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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
BAILEY TO HEAD
 MEMS GRADED UNION
President w. H. StOckham Resigns. Other Changes Made in Of-
 ficers of Department

James A. Bailey was elected president of the Mems Graded union to succeed w. H. Stocltham, who recently tendered his resignation at the regular weekly meeting held last evening in the base ment of the Methodist church. R. c. Foster was chosen to fill the vacancy In the craftsmanship of the teacher training department made by MT. Baileys accept ance of the presidential nomination.; l.. w. Howard was made general treasurer to fill the place formerly held by M. R. McNeill. who was elected to the office of chairman of the general membership com mittee J. A. School will succeed J. H. McAfee, a former Y. M. c. A. worker of this city. as general secretary.
 The officers elected last evening will serve for the ensuing year, their term of office expiring December 3l, 1912, and this election would have occurred in January but for the early resignation of the president.
 The following changes were made in the various department appointments: Leroy Holt was named chairman, from secre- tary of the senior department; R. Stan ton was moved to the chairmanship from the vice chairmanshp of the intermediate department and Ray Munroe is now vice chairman of this department. The office of secretary of the intermediate depart ment was abolished. The superintendent $ and adult department remain intact and are as follows:
 Superintendent Department-Chairm R. R Darden; vice chairman, Dr. C. A. Merrill; secretary, M. R. McNeill chair man membership committee, w. R. Star buck.
 Adult partment-Chairman, Dr. N. A.. Barrett; vice chairman, Rev. s. T. Sla- ton secretary, J. E.. Thayer; chairman membership committee, H. c. Russell
 The resignation of MT. Stoclham was accepted with regret by the union as he was not only one of the prime movers in the organization of the body but was elected their first president last April and has done much to aid in the gen sral welfare of their work. His reason given for withdrawing from office was that he Is so frequently out of the city that he is often unable to serve. In his successor, the union selected one or their strongest leaders who displayed his executive ability in the part he played
 r the partial management of the great Bible training school held in this city last October. >sC
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yester- day morning in the probate office show ing the following transfers of prop erty, the consideration being 5000 or more.
 $1600-Joseph Hamilton and wife to Cliffie D. Strong, lot 10 in block i north. according to the plan and survey of Smithield.
 S150O-John W. Smoot and wife to Sterling W. Miller, lots IA and 15 in block 20, according to the plan and survey of Barton's first addition to Rartonsville.
 S3500-Stering w. Miller to John w. Shoot, lots and 3 in block 12 in East Birmingham.
 s270O-Mrs. ripple Coffman to L. P. Morgan, lot 15 and 10 feet off of the east side of lot 16 and the fractional lot marked J, adjoining the east side of lot 15 as per the plan and survey of Silver Meade.
 $1100--J. S. Marks, Jr, to E. w. Me- Kinley, the east S5 feet of lot II in block 1 of the Belveders Land com panys subdivision of part of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 12, township IS, range 3 west.
 S1950--Joseph Martin and wife to s. M Bice, lot 10, block II in the w. A. Spencer Co.'S survey of Hobson in tn southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 35, township IT., range 4 west
 S1050-George Fitzwater and wife, Eva Fitzwater, to David H. Waters, a part of the southeast quarter of the north east quarter of section 1, township IS, range west
 S2200-Lula G. Manly to Y. w. Ray and Jessie Ray, lot 16 in Mrs. Mary r.. Hewcs subdivision of a part of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 3, township IS, range 3 west in the west end of the city of Birmingham.
 s4500-W. l.. Woodruff to Bessie II. Lucas, lot 16 in block IA in the city of Birmingham, according to the prea- ent plan as laid off by the Elyton Land company.
 $1600-Eugene Rouveyrol and wife to W. o. Metts. the west 25 feet of lot IS Wylam
 $4200--Mrs. Marw II. Boiselaire to C. w. Mills, lot D in F. J. McLemores subdivision of lot and the west half of lot 6 in block 635 in the city of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
NAME COMM|TTEETO
 WELCOME EDITOR
Preparing Housing Recep- tion for Henry Waiter
 sons Visit Here

President Richard w. Massey has ap- pointed a reception committee of 15 members from the. Chamber of Com merce to welcome Henry Watterson, the eminent journalist, upon his ar rival in this city, December 23. and who will occupy the stage of the Orpheum theatre, when the distin- guished guest will make a public ad- dress advocating the ratification of the peace and arbitration treaty now pend ing between the United States, Eng land and France
 This will be an open meeting fol- lowed by an informal reception at the theatre and the public is cordially in- vited to hear the widely known editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, who as a speaker has a reputation that equals his pen renown. As president of the Chamber of Commerce, who will be the hosts for the occasion, Richard w. Massey will preside over the assembly and introduce the lecturer of the even
 ing
 The following Is the committee chosen to make MT. Watterson's stay in this city a pleasant one: F. w Bar rett, chairman; Sydney J. Bowie, J. J. smith, J. H. Phillips, Richard F. John- ston, w. D. Jelks, F. w. Dixon, William Ryan, Joseph B. Babb, Frank P. Glass, Relton Gireath, V. H. Hanson, Tom O. smith, John w. Sibley and w. B. Leedy.
 This is one of the 10 cities that will hear "Marse Henry" express. in his characteristic maner, the arguments be- ing advanced by orators in all parts of the country in favor of this treaty. England and France have given their consent to the treaty. The lower House of Congress of the United States has ratified the peace pact and the Senate will receive 1t for consideration early next year. While various speakers ars touring the country in support of the treaty, personal appeals are being made, by the citizens national committee of which Joseph H. Choate is chairman, and Charles w. Fairbanks, Adlai Stey- enson, Alton B. Parker and William Jennings Bryan are vice chairmen. In. terest in the peace pact Is nation wide.
 Colonel Watterson has been invited to accept the hospitality of Mir Mas sey and of Chairman l.. w. Barrett while he is in Birmingham but notl- iLg definite in this regard has been learned as he is in New York city a, ranging his road engagements and dates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
SOUTHERN OFFICIALS
 VISIT THE DISTRICT
E. H. Coapman, Vice President and General Manager, Says Business
 Conditions Are Very Good

F. H. Coapman, vice president and gen. eral manager of the Southern Railway company, A. H. Plant comptroller and H. l.. Lawton, auditor, were here yester- day. They were on general inspection trip of the Southern lines..
 Mr. Coapman and the other officials were the guests of l.. Sevier, general agent, at lunch yesterday at the Southern club They left on an afternoon train yesterday for the east.
 MT. Coapman said business conditions were brightening up and the general out look was very good. He anticipated q brisk traffic movement during the holi- days and predicted that mercantile inter- ests would reap a fine harvest during the holidy season.
 The officials looked over the district carefully yesterday, calling upon several industrial leaders with whom they con- ferred informally and seemed to be well pleased with conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
TO APPRAISE DAMAGE
 ON CIVIL BUILDING

The preliminary steps towards making an appraisement of the damage done to several offices on the sixth floor of the Chamber of Commerce building were taken yesterday morning by Allen J. Krebs and J. R Stewart. The former is representing the Chamber of Commerce Constructions company, who are the own CTS of the building, and the latter is act ing for the various fire insurance organ izations holding policies on the structure.
 It is very probable that an early ad- justment will be arranged by the apprais- CTS and as soon as this has been set tied the work of repairing the burned of fees, renovating the smoked corridor and other necessary things to restore the structure to its former condition will be begun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
More About the Market

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Rob Adams asks who is benefited by the Weatherly market? That's easy; the Bir- mingham Railway. Light and Power com pany, of course. They get 10 cents out of everyone who comes to the Weatherly market for a niclles worth of greens, unless that one should be so lucky as to own an automobile or so unlucky as to have to walk.
 Now, this same generous, people-loving MT. Weatherly is going to see to it that his dear people have good road to East Lake. Now. what do we want with a good road? It is true that few. and it is a very few, live out that way who own their conveyances, but the many thou sands of voters out that way want a via duct. R. K. KENNEDY.
 1l5 North Sixtieth street.
 Birmingham, December F. 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
LOSS IS ENORMOUS
 IN CITY FINANCES Discovery Is Made It May
 Reach $1O0,00O NEW REVENUE BILL Changes Made in Municipal License Taxes Bring Up New Problem
 for Solution By the
 Commissioners
NEW REVENUE BILL

After an extended conference yesterday afternoon by members of the city com mission it was announced that the city would assess against such concerns as were practically exempted from licenses q fair license, and that every energy would be exerted to test the validity of the general state revenue law unless the licenses were paid.
 The startling disclosure has been made that the city of Birmingham will lose between $75,o00 and $1oOGOO in licenses for 1912 unless some steps are taken to make certain corporations pay up.
 During the strenuous sessions of the last legislature the revenue bill was so changed as to exempt the following com mercial concerns from municipal license taxes: All banks, street railway concerns, gas plants. lighting plants, heat concerns, waterworks, automobile owners, automo- piles for hire, garages and other lines. Taken altogether, the city stands to lose between S75,O00 and $10O,000 in the license taxes. The commissioners in session yes terday had before them the consideration of the license schedule. As that matter was broached, Commissioner Lane intro- duced an amendment to the schedule fiXr ing the following rates upon certain lines of enterprise:
 Electric companies, S10,000. \ Gas companies, S10,000
 Steam heating, $5000.
 Street railway, 5000.
 Water companies, s1S,000. Upon a request of Mir. Exum, in whose
 
 toned, 1t was decided to make no pub lie statement until the commissioners had held a. consultation as to the havoc caused by the large loss to the city's finances. Last night, after the commissioners had consulted, 1t was announced, as coming from the commissioners, and not any in- dividual member, that '"rhe commission will start perhaps Thursday the first step towards correcting this defect by the in- troduction of amendments to the license schedule covering street railways, cleo tric lighting, waterworks, gas insurance companies and banks. It has not been determined what measures are necessary to protect the city in the premises now found to exist by the severe trimmings of the revenue bill"
 The licenses proposed by Commissioner Lane as set out in his resolution are the same as were charged last year by the city. The new revenue law. which Is to be attacked. provides that ? per cent of the gas receipts shall apply on the intangible corporate taxes, and also the city license taxes but the Intangible taxes must be first settled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Stomach Distress Gas and Sourness Vanish

Whats the use of always feeling miserable just because your stomach isn't behaving itself?
 Don't you know that scores of thousands of people have changed bad stonlachs into perfect working ones by the simple method of swallowing one or two little MEDINA stomach tablets. after each meal?
 MEDINA Is compounded from the fromula of what is probably the best I rescription for indigestion and upset stomach ever written. Norton's drug store guarantees it.
 It relieves distress in five minutes. out better still, it removes the cause of misery in a few days.
 Large box 30 cents at Norton's drug store and druggists everywhere
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
.SUFFRAGETTES ASK
 VOTE FOR SENATOR
Send Petition to Congress Asking Change in Pro-
 posed Amendment

A memorial to Congress has just been prepared by the Equal Suffrage associa- ton of Birmingham, requesting through Senators Bankhead and Johnston and Os- car w. Underwood a change in pro- posed amendment to the federal consti- tution. It is signed by the Congressional committee, Mrs Solon Jacobs, president; Miss Ethel Armes vice president; Mrs. w. l.. Murdoch, vice president, and Mrs. A. J. Bowron, treasurer of the assocla- ton. The organization adopted the reso- lution at a recent meeting.
 This amendment, if adopted as it now stands will confer upon women the right to vote for United States senators only in the six western states that now have equal suffrage. The states that have not introduced the ballot for women cannot legally allow them to vote for senators and through the movement started by Miss Clay of Kentucky every state Tn the union is preparing similar petitions to Congress to ask that these unenfran- chsed women may vote for senators.
 The following is the Congressional mem orial to which the Birmingam Equal Suf- frage association committee have affixed their signatures:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
CREMATORY RESOLUTION IS
 INTRODUCED BY WEATHERLY

At the commission meeting yesterday  duced resolution providing for the erec- tion of a crematory on the city jail site. The matter went over until next Tuesday, according to the law and will at that meeting receive final action The commission intends to set aside $45O0 for the erection of the plant, it is said. It is also desired to construct the plant with city labor under the direction Of tranK H. Gafford, superintendent of streets, and if deemed wise to engage Engineer Kirk patrick of Jackson, Miss, who designed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13

the plant there, to assist in the local work
 The plans for the crematory will be purchased from the Jackson engineer. It is said that the plant there has proven to be very serviceable and the city com missioners intend to try one out here MT. Gafford hopes, and MT. Weatherly favors it, that if the initial plant is found capa- ble three additional ones can be built.
 Mr. Kirkpatrick in 8 communication to the commssion pointed out that the small size the compactness and other features of the plant rendered it very desirable for city use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Davidson Mangled

Pensacola, Fla.I December 12.-Manuel Davidson, young man of Columbus, Ga was terribly manged by being caught in the belt of gasoline engine near Pana- ma City, Fla. Sunday night. Davidson was employed in work on the Inland Water Canal from East Bay to the Apa- lachicola river. He was taken to Panama City for treatment but attending physi- sicians say there Is no hope for his re covery. The news of the accident reached here today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Hotel Committee Meet

The Chamber of Commerce hotel eom- mittee, of which ". F. G. Harding IS chairman. will hold its first confer- ence at II o'clock this morning in the directors room of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Marriage Licenses Issued

The following marriage licenses were issued by tle probate judge yesterday: L. J. Stanberg of Birmingham to Miss Cora Bell Boyte.
 James K Gladden. of Egypt, Miss. to Miss Ella Cline.
 c. C. Fason of Pratt City to Miss Mary Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
The Resolution


 ''The undersigned members of the Con gressional committee of the Equal Suf- frage association of Birmingham, Ala, to the honorable members of the United States Senate and House of Representa- lives, respectfully showeth:
 ''That women constitute about one-half of the adult people of the several states of this union
 That the proposed amendment of our federal constitution now before Congress which professes to provide for the elec- ton of United States senators by the peo- | pie of the several states reads as follows; | The Senate of the United States shall | be composed of two senators from each state, elected by the people thereof Tor six years; and each senator shall nave one vote The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for cleo tors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature
 That this amendment, if adopted as if now stands, would confer upon worl- en as well as men a legal right to vote for United States senators in Wyom- ing. Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Washing ton and California, where male ms ceased to be one of the qualifications requisite for the electors of the most numerous branch of their state legisla- lures. But it would not confer upon women a legal right to vote for United States senators in any of the other stat S where male is one of the qual- .dcations requisite for the electors of branch state legislatures. Because this amend ment now requires the people of these states to possess the qualification of male before they have a legal right to vote for United States senators and no women possess the qualification of male
 "That this amendment does not now require the people of each state to be able to vote for the most numerous branch of it's state legislature in order to have q legal right to vote for United States senators and it can be altered in such a way as to make it confer upon women a legal right to vote for United states senators and yet leave these states in the exercise of a constitu tional right to prescribe male as ore of the qualifications for the electors of the most numerous branch of their state legislatures:
 That this can be done by remov ing that clause of this amendment which requires the people of each state to possess all of the qualifications that are requisite for the electors of th. most numerous branch of the state leg tslature before they have the legal right to vote for United states senators and substituting for this clause one that prescribes such things as quaIi- ncations for the electors of United states senators as men and women pos sess in common.
 And that we therefore most re- spectfuly petition you, the honorable members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives to alter this proposed amendment of our fci- eral constitution and make 1t say, The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state elected for six years by such of the people thereof as are 21 years old, of sound mind and unconvicted by law of any crime.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-13
Murderer Captured

!, Huntsville. December 12.-(Special.)- )- { Hardy Crow. negro. charged with kill SNng Mack Stanford was captured yes-
 aterday at Paint Rock and brought to jail in this city.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-03

1t may get so after awhile that break
fast bacon will be sold at the ribbon
cOunter.-GalvestO News.
DR.. Wiley's assertion that III times
to come the winds will serve as fuel
has that hot air sound-N emphis
Commercial.
Down in Texas. according to the
census. there are 100000 mules. We
don't suppose that includes all the
kickers either.-Council Bluffs Nonpa-
reil.
This is good time to look over
your CASTOR clothing. The weather is
severe. and the deserving poor are
many and will be grateful. Philadel-
phia Press.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-03

The work of installing the water
softening plant at the city water.
works is still held up by the non ar
rival of the metal reinforcement ma
terial for the concrete work. The
work has been carried on as far as
4 can be without these steel reds
to anchor and bind together the con-
crete and now must await their ar
rival.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-03
Tales Of Cities.

st. Louis has eight large candy fac
tories. employing more than 1900 per-
sons.
At present the 100000 population
Of Manhattan Island, New York, Is In
creased to 100000 during business
hours.
Every time a child Is born to q ten
ant in the Honeymoon fats In Oakdale
avenue, Chicago. s. Is taken OF that
months rent.
Census returns give Mexico City a
population Of about half million,
Guadalajara 101, 2O8, Puebla 1O1.313.
Chihuahua 39,961 Aguascalientes Al.
800, Oaxaca 37fi,4OO.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-03
PROGRESSIVE NEW SMYRNA


ATEW SMYRNA is situated IF
teen miles south of Daytona
and is an ideal spot reached
from Daytona by hard surface road
winding through one Of the most pic
turesque parts of Florida
With its ancient ruins dating back
to time when the history of man
runneth not, interlaced with wires
of the modern Telegraph and tele-
phone, its miles of she'll streets as
hard and smooth as a floor and over
arched by hoary forest giants that
grew in stately grandeur during the
lapse of byeone centuries, New
Smyrna is truly place of romance
and rest.
All nature here is very inviting to
the tourist and pleasure-seeker. Here
too is to be found the best fishing and
hunting in the state of Florida.
The people are thrifty, the bust
ness men enterprisink, and all unite
in extending the welcome hand Of
hospitality to strangers. There are
FIVE church edi6ces for white people
and an equal number for the colored
populations; the town has an excel
lent high school. a splendid public
library, aad up-to-date business
houses.
There are any number of pretty
homes for the permanent population,
which numbers close to 1000. and
some very fne winter residences.
There are good hotels and boarding
houses where you can find accommo-
dations to meet your requirements.
Adjoining New Smyrna is as fine
section Of vegetable land as can be
found anywhere. This land has been
divided into small farms which can
be bought at reasonable prices. Some
Of the finest celery grown in the state
is raised on this land. All other vcse-
tables grow in abundance, and here,
too, is the home Of the famous Indian
River oranges.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-03
Could Read and Write.

Abraham Could Read and Write.
Some people persist in thinking that
the art of writing is recent and that
In primitive times poems and literary
productions had to be memOrized. But
more than 5000 years befofe the Chris
tan era people in Abraham's native
town wrote receipts for garden and
market products just as we have them
now. showing that the patriarchs GER
ta1nly must have known how to read
and write.-Dr. William Hanna Thorn
son in Designer.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-03

FOR RENT-Barber shop, unfur-
nished, Orange. avenue near Beach
street. Conrad-Bullard Co. 6s-st cod
Messrs. Munroe & Stevens are
shipping today the last solid car Of
Gruit from their groves for this sea-
son and hereafter will be engaged
only In filling local orders and ex-
press shipments. They have done
very fairly with their crop of fruit
which proved to be considerably
larger than at first estimated.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-03
co,:isn'% yin Him.

"S,otted fcyer'' received some queer
treatment In John Wes!ey's day. ac-
co:1!ing TO Wesley's journa! Of Sep
teclber. TAG. \ man named John
Trensbath had the fever. and Wesley
wrote: 1T was the second relapse into
the spotted fever. in the height OF
which they gave him sack. cold milk
and apples. plums. as much as he
could swallow. l can see no way to
account for his recovery but that he
had not yet finished his work.