year
1909 when the books were closed yester-
day totaled $122940. 70, which shows a de-
crease of $57, 346 from the total of $780,
2S6 II in 1908. The total for the fiscal year
from July. 1908. to July, 1909, was $685.
2s1 .S5.
The total taxes collected from retail
and Wholesale liquor dealers was $46,74S.2 q,
which, when compared to the figures for
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
THE WEATHER.

Washington, January 1.-Forcast: Ala
anna, fair and mild Sunday, Monday
older in north and central portions; mod
rate south winds, becoming variable.
Iuch colder in north and central por-
ons; light to moderate southwest winds
ecoming variables
The following is the local report of the
fnited States weather bureau at Bir-
bingham for "a hours ending D. m,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02
Mrs. cIementine Levey.

Mrs Clementine Levey, aged ~ years.
died Yesterday morning at o'clock at the
residence of her husband, j. w. Levey,
1a9s Avenue c. Funeral services will be
conducted this afternoon at Z:~ O'CLOCK
from the residence, interment to be in
EImwood cemetery.
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS
w. II. Merritt.

Funeral services over the remains of w.
IT Merritt, who died Friday morning.
were held yesterday afternoon at 2:So
o'clock. the Rev. DR.. L. c. Banscombe
officiating. Interment was made In Oak
Hill cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02

The expiration of 1909 mark
I'd the close of my 29th year in
the harness business in Bir-
mingham. To my friends I ex-
Tend my thanks for their pat
ronage and wish them a pros
porous New Year.
WILLIAM RECKLING.
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VALUABLE HOME RECIPE
Will Break Up severest Cold In Day
and CllHa AM CalsahIa Caaluh

and Cure Any Durable Cough.
Mix one-haf ounce Of Concentrated
pine compound with two ola ,es of glyc-
crime and half pint of good whiskey.
Shake thoroughly each time ami use In
doses Of a teaspoonful % q tablespoonful
every four hours" This formula IL given
out by . noted medical authority. Local
druggists say this mixture win work won
ders. They all have these f:lered. ents In
stock or will quickly get them: they are
easily mixed ,r-f ,s5fs4
Be sure to get the genuine ''Concentra.-
ed" pine, which is plainly labeled AMI
comes only In half ounce bother. each
1nclosed In an air-tignt case
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-02

The funeral of Max ]. Schimmel, which
was to have been held yesterday after
noon. has been postponed until this after
noon. awaiting the arrival of two listers
of the deceased from Dayton, 0. The
services will be held today at 2:So p J.
from the chapel Of the Lige 10y Unde.
taking company, the Odd Fellows being
in charge. Interment will be in Elmwood
cemetery. Deceased is survived by q
widow, a brother, H. A. schimmel, of this
city, and three sisters, Mrs Matilda HAM
,nond of Denver and Mrs. Amanda Mar
shall and Mrs. Helen Blank of Dayton, O.
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INTERESTING DATA ON THE
MERGED MUNICIPALITIES

Attorney, Fl. H Black
Engineer, T. 2. Huey.
General city bonds, $4,000
Elyton.
Rate, one-half of l per cent
Estimated population, $500
Assessed valuation, 81 200, 600
Mayor Frank w. Smith
Treasurer, Frank Stevens.
Tax collector. Ben D. Jordon, Jr.
Attorney, Felix r. Blackburn.
Engineer, L. H Sa1ter.
General city bonds, $4,000.
West End.
Rate one-half of / per cent
Estimated population, 1900
Assessed valuation, $l100,0Oo
Mayor, sgd Norwood.
Treasurer, c. W. Worrel.
Clerk. ]. B. de Jarnette. Jr.
Tax collector. r. ]. Plosser.
Attorney, J. B. WealSley.
Engineer. P. s. Miner.
General city bonds Ss7,500
Special assessment improvement bonds,
$3S500, with more to follow.
North Birmingham.
Rate one-half of 1 per cent.
Estimated population, 5000.
Assessed valuation, s2,300,000.
Mayor, T. H. Friel.
Treasurer. C. v Hoover.
Clerk and tax collector, ]. NJ Yielding.
Attorney, c. B. Smith
Engineer, A. ]. Hawkins.
Unable to arrive at North Birminghamn
debt. but a statement OF same is forth
coming from its officers
Birmingham.
Rate, per cent.
Estimated population 60 OnO
Assessed valuation, SAB 10000.
General city bonds issued and author
lied, s3,0Ss0O0.
Out of the total assessed valuation of
Greater Birmingham, estimating the un-
Incorporated territory at $500 000-amount-
ing to S57, 622, 0o0-Birmingham proper as
sesses over rs per cent.
Numerous contracts for public improve
ments have been made by all of the merg-
ing municipalities and estimates issued
in payment therefor, which are scattered
at great many banks in this city. Much
of the work let Is to be paid in improve
ment assessment bonds upon completion
of the work No data has yet been OBJ
tainable to the amounts of these esti-
mates and obligations to issue improve
ment assessment bonds, but the amount 10
very large. No correct figures as to the
amount can be arrived at until a thor
ough check has been had.
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STE POLITICS
. lone TO FORE
/. lRLY IN THE YEAR
Llshnnoupced and Probable
esdates Whose Names
. Already Heard
GOVEOR'S RACE WILL
p2SHADOW ALL ELSE
Severe didates for Minor Offices
Arg lar Without Opposition.
she Court Presents an
'estins Situation.

'estlng Situation.
-
HY OH W. ROBERTS.
The cofnitate campaign promises to
be the mos eresting in the recent his
tory of Ma. not only because it fol-
lows the nrable prohibition amend
ment cam 81 that needless cause of ex-
pense and but also because of the
large nunlp candidates who, judging
from those idy discussed, will likely
be In the III
me stat It as it stands today is
as follows&
pmuet n r,,
Huob 20 co,.,a
So, ors oi Selma
walter n Ill ~ ,..aaa,aaaa
Frank s. 81 Tusca,oosa prob-
abIe). ~
William d of Birmingham tprob-
able). "a
Charles HGIt(n of Troy (probable).
Sydney ]. pf Birmingham tprob-
able). IL
Tor iant governor.
Aot hulauia.
'ohn L. Pae|f Birmingham.
FoFSs Auditor.
C. Brooks smith Lanevile.
w. I. kennsy Bessemer.
M =. Aisood ohepultepec.
For Attoy General.
Thomas L. Bplgef Dadeville.
d. Henry Riddles Goodwater (prob-
aole). La
ihomas w. of Montgomery
ror ouper'n 7 OF Education.
'oei =. oubosS lmingham.
n D. "iihng Wetumpka-
isaac W. Hill g fka (probable).
ror SCI of State.
cyrus D. bro montgomery.
For RailrNd Cnmissioner.
John A. Lusk Gusrsvllle.
s. P. Kennedy 'Arston.
Frank N. Jul f'uscumbia prob
able).
For Conmiss ner Aor;cuI+,r.
Reuben F. KoA OF ontgoarv
H. Billingsle# IN T,assee
II. D. Lane of durtla3
John B. Ward or Abheil,e
Eo,
lob, p,,,.,fo
uJur,n ry
c+.u,,.n
wr,,,. Il ii
susHeIpHme Court.
1o"'e" VI
ror supreme &anJustice.
Jonn {. Anderson q onbpolis.
A. d. Sayre of MONTH
A. A. Evans of ClayPo
ormond Somerville d{R rhIoosa.
Candidates ia ko Irnor.
Col. Emmett O'Nea1 julhnn,nr for
governor on the plaffplr ladopted nv
the Montgomery con- shce. which
opened war on the pr<3p, ud probibitlon
to the eoronhtion. The
chief plank of that u1at In regard
to it's bearing on thesp, IL situation
Is one which standstf thorough
trial of the present probn I'm laws of
the state. Colonel ONeaziik Id the first
shot at the prohibitiori.a ii vment ban
ner, and throughout tkhte hpairn did
woman service.
Colonel Mallory, by2nr II on the
scene of the senate in kheL OF time.
Ind by persuading twoIme Of that
,ody to vote for the snbb In to the
people of the prohibited q 4 rtament Is
given the credit of hav6r Exbat is
Iue probable. Since ~ ~ of the
however. Eol. Mo,lorv
las issued a statement Ss an ehova
III else a democrat. an&es ,s for
whatever the majority SfA #neonla
want. Colonel Mallory. nara,,v
,elieved. will have the IA II, tho
Anti-Saloon league or ALI
Judge Weakley will contN in the
ace. it is generally, believed - q,
he defeat of the amendmenr ,,oh
e stood sponsor. and in M Vie ~
yhich he was tireless I'm hi 81 ua
vrote the prohibition law Ia stota
ncluding the notorious r, .na
as been a. .rirht-hand ~,
omer administration. He IN -
is a certainty. all the
GOVERNOR Conner can throw
walter D. Seed. state r.
cen campaigning the state ~
wo years. and will, receive 'a
IAN the people reneral,v
attled for the proposed am 80
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SHAW, The Undertaken. 2108 and 110
Eth avenue. Both phones ..
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As:.. Adults, $685. Children,
I.Inm9IIDI SIS. Cincinnati CFema-
" VhsS tion CO. Of1oe II Wlg-
gins Dlscl, C1neAnnath Q. DSsaklets 1seo.
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Green Undertaking Co.
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new Pasfcf Today-The Rev. w. M.
anderson, who comes from Dothan as
,ne new pastor of the woodlawn Bap-
.ist church, will conduct both services
Quay morning and night. He is said
Alabama
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knights OF COlumbus-Birmingha CHAM
council, No. 635, Knights of Columbus.
will meet tomorrow might. The new
officers will be installed by Sterling A
Wood.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14

ritory.
The oil Is n IS gravity paraffne oil,
higher in grade lhan that found any
where in the United States except In
Pennsylvania. II Is II fine lubrieatlng
oil
The fields have been source Of
revenue TO ihe surrounding country
and will coatinue to spend even more
money as the companies increase the
size OF their operations A large pro.
portion of the grain and hay raised In
the Aiontezuma valley. goes to Bluff.
and a goodly per cent of the trade for
supplies come TO Durango. No one
part of this southwest can be benefited
without beneiitlng all 1t is we'll to
remember this.
one Of The recent projects of par.
tcular value to citizens of the oil
fields has been the completion of a
liue new steel bridge across The San
Juan river.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14
BLUFF CITY OIL FIELDS.

Word comes from Bluff that pc
Rod Of unusual activity is about to
commence. Every few days rcpresen.
taiiyes from the oil fields have pass
ed through Durango for the past six
weeks Some were willing to talk.
but most preferred not TO say any
thing until the results of the trip
were actually on the ground With
one exception. the mission of all these
oil men has been to confer with their
companies cast or west, in respect to
purchasing more and improved ma.
chiuery.
Tho mud, which has delayed opera.
lions for the past week or two has
now dried up and the oil outfits, are
with few exceptions, all at work again.
The heavy snow when It thawed loft
the fields in bad condition, a state OF
affairs said 10 be unusual in that part
OF the country.
The fields are attracting wide attcn-
tion, especially In the west. Within
the past few weeks twenty new men
representing California capital have
visited the Bluff fields looking for In.
vestment All government lands open
for location have been Withdrawn from
entry for some time, which is in itself
suggestive Of their value. The price
of all lands In the vicinity is ad.
Yancing rapidly--the increase In one
year being very marked.
The Monumental oil company, w.
r. Dancer, president. owns 72O acres
Of land, which Is considered among
the best tracts OF the field. Within
sixty days this company will have
three new wells completed and sey.
eral others are going down.
Experts say that within the noxi
ten years the oil fields of the Appa.
lachian system will be exhausted and
the country will then have to look 10
Utah. Colorado and Wyoming for its
supply OF refining oil for its gasoline
and petroleum. Fuel oils come largely
from California and Texas, but the
high grade oils will have to come
from the three states just mentioned
| The oil fields In southeastern Utah
are said TO be forty miles wide and
Iseyenty-five miles In length, and hun
meath the surface Of this strip OF ter
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14
TO THE FARMERS

The southern Pacific Railroad
south and Durango
Dads have been built and
and Mexico The wonderful
E being made those
and the farm produce which
Pacific getting ready build railroad
farm produce TO those rich southern
The cheapest direct La
Plata the railroad
plan will
materially
sppng thousands
kcts lying south In fact II that
town ftnng land TO the
dted by the itself
traffic
The officials
get all the business they their
the Animas through
practicable
ne he built
their coal fields that the viii
be buid
out
Il right of
When definitely s
which Durango
unteered their getting 100000
will do their part the road viii be
The to
the
deni that all understand alike
themselves whether to
getting the here
Therefore Buchanan W
lat Ilermosa school house, a IN
Everybody is invited 10 attend
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14

The Burton Leader reports that A,
A McNishs prize COW has establish
ed a new Ohio record by producing
2a.0S pounds of butter fat in seven
days If an item like this enthused
otr' farm boys as much IA the an
nouncemcnt that Hans Wagner finish
ed the season with n batting average
of .357. the cosi-of-living problem would
be well on the way toward ultimate
solution.-Ohio State Journal
Very true. And if it were ever
necessary to call on the police to keep
back the crowds at agricultural ex-
hibitions, as it was necessary to call
them to prevent fatal overcrowding at
u recent wrestling match in Chicago,
there would be no chance to attribute
the high cost of living to scarcity
of farm products.-Becord-H Herald
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14
A CRUEL SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS.

Feb 8. 1903, President Roosevelt
issued an order creating what is known
a. the Hawaiian islands bird reserva-
lion. Two of the islands included in
Ike reservation are called Laysan and
I.ysiansld They lie to the west of
lie main archipelago. Birds gather on
n ere islands in great numbers and it
So ems that they have proved very at
nsetiye to poaehers.
Not long since The revenue cutter
Thetis came upon parties of Japanese
in both islands who had been actively
engaged in killing birds and curing the
plumase. II is said that nearly 100000
birds called goonies had been killed
Apparently these birds belong 10 the
albalrosz family and their slaughter
was carried on in a most inhuman
manner, 1t is reported that the meth
cd employed by the Japanese was 10
sun the birds and pull the wings from
their bodies, leaving the victims to
dc on The sand. This is the story OF
the Pacific Commercial Advertiser OF
Honolulu. which says: For nearly a
year the prisoners captured in the raid
had worked daily clubbing the de
tensely birds, 100 tame to fly, and the
results of their labor filed nearly all
the houses on Laysan and Lysianski
Islands"
The feathers were procured for sale
in the markets of Europe and North
America ana II IS calculated that the
plnmage brought in by The 1hetis is
worth $4,000. rails does not rep.
resent the totli amount that had been
gathered by the japanese, since the
uncuned plumage was left on the is
lsnd. The men urdol arrest were EN-
ployed by Toxic feather company
II is charged that their operations
wtre part of deliberate scheme TO
cvade the law by bringing in goods
whose entry is prohibited and alsc
that there is a conspiracy to defraud
the United States government of rev
enue by smuggling.
However that may be. the re, oltine
cruelty of The bird slaughte- is al
nj ,st irconceiyabe. II Is To be hoped
thi there will ae an immeIifte end
10 the business ana thai those who
are responsible for II may he properly
punished. Rec ,rd Herald
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14

day afternoon at O'clock In the high
school assembly room. Fifty mem.
bers were present The subject for
discussion was What is being done
iu the slums along the line OF social
settlement" Miss SENEGAL spoke of
what is being accomplished by the
settlement workers in Detroit Mrs.
Myers subject was. The good the
settlement workers are doing in Chi
cngo.' Mrs. Ware gave an account
of the experiences Of an emigrant after
landing ON Ellis island II was an in
teresting meeting, largely attended
lilty members being present Meet
ings will be held once In two weeks
or Wednesdays after school Mrs. Il.
J Myers has charge of the work
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14
ONE WHO PAID HIS rlrAes.

II is difficult to reconcile the atti.
tude of soiue preachers toward the
Rockefeller gift How are these who
are picking the foundation 10 dust and
yet profess belief in every word of the
scriptures 10 adjust their criticism of
the oil kings great wealth to that
promise of the Hebrew prophets that
lie who gives out OF the window win
mud his wealth returning in ever-in-
creasing volume through the door?
Rockefeller has long been known for
= tither." His earliest records show
him giving a tenth of his earnings to
the church or TO philanthropy Yet
with his giving Of millions in ever in.
cieasing ratio his wealth has accu.
mulated beyond all bounds until we
now find him preparing TO give it all,
or the greater part, away. Fast as
he gives out through the window, fast.
er it comes in by the door.
There are in the world today more
persons lhan is generally supposed TAX.
ing The old tithing command literally
and actually giving of their earnings
and income n tenth 10 charity and
church work. with no other than the
Mormon church is The law understood
to be officially in force yet church
members of all denominations who
read their Bible literally practice tith-
ing in secret trying at the same time
10 live up to that further injunction
of not letting the left hand know
what the right hand is doing. Not
To all of them does the wealth that
goes out OF the window return by the
door in such measure as in the Rookie
feller case. yet that faith on which
the giver implicitly relies seems ever
10 operate in some way to make good
that further comment of David in the
matter OF never having seen the right
eous forsaken or his seed begging
bread
The world has been pretending TO
outs grow much of the wisdom of the
Hebrew prophets, thrusting it aside
ana applying new laws, seeking else.
whore than in their concept Of the rule
OF compensation for The operations of
cause ana effect, But they were
siaunch old philosophers and heir
early guesses on the relation OF man
to his world viii stand as just about
the closet ever made. Neither Jacob
nor Abraham made the least attempt
TO trace the psychology of the fact that
The self confidence which prompted
The toileI 10 give a tenth to the com
mon cause would inspire him to such
enterprise as would bring him wealth
in increased measure; hui they sensed
ihe underlying truth. In attributing II
to the favor Of the source of all
good they we're but applying their gen
cral rule.
II seems strange that many OF the
present day successors of the prophets
will neither trace results to one thing
nor the other, neither to human psy
chology nor TO divine favor. but must
have II that Rockefeller has been rob
hing his fellowman and now is con
scienec stricken and wanting to make
atonemant Those old Hebrew proph-
els were more charitable-Denver Re.
publican.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-14
THE WINGED wARpENs.o

The following essay was awarded
first prize in a contest inaugurated
by the publishers OF Dumb Animals,
the writer being May Bryan Grove,
of Tcxhs. and The Herald desires to
call special attention to this article
aud we trust it will be needed by
every boy. girl and man In The land.
You call them thieves and pillagers:
but know
They are the winged wardens of
your farms,
Who from the cornGelds drive the In
sidious foe.
And from your haryests keep hun
dred harms
The grave warnings OF naturaists,
the passage of bird laws, and the com.
binod efforts OF Audubon societies In
every locality seem futile to stop the
slaughter of the innocents; for the
work OF bird determination still goes
ON at the ruthless hands OF men aud
boys who continue hunting to deat.:.
either for pleasure or profit these
beautiful and harmless denizens OF
wood and grove.
The destruction of bird life is awful
to contemplate, and has reached n
degree of wantonness that threatens TO
totally eXterminate many of the most
useful species" And without the help
OF The birds, crop destruction By in.
seois would menace The inhabitants OF
the earth with starvation
In our own country, during the last
year alone, the killing of birds caused
a crop loss Of a billion dollars.
The biological survey has found that
lhirtyeishi species Of birds. among
which are orioles. nighthawks, and,
foremost Of all, the swallows, eat boil
weeyils in great Quantities. thus aiding
tie southern farmers in their war
fare against this destrnctlble pest.
Nlghthawlss, chimney swifts, and Kill.
dees destroy mosquitoes, and expert.
menis have proved that it takes no
less than FIVE hundred mosquitoes to
provide a meal for one OF these birds.
Sparrows destroy insects and worms
that infest the foliage OF trees; and
everywhere mans tireless and indus
trious litlle bird helpers are foremost
in the fight against every phase of in.
sect life that prcys upon garden and
field,
As winged wardens" OF the nations
agricultural interests. they are indis.
pensable which fact alone should be
their safeguard. And yet. with base
ingfatiiude toward bird and its Maker
men 20 forth TO kill and destroy.
Women Not Free from Stain OF Blood
But In this unholy warfare against
the birds, the gentle hand of woman
whose nature is tenderness and mercy
and love, * not free from the stain
OF blood. The claim that the makers
of styles in Paris compel the wearing
OF birds and plumage on millinery
holds not shadow OF exculpation; for
who ever compelled a woman to wear
what she would not? when woman
won't, she wont. you may depend
ont"
II every conscientious woman would
refuse TO purchase headgear unless
the birds and plumage upon 1t were