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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-31

which so well fit Mr.. Reid for sheriff he
Is the only man who has agreed and
promised to make public the records of
the sheriffs office so that the people will
know what that office costs, and will HIM
self go before the legislature with these
records and exert every influence which
he has TO put the offices of Jefferson coun-
ty on salary basis. The reason these
offices are now on fee basis Is because
of the sheriffs' combination in the state,
which has never put before the legislature
the facts, and John B. Reid is the only
candidate who promises to make the rec
ords public. John Reid promises this and
he will do it as certain as the sun rises
in the east and sets In the west
His friends think that the election of
John B. Reid will place in office man
worthy. honest and thoroughly qualified in
every way to make a sheriff of whom the
people will be proud. We make no idle
boasts, but the election of Mr.. Reid is
certain. His friends also desire to thank
The Age-Herald for this opportunity TO
publish this card A. LATADY.
Manager"
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TRY TO FIX BLAME
Investigation liz Made Into Recent
Wreck of Automobile Fire Engine

There was no decision rendered yester-
day evening at the meeting of the fire
committee of the council at the mayors
office in order to inquire into the facts
concerning the accident few weeks ago
when the automobile fire engine belong
ing TO the Fountain Heights station was
wrecked The accident occurred when
the engine collided with a backing switch
engine at the Frisco crossing. The en-
CINE has been sent to st. Louis for re-
pairs, it being badly damaged. Several
of the firemen on the engine at tho
time were slightly injured
The facts of the accident were brought
out last night and the decision In rega I'd
as to whose fault ii was and what shall
be done in the matter will be made by
Mayor Frank P. O'Brien and announced
at a later date. The engine was being
driven at the time of the accident by
Fireman Sid Jones. the regular driver.
Fireman Graves, being off duty. Graves
is now in St. Louis attending to the re-
pairing of the machine.
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PEOPLE MUST TAKE
CARE OF SIDEWALK
MUST RE SWEPT CAREFULLY BUT
NO SWEEPING CAN BE DONE uN-
LESS WALK is FIRST CAREFUL-
LY SPRINKLED

The CITY health depa rtment is going
after all persons who insist upon sweep
ing their sidewalks without first sprink-
ling them. This is violation of the city
laws and Chief Sanitary Inspector Wal
ter Burson and his assistants are going
after the violators tooth and toe nail
They are also going after those persons
who fail to sweep their walks.
Section 494 of the revised city code OF
Birmingham covers this. 1t reads as
follows:
at shall be the duty of the occu-
pant or person in possession OF or IN
charge or control of the ground floor
or story of every house in the city,
whether dwelling or business house, at
least once a week, where such house is
outside of the fire limits, and daily be-
fore 8 a. M where such house Is in
side the fire limits, to sweep or caused
to be swept the entire sidewalk or
pavement abutting the lot or premises
on which said house is situated, both
on the front and side thereof and to
collect the miscellaneous waste. trash
and sweepings and deposit the same
in the proper receptacle for removal
Section 400. ANY person who violates
any provision OF or contained in this
chapter, or any person, whether principal
or agent, who fails to perform any duty
imposed by any provision of or con-
tanned in any section of this chapter,
shall be fined not less than 81 nor more
than 800, and Imprisonment at hard
labor for the city not exceeding isx
months, one or BOTH
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THATCHER STILL AT
WORK IN COUNTY
WILL LEAVE SOON, HOWEVER, IN
ORDER TO REACH TUSCALOOSA
BY APRIL Z, WHERE HE WILL
MEET BOARD OF TRADE

Unusual interest is being shown in the
question of a better system of highways
in the west end of the county. The Farm
ers union, in conjunction with the good
roads clubs, have organized to hold a
monster barbecue on October Is. Charles
w. Thatcher has ben asked to deliver an
address upon this occasion. The follow
ing committee has been appointed to
make the necessary arrangements: j.
NJ. Waldrop, NJ. N. Stinnett. Uncle Bill
ly' Glaze, II. W. Burchfield and d. M
Waldrop.
Charles w. Thatcher, who was in the
city last night, said: Il do not desire
the entire credit of the success of this
campaign. G. 4. Brazelton and j. Asa
Rountree have stood faithfully by the
good roads ship and by their assist
ance I have been enabled to guide the
bark into the harbor OF success. |
will soon leave the city for other fields
of work, but wherever duty may lead me
l shall carry away with me the sweet
memory of these two good roads soldiers.
ION Thursday April Z, l will arrive
in Tuscaloosa to fill an enga cement with
the board of trade of that city, and from
there go to Meridian, Miss, at the
urgent invitation of the cotton exchange
of that city. | most heartily thank the
newspapers of Birmingham for their able
help in this great cause
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WELLINGTON HERE
FOR SHORT TIME

The fve-hour visit of John W. Whit
tington OF Los Angeles, president OF
the National Association of Under
writers, to Birming CHAM last night was
lust as pleasant as the local asso-
cations best efforts could make 1t.
Mr.. Wilmington, who was recently
elected to the head of the insurance
men of America, Is making tour OF
the agencies in the south, meeting the
agents and becoming acquainted with
the field.
IIe was shown about the city yester-
dav afternoon and was entertained at
dinner by the heads of the insurance
agencies of Birmingham at the Coun-
try club. Among those at the table
were r. H. Andrews of the Union Cen
trail, Walter Sessions of the Pruden-
tial. George C. oliver of the Aetna,
w. i. Cameron of the Pittsburg Life,
Albert C. Chesney OF the Metropolitan
Life. George II. Estes of the Mutual
Life. P. C. Ratliff of the Penn Mu-
tual. and Charles T. Froment of the
Mutual Benefit
Mr.. Wilmington was delighted with
his visit to the city and left last night
for Atlanta.
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s. l.. Weaver

Judge Weaver has made his race
without campaign fund and on a
very economical basis and is dependin y
on the efforts and loyalty of his
fl lends
Judge Weaver has tn assurance of
a big vote among the farmers and la
boring men. He has made his cam
paign on his record as a jurist and
humane judge. Many of the men who
earn their bread by the sweat OF their
brows are for him on account OF his
discharge of the duties of the court
over which he presides with due re-
gard for the rights OF the poor and
helpless, notably in the John Williams
case.
Judge Weaver. who has always been
working democrat, having been on
the stump in several very heated polit
ical campaigns, expects to get the
votes of the Old Guard
The laboring men, many business and
PROFESSIONAL men and large per cent
or the farmers are for him for sheriff
and he is steadily gaining in votes.
Other candidates may have lost gro,,no
Judge Weaver has gained every da v
since his active campaign was launched
lie should win by fine majority.
CHARLES SUMNER.
Campaign Manager"
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PATH Is CLEARED
UP TO THE VAULT
FIRE Loss AT THE WOOD-NORRIs
YARDS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
SLIGHTLY Observation-Disclosures
Err CONCERNS DAMAGED

Fire Chief Bennett said last night tba :
there had not yet been any official es-
innate made of the loss caused bv the
burning OF the Wood-Norris lumber plant
Tuesday night, but that It would not be
as high as was at first reported. The
plant, which covered an entire block AZ
Thirteenth street and Eighth avenue was
total loss and the first estimate of the
loss was 100000 The burning debris
was sufficiently cleared away Yesterday
afternoon that way was made to the
vault where there were important pa pers
and all the accounts. books and ledsers
of the company. These are now be-
ing looked over and the amount of stock
which was in the yards and burned up
will soon be learned. Insurance was car
ried in many companies to the amount of
about SIS, 900.
The fire was the largest seen in Bir-
mingham for many years and Chief Ben
nett said last night that it wou.d probably
double the annual fire loss for the year.
The cause is unknown. but is supposed
to have been pile OF cinders which was
raked from the firebox of a Frisco switch
engine which fas in the lumber yards
during the afternoon. The storage plant
of the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company was threatened with de-
struction for a time, but was gotten
under control by the firemen. A large
part of the city was in darkness and with
out street car service for nearly an hour
on account of the current being cut OF.
Besides the loss to the lumber company
there was a loss of about $1,000 to the
Frisco railroad. 800 to the Gulf REIN
ing company 800 TO the Birmingham Rail-
way. Light and Power company and SEQ
to the fire department from the burning
up of line of hose. M
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Music Mt Norwood Church

musicale will be given under the di-
rection of Mrs. E. A. Holmes this even
ing at o'clock at the Norwood Meth
odist church, Thirty-first street and Thir-
teenth avenue, with the following pro-
gramme:s Solo, instrumental. Mrs. j. 4.
Hodges; solo, vocal, Miss Mable Row
lands; male quartet. Messrs. Staplcton,
Mills, Colver and Moore; solo, Miss Lo-
towski; solo, Instrumental. Miss Stella
May Orr; solo, vocal Mrs. e. A. Holmes
male quartet, selected, with bass solo, by
r. c. Kaufman; reading. Miss Susie Fer
guson: solo Mr.. Mills; solo. instrumental.
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Dust Menace Grows So Serious
AS to Cause Genuine Alarm
Statements Show Status
Of the Race for Sheriff
Replies Received Yesterday to Heralds Request From
Campaign Headquarters For Statement Of Each
Candidates Prospects Next Monday

In view OF the absorbing interest in the
campaign for sheriff of Jefferson county,
which will be decided at the polls Mon
day, The Age-Herald yesterday asked
each of the candidates or their campaign
managers to write a short statement in
answer to the question DO you believe
your candidate will be elected and why?''
Replies were received in behalf of all OF
the candidates. Arranged in the alpha
betical order of the candidates names the
replies were as follows:
Walter X. McAdory
Reports which have come to me from
my friends all over the county make me feel
confident of my nomination April 4. Ny
past record as a public official is a guar
antee that I will conduct the office of
sheriff, il elected, in a courteous and
busnessllke way. I have conducted my
campaign refraining from personalities,
cartoons, ETC., believing that the people
Of Jefferson county were tired of that
kind of politics. l have refrained from
mud-slinging nor will I sling any unless
compelled to, and as the election is so
near at hand I feel sure that the various
mud-slinging circulars that are to be dis
lributed unsigned throughout the coun-
ty will be ignored and condemned
Promising the people of the county
that If elected l will conduct the sheriff S
office in a businesslike and humane man
the people of the county desire that the
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George II. Ward

George B. Ward will be elected Mon
day next, sheriff of jefferson county on
his merits. He will receive 6O00 votes out
of the 1900 to be cast
1.-THE people of JEFFERSON county realize
that Mr.. Ward has an enviable record as
public official to sustain, and will sus-
tain, it. They know that his executive
ability has been thoroughly demonstrated.
| They appreciate the fact that he has
conducted his campaign without forming
entangling alliances that will prevent him
from discharging his duty after he is
elected
More than enough qualified voters in
the county to elect have promised him
their support by letter and otherwise.
Large numbers of pledge letters continue
to arrive daily.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Ward will
receive more votes in Greater Birmingham
than all his opponents combined.
Careful investigation shows that he
will receive the large silent vote. especial
ly in Greater Birmingham and Bessemer.
Official checks of poll lists show that
Ward will carry 40 out of the 81 precincts
in Jefferson county, and that together
with the tremendous. vote which he will
receive in Greater Birmingham easily as
sures his nomination.
Tine fact that the other candidates for
sheriff have trained their heaviest artil-
lery on Mr.. Ward is the best indication
that his nomination is practically an es-
tablished fact. JAMES A. DOWNEY,
Campaign Manager"
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City Health OFFICER Dr. r. B. Hardness
s planning to make his department one
of the best to be found in any city in the
country. The canitary inspectors and 9TH
ers connected with the department, which
have greatly increased in number since
the creating of Greater Birmingham, have
been organized into splendid disease
fighting corps and the plans in view have
the intent of making even better fight
ers
The recent vaccinating campaign proved
to be one of the most strenuous which
any city ever tackled and the small
pox proposition was held wonderfully in
check The sanitary inspectors have de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-31
.SHRINERS TO HAVE
BIG TIMETOMORROW

The local Zamora temple, Ancient
Arabic Order Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine. Is preparing to entertain the
Medina temple of Chicago, which will!
spend tomorrow night and Saturday
in Dirmin CHAM. The Chicago Shriners
numbering about 200 are making tour
of the south to wind up at the con-
.yentIon in New Orleans April Ills.
They will reach Birmingham tomor-
row afternoon and will attend cere-
monial session of Zamora temple. As
guests of the local Shriners they will
spend all of Saturday seeing the Bir-
mingham district
This is the advance guard of the
army which will pass through next
week when dozen or more special
trains viii carry the temples above
Cincinnati and Louis lille to New Oh
leans
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-31
SKIN SUFFERERS
DOUBT IS REMOVED

Many eczema sufferers have failed SO
utterly with salves and other .discov-
cries" that even the assurance of the
best physician or druggist cannot in
duce them to invest another dollar in
any remedy.
1t is to these discouraged sufferers in
particular that we now offer, at only
% cents, a trial bottle of the accepted
standard eczema remedy, simple wash
of oil of wintergreen, thymol and
glycerine. as compounded in ID. d. d.
Prescription.
Hundreds of cures have convinced us
and we know you can prove instantly
with the first application that 1t takes
away the itch at once.
For sale by Collier Drug Co. Bir-
mlngham, and w. D. Taylor. Bessemer.
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Giving Men Training for
Efficient Health Work

veloped into an experienced body of
health promoters. meeting of every
member of the department was held
yesterday afternoon In the department Of
fees in the city hall. DIR. Hardness gave
q lecture explaining the various diseases
and the methods of their prevention, es-
pecially through sanitary conditions. lie
outlined the work of the department., go
ing thoroughly into the matter. and
thanked the men for their efficient work
'The Sanitary Inspectors Relief asso-
citation" was organized at the meeting.
its organization being along the same lines
as the police and iremen.s associations
Meetings will be held from time to time
by the department at which DR.. Hardness
will take up the work further and train
the men under him.
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deal more nose and throat trouble than
should be the case at this time of the
year and of course much of it is trace
able to dust irritation and infection.
DR.. L. G. Wocdson said THE dust Is
undoubtedly making more nose and
throat trouble than there should be.
The dust is laden with all kinds of
germs and it Is becoming "a serious
menace to the health of the commun-
ity"
DIR. B. d. Sibley said: "A large per-
.centage of the cases now coming to
me are traceable to dust. Some thing
should be done to relieve the situa-
ton for If this must go on all sum-
mer there is no telling what will hap
pen. 1t is terrible to think of the bac-
terra that have been cast upon the
streets in the form of sputum and then
ground up and waited through the air
as dust to go on this deadly journey
into the Threats and lungs of our peo-
pie The medical society has had the
subject up number of times recently
for serious consideration. We must
devise some plan SO we will not have
to go through the summer without bet
ter protection against the dust"
One of the suggestions made yester-
day was that the fire department
should be called upon to wash down
some of the streets, particularly those
down town. 1t is in the heart of the
city that the city street sprinklers do
most of their work but the dust laid
temporarily is soon ground up and takes
to the air again. 1t was pointed out
that 1t would be a great help to have
the dirt washed into the sewers by
the mains OF the fire department at
least once a week until other arrange
ments can be made by the city to cover
the territory.
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DIR. WHITLEY TO SPEAK
VIII Deliver Lecture Tonight Under
Auspices of Local Tribe Ben Hur

Dr.. Earle Wiley, the well-known
preacher and lecturer, will be heard al
the Maccabee temple. Fourth avenue, be-
tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets,
tonight DR.. Whitley is past supreme
chief of the Tribe of Ben Hur, and this
lecture will be given under the auspices
of Birmingham court No of the Tribe
OF Ben Hur. While the lecture As free
These tickets may be secured without
charge at 400 Woodward building or 4ol
Empire building or at the Hotel Hillman
this afternoon. Dr.. Whitley was per-
son friend of Gen. Lew Wallace and
was an active palbearer at his funeral.
he is therefore peculiarly fitted for dis
cussing his subject
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-31
EXTEND CARRIER SERVICE
Postmaster Makes Urgent Request TO
Service in Outlaying Territory

Postmaster Carter stated yesterday
estimates for the next fiscal year he
included an urgent request for authori-
ty to employ carriers at once for
Mountain Terrace and adjacent terri
tory and other residence sections in
side the city similarly situated.
The sections referred to have never
had the benefit of mail delivery, but
the postmaster says he hopes soon to
have them served by carriers.
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j. v. Gnrnett

The body of J " Garrett, who died
Tuesday night at his residence, 1904 Thir-
ty-hfth street. north, was sent to Rollins
Yesterday afternoon for interment by the
~ podin Undertaking Co. Mr.. Garnett
y as 80 years old and is survived by a
idow and one child.
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Arrested for Cruelty. NJ. Martin
was arrested yesterday by Officer Odum
of the Humane society for cruelty to
animals. Martin gave bond and was
released from The city jail. 1t was al
legged that Mr.. Martin was overdriving
q horse hitched to a buggy and that
the animal was stiff from age and
badly crippled from hard usage.
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b. Y. p. L. NIeetine-The quarterly

u. \. T.. L. Mcetfng-Ihe quarterly
meeting of the district B.. Y P. L.
will be held tonight at o'clock in the
Sunday sch DOL room of the First Bap-
tist church. corner Sixth avenue and
Twenty-second street. 1t is hoped that
q full attendance will be present, as
this is the last meeting before the an
nual state convention, which meets in
Dothan. April IA and 5. The music
and refreshments will be in charge of
the West End union.
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Every Street a Cloud and
Physicians Point Out the
Danger From Germs
CITY IS AROUSED AND
DEMANDS SOME ACTION
Mayor O'Brien Says There Ii no Money
to BY More Sprinklers-Severnl
s. ggestions Made for SoIu-
tion of Problem


y Mayor Frank P. O'Brien, when
y questioned on the subject, said;
= There is nothing the city can do
Q to relieve the situation unless fur
y Their funds are secured with which
y we can purchase some 10 or 10 more
y sprinkling carts. The only solution
y is the carrying of the 100000 bond
y issue for the paying off Of the debts
. of the various annexed towns after
y which there may be mite LETT
over, which could be expended in
y the purchase of sprinlslers. They
y are badly needed-there is no
y doubt of that-but the city hasn't
y any money to buy them with. 1t
y is taking all of the present income
. come of Birmingham to pay off the
= accruing debts Of the various NUM-
y cipalities."
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h. c. Echols, years old. died at the
residence of his parents, First avenue and
Seventy seventh street. East Lake at 10
o'clock yesterday morning. The BODY will
be sent today to Upton for interment bv
the F. W. Woodin Undertaking co
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS


The body of the infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. A. Pyron, who died Tues
day night at their residence at East Lake,
was sent to Marbury yesterday for inter-
ment by the Woodin Undertaking Co.
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Ollie Green Sorrell, 2-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. K. G. Sorrell. died yes
yday. The funeral services will he
fiat the residence this morning at
sihlock. Interment will be in Elm
pa cemetery.
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The body of Nicholas Graves was sent
I Tupelo, Miss, for interment yester-
hy by Lige 10y. Graves. is the man
fho was killed Monday night in a fight
A Coleburg, Ala.
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CITY ITEMS

Catholics of WoodIown-The ladies
of St. Clements Catholic parish will
open a bazaar in Woodlawn this after
noon for the benefit of the building
fund. An invitation has been extend
ed TO the public.