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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
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Port Arthur, Tex.-Announcemen
has been made that the Southern Pa
cific Railway Company will built a
new $4,000 depot in Fort Arthur.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Snyder's $4,000 Fire,

Snyder, Tex.-Fire Wednesday de-
stroyed the large department store of
Snyder Mercantile Company and the
furniture store of Stokes & Ely.
Losses, $4,000.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Buys Boyce Plantation.

Natchitoches.-W. T. Cunningham
and ]. D. Fulkerson purchased the
Boyce plantation near Natchitoches.
from Minor Merriwether for $4,000. !,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-01-28
Sunken Submarine s,..

Aarjns ], ,u,earmany.-The ! German sinh.
tay, but ~ 80 sank in the harbor Tues
FORK by +hs = raised after three hours
Inc salvage ship Vulcan.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
TOLD TO INVITE
 CONVENTION HERE
Delegates to International Bricklay- CTS, Masons and Plasterers' Union
 Will Boost Birmingham

J. E. Calvin and A. L. Corvin, who will go as delegates to, the forty-third annual convention of the International Bricklayers, Masons and Plasterers' union, which convenes in St. Joseph, Mo-, January 8, have been instructed to formally invite the next convention to hold its sessions in this city.
 The Builders and Traders exchange and the Chamber of Commerce have been requested to cooperate with the delegates in extending this invitation and send a written communication to the secretary of the union by the last day of this year that the prospective assembly cities may be >tabulated. The Builders and Traders exchange have indicated their intention of heartily CO., operating with the local branch of the union, and the Chamber of Com merce will probably follow its course of action.
 Such a convention would mean the bringing of 800 or 1000 delegates with their wives and relatives from all parts of the country and would continue for 10 days or longer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
INGRAM STATES
 WORK IS BEGUN
Paving of Eighth Avenue Will Aid NOrthside Traffic-Talk
 of Association

George M. Ingram, president of the Southern Bithulitic Paving company was in Birmingham yesterday. He said that work of paving Eighth avenue with bithulitic as ordered by the city com mission started yesterday. There are about six blocks of that work to he com pleted and MT. Ingram said no delay would be caused in getting the work done as soon as possible.
 It is understood that the Eighth avenue work will tend to provide through boulevard for Norwood and would other wise be of aid in the traffic trouble in the north side of the city.
 MT. Ingram said the formation of the Street Paving Contractors association was progressing very well. He said the association would work In strict har- mony with city officials, and would try to get for each city what 1t wanted in the way of street paving and see that only good work was done.
 Our association he said, lis purely one of cooperation, and in no sense a mbination of any sort. The paving men will act together as any association of doctors, lawyers, city officials or any other class of men. We hope to accomp- fish great deal of good by becoming better known to each other and to the city officials with whom we continually deal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
LAWYERS ARGUE
 HAGAN CASE TODAY Recent Trouble at Lewis burg Reviewed in Court.
 Deputies on Hand

All the evidence in the case of the state against Thomas Hagan has been pre- scented, and the attorneys will begin their arguments before Judge II. B. Abernethy this afternoon. Hagan is accused of the murder of Constable William W. Ellard at Lewisburg a few weeks ago. The pres ent hearing is a preliminary one, and is being held in the court of common pleas
 There has been a great deal of interest in this case since it was called on Saturday afternoon, and both on Satur- day and Monday the courtroom was crowded. At yesterdays session the de- fendant was placed on the stand to tes- tify in his own behalf. There were also a number of character witnesses exam ined and much of the trouble that has occurred in and around Lewisburg in the last two years was rected.
 During the hearing there has been a constant attendance of deputy sheriffs who have been there in case their servlces were needed in keeping order in the court.
 The defendant is being represented by Gibson & Davis, Black & Davis and Judge William E. Fort, while Hugh Locke, assistant state solicitor; Allen x Bell and J. M. Russell are representing the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
WHAT IS ICE?

What is ice?" said R. T. Millen of Michigan while in this city yesterday en route to New Orleans. q want you to tell me a definition that will make clear what it is to the natives of the tropics that have never experienced cold or have seen anything frozen
 Mr. Millen called up The Age-Herald office last night to learn if he could pro- cure a definition of ice that did not state that it is frozen water. He has been this and other countries to find an eX- planation of the summer commodity that will convey to the minds of the men who live in the warm regions of the earth just exactly what it is.
 T spent three years in the tropical lands on plantations and tried to make the natives understand that the river could be solid ice from a cold tempera- ture. I could not make the article, Ice, lucid to them because they know noth- ing os cold weather, much less the freez- ing point. I would show them pictures of the people skating on the frozen lake of our own country, but they would shake their heads and say no. because they had never witnessed such a phenomena. If l could only obtain good definition for ice that would not involve the terms frozen or cold, which they cannot com prehend, they might be induced to try the manufacture of it to relieve their in tense heat"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
BENNETT PLEASED
 WITH WIDE COMMENT

Chief A. V. Bennett of the city fire de- partment is greatly pleased with the wide spread comment caused by his report on the cost of maintenance of the II automo- bile fire machines for the month of No- vember.
 Newspapers in every part of the United States which are agitating the purchase of such machinery for their own depart ments have reproduced the report, calling attention to the number of runs made, the length of the runs and comparing their figures with those of Chief Bennett. Many have called attention to the fact that the figures shown in the report of Chiee Bennett are lower than those sub mitted by statesmen of the auto fire ap- paratus.
 Many fire and insurance journals of the country have also reproduced the report in mnimzed form, indorsing the auto fire apparatus. Among these are Fire and Water Engineering and the Fire mans Herald, magazines devoted to the interests of fire departments, both pub lished in New York
 Chief Bennett receives many letters daily from fire chiefs everywhere, asking for an official statement from him as to the authenticity of the report Invariably in answering these inquiries, the chief says: "An auto fire machine eats only while it Is working; horses eat all the time," and he is proving his statement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
AT THE HOTELS

B. R. Smith of Marvel is stopping at the Hillman.
 James Spence of Tuscaloosa Is a guest at the Hillman.
 Hal Cleveland of Centreville was registered at the IIillman last night. A. c. Stacey of Ta1ladega is at the Morris.
 Frederick Ausfeld of Montgomery is stopping at the Morris.
 J. H. Kramer of Cullman is guest at the Morris.
 James A Warsham of Morris is stop ring at the Florence.
 J. M McTeer of Atlanta is a guest at the Florence.
 L. c. Jennings of Atlanta is stop ping at the Florence.
 A. E. Vance of Warrior is at the Bir- mingham. ping at the Birmingham.
 R. B. Weinkirk of Atlanta is a guest at the Birmingham
 Gaston Scott of Montgomery is stop ping at the Metropolitan.
 J. M Duncan of Blocton is a guest at the Metropolitan.
 J. S. Graves, of Talladega was regis tered at the Metropolitan last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
LICENSE SCHEDULE ID BE FIXED TODAY Understood Few Changes
 Are to Be Made OTHER MATTERS UP Today's Meeting of Commission Ex- pected to Be Busy Because of
 Large Amount of Rou-
 tine Business
OTHER MATTERS UP

At the meeting of the commission today it is probable that the license schedule for the year 1912 will be adopted. An announcement was made yesterday that the schedule would be acted upon today by the officials provided Commissioners Lane and Weathery had been able to pass upon its provisions Presi dent Culpepper EXum, in whose depart- ment is apportioned the license office, to- gether with Collector J. J. Boggan. has been at work upon the schedule for sey eral months.
 It IS said that very few changes are to be made in the schedule from thai of 1911. The lists of mercantile endeavor in clude every business from bootblac,z stands to the largest business houses. The schedule is graded as has been the cus- tom here for many years.
 Some slight inroads have been made into the schedule of taxable properties bv the the recent legislature. Corpora tions have been exempted from certain municipal taxes in many instances while automobile owners pay direct to the state, as well as garages, automobiles for hire. and in surance companies
 While the city will lose some slight revenue from the interference of the state it is understood from statement of Pres ident Culpepper Exum that it will not he serious.
 ''The cuts made by the state into opr revenue, while admittedly frequent will not injure us to any very great extent" said MT. Exum last night.
 The formation of the license schedule is always anticipated with keen interest in commercial circles.
 The commissioners will pass upon the schedule whereupon Collector Boggan and his assistants will begin to issue licenses for 1912 at once. The first of the new year will see vast number of busi- ness houses paid up and ready for the new year as far as licenses are concerned
 Tn addition to probable action upon the license schedule at the meeting today ir is taken that the commissioners will act favorably upon the resolution of Mr. Weatherly as to appropriating $45O0 for crematory at the city jail site. That will no doubt lie over for a day or two and then acted upon finally.
 The meeting of the commissioners today is expected to be rather busy one At the city hall tomorrow the official body will hear from the Birmingham Really company and the Southern Railway com pany as to a viaduct at Fifteenth avenue and Twenty-seventh street north The railroad company is fighting the erection of the cross over while the real estate company is very badly in need of some relief at that particular point. Engineers have been at work upon the proposition for some time and they were peremptorily ordered to report by the commission last week. Tomorrow was the time set. That meeting will last practically all day unless some unforesoon development takes place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
OTTO MARK RETURNS
 FROM NEW YORK

Otto Marx returned yesterday from New York where he has been for several days He said yesterday that a slight tenseness featured the money market at this time, but that after the call supply had been handled the country would be flooded with money.
 'The financial situation is causing no worry in New York;" said Mr. Marx Business looks good and while the call market stiffened up bit. there is noth- ing but optimism in New York City,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yesterday showing the following transfers of prop erty. the consideration being SlOoO or more:
 s26o0-Ensley Land company to J. k. Jones, lot s in block 25 G, the said lot be- ing 50 feet wide by 150 feec long and be- ing situated in the first addition to Ems ley.
 S9O00-Wilbur T. Edwards and wife, Nell lie w. Edwards, to Edith Whittemore' all of that part of the northwest quar- ter of the northeast quarter of section 9 township +, range l west, lying above and north of the right of way Of the Seaboard Air Line Railway company, eX- cept a strip of land 50 feet wide and 300 feet long.
 s1525-Annie E. Mccoy to Ike Adler, lot in block 3, according to the map of the Henry & Copeland company. S45OO-J M. Donaldson to Edith White more. a certain lot or parcel Of lana in the west half of the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26, township +. range 3 west.
  of lot +, block 3, in the Joseph Martin survey.
 s1435. .32-The Ensley Land company to J. R. Jones, lot s. block 25 G. in the first addition to Ensley.
 sl5OG--C. E. Barfield and wife, Nellie, to J. G. Braswell, lot b in block SS, &C., cording to the map and plat of the 'Bir- mingham- Ensley Land and Improvement company.
 S30 450-The North Birmingham Realty company to s. H. Floyd, lot in block 1. lots g. ', Il, IA, b and 16 in block 2; lots T. 1O Il, F, 13, 17, IS and 19 in block 8; lots 10, Il, 12 and 14 in block A. lots and in block 5; lots 1, ?, ', 8. 10, Il and 12 in block G. lots ?. g. 5, 6, 8, 10, Il and F in block '; lots l, and in block s; lots 3, 4, 5, and in block 9; lots 1, 4 and in block 10; lots and in block Il; lots l, ', 8, 9, 10, Il, F and 15 in block 12; lots 1, 9 8, 4, 5, ', s. 10, Il and P in block 13; lots and 6 in block 14; lots and in block 15 and lots l, ?, 3, 1, 3, 6, and 8 in block 16, all of the lots being in the map of Fairfield.
 $125O-T D. Hall to l.. N. King, lot r in block II, according to the second amended map of the Ensley Land com pany's addition to Pratt City.
 SlOO0-Robert Davidson and wife to l.. G. Pettyjohn, 20 acres square in the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 25, township 16 range west.
 $l650-Albert Smith and Jesse Bell to Alice Wood Craig, lot Il in block II, ac- cording to the map of the Birmingham Ensley Land and Improvement company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
TOM GRAIN TRIAL
 FOR MURDER CALLED

The passing of a number of capital cases set this week in the second division of the criminal court, and the organiza- tion and qualification of the several jul ries by Judge Cahalan was concluded yesterday by 3 o'clock and the case of Tom Grain, an elderly white man charged with the murder of Walter Winn at a mining camp near Warrior, was com menced.
 The killing occurred about IS months ago, the defendant and his son, Walter, being jointly indicted for the offense. There are nearly 50 witnesses in the case who crowd the corridors of the court
 Both sides announced ready by 3:S0 and the trial commenced by the examination of the widow of the deceased, as the first witness for the state. Mrs. Winn was an eyewitness to the killing and was still on the stand when the court adjourned.
 Assistant Solicitor Edward Winston is representing the state. Attorneys R. D. Coffman and Zell Gaston are for the defense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
MANY WITNESS FILM
 ON WHITE PLAGUE

"The Awakening of John Bond,' an an ti-tuberculosis moving picture film, was witnessed, with interest by many men, women and children yesterday at the Princess theatre. This film, produced by the Edison company was shown yester- day at the Princess and will be shown to- day at the Amuse-U theatre to aid in the campaign against tuberculosis. It was brought here by the women's auxiliary Of the Jefferson County Anti-Tuberculosis association nr
 The story is of unusual interest through out It pictures the gerat work carried on by the Anti-Tuberculosis association, through .hs sale of Red Cross Christmas seals in the construction of open air schools and open air camps for those in- fected with the white plague. This film was produced under the supervision of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis and the New York Committee on the Prevention of Tu- berculosis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
PLAN CONSTRUCTION OF NEW
 PARK ON SOUTH HIGHLANDS

that an attempt would be made to make the new park even more attrac- tive than Rhodes park.
 No name has yet been selected for the park but it is expected that that matter will be taken up with the city. It has been suggested that the park be called Caldwell park, in honor of pr. H. M. Caldwell, a very distinguished citizen who resided near that park and who contributed a great deal to the development of that section.
 MT. Marx said yesterday the citi- zens would ask the park commissioners to meet with them very soon and take up the work.
 The consent of the park commissions CTS must be secured and while that formality has not been obtained very little trouble is anticipated in gettin g that through.
 We hope to have one of the pret- tiest parks in the south," said MT. Marx. Tt will not be large, 1t is true, but the citizens plan to make the park one of the gems of park work in the south. To that end Mr. Miller was aSheu lo arrange the plans Wn1cn nave arrived When the citizens get together the matter will be turned over to the finance committee and the final action taken. The tracts secured by the city along Highland avenue for parks are very valuable as such.
 "The city is very short on. parks as everyone knows, but I believe we will have very little trouble in pet- ting $10,000 to beautify the tract"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

The citizens on Highland avenue in the neighborhood of Twenty-sixth ave- nue plan to spend $10,000 of their money in beautifylng a park tract of the city at that point An announce ment was made yesterday that plans which were drawn by George H. Mil- Ter, the Boston landscape architect, had reached Birmingham and that steps would be taken at once to raise the money and remodel the park. The park is one of the sunken tracts on High land avenue which belongs to the city One of them has already been beau- tified and christened Rhodes park in memory of the late Gen. Rufus N Rhodes. The citizens near the park to be improved have appointed a corn- mittee composed of Otto Marx and John M. Caldwell to handle the proposition.
 The plans that have been prepared by MT. Miller outline a very artistic piece of work with attractive decor ative features.
 The park to be remodeled is of a triangle shape, fitting into Highland avenue in such a way as to render its improvement matter of very little trouble. The tract is now covered with a large number of attrac ctive trees and it is understood these natural trim mings are taken care of in the plans drawn by MT. Miller
 Otto Marx said yesterday that the committee, of citizens would get to- gether very soon and take up the mat ter. He said that at least S10,000 would be expended for the park and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
SOUTHERN STATES
 COMPANY MEETS Fire and Casualty Insurance Company Elects Officers
 and Directors

Over 75 men from the gulf coast states assembled in this city yesterday morning to attend the annual stock holders meeting of the Southern States Fire and Casualty Insurance company in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce building at II o'clock The two hour business ses- sion was followed by a luncheon served at the Turn Verine hall and a confer ence of the newly elected board of di- rectors in the central offices of the company, which are located in the Brown Marx building of this city.
 The meeting was presided over by the president, Robert w. Moulthrop. and through reports made by the presi- dent, Vice President w l.. Reynolds and Secretary Treasurer w. W. Haral- son. 1t was disclosed that the progress of the company is eminently satisfac- tory. A few minor changes were made in the bylaws of the constitution.
 The stockholders elected the follow ing men to act as their board of di- rectors for the ensuing year: George A. Blinn, Jr., Dr. B. c. Grove, R. B. Watts, Eugene F. Enslen, W. w. Craw- ford, w. w. Haralson, Robert Moul- throp, H. E. Mccormack, all of Bir- mingham; J. II. Cranford of Jasper, A. l.. DuPree of Attalla, Max Schmidt of Cullman, Dr. L. D. Lusk of Gun tersville, A. M. Avery of Pensacola. Fla.
 The directors held a meeting after the luncheon hour and reelected the officers of the past year to act for the next 12 months, as follows: President, Robert Moulthrop; vice president, w. L. Reynolds; secretary treasurer, w. w. Haralson; Lamkin & Watts. general counsel, and Dr. w. H. Bell. medical advisor.
 A finance committee was chosen, con- sisting of George Blinn, Jr., R. B. | Watts, Max Schmidt, Robert Moulthrop 1 and V. w. Haralson.
 The directors of this company hold semi-annual meetings and the stock holders only meet every December in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
HEAVY DOCKET IN JUDGE BLACKS COURT

A very heavy docket occupied the at tention of Judge Hugo l.. Black of the recorders court yesterday morning, last ing well up to the noon hour. The in- creased number of cases was due to several raids made by Officers Warren and Daly on alleged gambling rooms. Thirty cases were on the docket of men arrested in the Peerless club rooms They were all released on bond, and when the cases were called, Il failed to re- spond and fol feitures were taken against their bondsmen.
 Fines ranging from $25 to $100 were assessed against them. The cases of six arrested in the Stag hotel were continued owing to the absence of material wit nesses.
 The fines imposed amounted to nearly s150O, large portion of which was paid There were over 100 cases on the docket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
Chamher of Commerce Meetings

of Commerce will hold their regular monthly meeting next Thursday alter noon at 3:30 o'clock in the directors room of the Chamber of Commerce. This is the usual monthly session. The Cham Der of Commerce will hold their regular monthly session next Friday evening at s o'clock in the auditorium The meet ing will consist of the usual routine mat ters, reports from committees and gen. eral discussion of plans under way. This will be the last regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce for 1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12

degree, murder in the second degree, man. slaughter in the first degree and man. slaughter in the second degree. He went carefully over the law regarding self de- fense, explaining to the jurors just what this implied. There were also a number of special charges given to the jurors at the request of counsel for the defense and also for the state.
 The jurors in this case are S. Jack Wal droph, Walter Dool James N. White, Joseph Massey, Allen Bearden, I. Newt Bivins, J. S. Smitherman, William D. Bridges, Scott NewbeTy, Henry Town send Hance Mote and James Q. Hurst
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
Social Union to Meet

The ministers. elders and deacons of the Presbyterian Social union of the Birmingham district are urgently re- quested 10 attend a meeting of the union at the First Presbyterian church, Birmingham, Tuesday night, December 12, at 8 o'clock. John H. Miller will speak to the union on the subject of "The Bible as Foundation of Civil Law" The invitation is extended also to the public.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
Building Permits

Building Inspector w. O. Mathews is- sued the following permits yesterday morning:
 To E. N. Lee for a one story frame building in East Lake at Seventy-sixth and Seventy seventh streets, the cost of the structure to be $500.
 To w. H. Coffman for a one story frame building at Graymont, the cost to be $1200.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
STENZEL'S
 ECZEMA LIQUID

A clear white liquid for cleansing, puri- flying and healing skin and scalp dis eases. Stops itching instantly; cures per- rnanently. few days after using the disease begins to disappear. Price, ST. Sold in Birmingham by Jacobs Phar- macy and Patton-Pope Drug Co
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-12
Marriage Licenses Issued

The following marriage licenses were issued by the probate judge yes terday:
 J. C. Statham of Birmingham to Miss Lillie Wells.
 c. H. Hartsfeld of Birmingham to Miss Essle Roberts.