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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Entire Length Is To Be Vol untarily Worked in
 One Day
FARMERS AGREE TO
 GIVE DAYS WORT.
Calera and MOnteyallo Are Both Rivals for Route, But No Def mite Decision Has Yet
 Been Reached

Judge l.. H. Reynolds of Chiffon county, founder and president of the Birmingham to Montgomery Highway association, was in the city yesterday and paused to make few remarks about the future and pres
 ent status of the highway.
 we are organizing committees all
 along the 1O2 miles of road from Birming-
 ham to Montgomery to arrange for a ground will be worked at the same time. As soon as the crops have been harvest
 ed we are planning to have every farmer
 within two miles of the road contribute | one days labor and a team to the build l ing, or if he cannot do this, donate, a
 money equivalent. This scheme has been | tried in Ohio and proven a success. ''The men will be employed in tearing down fences that obstruct the right of way, which will be secured through the cooperation of the property owners To-
 cated along the road mapped out by the state engineer. The road bed will be 5l | feet in breadth to meet the requirements ! necessary to receive the state and county | appropriations. An almost miraculous change in the entire highway, we be- lieve, can be wrought by the setting aside | of a day for the concentrated efforts of
 the counties linked in the movement. Last May delegates from Jefferson
 Shelby, Elmore, Autauga, Chiffon and
 Montgomery effected an organization to | build a highway between Birmingham and
 Montgomery and already the results are becoming apparent. The officers of the organization consist of a general chair | man, or president, and a committee of | three from each of the six counties. "There are two certified checks for
 s10OO each banked for the use of this as-
 sociation, and they were the gifts of c. | E. O'Neill of Calera and R. E. Bowden of Newalie, in Shelby county.
 Ut has not yet been decided whether the road will go through Calera or Mon- tevallo, and both places have developed
 a rivalry for their respective routes The
 decision will be based on the amount Of | financing either town will offer toward
 the construction of the road. Calera has |
 is working hard to outstrip her competi- | tor.
 "Elmore county has begun grading
 on a stretch of 10 miles of the Birmng-
 ham to Montgomery highway, that will
 cost s1O, 900. Autauga county has just com
 pleted quite good deal of grading and
 Jefferson is expected to start soon as
 the question of the crossing of the Ca haba river has been settled by the selec-
 tion of Bains Bridge, and there is noth- 1 ing now to interfere with the pushing for ward of the work.
 | we are counting on having 90 good
 roads advocates from Chiffon county al 1 the annual convention in Selma this month and expecting the meeting to be | one of the most enthusiastic ever held.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Face Paint Tabooed;
 Remove Skin Instead

"A few years ago only one class or women painted their faces" says Dolly Madison in Chicago News. Tt was a sign of social ostracism and was tabooed in refined circles. The cus- tom has become so universal we must admit it is to be deplored and to be shelved as soon as possible
 How foolish to seek artificial beauty of this sort, obnoxious from artistic and moral standpoints, when 1t i, so easy to obtain a truly natural complexion by the use of ordinary nercolized wax. Mercolized wax, ob- tainable at any drug store, is so eff fective, non-injurious and inexpensive, no one need think of using anything else for the purpose. Applied like cold cream at night, and washed off in the morning, it at once begins to show its remarkable rejuvenating ef- fleets. It gently absorbs the lifeless surface skin in tiny particles. showing the fresher. lvelier, beautiful under skin. Naturally it takes with it all sur face defects
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
SEEK INFORMATION
 OF WILLIAM OWENS

Chief Bodeker yesterday received a let ter from William A. Dennis, general man ager of the Prudential Insurance com pany of Newark, N. J., inquiring as to whether William F. Owens died in Bir- mingham.
 It seems that MT. Owens wife has ap- piled for the insurance called for by a policy and the insurance company is not satisfied that he is dead
 In the letter. Dennis states that Mrs. Owens furnished the information that her husband disappeared from Chicago six or seven years ago and has not been heard from since. So it is thought that the wife gave up hope of her husband being alive and applied for his insurance. The in- surance man asks the question if Owens died in Birmingham.
 An officer has been placed on the case and is making investigations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
AT THE HOTELS

Capt. John Craft of Mobile is at the Morris.
 G. w. Ely of Montgomery is registered at the Morris.
 E. M. Nash of Falkville is in the city at the Morris.
 Bernard Harwood and wife of Tusca- loosa are stopping at the Florence. A. D. Thorne of Cordova was among yesterdays arrivals at the Florence. w S. Horton of Carrollton was at the Florence last night
 C. J. Day of Selma is registered at the Birmingham.
 B. R.. Riddle of Montgomery is in the city at the Birmingham.
 NJ B. Morris of Anniston is at the Birmingham.
 Among Saturdays arrivals at the Hill man was T. W. Palmer of Montevallo w. T. Christopher of Gadsden is regis tered at the IIllman.
 B. B. Fountain, Jr., of Marbury is stop ping at the Hillman.
 K. c. Curtis of Garnsey was among yes- terday's arrivals at the Metropolitan. E. Sauvain of Selma is at the Metro politan.
 William D. Daly of Mobile is registered at the Metropolitan. az sesi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
OPEN PERMANENT
 LOCAL OFFICES
Jones Building Company Will Bid for All High Class Work
 Here

I. l.. Martin of the Fred A. Jones Build ing Co. of Dallas. Tex, announced last night that they had leased a suite of of fices in the Empire building and that his company would open permanent head quarters in Birmingham beginning about October 15.
 I've will have a Birmingham manager and full office staff in Birmingham per manently" said Mir. Martin, and in fu- ture will go out after every kind of high class building proposition in this terri tory
 It will be recalled that the Jones Build ing company was recently awarded the contract for the new 20 story building of the American Trust & Savings bank. MT. Martin stated that they would begin work in earnest on the new building by Octo- ber 15
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Where's Buds Club?
Now. who got Buds club?


 Somebody had better come across real soon if he doesn't want to get himself into a big bunch of trouble. Bud has lost his club and he is some sore over it.
 To those who do not know Bud very we'll, he is MT. Byars, and he is good fellow too, George Bagley says, and George knows.
 But this is not an obituary of Bud, so the good things will be left unsaid until he dies. The point that is being raised just now is this:
 Somebody has got Buds club, and Bud wants his club something awful"
 The following notice was found on the file" in the chiefs office last night. Newton Newkirk has been put to shame, and some policeman of Birmingham should advance to the staff of the Bing- vile Bugle. Read it.:
 "Whereas, Officer Bud Byars lost his club from the call room, and,
 "Whereas, who got it? and,
 Whereas, Bud says you can't keep 1t, for he knows the club
 Therefore, you had better come clean" '" Now, who has got Buds club?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
FORMAL NOTICE ON
 PHONE INCREASE
Judge Lane Says Increase Planned Nov. 1 Will Be
 Resisted

| Pursuant to the terms of their con- | tract with 10000 or more subscribers in the city of Birmingham, the South ern Bell Telephone company gave mo- tice yesterday. formally. that the phone
 rates would be increased November ]. in accordance with the notice given the railroad commission a few days ago.
 | The notice, here used, was issued to 1 the city of Birmingham phone No. 3S15 Main and was turned over to Com panied by letter from D. F. Turnbull, | local manager, that different kind of service Is available should the sub scriber desire to change to the cheaper kind
 l Commissioner Lane. commenting upor
 the proposition of increase, said: "I | the railroad commission fails to take | Jurisdiction over the phone increase
 and the company attempts to place | them in operation we will certainly |
 kind of an injunction will issue or
 some legal step will be taken to thresh
 the matter out in the courts. l do
 not apprehend that the rates will ap- ply November IL
 It is recalled that President Tender
 son of the railroad commission said
 when in Birmingham: 'If we take jur- | isdiction over this case and the com pany attempts to put into effect the
 rates as filed with us the commits
 sion will issue suspension order | thereupon"
 The notification follows:
 Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 29. 1911. City of Birmingham, Birmingham, | Ala.
 "Dear Sir-You are hereby notified
 that in accordance with the terms of | the contract under which the company | is furnishing you service from tele- phone No. 3S15, said contract is modi- l fled as regards the rates specified | therein only as of November ], 1911,
 and that the rate from that date will be $7.50 per month instead of $6. l7 per month, the rate which you are at present paying for your service. We | have attached copy of this notice to l our copy of your contract for serv- ice and we would request that you at-
 tach this to your copy of such contract
 THE SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO,
 By D. F. Turnbull Manager l The letter with the notice follows: Birmingham, Ala, Sept go, 1911. City of Birmingham, Birmingham | Ala:
 Dear Sir-Referring to the attached | notice, we respectfully call your at
 tention to the fact that we offer other
 classes of service than the one yor are now receiving. Should you desire
 to change your service to another class please call at the office during the mex,
 month and execute a new contract; or if you prefer, notify us of your de. sire, and a representative of the com pany will call with new contract foi your signature.
 | We take this opportunity of thank ing you for your patronage in the past
 and trust that our service will in the future be even more valuable to you
 Yours respectfully,
 | SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE X | TELEGRAPH CO,
 l By D. F. Turnbull. Manager.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
POSTOFFICE DEED
 FORMALLY FILED

The deed conveying to the government the property upon which will be situated Rirmingham's new postoffice was filed in the probate court yesterday. The proper ty was purchased principally from Thomas L. Anglin, at a cost of s110,00O, and is designated as lots 21, 22, 23 and 2i, together fronting 10o feet on the north side of Fifth avenue, north. and extend- ing back of uniform width along the west line of Nineteenth street 190 feet to an alley, in block 46. Other persons having lease interest in the above property were also involved in the transaction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
NOTHING NEW IN
 THE CONTROVERSY

There were no new developments n the controversy yesterday between Shef- ift4 Walter K. McAdory and the excise commissioners. Mir McAdory said he simply wished to stand on the original statements as published in The Age-Her- aid yesterday morning.
 The excise commission spent very busy day going over the license applica- tions and none of the members had any thing further to say regarding the con troversy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Chief Bennett Returns

Fire Chief A. w. Bennett returned to the city yesterday after two weeks trip During his trip he visited several eastern and northern cities and attended the fire chiefs convention in Milwaukee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Pat O'Hear Arrested

Call Officer Moser yesterday arrested Pat O'Hear, a white man, charged with selling whisky without license and for selling it to minors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01

The above appropriations go into effect today as an ordinance was adopt ed yesterday notifying the heads of various departments of the city and telling them to keep within the money assigned them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01

WE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY ON ACCOUNT OF HOLIDAY. MEN ER- MARX O.. IF $. :OTH STREET. BELL PHONE 1927. PEOPLES PHONE 5oS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Monthly Allowances
Per NJ tn,

The resolution fixing the monthly ap- propriations for each department fol- lows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01

of state and county allot-
 ments $200, 900 Expert accountants .... 2,O00 Investment in tax titles ...... 5,G00 For work Ensley high school. 50,0Oo Fairview school work ...... 10000 Installing and improving heat
 ing apparatus systems in vari-
 ous schools ............... 5000 Grounds, repairs and additions 1000
 And that the office of inspector of weights and measures be hereby abolished"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Every Department Feels Effects of Effort To Keep
 Within Income
146,OOO IS THE TOTAL
 CUT IN EXPENSES
One Job Is olished-BOard of Education Suffers Cut of ESQ., O0O-Street Department Cut
 $50,4 400

When the budget of the city of Bir- mingham was adopted at meeting or | the commissioners yesterday the dis | closure was made that the city expenses | had been cut approximately $146, ,406 per l year
 | The appropriations were made for all the departments by the commissioners. 1 One position, that of inspector or weights and measures, was abolished; one plumbing inspector was dispensed with and the Board of Education was cut s30,000 per year, the commission
 having appropriated $2o000o to carry
 On that work.
 The cuts made according to Com I missioner James Weatherly, who de-
 sired it fully explained, were agreed to | by President Culpepper Exum before he left for New York, and upon the fig ures furnished by Charles Abbott, city comptroller Mr Weatherly said that he regretted very much to cut his de- partments and any of them in the city, l but it was manifestly impossible for the | commissioners to permit the yearly budget to be compiled with no move to | reduce the eApeHses'
 | MT. Abbott, our comptroller, com
 piled our probable income" said MT.
 Weatherly, and our figures arc based
 on his report
 The street department was cut $5o,oOo l per year, the police department was cut 1 s250O per month or $30,o00 per year, the
 fire department was cut s30,000 per | Il, iol, ic a<n1oinpd is the SaX ing resulting from the installation of
 motor equipment over the horse drawn
 wagons. The office of inspector of
 weights and measures was abolished,
 which cost $13S0 per year; the building inspectors office was cut $4S0 per year,
 while the plumbing department was cut
 s2946 per year. The sanitary depart
 ment was cut $50 per month or $500
 per year, being total of $145,S06 per
 annum cut from the rolls.
 The appropriations were made from l Mr. Abbott's estimates that the city
 would have an income of $1,270,31O
 Less 10 per cent that amount would be | $1143279 to operate upon. Interest
 charges and bills payable will result
 in the expenditure of S34,000, while ap-
 propriations, special, school books
 Ensley high school and such up keer
 amounts to sS1 ,O0O per year. Reducing
 the $1,143,279 by substracting $15S,40C l the actual operating possible income will be $9S4,S79.
 l Adding the total city appropriations
 made to those made to the schools the city will barely be within the income. School Expenses The resolution fixing the school ap- propriation follows:
 Be it resolved by the commission of the City of Birmingham as follows;
 That the following amounts be appro- priated to the accounts shown below to
 be expended during the fiscal year be-
 ginning October l. 1911, and ending
 September 30, 1912 1 Per Year |
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-31

Of which he has been promoted.
Harry Sanders Of Tulsa Will succeed
Mr. Cutler as station master.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-31

tomorrow. Mr Cutler will be at
tached TO tine southwestern division
Of the Frisco with headquarters in
sapulpa. but will continue to make
his home here. His work will cover
territory from Monet. No, 10 Qua
nah. Texas He succeeds Dan Her
ring, who recently resigned.
Mr. Cutler has occupied his pres
ent position for fourteen months and
during that time has done much good
work for The company in recognition
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-31

sAPULPA, Dec 30-JudEe Stan
fold today ordered suspension ~
the sentence 10 the case of Tom Hick-
orson. charged and convicted of The
death .of farmer named wilmington
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-31
STATION MASTER CUTLER GIFTS
4 PROMOTION.
Succeeds Dan Herring a. Special
Agent of the Frisco Railroad
Effective at Once.

], was announced yesterday that
station Master VI. ?. Cutler Of the
Frisco in this city had been promoted
10 the position u special agent Of the
road. the promotion to take /.fect
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-31

g. A. Touukman ,s superintendent
NJ the show and he ha h"er busy
for the part week receiving pens (
chickens from various places ana en-
teriug them Entries wl Ne closed
after apon tomorrow
Last years. show was We,l attended,
hut th, one this week vlu probably
.,t IT. hIghwater mark for poultry
show attendance lu the state iarm-
,rs. from all parts - Tho country W.li
attend during the week in large num-
Ucrs as free admission tickets have
been nailed on all n them.
The show aill be open 90 tho pHo-
l.r each day and night.
scoring Begins To-day.
owing 20 tho large number n en-
frIea the tH0 expert judges. who are
me best known In their class 200 the
country wiU begin the work af score
lu, the birds tomorrow and th.s task
$3.50 keep them occupied until near the
,'o.. " the show on SATURDAY
The j. 3D. g.. s and local merchants
ae weI ns out ~ town concerns have
donated uberlly to the enterprise boz
tho way n prizes
The officers of the Eastern okla
homa Poultry association are as fol-
lows joel ~ smith, president II.
q Hale. fret president W o.
Crane second president. j. W.
Binding. secretary; S. - Wright
treasurer The show committee Is
composed ~ s. B Wright vs.. O.. VIII
hanson and william Hackcnd0rf
Must Score High.
The Judges ln rendering their de-
clslons viii be guided hy the neT re-
,lsed standard OF perfection adopted
by the American Poultry association.
10 win first premium a bird must
score not less than ninety points To
win second premium. a bird must
score not less than eighty points.
10 win third premium a bird must
score not less than eighty
points.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-14
TIL. s.crsta-v bird.

The long legged South African sec
rotary birds travel In pairs, male and
female. Ii disturbed or pursued their
pace is about as fast as that of run
ming horse They seldom use their
wings and If compelled to do SO can
soar to considerable height They
build bulky nests, and where trees are
to be had they select one fifty to a
hundred feet above the ground. Their
nests are built of sticks and sods. lined
with grass. and measure as much as
five feet in diameter and three feet in
thickness. As rule only two eggs are
laid Incubation takes six weeks,
which is done by the female. The
young have to remain in their nests
several months before they can stand
on their long. slender legs. which are
very weak and brittle. The young
easily break their legs If disturbed
Scientific American.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-14


A good deal Of the tea consumed by
the working classes In the days when
Arthur Young complained Of the adj
diction to this luxury had never seen
either India or China. In one OF John
Ashton's works on England he cites q
case in which boy charged with
gambling stated that the money found
In his possession had been made by
picking tea leaves. This led 70 the dis
covery that many persons made liv-
ing by picking sloe leaves and white
thorn leaves in the fields near Gambler
well and selling them to local cow
keeper for penny pound. One man
said he picked from fifty to sixty
pounds a day and always found mar
ket for them The leaves were subse-
quently sold to wholesale merchant,
who obtained as much as 8 shillings a
pound for them under the guise Of tea.
The merchant was prosecuted and
fined, not for adulteration, but for de-
frauding the revenue. And the tea
leafer" is still the slang name for the
petty thief.-London Standard
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-14
Retreat.

1t will only be short time when the
Sunday School at this place will reopen.
The John Wells Cranberry Company,
located at Retreat. contemplate setting
out new bog this year.
John Wells is arranging for the erection
|of new and commodious barn on hii
property early in this spring.
Mrs Hannah Moore, after spending &
week with her brother, Samuel Fenimore
has returned to her home at Vincentown
Several Of our townspeople attended
the entertainment given in the town hal
at Vincentown on Saturday plight. They
were pleased with the manner in which
the performers acquitted themselves.
For several days last week Miss Lille
Branson, of Vincentown, acted as sub
stitute teacher In the public school here
owing to the regular teacher, Miss Razcl
Woolston, having been Frustrated by
illness.
Joshua N. Howell desires to express his
gratitude to those who so thoughtfully
remembered him on the occasion of his
recent birthday. He was well pleased
with the shower Of post cards which he
received.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-14

The Smart Set magazine. which was
founded in 1900 and has been conducted
since by the Ess Ess Publishing Co.. New
York City, has passed into the hands Of 3
new corporation headed by John Adams
Thayer. and will henceforth appear under
new management.
Mr.. Thayer, who will be recalled as one
of the men who made such remarkable
success of ''EVs,y6ody's Magazine" a few
years ago, has since his retirement from
that publication been out of active bust
ness; but he is now back in the game ard
is outlining plans for making the Smart
Set as great success in the fiction field
as "EOsyy6Ody's" was In that of more
general scope.
The policy which has made the Smart
SGT sought after as "a magazine of clever
ness" occupying q unique field Is not to be
changed. The design OF the new owner
Is to increase the interest and quality of
the contents of the magazine, and to
strengthen its position as the foremost ex-
ponent of cleverness and literary merit IN
the American magazine world. Associated
with Mr.. Thayer In the editorial manage
ment Of the magazine will be Louise
Closer Hale and Mark Lee Luther Nor
man Boyer continues as managing editor.