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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-12
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possessing every member of this body
and that 1t will grow larger and broader
and deeper, Astounding with enthusiasm
and concentration, J modestly venture
to bring to your attention out of my
ignorance and inexperience in matters of
the sort you have chosen me to deal with,
two suggestions I picked up from other
associa tons Of our business men which
seemed to me possessed merit.
Suggestion 1. We will trade IL Birming-
ham Whereas, II is q recognized fact
that Birmingham has the largest stores.
the most extensive and varied stocks
clean, fresh and up-to-date in the south.
and are conducted by merchants who are
investing their money freely in supplying
the needs Of the community with all that
is required and.
Whereas. 1t is a known fact that thou
sands of dollars annually are sent out OF
the city for the purchase Of gifts and
necessities. every one of which could
be supplied from the bountiful and COM
plete stocks of our Birmingham mer-
chants, thereby keeping the money al
home and enriching ourselves. and
Whereas, it Is the duty of every MEM
her of the Chamber Of Commerce to
stand shoulder to shoulder with the re-
ta1l merchants of Birmingham and give
them every reasonable support in the con-
duet and development of their business
until this city shall become the great
southern retail trading center, therefore,
resolved we, the members of the Cham
Der of Commerce will, in future, trade
in Birmingham
"s,lgeestion 2. We will support home
manufacturers. Our local manufacturers
,nu are often seeking a market In other
cities for their products sometimes need
help in securing recognition of their high
grade wares at competitive prices and
prompt deliveries.
1--WE can give them some help. II one
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tanooga can be manufactured here as
cheapIy as at that point. Many of the
manufactured articles of Chattanooga are
bought and jobbed by Birmingham houses.
Why should we do this? AS before stat
ed, there are but two reasons-lack OF
diversified industries and cooperation
among the business people of Birming-
ham.
at would urge the .get-together' spirit,
in order that Birmingham may be made
the distributing center and enjoy the
trade to and from the territory to which
it is justly entitled
Mr.. SEWER read a letter which he had
received from a lady of Birmingham and
which was as follows: IT want you to
count my husband as a member of the
Chamber of Commerce Birmingham is
the greatest city In the United States.
Tell him to sign up" 1t was greeted with
much applause.
Robert Jemison Of the exhibit commit
tee made a short speech on the great
importance Of the exhibit hall on the TOP
floor of the building. He said 1t was OF
great importance because 1t gave quick
and entertaining means of showing visit
ors the resources and manufactured goods
of the city.
Secretary Babb then read his report.
After much discussion of the bad con-
ditions existing in the county courthouse
and the dire need OF some KIND or Inn
provement, a motion was made by s. A.
Wood and seconded by w. p. G. Harding
that the Chamber of Commerce should
use its influence in getting funds fol
the erection OF a suitable building tc
fill the office of courthouse for the people
of Birmingham and Jefferson county, and
that the oil Jail be removed to more
suitable place and rebuilt. The motion
was adopted.
l. The Rev. ]. r. Plunket made an elo.
uuent speech in which he made mo-
ton that a mural tablet OF bronze should
| be placed in the Chamber of Commerce
building to the memory OF Gen. Rufus
Napoleon Rhodes. Dr. Plunket said thai
Mr.. Rhodes had probably given more o.
his time, money and influence to thu
| founding and growth Of the Chamber o.
! Commerce than any other me man. Pres
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ident Ford put the motion to vote and
it was adopted and referred to the mis-
celaneOus committee.
Prof. L. M. Duncan OF Auburn made
a short speech in which he moved that
the Chamber of Commerce make an APP
preparation to be used in tho develop
ment of agricultural industry in Jeffer-
son county. The motion was adopted, be-
ing seconded by Mr.. Gibson. a
List of New Members
The list of new members which were
taken into the organisation Is as follows:
]. B. McClary. 1162 Brown-Marx build
ing; r. g. Ezelle, Ninth avenue and
Twenty-fourth street: Oscar c. Turner. 20
South Twentieth street; Frank Hammond.
Jr.. Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company; A. P. stephens, South
Twentieth street; Marmaduke b. Bow
den. 1915 Empire building; w. H. Greg
DRY, 1909 Empire building; William p.
Redd, Woodward building; Ernest Rsdd,
1881 First avenue 8. c. Starke, 800 En-
pire building; d. E. Manasco. bls First
National Bank building; w. M. Tucked.
Tenth avenue and Twenty-fourth street.
north.
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operative spirit Is clearly shown and
demonstrated effectively in the diver
sity Of traffic handled by the Queen
and Crescent lines from the manufac-
turing plants at Chattanooga for the
year ending December 81, 1909; cars
handled 6158. OF this number 5593
were competitive; 565 to local points.
This by one Of the five lines; there
fore it lis fair to estimate that there
were fully $4,000 care OF diversified
traffic handled by all lines.
Much has been said by a number
as to the alleged discrimination In
freight rates against Birmingham both
on traffic handled into and out of this
city. Birmingham enjoys as good an
adjustment of rates relatively as Chat
tanooga. and II Chattanooga can dis
tribute by one line 5593 cars to COM
petitive territory there are but two
reasons why Birmingham could not dc
as well:
81. The lack Of diversity of indus
tries.
49,. Lack of cooperation among its
people.
in order that it may be known to
you all what Chattanooga is manufac-
turing today, l will cnumerate the
many commodities handled by the
Queen and Crescent line: Box and crate
material, furniture, railroad brake
shoes, whisky, Ice. lumber, boilers. cast
iron sanitary and water pipe. sewer
pipe, plumbers supplies. cross arms and
telephone and telegraph poles. pig iron
structural iron, MIGRANTS, bottles, cars
and supplies, agricultural implements
machinery, patent medicine. grount
iron ore. brick. tile roofing. architecture.
al iron, cooperage stock. wagons
wheelbarrows, babbit metal, spokei
and handles, cots and bed springs. cur
| tain poles, flour, bauxite ore, plows
house refrigerators, cotton seed grod
ucts, paper, tale, fertilizer. stoves
bark extract, fire brick and leather.
Some Of the many commodities manu-
featured at Chattanooga are manufac
| tl1red at Birningham and most all o.
| the commodities manufactured in Chat
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of cur brick manufacturers is bidding on
school house contract in Macon, Ga,
a sewer pipe manufacturer is working on
a contract in Mobile, or a yitrifed brick
manufacturer Is bidding on a street nav
ing contract in Jacksonville, and each
one needs help in landing his contract.
let him communicate the facts TO our sec
rotary, who will transmit to each men,
Der of this body. II a single member
or 20 OF them have any friends or ae-
quaintances in those cities, they should
make 1t their duty 20 write these friends
urging the claims OF the Birmingham
product, aud ask that they exert every
influence to secure the business. Such ac
tor should bring good results-in any
event; the local man would appreciate the
backing and we will nave advertised the
| fact that our merchants and manuf1c-
turers are pulling together, making Biz
mingham good town to do business in
Another Suggestion
Two subjects of great Importance are
now engrossing the minds OF the thinking
business men of the Birmingham district.
namely, the high cost of living and the
scarcity of white labor.
II have given some thought and study
to both subjects and have shaped I'D in
my own mind practical solutions which
l would like to have an opportunity TO
lay before this body for discussion.
Il, therefore, suggest that We give
the regular March meeting to the con-
sideration of these two subjects, and II
agreeable I further suggest that every
member bring to the meeting an Oman
mind and his own serious thought so thai
we shall get from the discussion the best
plans upon which to work for the better
ment of these two conditions.
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COMRADES IN WAR IN
LIFE AND IN DEATH

Knoxville, February lib. r. Ricketts,
aged n, and w. p. Price, aged 81, vet
Grams of the civil war, were buried side
by side today in the national cemetery
Both men enlisted the same day, In the
same regiment, the Fifth Tennessee, were
discharged together on the same day.
died on the same day and were buried
together today.
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rsrmer Commits Suicide

San Antonio, February 11.-Frank
Bender, a young Bohemian farmer OF
near Weimar, 80 miles east of here.
last night locked himself in his barn,
set fire to the building, then taking 4
seat in his buggy, cut his throat. HiS
charred body was discovered in the
ruins this morning. Trouble with
neighbor over some turkeys was the
cause of his act.
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You owe it to yourself to
come and see these extraorM-
nary offerings Of Negligee
Shirts, $1.50 values for CSC, FOR
Saturday and Monday.
Marley & Bauman Clothing Co.,
1910 Sd Avenue.
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Decrease Is Shown In
Building For January

OF
of
the
the
fall of To those
n
detail follows
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Pick what you like. No mat
ter what it is worth up to $35.
No more than S13.75 for your
choice. Many Suits for less.
Harris Clothing Company, 221
North Goth street.
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St. Louis Custom Shoe Factory
FINE REPAIRING

SHOES MADE TO WEAR
we invite you to cab and see this fac
1ovv, in operation. LADIES' and Misses
Mr. soleing speciality.
~ n. 2sth -. W. y. s.bo. Prop.
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a
up but the other hand the demand continues because
Louis
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COTTON PRICES
ARE STILL FIRM
Liverpool's Heavy Buying Has
Kept Up Foreign Demand
TEXAS RAINS DEFICIENT
Outlook In Texas Is for Another short
Crop Unless Weather Conditions
Improve and Worlds Demand
Is still Growing
TEXAS RAINS DEFICIENT

New York. February 11.-During the
week cotton was strong on the general
activity in the raw material, not only in
this country but in Europe. where all OF
ferings have been taken up with avidity.
Liverpoors daily spot sales have ranged
from 10000 to 1900 bales day, aver
aging about 12,000. Also at some points
in the south spot sales have noticeaply
increased. The recent large purchases OF
March and May here by prominent inter-
ests are supposed to have been with a
view of accepting delivery of considerable
quantities of the New York stock.
East India crop estimates have been
reduced about $500 bales. Texas rains
nave been deficient thus far this winter
The total deficit In December and January
as compared with the normal amounts to
roughly 1 to Az inches. The interest of all
this lies in the fact that ii seems TO be
necessary in Texas TO have coplous
winter rainfall in order that the suo-soil
may store up what is known as a good
season" to enable the cotton area OF the
state to withstand the effects of summer
droughts.
The crops from 1S99-1900 to 19O3-l9O4 both
inclusive. ranged from coo bales to TO-
meantime the worlds consumption had
taken a big leap forward. Partly for this
reason a good deal has been said OF late
about the deficiency thus far in the WIN
ter rains in Texas. Later rains may put a
good season in the soil. The acreage.
1t is commended will be increased in Texas
and wherever else 1t may be possible.
But many are skeptical to the pos
sibility of inaugurating another bull cam
paign this season. The general public is
ignoring cotton after the severe punish
ment which it received some time ago. Of
late there has been a growing feeling that
a reaction is due after rise of about
&c. The stock market was at one time
a disturbing factor.
1t is also contended that curtailment
during the rest of the season will be so
marked that the effects of bullish statis-
teal situation will be largely, If not
wholly, neutralized. In any case, it is
felt that spot trade with the mills of the
world will fix the price and not specula-
ton. whether quotations fall, as some
prophesy, or rise, as still others predict.
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y "For instance the POST
Office Department is charging $13 81 100 of the cost of
rural free delivery against the secondcass mail Now
rural free delivery established matter of Govern
policy and believe it, but it is not fair to charge
dollar of this expense against the magazines 1t is
undoubtedly of benefit the daily newspapers but the
Department is trying to exempt them from increase in
rate. The magazines do not need want day
twice day deliveries on these rural routes.
Page 256, Postmasters Report 1908, says Franking
privileges weighed 634 pounds They certainly
cost the average price of all mail in all ways And
Governmental matter for Departments other than the
Post-Office weighed Is, 644 010 pounds
"This report says that if the matter charged at
postal rates it would yield revenue as follows:
Franked matter 1881, "a
Government matter 1882, 95
Total credit due Department SIC, 1881, 239.33
And that awful deficit disappears
1T is impossible that business of over 5000 100000
should not offer opportunity for enormous savings
And business like that of great Postal Depart
ment with endless ramifcations, must offer endless
opportunities.
So "No Postmaster-General
entering his position to-day with all the duties Detailing
q Cabinet official besides running his Department, no
matter how great his intelligence how fine his training
grasp the details of this business before he
disappears There time given to him to find these
opportunities to expense The affairs of the Depart
ment must for the part be administered by those
under him.
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Edition 1875, 900 Copies

you will find it clearly proved from the
Post-Ohice Departments own reports, that
it is totally unnecessary to put any addl-
tional tax on magazines and periodicals,
and that a deficit of $17,500,000 is nat
chargeable to the periodicals.
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ONtH d CI1d110S t11O WOu1e1 saw III
business economies more than the alleged
deficit of $17, 100000.
We ask Congress to give us
Director of Posts-as recommended by the
Joint Congressional committee OF 1907, an
officer who shall be non-political, and whose
term Of service shall not be subject to
political changes, and who shall conduct
the workings of the Post-Ofice Depart
ment with the efficiency, economy and
business-like methods which distinguish
high-class American business enterprise.
The Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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"Printup Hotel''
GadSden. Ala,
Centrally Located.
Sample Rooms.

WHEELER s HOTEL
EUTAW. ALA.
Electric lghtS ana coils in each
room Artssian water. Long distance
Telephone service. dot and Geld Water
Baths.
n. JOE WHEELER, Prom
RaAes oz-OO Per Day.
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Mr.. Ford then took charge Of the
meeting and called for the report OF
the Five Hundred club with L. Sewer
as chairman. Mr., Sewer said:
1.-THE substantial effect Of the CO.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-18
SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.

When women are stingy they are
Stingier then man.
No man was ever able to prove his
superiority by Dragging about it,
Nine out of ten successful men, and
ten out of ten pretty women are con
ceited.
for wages. and all the women. believe
they are abused by their employers
Every man straightens up his
shoulders dozen times a day. fearing
ne is becoming stoop-shouldered
After young men come out of college
they don't settle down and act like 9th
er people for fully three years
If your salary is $l5 month. and
you earn 500 your employer will soon
take notice.
There is lots of dishonesty in the
world, and IS per cent of it is found
out.
When man from larger town Wis
It's You he tries hard to be modest, but
he can't avoid reminding you constant
ly that he is superior Same way with
Congressman: no Congressman can
call on you without somehow reminding
YOU that you are not in Congress.
Women don't talk as much about
themselves as men do.
If an inspector finds anything he Is
pretty apt to find fault
The older men become the better they
like 20 sleep alone.
If you are lonesome cultivate the
habit of work, and YOU yill soon get
over it.
A man who cries is regarded as a
joke, but womans tears are almost
reverenced
Ever notice that the word "happi-
ness" sounds as doleful as the word
funeral.
Let man inherit a little money
and lie Immediately thinks he is Cap
tain of Industry.
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THREE JlMs OF PETERSBURG.
A Memorable Incident of the Siege Of
Petersburg, Va.

Struck by fragments n( the same
shell three New York soldiers. with
the same given name. each lost leg
and the story of The Three Jms"
forms one of the memora BILE incidents
OF the siege of Petersburg, Va, June
| II, 1864. Judge James A. Lawrence
| III Tecumseh. the only survivor of this
interesting trio. told the story recent
| ly.
The Army of the Potomac had but
recently arrived from the bloody bat
tie fields nf Wilderness. Spottsyl-
vania and cold Harbor." he said The
9th Army Corps was in line of battle
south of the Appomattox River and
the 18th New York Infantry. our reg
ment. Was assigned to the right of the
line
For several hours the Confederates
lad been Smelling our position and We
had been replying. James c. Allen.
James +. Barnes and myself. all Of
co. n were fighting side by side, our
shoulders almost touching. About |
+. NJ. we saw a big 32-pound shell
coming slowly through the air and
knew it would land near us. There
was considerable CONSERVATION in the
company. but we held our position,
and the shell descended in our ranks
ana buried itself in the ground The
shock stunned us and in a few min
utes the shell burst.
We Three Jims' were hurled from
elght to ten feet in different direc-
IONS and all knocked SenseleSS Al
len was thrown on ton of the breast
works and when picked up his teeth
mad deathlike grip on the pipe he
had been smoking.
colonel w. b. French approached
and ordered stretchers brought and
we were carried back from the field to
inc temporary hospital There our
ll'nps We're amputated by George ].
stevens. surgeon of the 18th. assisted
by other surgeons Allen lost his
right leg and Barnes and myself the
left.
reached home in Westport. n.
H. IN November. 1864. just in time to
cast my first vote for Abraham Lin
com. | parted from the other Jims'
IN 1869 and went to Ohio. then came
I" Nebraska in 1874. Allen died in
1900 and Barnes September IA, 1890.
Earnes and ! exchanged letters until
ms death and | saw him in 1890 at our
regiment reunion at Gloversville, \.
=" where the story of The Three
o'hS was retold. kansas City star.
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WeIIman's Flight.

Has anybody in Maine seen Well
man. Sailing at % miles an hour
100 miles northeast of Nantucket on
Sunday, he is about due off the Maine
coast.
Wellman's trips have always been
we'll advertised and spectacular. He
always starts out for something big
even if he never reaches his objective
After months of advertising. his trip
| to the pole ended within a few miles
OF the starting place. and his present
sail along the New Jersey. New YORK
and New England coast would hardly
be ont of the ordinary We're it not for
the fact that he had started for
Europe. However. a man may radi-
cally change his mind in "A hours, and
| it would not surprise us in the least
if by this time he had rearranged his
plans and We're now on the way to
Maine to hunt moose, instead of TAX
ing the $500 mile journey he at first
proposed. 1t ne gels as far as Name,
he will do Well If as far as New
foundland he will do much better
But with the whole wide Atlantic
ahead of him. it would not he sur
prising if Mr. Wellman should decide
that it is too late in the season to at
tempt such flight.
1t is long flight across the At
lantic. and at no point is the walking
good when Mr.. Wellman shall have
decided that he has flown far enough.
To be sure, if he should come down in
the path of trans Atlantic steamships,
he and his companions might be res
cued. but the odds are greatly against
them. 1t is much better sport in the
Maine foods. just now. and if he We're
without the necessary rifles and am
munition he could. at least. live on
quill pigs, longer than he could swim
in the Atlantic.
The public. generally. is somewhat
o"' VI pa'ie''c VIII SUN d. "e1iiiidii,
who are always going far beyond even
what experience has shown may be
attempted with any degree of safety
OF course. an aviator is constantly
risking his life, but with the solid
earth under him the air-man stands
chance of alighting with sufficient de-
liberation to allow him to fly again
Sc me other day. but when man
comes down in the Atlantic. a thou
sand miles from home, there is little
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Editors Table.
"kiilda Of the Hippodrone."

"Hilda Of the HippodronIe" is pri-
marly a story for girls. but 1t VIII.
nevertheless be found Of interest to
the older members of the family as
well 1T is story fun Of interest ana
gives an extraordinary peep into the
Bohemia OF stage land. Hilda dreamed
of becoming singer; her wonderful
voice gives her first step forward,
but adverse necessity makes her an
acrobat. Then comes the story of a
sublime faith in the ultimate outcome
and Hildas realization of her ambi-
ton.
Hilda is first introduced as a street
singer i'm far away Switzerland. Then
comes the voyage to America as the
protcge of a wealthy American woman,
VINO is interested in her singing and
her meeting with world famous con-
traltO, the latter being none other
than Madam Schumann Heink. slen-
derby disguised as Madam Won Arnim.
Hilda'S benefactreSs loses her money
and Hilda for a time supports herself
as an acrobat at the HippOdrome.
where Metropolitan audiences go wild
over her Hilda's benefactress appears
oGnizzes her The acrobat with whose
troupe she is performing is the father
OF SiIvio. a young Italian gymnast
whom she met on her voyage to this
country, and he at first refuses to give
her up. Through the diplomacy of
Madame Won Arnim all troubles are
Strengthened out, Hildas future is
assured and Silvio gets a new violin
in place of his own. which his father
has smashed on account of his anger
with music and musicians.
The story is graphically told and its
author. Dorothy Charlotte Paine, is
prominent in social circles of Cleveland
ard Washington. The book is attrac-
lively gotten up and the text is aided
by series of illustrat ions in black and
white and a front piece in colors by
Penhryn StanlaWs. Published by the
Reilly & Britton Co, Chicago Price
81