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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
AT THE HOTELS

E. D. Singleton of Atlanta is stopping at the Morris.
 J. H. Nortl of Reform, Ala, is guest at the Morris.
 F. N. Julian of Montgomery is at the Morris
 John Holloway of Montgomery is stop ping at the Hillman.
 J. R. Ryan of Huntsville is at the Hill man.
 c. M. Love of Atlanta was registered ct the Hllman last night.
 L. M. Gusdorf of Selma is stopping at the Florence.
 R. r. Albright of Hollins is at the Florence.
 B. B. Barnes of Eutaw is stopping at the Florence.
 F. W. siefert of Chicago is at the Bir- mingham
 M B. Higgins of Chicago is stopping at the Birmingham.
 H. M Reynolds of Cincinnati is at the Birmingham.
 w. c. chanplin of Montevallo is at the Metropolitan.
 L. S Buck of Atlanta is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 O. w. Tinnay of Talladega was regis tered at the Metropolitan last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record in the pro- bate office yesterday showing the fol- lowing transfers of property the con sideration being $1,0O0 or more.
 s25OO-C. w. Streit to c. H. Eyers, parts place.
 s3100-Josephine C. Kennedy to James E. Penney, ? lots in block 623 according to the survey of the Elyton Land company.
 $14OO-Joseph Wieferch to l.. S. Selman, lots 9 and 26 in block 19 in the plan and survey known as Thorpe Place in the West End.
 s4OOO-Walter S. Lide and Elizabeth Lide to Joe M. Green, a lot in block S53 in the plan and survey of the city of Bir- mingham.
 s45O0-B. s. Selman to Ella M. Garrett, parts of lots and in block 8 according to the survey of the West End Land and Improvement company
 s21OO-George WI Parcell to w. A. Me Cool, the east half of lot 10 in block Il in the survey of the Avondae Land conl- pany.
 aOoo-Robert Hughes to Richard Wright, the southeast corner of the southeast quarter of the northeast quar- ter of section 21, township IS, range 4, west.
 S1OOO-A. J. Clapp to l.. E. Cook. an undivided half interest in lot according to the subdivision of block 231 as made by E. Crieg.
 s1225-Atlas Land company to P. E. Kennedy, lots and in block 31 accord ing to the map of the Atlas Land com pany
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
CIVIC BUILDING
 DAMAGED BY FIRE Good Work of Department Saved Building-Dam-
 age Is $25O0

By swift and efficient work yester- day morning about 7:30 o'clock the fire department succeeded in confining to three rooms a fire which threatened to destroy the Chamber of Commerce. building and kept the loss down to about $2500.
 The fire started in the sample rooms of George H. McFadden & Brother, cot ton exporters, with headquarters in Savannah, Ga, supposedly from a tele- graph wire, although it is not definitely known what caused the blaze. | When the fire was discovered by H. II. Mcconnell, S. ]. Johnson and L. F. Matthews, telegraph operators, it ftad entirely enveloped the cotton in the sample room. So fast did 1t spread that | they had to run and save themselves. | In escaping, Mcconnell suffered burns about the face and head which have caused him no little pain. Johnson and Matthews escaped without injury.
 The fire department was notified and Stations Nos. 1, 2, and 6 responded with full apparatus and quickly had streams of water on the fire. By the time the fire was extinguished it had spread to the office of the Birmingham Acreage company, which office adjoins that of McFadden. The loss here, it is said, will not exceed $100. McFadden's loss is total.
 The insurance on the McFadden of flee was not carried by local com- pany, but was carried from the home office at Savannah, and the property destroyed was fully covered by insur- ance. The insurance on the Chamber of Commerce building totals $11s,oo0
 Chief Bennett of the fire department was present at the fire, and together with Chief Walton generated the move- ments of the men. Chief Bennett has been receiving congratulations ever since the fire upon the admirable work done by the fire department.
 A. A. Fuller, engineer of the Chamber of Commerce building, will conduct a fire test to detect any sagging of the walls or floors of the offices burnt in the fire on the sixth floor yesterday morning. Mead & Huey, civil engineers. will take the level and as the work of cleaning the debris from the rooms and removing the smoked and burnt plaster Is rapidly progressing, it is very prob able that the test will be made within a few days.
 The Chamber of Commerce was the first building of solid concrete to be erected in this city and the stability of these walls after the intense heat of yesterday morning is regarded as one of considerable interest in the fire proof building material circles.
 The water, of which there was d great quantity, only leaked through to the fifth floor by the opening in the solid rock made by the wiring for the electric fixtures. The gas and smoke spread to the fourth floor through the corridors and exits, but quickly cleared away after the eXtinguishing of the fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
BASKETBALL GAMES
 AT CLUB TONIGHT

Tonight at S:15 o'clock there will oe a double header basketball game be- tween the four color teams of the Bir- fningham Athletic club. At the present time the teams are tied for the pen nant of the league, all teams hay ing won one game and lost one. In terest is high and the followers of each organization claim to have tue winning team.
 New men have been placed on the teams and the new blood seems to have helped to balance them more evenly Coach Nespor Is working hard and the men are in the pink of condition. After the game music and dancing will be indulged in.
 The line up for Reds vs. the Blues will be:
 Reds-Horton, forward; Mcqueen forward; Thomas, center; Orr, guard Nesbitt, guard.
 Blues-Park CT, forward; Satterfleld forward; G. Ritchie, center; Harmon guard; Flynn, guard.
 The line up for the Whites vs. Reds will be:
 Whites-Cobbs, forward; Jones, for ward; Hanna. center; Morris, guard Seals, guard.
 Reds-R. Ritchie, forward, McGowan, forward; Moss, center; Eninking, guard; Wharton, guard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
MUST REPORT UNDER
 GROUND CONDUITS
City Commission Passed Resolution Requiring Records Be Kept of
 Under Ground Wires

At the commission meeting yesterday resolution was adopted to the effect that all public utility corporations must file with the city clerk full report every year of the underground wires, conduits and other construction in this city.
 It was not given out by the author of the resolution, Commissioner A. o. Lane, why the resolution was necessary at this time. However, it is understood the in formation thus secured will be used by the city in a closer inspection Of the public utility conditions here.
 The resolution follows:
 Section l. That each public utility com pany or public service corporation hav- ing any water pipes, gas pipes, steam heating pipes, conduits for telephone or telegraph wires, under the public streets, avenues, alleys or other highways in the city of Birmingham, shall file full and complete written report of same with the city clerk of said city not later than December 31, 1911, which said report shall set out in full as far as possible, the location, size and depth below the sur face of each and every line of such pipes and conduits.
 Sec. ?. That commencing January l, 1913, and on January of each year thereafter. each public utility company or public service corporation which has laid any water pipes. gas pipes, steam heating pipes, conduits for telephone or tele- graph wires under any public street, ave- nue, alley or highway in the city of Birmingham, during the preceding calen- dar year, shall file written report with the city clerk of said city showing the location, size and depth below the sur face of each and every line Of such pipes or conduits so laid during the preceding calendar year.
 Sec. 5. That any person. firm or corpora ton, or their officers or agents having supervision control of the implements above named violating any provision of this ordinance shall be punished upon conviction as provided in section So6 of the city code.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
CEREMONIES MARK WHITE WAY LIGHTING Speeches to Be Made By
 Prominent Citizens WILL BE BIG PARADE Boosters and Hustlers Will Parade Tomorrow Noon-Miss Lily W. Lykes to Break Bottle of Champagne
WILL BE BIG PARADE

The ceremonies that will mark the first lighting of the Great White Way promptly at [: 80 o'clock tomorrow night will consist of an automobile and band parade, and addresses by City Commis- sioners Exum, Lane and Weatherly, and President Ford of the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company The formal christening will be done by Miss Lily w. Lykes, who will break a bottle of champaigne on the post at the southeast corner of Third avenue and Twentieth street just previous to the band striking up with Dixie" an nouncsing that the celebration is under way.
 At noon tomorrow the merchants of the Hustlers and Boosters clubs will parade through the streets on foot with the city commissioners, excise commits sioners and prominent citizens and the band They will wear white ribbon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08

When James Brook, a tall, snaggled tooth negro was arraigned before Judge Black yesterday morning on charge of larceny from the person, among the other things he wore was an air of in- jured innocence.
 "Jim, you are charged with stealing five dollars from the person of Mat smith, - said his honor, what say you to the charger
 Lord a-mussy, Mistah Jedge.' answer ed the Ethiopian. "ah aint seed five dol lars in dat many yeahs; is der so much money in de world?'
 Mat Smith, take the stand and tell what you know about this case.'
 Sam climbed into the witness chair and told the judge that he had met Jim the afternoon previous and that he in troduced himself as Sans long lost cou- sin from Mobile. He further testified that Jim led him to place where egg nog and other connections were for sale and after partaking of about six, for which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
STUDYING THE HEAVENS

Sam paid, Jim invited him to come and pay a visit to his domicile. Sam con- tinued:
 "Jedge, when we gets outside dat nig- ger kept pintin' to the moon an asked me if I could tell if de man up dar was a culled pusson or not An looks up. an ter tell de truf der war bout dozen moons up dar, an while ah was 1ookin' he puts his fingers in nah vest pocket an connects wid a five dollar bill what ah expects to have some Christmas wid, so I has him rested
 "lf dat ain't de lyin'est nigger I ever see," calculated Jim. "He ain't nevah had no five dollars, hit war two dollar bill; dat's it, jedge.'
 "A two dollar bill, eh? Well, suppose that Sam, being endowed for the time with double vision, that made him sec, instead of one moon, the entire planetary system, just made a mistake in the amount of the circulating medium that Ir is evident you separated him from. I will fine you $10, and to give you ample op- portunity to study the heavens, will Ldd on an additional 90 days"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
EDWARD T. WILCOX
New Seaboard Freight Official Com
 ing Today

It is understood that Edward T. Will COX, recently appointed assistant general freight agent for the Seaboard Air Line, will assume his new duties today He has been engaged in completing the details of his retirement from the Frisco lines in St. Louis and is expected in Birmingham today from that city.
 MT. Wilcox will become the freight head of the Seaboard in Birmingham succeeding M. J. McDonough whose re- tirement was announced several days ago The successor to Mir. Wilcox on the Frisco lines has not been announced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
Building Permits

The following building permits were is- sued by the building inspector yesterday morning.:
 SPOOL. W. OBurns for alterations and repairs at First avenue and Eighteenth street.
 s1OOo-To the Birmingham Rail and I.o- comotive Works, for a one story frame building at Thirtieth street and Thirty eighth avenue.
 $2OO0-F. E. Butler, for one story frame building in West End.
 sl75o-To F. G. Norton. for two one story frame buildings on Avenue c.
 $l750--H. c. May, for two story frame building on Eleventh avenue, between Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
Miserable
 

All the world looks gloomy to the man with the upset stomach. He sees the world through smoked glasses and never tries to rub off the smoke.
 Cheer up, MT. Dyspeptic, there's bright days ahead for you. Go to Nor toms drug store this very day and say
 want box of MEDINA tablets. Take them as directed and if the misery doesn't leave your stomach and bring a sunny smile to your gloomy coun- tenance, go and get your 50 cents back.
 MEDINA stomach tablets will promptly end the distress of indiges- tlon. will stop nervousness. dizziness, bilousness, sick headache and sleep lessness. Fifty cents buys a large box at Norton's drug store and druggists everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
Lee-Gardner

Before Judge of Probate J. P. Stiles yes- terday morning, M. Henry Lee and Miss Dolly Gardner. both of Ragland, were united in marriage.
 The groom is a prosperous contractor of Ragland, and is now erecting in that est. Clair) county town concrete hotel, which will cost at least $9000. The bride is one of the most popular young women of St. Clair county, a horsewoman and one particularly fond of all outdoor ex- ercise.
 This marriage is of importance to St. Clair citizeis in the fact that there have been many suitors for the hand of Miss Gardner, and quite recently there was an- nouncement made in Birmingham news papers that a license to marry, in which her name figured, had been issued. Miss Gardner at the time strenuously denied that she was a party to the issuance of the license.
 The newly married couple were at the Morris hotel on Thursday and left the same evening; for parts in south Ala bama. They will return to Ragland in a few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
MEDICAL COLLEGE
 SENIOR ELECTION

The senior class of the Birmingham Medical college met yesterday and was called to order by pr. R. c. McGahey. It was agreed that pr. V. Trammel, president junior class 191o-11, should act as chairman.
 The following officers were elected President, R. C. Partlow Vice president, W. M. Johnson. Secretary and treasurer. Charles A. Davis. validictorian, A. T.. Isbell. Historian. T. D. McNight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued by the probate judge yesterday:
 John McLemore of Coal Creek to Miss Becl1ie Burchfield. All. Dominick of Covington, Ky, to Miss .Lda Jennings. B.. E. Wilson of Cumton to Miss Lelie Legrand.
 w.. II. Lee of Ragland to Miss Dollie Gardner.
 James NJ Smith of Virginia Mines to Miss Lena May Robinson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
ENSLEY MILLS GET
 10000 TON ORDER

An order for steel rails aggregating 1o,- 0O1 tons has been booked by the New York offices of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company, to be purchased by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad. The rail will be deliv cred the last part of 1912. and will be rolled at Ensley.
 The fact that such an order has been received was confirmed last night by George Gordon Crawford, president of the Tennessee company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
PHONE INJUNCTION !. HOLDS TILL JAN. b Judge Crow Rules After Hearing Arguments SESSIONS AT NIGHT Every Phase of Question Entered But the Court Urges That
 All Possible Light Be
 Obtained
SESSIONS AT NIGHT

The temporary injunction enJoining the Southern Bell Telephone company from raising it's present rates will re- main in effect for the present and un- til January 15 when the question of dissolving the injunction will again come before the court. The decree rem dered by Judge Crow yesterday after the conclusion of the arguments was as follows:
 "The State of Alabama, eX rel, ys.
 Southern Bell Telephone and Telo-
 graph Company--In the Chancery
 Circuit Court of Jefferson County,
 Alabama:
 This cause coming on to be heard on the joint motions of the respondent, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company. to discharge and dissolve the temporary injunction granted in this cause on the 30th day of October, 1911, and the complainant making applica- ton for a continuance of the hearing of said motions, and said application hav- ing been heard, argued and considered.
 "It is ordered. adjudged and decreed that said application be granted and the hearing of said motion be and the same is hereby continued until the 18th day of January, 1912, and said motions are hereby set down for hearing on said date peremptorily and no further con- tinuance thereof shall be granted to complainant for any cause.
 'rhe order is made without prejudice to any rights of the court to provide in any decree it may make upon tue hearing of said motions in the event said motions be sustained, to provide and fix the date upon which the rates mentioned in schedule B attached to this bill shall become operative wheth- CT such dates shall be prior to or subse- quent to the date of the granting of said motions. F. c. CROW, Judge of the Circuit Court Sitting in
 EuuitV''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
Ex-Policeman Convicted

Huntsville, December 7.-(Special.)- Will Oday a former member of the police force, was convicted in the re- corders court this morning on charge of using profane language in the pres- ence of ladies. He was fined sT5, which he was unable to pay. thereupon the fine was changed to a term of 150 days on the streets
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
Hard at Work

Insofar as the commissioners are con cerned from an external viewpoint, u would seem that the referendum IS not influencing them into any neglect or work. They did not refer to 1t officially yesterday. The general tenor Of the meet ing was to work and not to bother about referendums.
 w. k. Terry came before the body in reference to some street work. MT Weatherly explained few points to MT Terry regarding subways, viaducts an- the like and MT. Terry was asked to hoio I'D his request for short time, Which he agreed to do.
 MT. Beatty was there to get paving matter through, and upon his promise to get between 55 and S5 per cent of prop erty owners to agree to the work, was asked to go ahead The commissioners willhear from that at some future time.
 The commission agreed to hear on next Wednesday a plan to construct viaduct or passway on Fifteenth avenue, north, over the Southern railway tracks adjacent to Norwood It is said that the city en- gineer and the engineer of the railway the work
 It is believed that the viaduct over the avenue in question will cost in the neigh borhood of s15,000. The Southern railway intends to resist the work In every man. ner possible. The company, it is said, believes the work is wholly unnecessary and beneficial only to the development or Norwood, and does not care to participate in that development to the extent of the sum involved. The matter will be threshed out by the commission.
 After handling a great deal of routine matters the commissioners adjourned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
SERENE HARMONY
 MARKS MEETING The City Commissioners do
 Hard Days Work EVERYBODY IS HAPPY Next Wednesday Will Hear Plans Tor Construction of NOrwOod Viaduct at Fifteenth Avenue-South-
 ern Railroad Objects
EVERYBODY IS HAPPY

Serene harmony marked the meeting or the Birmingham commission yesterday morning All of the members were on hand, President Exum having returned
 from a trip east Business was dispatched
 with remarkable speed. No reference
 was made to any slight differences that may have brewed recently as to the rel
 erendum on the light contract and on other topics.
 The presence of President Exum called
 forth saJutations from Judge A. o. Lane,
 the minority member on the hght con
 tract controversy who greeted his col
 league with marked cordiality MT
 Weatherly had greeted the president
 earlier in the day, and the commssloh began work without any ceremony. Presi- dent Exum sank into the largest chair Tn
 the room, while Judge Lane was seated
 directly in front of the president. sec
 retary scudder Ryall opened the meet
 ing by approving payroll and the coiii- missioners then started into large amount of routine work.
 MT. Exum was dressed in very "fetch- ing" suit of blue cloth, wearing the sathe shade of peckwear, with black shoes ana silk hose. He seemed very much pleased to get back into harness again since ms trip east MT Weatherly, who puned upon an enamouring ''perfecto, was dressed in autumn brown" with neck wear to match. With his kindly blue eyes trained on Secretary Scudder Ryail ne 1 explained several transactions in refer ence to the street work. Commissioner Lane, who is resisting some of the prop ositions approved by his two associates was dressed in judicial black with neck wear and other details to match, and was 1 in the best of humor. He laughed heartily at a quip or two of some spectator ana smiled benignly upon I. Groom Beatty when MT. Beatty suggested that perhaps he would be permitted to send in a pe-
 tition for paving Twenty-eighth or Thirty
 second streets previous to the erection or a yiaduct in that neighborhood. ihe proposition of MT. Beatty was heard ana he was invited to bring in the names ot those who would like to have the work done
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08

For the next week we will give one third off on all umbrellas Come in and investigate If you want high class at a moderate cost. Brandes, the Jeweler, 20O9 Second avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08
Judge Crows Explanation

In rendering his decree Judge Crow stat ed that the question was one on which all the light possible should be thrown. He said the telephone company could not be expected to operate it's business at a loss but that cn the contrary it was entitled to a fair and reasonable interest on its nvestm ents. that it's rates should be such as would not oppress the people who were obliged to become subscribers, and that the interval between now and January T. should be used to obtain all possible in formation
 The telephone company was represented by J. T. Stokely of Birmingham, Judge J. C. Rich Of Mobile and IT. W. E. Palmer of Atlanta. and the state of Alabama by F.. II. Campbell, Leo Oberdorfer and Judge Judge H. E. Dryer of Birmingham.
 Have you investigated that watch you are going to give your best girl by going to Brandes. the Jeweler, 2009 Second avenue?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08

 badges on which will be printed in black letters, '"rhe Great White Way"
 The overhead streamers that have lighted the Third avenue block between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets were cut off yesterday afternoon preparatory to their removal leaving the street in darkness for two night. Torch fires will be burning as well as the new post lights Saturday night, and the auto mobiles bearing the speakers will move from the christening corner on down the line to 100 feet past Seventeenth street, which Is the other extremity of the system. !
 The posts needed to complete the line from Twentieth to Seventeenth streets arrived yesterday morning, and in the same box car came Girard Schumacher, general manager of the Union Foundry company of Anniston, which is manu- featuring the posts. MT. Schumacher accompanied the standards to insure their delivery here in time for their erection for the opening tomorrow night