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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
BAILIFR CASE IS
 HEARD BY LANE

Arguments were heard yesterday by Judge A. o. Lane in the circuit court in the mandamus proceedings brought by Sheriff Hgdon against County Treasurer H. Giant Miller in an attempt to force payment of the salary of c. A. Griffith. city court baiiff, appointed by the sheriff. After hearing the arguments Judge Lane took the case under advise ment, and Is expected to render a de- cision in writing tomorrow or soon after.
 Judge Lane's decision will settle the question, at least temporarily, as to whether the sheriff of Jefferson county has the authority to appoint the bailiffs of the city court or the appointments should be made by the city court judges
 Sheriff Higdon Is empowered by the general law to appoint various deputies as bailiffs in the courts of the county but special act of the legislature of 1906 provides that an exception be made in the case of the city courts, whose deputies shall be appointed by the city court judges
 Deputy Griffith, for the payment Of whose salary Sheriff Higdon has brought his mandamus suit against Treasurer Miller. has been serving as a bailiff in the city court for two years and half, and has been paid his salary by the sheriff at the rate of e60 per month. Other bailiffs appointed by the judges of the city court have been serving in the meanwhile, and have been drawing the salaries as bailiffs. There are now nine bailiffs of the city court, tRree appointed by the sheriff and six by the city court judges last spring.
 Sheriff Higdon states he has been ad- vised by his counsel that the bailiffs of the city court must be commissioned dep uties, and holds that bailiffs appointed by him are legally the only men for the positions. It is said that the fact that Ithe jury in the recent trial of damage suit in the city court was "handled'' by non-commisisoned bailiff will be ad- vanced as grounds for a new trial. Judge Lanes decision will not pass on the constitutonality of the special bill of 1906, but will say whether bailiffs ap- pointed by the sheriff shall be paid as such by the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
EXUM CONGRATULATES
 POLICE DEPARTMENT

Chief Bodeker yesterday received communication from Mayor Exum con- graduating him on the manner in which the crowds at the fair and on the streets were handled. Mayor Exum compliments the chief and the department very high ly on the order preserved at the fair grounds. Among other things the Mayor said:
 q think 1t wonderful that such good order wss preserved in the face of such odds, and the Birmingham police de- partment has sustained it's national repu- tation of handling crowds in grand style.
 q congratulate every member of the department, from the chief on down the line, and want every one of you to feel that your good services were appreciated.
 ''The city of Birmingham has taken great pride in it's fair. and I congratulate the police department also on keeping down all nature of law violations during the fair.
 T am proud to be at the head of such a police department.
 "CULPEPPER EXUM, Mayor"
 The chief feels good over the way his men have worked during the fair and desires to pay them a personal tribute for faithfulness. Many of the men worked Is hours a day during the fair. There was not murmur heard at the extra labor. The chief will have the mayors com munication read to all the men on the force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
SHORT HEARING IN
 KNIGHT -YANCEY CASE

At the hearing of the creditors of the Knight Yancey case held yesterday in the federal court, Referee Jere Murphy directed Manager Calvert of the Western Union to deliver several mssages to the court that were sent by the bankrupt concern. They were accordingly deliv- cred These messages are in cipher, but a key will be provided, and their con- tents made known to the persons inter- ested within a short time.
 The purpose of the procurement of the messages is to assist the receiver in as- certaining some facts in connection with missing assets which may be traced by the messages, or to prove some point ir. the litigation that has followed the eI- forts of Trustee Lowell to collect every penny due the estate. The hearing did not last very lopg. Borden Burr of Percy, Benners & Burr appeared for the trus- tee
 It is understood that Walker Percy of the firm representing the trustee while in Europe recently looked into several cotton matters on that side having to do with the failure of the Decatur firm. His information gathered has not been given out yet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Wages in Birmingham

To the Editor af The Age-Herald:
 During my presence at the Ohio valley exposition in Cincinnati good many men called on me, inquiring about the chances for work in the Birmingham district. Invariably and naturally, their first question was in regard to wages. As the Birmingham district pays , per cent more to miners than any mining section in this country, and as the wages of all the other trades equal at least those paid in any other state of the union, with the exception, of course, of the far west, where living is proportionately higher, I was able to make a satisfactory reply on that point. It is a well known fact that the entire south is In need of eff cfent white labtor, especially skilled labor, and the least we can and must do to get the same Is to pay scale of wages equal to that paid in the north and east.
 I was, therefore, greatly surprised to read in an advertisement from the city of Memphis in the october number of the Success Magazine the statement that .'the wage scale is lower than in the north or east"
 
 ern city seeking industries to locate there is not merely a mistake. it is a blunder. Granted that the statement, coming from a business mems club there, is the truth, in so far as it pertains to present labor conditions in Memphis; but what about the future More industries require more lnbor-skiled labor at that and I doubt very much that skilled mechanics such as varied industries require are found in such abundance at the present day in Memphis, so as to supply the need of numbers of new industries of the kind Memphis seeks to attract through their present advertising campaign. And if Memphis succeeds in locating such fac tories as it says it has an immediate opening fora big refrigerator factory, q big kitchen cabinet factory, table factory, factories for saddle trees, stir rups, names, tools, etc. etc., where will 1t get the carpenters, cabinet makers, saddfers, brass and woodworkers, etc.. from, which are needed by such factories, when it advertises to the world that in in the east and north? A fine incentive
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
BIRTHS IN MONTH
 EXCEED THE DEATHS
SHOW 1g1 DIED IN SEPTEMBER WHILE 2e7 WE'RE BORN-DIPH- TERRA TAKES HEAVY TOLL

The report of the city health de- partment was completed yesterday morning and shows that there were 191 deaths in Birmingham during the past month. Of that number SS were white and 1oS negroes. Forty-one oi the white deaths resulted from diph- theria. The death rate fog the month was 1928, this being the lowest of any month previous.
 The grim reaper was left behind last month, there being PCT births, 169 being white. This shows that there were 4I more births in the city than deaths
 The past month was a very disas- trous one to cildren under five years of age. the report showing that 5l children below that age diedy Intestinal trouble was responsible for 26 of the deaths.
 The following shows the number of deaths classified according to age: Be- tween and 10 years, 9; between 20 and 30 years, 40; between 40 and 5C years. 16; between 50 and 60 years 22; between 50 and 70 years, 16; over TO, Il.
 The following is the report in part
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
SCHNEIDER BROUGHT
 HERE FOR TREATMENT

W. T. Schneider, who was serious ly hurt in an explosion of dynamite near Cullman yesterday while super intending the blasting of an obstruct- ing rock on one of the county roads, was brought here and placed in one of the local infirmaries. the Green Un- dertaking company making the trans fer
 Mir Schneider was accompanied to Birmingham by Herman Richter oi Cullman, close friend who said that the injured man vas In the act Of lighting a fuse to set off blast about the mouth of drill which contained three sticks of dynamite when spark dropped into the hole and MT. Schneider received the entire discharge about the face. That he escaped with his life was mere chance, though 1t Is probable that he may lose the sight of one eye.
 He was reported as resting well at the infirmary at a late hour last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
MURPHY SAYS CITY GAN
 BE PROUD OF THE FAIR

That it was magnificent fair, and only the great multitudes impaired his pleasure in visiting it. was the statement of Jere Murphy of Huntsville, who with Ms. Murphy saw the sights" at the fair again yesterday. Judge Murphy was here on business, but he secured sufficient time to take in the greatest fair, con- cededly. that Alabama has ever seen.
 T am sure all the people Birmingham must feel a pride in the accomplishments of the fair association said Judge Mur- phy. They deserve the commendation of all people as Alabama was as much interested and represented as Birming- ham. The fairs are of great value to any section, and I doubt not but that Bif- mingham received great deal of valu- able patronage through this medium. The people of Alabama should, as Mayor Culpepper Exum suggested, get togethei and secure a centralized established fair typical of every nook and corner Of t.iis great state"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
CAMP HARDEE MAKING
 PLANS FOR REUNION

The state Confederate Veterans re- union, which Is to be held in Birming- ham on November 22 and g, was the subject of discussien at the regular semi monthly meeting of Camp Hardee, U. C. ", held yesterday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Many of the veterans expressed great satisfac- tion that the reunion is to be held in Birmingham, and all declared they are willing and anxious to help the sons. the Chamber of Commerce and citizens ir entertaining the visiting veterans.
 The camp will elect delegates to tht reunion at the meeting on the first Sat urday in November.
 It was reported by Adjt. J. L. Barby al yesterdays meeting of the camp tha the annual gift of a box ct clothing ant other necessities has been sent to the Ole Soldiers home at Mountain Creek, neal Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
IT skilled labor to come there, to be

for skilled labor to come there, to be sure!
 Again from another point of view, a statement of this nature is, in my opin- ion, bad judgment. The manufacturer who wants to locate in a city for the reason of getting cheap labor there Is not a manufacturer that any city should be particularly anxious to have. pros porous city is city where the working men make good wages; a section is a prosperous section where the masses are prosperous, because there are the con- sumers, and when they make money busi- ness is good. It is beyond my under standing how an organization like the Business Mems club in Memphis permits such an assertion to be put in print and heralded to the world; and it shows again how many errors are made in the matter of developing the south by people who ought to know better.
 l always regret to see such blunders committed, because what hurts one sec tion of the south does harm to other sections also. In the north and east the south is judged as a whole. For instance If a person N the north heard something about an unhealthy place in the south the whole south with him is unhealthy If working man hears that in one southern city the wages are small he be- lieves that such is the case in all south ern cities. And so on ad inf1nitum.
 For this reason the statement in a Memphis paper which reads There is an abundance of cheap, efficient labor; the wage scale Is lower than in the north and east" might do harm elsewhere make it more difficult for other cities to get efficient-if not cheap-white labor. And besides all that, I for my part, have my doubts about the correctness of this statement in spite of its source and l wonder why the unions of skilled me- chanics in Memphis have not resented it, r they have seen it.
 1 am glad that Birmingham cannot ad- vertise that way. Our efficient labor is not cheap, and we have no low scale of wages for efficient labor. Our skilled la bor constitutes the best patronage of our stores and shops, they make good wages and that is why our merchants do so we'll, and one of the strong points We have in presenting the advantages of the Birmingham district and Jefferson coun- ty to settlers is the very fact that there are 5000 men working In the Birming- ham district who make good wages and who are able and want to buy and eat plenty of vegetables and fruits and eggs and poultry and meat-and that we need more men to pay good wages to besides.
 L. HECHINGER.
 Birmingham, October 15, 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
PAY NO ATTENTION TO
 ANONYMOUS LETTERS

Mayor Exum Is having the same trou- ble with anonymous letters that every mayor of Birmingham has had. Yester- day morning he received an unsigned let- ter complaining that one of the shows at the fair was obscene.
 The letter in question was addressed to Sheriff Higdon and Chief Bodeker.
 The Mayor stated that he would pay no attention to the letter, having per- sonally inspected the shows on the md- way and found them all right. The Mayor states that in any event no at tention will be paid by him to anonymous letters.
 "I have no regard for a man who will write an anonymous letter." said Mayor Exum yesterday, "and no attention will be paid to them by this office. I am al- ways glad to hear complaint and will willingly give it my attention when prop erly presented, but for the anonymous letter have nothing but contempt"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
AGREE ON PLANS FOR
 EDUCATIONAL MEETING

The executive committee of the Ala bans Educational association at It's meet ing yesterday morning accepted the plans proposed by number of prominent edu- cators Friday night. by which Birming- ham will be the place of the next meet ing of the association, and the date April 12 1S and A.
 The committee also ratified the follow ing topics, which were suggested by the
 conference as worthy of being given
 prominence on the programme at the next meeting of the associations: Local
 Taxation by District Better County Supervision and Agriculture in the
 Rural Schools" The first of these sub jects named Is to be the main question for discussion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
DYSPEPSIA, SOURNESS, GAS
 OR INDIGESTION VANISHES

a 50-cent case of Papes Diapepsin you could always go to the table with q hearty appetite, and your meals would taste good, because you would know there would be no Indigestion or Sleep less nights or Headache or Stomach misery all the next day; and, besides, you would not need laxatives or liver pills to keep your stomach and bowels clean and fresh.
 Pape's Diapepsin can be obtained from your druggist, and contains more than sufficient to thoroughly cure the worst case of Indigestion or Dyspepsia. There is nothing better for Gas on the Stomach or sour odors from the stomach or to cure Stomach Head ache.
 You couldn't keep handler or more useful article in the house.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16

J Nothing will remain undigested or Hour on your stomach If you will take r little Diapepsln occasionally. This Powerful digestive and antacid, though IS harmless and pleasant as candy, will 1igest and prepare for assimilation into fhe blood all the food you can eat.
 < Eat what your stomach craves, with 6ut the slightest fear of Indigestion or That you will be bothered with sour fisinrs. Belching, Gas on Stomach, Heartburn. Headaches from stomach. Hausea. Bad Breath, Water Brash or a 4eelinr like you had swallowed a lump 1f lead, or other disagreeable miserfes. ohould you be ssunering now rom any Stomach disorder you can get relief within five minutes.
 \ If you will get from your pharmacist
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
New Insurance Company

Deputy Insurance Commissioner Hervey ". Laird this morning granted to the North River Insurance company of New York a license to establish a branch of fee in Alabama The branch office of the foreign corporation is located In Bir- mingham, with Ligon G. Smith as gen. eral manager.
 The company's statement to the state insurance department shows that its cap ital is $350,00O, its assets being $2 }S9,925. It's surplus over all liabilities is $5K,32O.3S, and it's surplus as regards policyholders is SS62, ,32O. 30.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
CONVENTION IS
 GREAT SUCCESS
Mississippi Mayors Wind Up
 the Meridian Meeting
DR. DoNALD's TRIBUTE
sympathy md Support of the League in His Project for
 Juvenile Reformntory

Meridian, Miss, October 15.-(special.) )- The second annual session of the State Municipal league, which adjourned today was a pronounced success and the splen- did addresses made on variaus subjects will no doubt prove a great benefit tc municipalities throughout the state yicksburg was selected as the next place of meeting and officers were elected as follows: President, John ". Parker, mayor of Meridian; vice president, w. G. Benbrooke, mayor of Natchez; secretary, M. P. Bouslog, alderman of Gulfport. Dr Donald, mayor of Hattiesburg, spoke of his pleasure at being a charter mem- Der of the league and said as he was going out of office in short time he wanted to express his gratitude to the league for it's sympathy and support of a juvenile reformatory, of which he had long been an advocate.
 The league appointed a committee to memoralize the next legislature in favor of a reformatory. President Parker ap- pointed the following committee Mayor J. J. Hayes of Yicksburg. Mayor Ben brooke of Natchez. Mayor Crowder of Jackson and Mayor Donald of Hatties- burg.
 Mayor George M. Foote of Gulfport and Mayor J. Donald of Hattiesburg were elected honorary members for life. The delegates were given an automobile rlde to all the principal points of interest In the city. This included a trip over the recently paved bitulithic streets and visit to the $50000 water reservoir now being constructed by the city. The vis- itors were also treated to demonstra- tion by the fire department. Mayor Crowder of Jackson, retiring president or the league, turned in an alarm from box 1s, which Is five blocks from head quarters.
 truck from headquarters had stream going in one minute and a half, and a truck from Central school station, 10 blocks away, had stream in action in four and a half minutes.
 w. J. Wilson, aged 1o2 years, died at his home in this city today He was veteran of the Mexican and civil wars. He was a member of the local Confed- crate camp and will be buried tomorrow under the auspices of the camp. He Is survived by his second wife, who is about 70 years old. By his first wire ne was the father of 15 children.
 The fall convention and the reunion of the coordinate bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite of Free Ma sonry will be held in Meridian October 1s to 2O Scottish rite Masons from throughout the state will be In attend- ance On October 21 there will be a cere- monial session of Hamasa temple Shrin- CTS when many candidates will be initi- ated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
Mrs. Gardner Leaves Hospital

Mrs c. E.. Gardner, visiting in Birming- ham, who was painfully bruised about the back last Tuesday morning, at 9:3O o'clock, at Twentieth street and Second avenue, when a Cleveland car collided with South Bessemer car, has been re- moved from St. Vincent's hospital to her boarding place on Fifth avenue. She will be able to return to Atlanta with her little child, who was not badly hurt, as was at first supposed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
Ne,xs of Marion

Marion, October 15.-(Special)- )-Dr. J. P. Haley has demonstrated the value of lands in Perry county for the grow ing of corn by producing 93 Ia bushels on one acre located within the incor- porate limits of Marion.
 A. R. Oxford has purchased the small farm of A. E. Potts, located one mile from town, at a cost of $4700.
 A lot 22 feet wide, on Main street, was sold this week at auction and brought $500. This same property sold few years ago for $1500.
 Fire destroyed five bales of cotton on the farm of H. Y. Whitman this week.
 Mrs. Clara M. Huey died at the home of c. L. Barker and was buried in the city cemetery yesterday. She was 72 years of age, and well known hore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
OUR SPECIAL SALE FOR AFTER
 "THE FAIR"

Misses and Children's $2.00 Coat Sweaters, in gray, red and white, this sale ...........,..... JUG Ladies' s6.5O fine Chiffon Waists, over plain silk, this sale .... S3.00 Ladies' $900 Chiffon, Persian and Dresden Silk. Linings all shades and black, beautiful and dressy Waist go in this sale at $4.O5 Ladies', Children's and Misses un- derwear section Is a place of inter est right now.
 Ladies' $2.00 Jersey Ribbed Fleece Lined Suits, at ....l.......... .9Sc Ladies' $1.50 Union Suits, only Doe Children's Vests and Pants, 25c en. Misses and Children's Union Suits
 3Jc Ladies Gauge Vests, only .....lOc Ladies' soc Silk Lisle Gauze Vests and Pants, only .............. 20c Ladies' 40c Corset Covers, only I0c Ladies $1.00 Muslin Gowns, the new styles, this sale .............. JOc Ladies' $2.25 Princess Slips, in col ors and white, new stock, bargains, only .... ... .................S S1.lO Ladies' $19s Chemise, splendid val ues, this sale they are only -. 05c Ladies' and Misses 50o Muslin Drawers, only .............,... 20c Our Grand Clearing Sale on all of our s1.25 Linen Lingerie and Fancy Waists, this sale only ......... 63c Big line of Net Waists, $2.95 to $10 One lot Girls and Boys heavy rib bed Hose, the 200 kind, this sale only ...9.-....''. ...''.H.. LUG Small lot of Wash Skirts left, worth $500, this sale, only .......... $1.OO Small line of Ladies and Misses $500 Coat Suits. We don't want to rack them up so they will be offer ed at .............. .S1.05 each
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
Field Trials Entries

Five new entries for the Southern Field Trials, which will be held in Montgomery on December 19, were received this morn ing at the office of John H. Wallace, Jr., secretary of the club. Two of the entries are for the all-age stake, the others being for the derby.
 The dogs are owned by sportsmen of the extreme northwest, several of the owners being residents of British Colum- bia. The dogs will be under the n0an- agement of J. F. Lucas, a resident of Starbuck Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
!. Negro Killed in WoodIawn

Will Berry Was shot and instantly killed last night at 12 o'clock by Will Brasler, on Seventh avenue and Forty seventh street. south, Woodlawn. The negroes became engaged in an alterca- tion and the shooting resulted. Brasler made good his escape, and up to an early hour this morning had not been captured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
New Cnrnorntions

Papers of incorporation of number of concerns were filed today in the office of the secretary of state. two of which were local companies. The names of the corporations are:
 The South Alabama Immigration com pany of Brewton, capitalized at s2000. h. corpora tors: R. c. Smith, R. G. Dawson and w s. Mudd. The company will conduct general real estate business. AThe Dixie Auction company of Mont gomery, capitalized at s40o. 1ncorpora- tors: A. J. Williams, s. Levenson, A. F. Hiu and Walter Deaupree.
 The L. c. Smith & Bro. Typewriter con- pany of Montgomery, capitalized at 5000. Incorporators Arthur w. Britton, Thomas F. Reauett, John s. Stubbs and William R. Watson.
 The Comparative association of Deca- tur This latter company is not capi- talized, being a fraternal organization with about f2 incorporators.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-10-16
Minor Appointments

Governor Conner Saturday morning ap- pointed the following notaries public:
 w. T. Sims of Birmingham. John W. Loftin of Enterprise, Miss G. V. Galyan of Birmingham. N. s. Curtis of Carroll ton and c. L. Rabb of Montgomery.