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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05

NJ. E. Zion church. member of the
state, district and county Republican
executive committees and is connected
with many movements for the eleva-
ton of the race in his city and state.
The success of Mr.. Allen has made it
possible for him to help others and to
serve the race in a substantial way.
He employs regularly eighteen men
and women in his business and pays
them respectable wages.
Indeed. the Negro who earns his
money and invests it in a way that
will give employment to Negro boys
and girls as stenographers, bookkeep-
ers and wage earners helps the race In
q most substantial manner
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05
PivitoI Point In New York Politics.

a prominent Texas editor in expa.
tiating recently on the political outlook
In New York this fall says If the
closeness Of the New York vote gets
the figures down to margin where
the colored vote can decide the con-
test the Negro voters will convince
the country that they have had quite
enough of Mr. Teddy.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05

during this period in real estate he
soon found it necessary to resign his
position to look after his business in
terests.
Mr.. Allen is the editor and publisher
of the Mobile Weekly Press, which has
a circulation Of about 5000, with
newspaper plant valued at $4,000.
He is prominent among the secret
societies Of the state. He has been
endowment secretary Of the Masonic
order Of the state Of Alabama for ten
years and was elected at the last an
nual session by acclamation.
This was indeed a high compliment
to him when it is known that he han
died for that society last year over
$4,000 and paid to widows and Or
phans Of members Of the order about
$4,000.
He is member Of State Street. A
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05

Among the most progressive busi-
ness men of western Alabama, and of
the whole state for that matter, is
Clarence W. Allen, whose picture we
present in this issue. He was born in
Mobile and received his early training
in the public schools and at Emerson
institute in his native city.
He is. one Of those young men who
have made their way up from the hum.
Bile walks Of life and become potent
factors in the development of the
financial and business life of the race.
For more than ten years he was
mail carrier in the postoffice at Mobile.
Having invested much of his earnings
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05
Who Has Made His Way Up
From the Bottom.
BUSY WITH MANY INTERESTS,

Former Letter Carrier Who Saved His
Earnings, Caught Time by the Fore
lock, Engaged In Business and Is
Meeting With Marked Success-Edi-
tor, Politician and Fraternity Man.
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HALF OF SOUTHERN
SPINDLERS IDLE

Boston, March S0.-Fifty per cent of the
spindles in southern cotton miles are idle,
according to statistics which have been
assembled by the American Wool and
Cotton Reporter.
The figures show that the curtailment
now in progress, not only in the south
but in all sections of the country both
north and south, is more extensive and
drastic than has ever been known in the
history of the trade, even taking into
consideration the panic year of 1907. The
greatest curtailment comes among the
yarn mills, although restriction of pro-
duction among weaving mills is greater
than ever before Mill after mill is clos
ling down entirely until new cotton ar
rives or market conditions improve, while
| the majority of others the amount OF
curtaiment varies from 20 to 100 per cent,
with many mills running orders only.
The following are the percentages OF
spindles idle by states:
| Alabama, 36 per cent.
| South Carolina, 81 per cent
North Carolina, 30 per cent.
| Georgia. 30 per cent.
| Tennessee, so per cent.
| Virginia, 60 per cent.
Mississippi. 6s per cent.
| Figures for the New England states
| have not been completed
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ever any considerable tonnage is In
quired for continues to be feature
of the pig iron market New build
ing projects are developing rather
slowly and mills are able to give bet
ter deliveries.
The United States Steel corporation
has decided to award the contract for
structural material for its new steel
plant at Duluth to the American
Bridge company, for which $4,000 tons
will be required. The New Jersey Zinc
company has awarded $4,000 tons TO
the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.. and
1914 tons to the Lackawanna Bridge
company for plant extensions.
The 500 tons required for the new
fireproof plant of the Mount Vernon
Bridge company at Mount Vernon, o..
will be furnished by the Cambria Steel
company The Chester building, Sc
attic, 500 tons, has been awarded to
Milliken Brothers, New York, and a
manufacturing plant at La Porte, Ind.
500 tons, went to the Central States
Bridge company, Indianapolis. A loft
building for the Potter estate, Broad
way and Astor Place, New York city,
1000 tons, will be erected by the
George A. Fuller Co., general contract
ors. A warehouse at Lane and He'd
don streets, New York city, 1900 tons
was taken by the Hinkle Iron work s
The Schubert Memorial theatre, St
Louis was awarded to the Noelke Rich
ards Co. Indianapolis, 545 tons.
Railroads are placing orders more
freely and are inquiring for large
tonnages of material, including about
10000 tons of shapes in the east.
The contract of the government with
the Rosenthal Investment company for
Panama scrap in bulk has been ter
minated as 1t is understood that the
company did not find it profita BILE The
scrap will now be offered in different
lots from time to time.
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cure-alIs. but am here to prove that
they will cure all l claim for them-ca-
tarrah in any form, rheumatism, kidney.
liver, stomach and blood trouble. and will
expell any worms or germs from man,
woman or child got one bottle Of the
Quaker Herb Extract, and am thankful
did. ] commenced to take 1t just as
soon as ! got home Monday. and to think
it's only the third day and have expelled
this horrid tapeworm that has caused me
all these long months OF suffering. |
most sincerely hope that any person suf-
fering as have done will try at least one
bottle Of what consider the most won
derful medicine in the world, and thank
Gray and Quaker for making me well
and happy again" ~
Gray only wishes to state that the very
first thing he wanted to do in this city
was to have the people give the Quaker
Herb Remedies a trial. He knows what
powers they possess, for he has proven
beyond doubt that they are positive,
permanent cures, as he was in Mobile,
Ala. for three months, and there are
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James F. Hawkins,

| Cummins to his feet. He said that the
| committee has had no meeting and there
| fore had had no opportunity to consider
| the amendments.
| In his speech Mr.. Root supported the
bill in the main. He said that many of
the provisions of the bill were far more
important than the court of commerce
provision. and he thought IL enacted into
law the bill would aid in the administra-
ton of the law. He thought, however,
that the bill should be amended in some
respects.
Mr.. Root spoke of the success of the
present railroad rate law saying the
president of the greatest railroad corpor-
alton In his state had told him he would
not turn his hand over to have the law
repealed, Notwithstanding that when the
bill of 1906 was before Congress, Wash
ington had rung like boilershop in OPP
position to 1t. But satisfactory as the
law might be as a whole, many contro-
vcrsies must arise in its administration,
and for their adjustment there should be
an expert court.
Defending the provision of the law max
ing the government the defendant in all
appeals from the orders of the interstate
commerce commission Mr. Root said
that under the present law the shipper is
was that of placing the conduct of the
case In the hands of the Attorney Gem
eral. But he thought the bill should be
SO amended as to permit the represents
ton of the shipper in all cases in which
his interests might be involved.
do you believe" asked Mr.. Cummins,
that in a case not supported by the At
torney General the court could call upon
representative of the shipper
Mr.. Root has not given attention to such
an exigency, but speaking offhand, he
expressed the opinion that it would be
competent for the court to make such an
order. He thought. however, that all of
| the law business of the government
should be conducted by the Attorney Gen.
| eral.
| He assumed that If the bill should be-
come law a special deputy would be
designated by the Attorney General to
deal with railroad cases just as one is
now selected to conduct cases before the
court of claims. He thought the sense
of duty of the Attorney General could al
| ways be depended upon,
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ROOT DEFENDS THE
RAILROAD BILL
Court of Commerce Appeals to
the New Yorker
SPEECH NOT FINISHED
Senator Elkins Brings Up Amend
mcnts That Were Proposed Say
ing That Majority of Commit
tee Favored Them
SPEECH NOT FINISHED

Washington, March 3O.-In a speech
had not been completed when the Sen
ate adjourned, Senator Root today came
to the support of the administration rail
road bill.
The portion of the speech delivered to-
day dealt almost exclusively with the pro
posed court of commerce, which Mr.
Root defended, Notwithstanding he said
it appealed to him far less strongly thar
did most of the other features Of the
bill
He was questioned closely by Senators
Cummins, Crawford, Jones and others
and in response to the inquiry of these
senators said he would favor an amend
ment to the bill permitting the represen-
tation of shippers in cases involving their
interests.
He made a contention for the general
policy of having all the law business
of the government concentrated in the
department of justice. Mr.. Root will con-
tinue his speech tomorrow.
Several amendments to the railroad bill
agreed upon after conferences between
from the Senate committee on interstate
commerce, in which conference Attorney
General Wickersham participated, were
made public today by Senator Elllins
chairman of the Senate committee.
The several amendments would provide
for the following:
Authorizing appeals to the supreme
court for interlocutory orders or DEGREES
of the court of commerce granting, OIL
continuing an Injunction restraining the
enforcement of an order of an interstate
commerce commission.
Providing for hearings upon five days
notice in connection with the temporary
suspension of orders of the commission.
Allowing compliments before the inter
state commerce commission to be repre-
scented by council in cases appealed to tht
commerce court. Changing the provision
relating to the making Of new routes ant
joint classification between rail and wa
ter lines so as to limit the authority Of
the commission where no reasonable OF
satisfactory through route by rail ant
water exists 1t is provided also thai
the commission shall not have the righ
| to establish any through route. classi
| fcation rate, fare or charge when the
| transportation Is wholly by water. Sew
| eral changes are made to that portion
of the bill establishing the court of com
merce, one providing specifically that thu
| legislation shall not be construed as en-
larging the Jurisdiction now possessed by
circuit courts.
When Mr. Elkins had presented hi:
amendments, Senator Root took the fiool
| to speak on the measure. Tn presenting
| the amendments Mr.. Elllins stated they
had the support OF majority of this
| members of the committee on interstate
| commerce. This remark brought Mr.
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1t seems almost impossible to even i'm
agine that a small, delicate. weakly wom'
an. weighing only 1o7 pounds. could pos
sibly live with monster life-sapping
parasite OF this mammoth size constantly
sapping the very life blood from that
poor, little, frail, weak woman's body.
But this has been the condition In which
Mrs. p. H. Meehl, who resides at her
home with her husband and three small
babies. the youngest being nearly u
months old. The husband, Mr.. p. Fl.
Meehl, of 200S Trilby avenue. North High
lands, Pratt City, was employed for some
years as master mechanic for the Ala
bama Consolidated Coal and Iron COM
pany when his wife, some four years ago,
weighed 147 lbs, commenced to complain
of her stomach trouble. He commenced
getting different kinds of so-caled cures
for her. but day by day she kept grow
ing worse. Her stomach would bloat; she
would belch. Her heart would jump and
fiutter, her breath short; so dizzy at times
she would have to grab on to something
to keep from failing; had q pain in back
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of head. sometimes sharp shooting pains
in lower bowels. running down and caus-
ing cramps in lower limbs. and with all
this, what was most surprising, was the
ravenous appetite she had most of the
time. She would eat hearty meal and in
an hour would have a craving for more
to eat; and again, the very sight Of food
would make her sick. as she said: II felt
as If could not last much longer. for
no one knows what I have suffered for
the past three years. But when saw in
the paper that Gray, the Quaker Health
Teacher, was going to come to Birming-
ham, and make his headquarters at tho
Gunn-Gambill Drug Co., corner Third
avenue and Nineteenth street, / had q
happy feeling come over me, for l had
been reading about the great number OF
people who had been cured by the use
of the Quaker Herb Extract and OIL OF
Balm. called on him last Monday, and
am glad ] did. for he told me that the
Quaker Herb Remedies would cure where
all others had failed. Gray said: I don't
claim the Quaker Herb Remedies to be
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thousands of the best citizens in that city
who have given their unsolicited testt,
monials, telling the world of the great
benefits they had received from using
Quaker Herb Remedies Now, this is the
same Gray, with the same Quaker Renee
dies and he says Quaker Herb Extract
and Oil Of Balm will cure people right
here in Birmingham just the same as in
any other city they have ever been In
NOW, If any person doubts the above
case. write. phone. wire the lady, and
hear from her own lips If 1t is not true
III every respect. She was raised frof~
childhood up to the present day and mum
bers her friends by the thousands. IN
tapeworm can be seen free to callers
Gums Pharmacy, formerly Gupn-Gs
Drug Co., corner Third avenue and
teenth street Gray is there daily
8 a. m. to p. m. and will be only
pleased to answer all questions per
Ing to different kinds of parasites tl1l
there, and tell you about the Quaks
Remedies Call today. Gray Prov
he says.
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IRON BUSINESS IS
VERY MODERATE
Specifications, However, Are
Still Quite Satisfactory
SHIPMENTS ARE LARGE
weakness In Prices Develops in Pig
Iron Market and New Building
Projects Are Being Worked
Ont Without Haste
SHIPMENTS ARE LARGE


Cleveland. March 30.-(SpeciaL)-
The Iron Trade Review tomorrow will
say.
Recent developments have been
somewhat disappointing as to new bus
mess in some finished lines. While
specifications against contracts are for
the most part satisfactory and ship
ments are being made in large volume
by the mills, these for the Steel cor
poration reaching a new high record
In March of 1,05C,0 600 tons, business is
not uniformly brisk and some shading
of prices is being done. The corpor-
alton has made an appropriation of
$4,000, 900 for the extension of the
electric power plant at Gary.
Foreign rail orders amount to TO-
900 tons.
Pronounced weakness in prices when
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Railroad Eerptur.Inc-....

New York, March 3o.-Nearly 10 per cent
was earned on the capital stock of the
Delaware and Hudson company for the
year of 1908. The figures to be made pub
lie in the annual report of the company
tomorrow show that the company earned
gross income from its coal and railroad
departments of $10,391, 1893, an increase OF
se2,Ss4 over last year. and that its net
earnings were s5,194,SS9, a decrease OF
$59, 6l8 from 1905
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NORTH ALABAMA FURNACE co.
Notice to stockholders of North Ala
bama Furnace Company

Birmingham, Ala, March 20, 1910.
In accordance with the bylaws. no.
tice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders OF North
Alabama Furnace Company will be
held at the office of the company, in
Birmin CHAM, Alabama, on Wednesday,
April 6, 1910, at IL O'Clock a. M, to
elect directors for the ensuing year and
for the transaction of such other bust
Books for the transfer of stock Will
be closed from March rs, 1910, at ~
o'clock noon, to April g., 1910. at 10
o'clock a. m.
e. L. MORRIS. Secretary.
!. sSsss IS. i. -23 -2e-yS. IS
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Life sentence for Neeroe,

Barnwell, s. c., March 30 Stanley
Grubbs and Quitman Johnson negroes. to-
day were found guilty of the murder of
Perry Ussery, a white man. The jury
recommended mercy and the prisoners
were sentenced to life Imprisonment. At a
former trial they were convicted and SEN
fenced to death. Johnson then Implicated
Chester Kennedy, white man now under
sentence for instigating the crime. The
two negroes were then given a new trial
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sLOss IRON AND STEEL COMPANY
Notice to Stockholders OF SIoss Iron and
Steel Company

Birmingham, Ala. March 22, 1910.
In accordance with the by-laws. no.
tice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Sloss Iron and Steel company will be
held at the office of the company in
Birmingham. Alabama, on Wednesday.
April 6, 1910, at IL o'clock noon, to
elect directors for the ensuing year and
for the transaction of such other bust
ness as may come before the meeting.
Books for the transfer Of stock will
be closed from March rs, 1916, at ~
o'clock noon, to April 9, 1910, at 10
o'clock a. m.
E. L. MORRIS, Secretary.
3-2326-2S-31-4-2-5
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Move Against Cannon

Washington March 30.-A bill providing
for committee to select the standing and
special committees of the House, instead
of having them appointed by the speaker,
as at present. was introduced today by
Representative Hay, democrat, of Vir-
ginia. The bill provides committee of
10, nine from majority and six from the
minority, and all elected by the House to
elect the House committees.
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oil Monopcoly In Austria

London, March 3O.-A special dispatch
from Vienna states that the Austrian Pc
troeum refinery and firms selling pc
troleum in tank cars will be obliged
henceforth to procure government IL
censes 1t is understood this is step in
the direction of establishing a monopoly
OF the oil trade. as the Austrian petroleum
industry is unable to compete with the
Standard Oil Company.
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Washington, March 30.--A favorable re-
port on Rodenburg joint resolution Great
ing commission to investigate and report
on the advisab ility of holding an exposi-
ton in 1918 commemorative of the SEMI
centennial of negro freedom has been
made to the House by the committee on
industrial arts and expositions. The res
olution calls for a report to Congress
at the opening of the next session and APP
propriates $1,000 for the expenses of the
commission, whose members are to serve
without compensations.
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Fatal Mistake in Drink

Danville, Va. March 30-As the result
of mistaking a bottle Of carbolic acid
for whisky, J. Luther Abbott, clerk in
a tobacco warehouse here, this afternoon
killed himself. Abbott had a bottle Of
whisky and beside was another bottle
labeled whisky but containing the acid
which he drank. He died in terrible
agony 80 minutes later. Abbott was about
80 years old and leaves widow and two
children. His father is in the tobacco
business at Franklin, Va.
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southern hallway Changes

Atlanta, March 3o.-The following
changes in it's passenger department was
announced by the Southern railway to-
day. j. e. Shipley division passenger
agent at Knoxville has resigned. effective
April 15, to engage in other business and
will be succeeded by G. M. Ellis, at
present chief clerk in the office Of AS
sistant General Passenger Agent Bens-
coter at Chattanooga.
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about the new era of development and
prosperity that seems to have come to this
district for keeps but that is q story that
will save. Perhaps your readers will e
pleased to hear that the Rev J. j. D..
Hall. late assistant chaplain in the state
prison department is doing well in his
new home in Philadelphia. Rev. Mr.. Hall
has many warm friends in the Birnling-
ham district who will rejoice to know
that he is happy in his new and broader
field in the city of brotherly- love and
graft, peace and lobor riots. Rev. Mr..
Hall mentions the labor troubles in his
letter and also takes occasion TO refer
with pleasure to the downfall of Cannon
ism In Congress. The Rev. Mr.. Hall Is
engaged in mission work, presumably in
the slums of the Quaker City
No Vacant Houses
IF there is a vacant dwelling OF any
description in Ensley or vicinity l do
not know It," said H. s. Meade, a prom
ir ent real estate man. II believe We
could rent 300 small cottages at once If
we had them. There is a specially strong
demand for houses for coiored laborel ..
All this is In view Of the fact that more
houses have been built in this section dur
ing the past two years than ever before in
tire same length of time"
Ideal Homes
"Ensley Highlands and that elevated
territory dividing Ensley proper from
Fairview presents the most attractive res
idential section in the entire district for
the near rich" said ex-Mayor N. w.
Scott This section combines all those
advanta ges that go to make the ideal
horne. The landscape is beautiful, the
III. al effect pleasing, the air is health
full and with these is combined every
convenience of the city. Scores of hand
some residences have been built In that
section during the past Few years and
some of the beet people in the district
live in them
Dean of Boosters
J. H. Stewart of the Ensley Real Es-
tate and Investment company is the dean
of boosters Business was never better,
enthusiastically declared Mr.. Stewart
"The prospects for the year are very nat
tering. We have all the business we can
handle and the other real estate men OF
the town seem to be equaiiy busy.
THE JSnsley Real Estate and Invest
mcnt comnany will move Into its new
quarters in the new Knights of Pythiss
hall on Avenue E tomorrow night We
will celebrate the event with an OPENING
Of unique feature next saturday night.
We have ordered 1000 of the finest rose
bushes we can find in the western market
for free distribution among our FRIENDS
who attend the opening Every one VINO
comes will be presented with rose bush.
I'm our now quarters we will have much
more room and we need IT.. Our company
has built more than $50 homes and put
shat MANY families in. them since we be-
gan business in Ensley five years ago.
we are proud of our record and the SUE
cess that has come to us through the
general prosperity Of the town and dis
trict."
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A Woman Rescued From a Monster!

eseemng Yesterday The
iveanna an al
and hed n a