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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-09-08
Statement of the condition of the
American Trust &
Savings Bank
of Birmingham, Ala.
At the close of business Sept. 4th, 1912.

LIABILITIES
Capital Stock ............s 50o,0Oo.oe
surplus .......... 25o.ooooo
Net earnings .. S1,o19s9
Dividends unpaid ........ 1000
Interest, Taxes and Insur-
anoe reserve ...... i4.97s.7s
Due to De-
positors ..$4029.e2S.O5
Due to Bks. 5l56452g-- 4.545, 57s.34
s5 ae1 57o 90
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-09-08

The referendum campaign for and
against the contract recently entered
into by the city and the Birmingham
Waterworks company came to an end
last night. Votes Will be cast Monday.
strenuous efforts to arouse interest have
scored a ptiable failure. AS reason
for this 1t is stated that the campaign
endured a month too long, and that
there was no enthusiasm in view of the
general impression that any contract
submitted to the people Of jefferson
for their disapproval would be beaten.
The indications are that a very small
vote will be polled. The consensus OF
opinion is that the contract Will be de-
feated.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
H0fpiTArs four PAss1NeER, coupH. ~ DErRo1n

ally discovered for electrics. 1t is not
50 long ago that electric cars were
thought to be womens cars, and suitable
only for boulevard use. Today men are
finding them Indispensable for business
purposes, and their range of service has
vastly increased. An interesting story is
told of how some of the suburbanites of
the large cities are deserting the trains
and trolleys for the electric.
One suburbanite was recently telling a
friend how he became converted to the
electric. This is the way he explains it:
Il was late rising one morning, and, no
matter how | hurried with the bath and
the shave and the breakfast, 1 found
the clock going faster than 1 could, go,
and the last of the good trains for the
city gone.
I'VE have plenty of trains, you know,
between 1:30 and $50, and then there S
a gap of half an hour. You know how long
half hour is when it all has to be spent
waiting. | was sore at my luck. and l
didn't care who around the house knew
il.
with the idea of helping matters, the
wife said: I'm going to drive in today
IL my electric: let me take you in.
Man-like, | laughed at her proposal
| made some remarks about wishing to get
| into town before noon; that l WASH t
Evening star., 1912-11-24

going merely shopping; that it got dark
early these days; that I had already had
my vacation this year. You know how
funny man thinks he can be under such
circumstances. The wife just looked at
me- and said quietly: Make it a new hat,
and Ill be at your office in my car ten
minutes before you if you go by train.
Something in her assurance half dec1d-
ed me, and something taken from my
failures that morning made me answer
her: I'd take a chance with you II your
ear was ready.
Car ready?' she echoed, An electric
car is always ready. With an electric one
just gets in and it goes She drove me
into town that morning. She called for
me that afternoon and drove me home
again. That was about month ago. |
haven't been on the good old suburban
smoke belcher since, and the joke of 1t
all is on my wife, for she hasn't had the
use of her car since then, not even rainy
days. [ have annexed it. How does she
like that? Well, she says she is glad to
make a sacrifice for my comfort and con-
venience, and, besides, | have ordered
new car for her"
80" concluded the suburbanite, every
afternoon 1 beat the train home, and
don't break the speed laws, either. / go
home over the boulevards and through
the parks Up hill and down dale. I
won't go as fast as the trains go when
Evening star., 1912-11-24
NO ATTENTION PAID
TO HIGHWAY UPKEEP
Counties Build Roads and
Then Let Them Go
to Waste.

1.-THE extensive automobile traffic during
the last few years has served to call force
full attention to the need Of maintenance
of our roads, whatever may be the form
of construction" says Logan Waller Page,
director of the office of public roads. De
partment of Agriculture. But even the
states which have learned the need OF
adequate maintenance have done SO only
at considerable cost. The smaller civil divi-
sons such as counties or districts, how
ever, still continue as grave offenders in
this matter. The number of counties
which are still issuing bonds or levying
taxes to build new roads, without any
provisions whatever for maintenance, is
really astonishing.
Not only do they make no provision for
maintenance, but they add insult to injury
by building the roads with money raised
from the issue Of bonds which In many
instances run for a period more than
twice the probable life of the road. To
issue fifty-year bonds, payable only at
maturity in order to raise money to
build a type of road which cannot In the
nature of things last over twenty-five
years, is unjust to posterity, to say the
least. The term of the bond should never
exceed the probable life of the road unless
in such exceptional cases as where there
is much permanent work. such as heavy
grading or acquiring new right of way,
when the term may be justly extended.
This proposition is simply one of honesty
and fairness. If we ask posterity to pay
our debts, we should make sure that We
are giving fair return in the value of the
improvements we leave them.
.'If we could only find some way to turn
toward maintaining our roads some of
the energy and enthusiasm which is now
directed solely toward the construction of
new roads, we would brighten the present
road situation very greatly; for at pres
ent the real road question is not one Of
construction but of maintenance.
Must Improve System.
"And not only must we improve our
present system OF maintenance, such as
we have, but we must also work our bet
Evening star., 1912-11-24
BY HOWARD S. FISK.

~N luxuriousness, in beauty of design,
In excellence of finish. in passenger
capacity. in mileage. hill climbing and
IL general efficiency the electric pleas
ure cars for 1913 are conceded to be
far superior to those produced even as
late as a year ago. This class of vehicle
is becoming more and more popular each
year, not only from pleasure, but from
commercial standpoint as well The
members of tb fairer sex responsible
in a way for the rapid increase in the
demand for electric cars, and to them also
might be said is due the luxurious man.
ner in which the present-day manufac-
turers are turning out their various mod
els.
The average prospective buyer of
modern electric does not realize that the
electric of today shows tremendous inn
provement over the models marketed
few years ago. The motorist recalls mod
els of a decade back, which carried a cou-
pie Of tons of storage battery around on
four wheels at scarcely better than an
overgrown snails pace, and it is true
that some people are still under the false
Evening star., 1912-11-24
Drawbacks Overcome.

The original drawbacks, such as insult
ficient mileage and lack of carrying ca
pacity, have been very largely overcome.
This is due to very decided improve
ment in batteries. motors and transmits
sion mechanism.
There is no question that the electric
vehicle has a great future. Its principal
field of usefulness now Is in the cities,
because the great majority of such serv-
ice comes within the limits Of fifty to
one hundred miles. The maximum de-
mands for commercial vehicles in city
service are in the neighborhood of sixty
miles. So many mercantile houses are
employing the electric commercial car
that it's efficiency and general all-around
serviceability are today so universally
known that none may plead ignorance
| of it.
While it is to the woman that the elec-
| trio vehicle owes its marked develop
ment its advantages are becoming more
and more appreciated by business and
professional men, who value its relia-
/ bility, cleanliness and the ease with
| which 1t may be handled in congested
/ traffic Ninety per cent Of automobiles
| are driven in congested city districts.
Evening star., 1912-11-24

an aristrocratic vehicle always at his
command, so flexible that its operation is
effortless. not alone from the standpoint
of easy starting, but for ease of speed
control in traffic, this car is said to fill a
long-felt want. For the woman or man
who does not care to drive, but who at
the same time desires freedom and the
out of doors, the electric of the broug-
ham type is boon as one of the serv-
ants, a maid or butler, can easily drive
one.
Another type of car which is in great
demand is the electric town car for gen.
tlemen. Whether on business or pleasure
bent, in crowded city thoroughfares or
to and fro from the country club, golf
links or suburban home, the roadster is
fast winning admiration. 1t is in de-
mand because it is an all-around town
car. speedy, nOiSeless, clean and odorless.
This class of electric is said to have
the quickest "get-a-way'' in traffic of
any automobile made. The town car for
women is generally Of the closed order
Evening star., 1912-11-24

impression that the 1913 models are much
the same as those of ten years ago.
When the electric car was first strug-
Cling for recognition a decade ago many
rash statements and promises We're made,
especially as to the mileage it was possible
to make on a single battery charge 1t al
most invariably happened that cars were
falling decidedly short of these claims,
and as a result the electric lost much
of the prestige it should have rightfully
enjoyed.
Even In the early days. however the
electric was found to have qualities OF
cleanliness, simplicity of operation ana
control silence and freedom from
mechanical ANNOYANCE which made for
it host of enthusiastic friends which
1t has never lost. On the other hand,
the electric has been gaining friends
by leaps and bounds, not only among the
woman folks, but among the business
man and the man of leisure and wealth
as we'll.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
Ter methods, especially in sections where

ter methods, especially in sections where
labor is high. The maintenance Of trunk
lines by the system Of section men or
cantonniers will no doubt prove prohibi-
tive Some form of self-propelled vehicle
or train of vehicles. carrying all the ma
terial and men, and capable of passing
over a considerable length each day, will
no doubt be found to be more satisfactory
and economical than our present systems
in many regions. :.
"Self-propelled sweepers and tar or oil
distributors will also no doubt soon find
their proper place in this country as they
have abroad The plain fact with regard
to road maintenance in the United States
Evening star., 1912-11-24
is sinDly this.

Is simply TINS.
road mointenance: second. what road
maintenance we are doing is costing us
far too much. Let those who have the
good road interest really at heart unite
in bringing this question before every
community until general systematic main
tenance becomes the custom and not the
exception. Our roads will then cost US
less in direct outlay and yield US TAR
bigger returns in both pleasure and profit.
ITO sum up the present road situation
in one sentence, 1 would say: Construc.
ton. progressive advancing about as fast
as is expedient; maintenance. tagging, d.
ficient In both amount and Quautx
Evening star., 1912-11-24
New Type Of Car.

Many of the 1913 models will be of the
clear vision type, which is gradually be-
coming popular. Owing to the fact that
many of the women drive in the business
section of the city, this new type of car
meets this requirement and thus estab-
fishes a new and higher standard in body
building. The cars constructed along
these lines are so constructed that the
driver has a clear view at the rear and
both sides, as well as OF the road ahead.
Stringent laws have already been enacted
in many of the larger cities prohibiting
any one from sitting in front of the driv-
er, which has caused some of the manu-
facturers to make the change.
For the society woman who wishes to
have her car at her disposal from early
morn until late at night, Independent of a
chauffeur. the electric brougham is max
ing strong bid for recognition. For the
businesss or professional man who wants
Evening star., 1912-11-24

AS womans car it is ideal, because
of its simplicity of operation. although
the same today may also be said of the
gasoline car, with its self-starter, making
the woman driver entirely independent
of a chauffeur. Its greatest promise OF
usefulness, however, is fulfilled as a
family car.
For shopping, the theater, afternoon
calls and short country runs the electric
automobile, without question. occupies a
field all it's own. It's desirable features
are becoming better known each year, and
it Is rapidly taking its proper place as a
practical motor car, which Will carry
one on business or social errands about
town or suburbs as far as necessity or
pleasure will ever require any one to
travel in a private conveyance of any
kind For the users of electric cars
Washington certainly is an ideal city for
those who delight in motoring about it's
broad concreted streets and avenues. The
suburban roads likewise offer inviting
facilities, the splendid macadamized
roads in every direction throughout the
District proving alluring during pleasant
weather.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
1913 AUTO SHOW.

Washington will hold automobile show in Conven-
ton Hail. February inclusive The for the hall
signed yesterday and headquarters will be opened
at Room 2o5 Woodward Building I. Oliver
Probey the chairman Of the show committee and
being completed for the annual exhibit of
pleasure
Evening star., 1912-11-24

they go fastest, but 1 go steadily. l cut
out all the waste time going to and from
the station and the corners. With an
electric automobile l can write my own
timetable and change it as often as I
WISH
Evening star., 1912-11-24

"And not only must we improve our
present system of maintenance, such as
we have, but we must also work our bet
Evening star., 1912-11-24
An Electric Convert.

One of the most interesting things in
the history of the automobile is the way
in which new users are being cOntinu-
Evening star., 1912-11-24

or coupe type, and Is especially In de-
mand in cold and inclement weather. This
same car is also well adapted for social
engagements, both in summer and winter
AS vehicle for obtaining high speed
records or for long touring purposes an
electric is not to be compared with the
gasoline automobile designed for that
purpose, but for general utility, conven-
ience and economy the electric pleasure
vehicle meets all the demands with ref
erence to its own legitimate application
X x X
Goodyear Visitors.
w. r. Barnes, district manager of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company,
with headquarters in Philadelphia, and
l.. C. Rockhill, manager of the automo-
! bile tire department Of the same COM
pany. at Akron, Ohio, We're guests of F.
w. Powers, manager Of the Washing ton
branch, last week. In company with Mr..
| Powers they made a trip throug Vir-
| ginia territory, returning Friday after
noon.
To Stop Speeding.
Desiring to curb the alleged reckless
use and driving of automobiles in Har-
| ford county, Nd, the grand jury for
| the November term of the circuit court,
| in it's final report, recommended that the
law governing the use of motor cars be
vigorously enforced, SO that all classes
| of travellers my use public highways
with safety.
X 4
A st. Paul Visitor.
c. S. Dame, manager Of the Metal
Shelter Company Of st. Paul. makers of
freproof garages, is spending several
days here as the guest Of the local sales
| agent, c. N. Buckland. Before return
| ing he expects to visit the various agen-
cies through Virginia.
*
Thanksgiving Week" Display.
| Robert III. Martin, manager Of the local
/ branch of the Buick Motor Company
\ has arranged to hold an exhibition this
!. Continued on Sixth Page.)
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-06
HARRINGTON NOTES..

We are certainly glad to know that
MIR. Edgar Dysart, who has been on
the sick list so long is improving
nicely. Mrs. John D. Orr spent Sat
urday In Lewisburg. Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Orr spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Biggars. Miss Edna
Jones spent Sunday with her Cousins
Miss Collie and Callie Mai Allison.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hightower took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. John Orr
Sunday. Little Miss Vera Smith
spent Sunday and Sunday night with
Miss Elsie Briggar. Misses c. M.
Hightower, B. L. Smiley, Gertrude
Rucker took dinner with Miss Cor
nelia Owens Sunday. Mr.. John D.
Orr's three sons spent Saturday night
and Sunday with their grandfather
and grandmother, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Orr. Messrs. John Lee and Houston
H%ightower and Erandford Jones, took
dinner with Mr.. Joe Boren Sunday.
Mr.. Man Jones and daughter, Miss
Leila Jones. Miss Susie Dysart and
brother, Mr.. Herchel Dysart spent
Sunday in Lewisburg. The c. P.
Sunday School rendered a nice pro-
gram Thanksgiving night; had a
large crowd. Mr.. and Mrs. Bedford
Murphy. of Verona, M. G. L. Furger-
son and Mr.. Will Hill and several
others of L%ewisburg we're here Thanks
giving night. Mr.. Frank Smith went
to Belfast Thanksgiving day. Mr..
and Mrs. Andie Mayberry took dinner
with Mr.. and Mrs. 2. Boren Sunday.
W. are all glad to have Mr.. and Mrs
P. Anderson and family in Farm.
ington once to live. Mr.. and Mrs
Newton Dysart spent Saturday night
and Sunday in Verona with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Tarpley. Miss Artistic
Dysart and Miss Ioucile Ray spen'
Saturday night and Sunday with Miss
Lottie Mayfeld Mrs. Susie DrydeI
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs
Aneie Allison. Beatrice Smiley
snent Tuesday evening with her aunt
Catherine Roren. Artistic Dysar
spent Tuesday with Callie McAlli
son. Miss Lottie Mayfeld and ais,
Mss Artistic Dysart pent Sunda,
night with Miss Loucile Ray. MI
Willie D. Hightower took dinner wit
Mr. Edward Smith Sunday. Mr.. A
lon Smith, a we'll known farmer o
Pennington sold twelve of his ia
hogs this week which brought hin
$217.35
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-06
NOTES.

Misses Sallie and Alma Burkeen en-
tertained with a beautifully planned
2 o'clock dinner Sunday evening at
Pleasant Grove, TO compliment
Misses Laura Origins and Willie
Burkeen of S|helbyville. An elaborate
menu of many courses was served.
The center decoration Of the table
was a plaque of yellow specimen
chrysanthemums and covers were
laid for twelve. Those present were
Misses Geneva and Mary Claybourne,
Mary Love Reece, of Sewanee, Laura
Dwiggins. Willie, Sallie and Clara
Burkeen. Messrs. Clarence and
Scot Parker, Thomas Brame, Randall
Gill and Ellis Ray. Miss Laura E.
Browne spent several days in Nash,
vile last week visiting relatives and
friends.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-06
THE SMART SET COMING AGAIN.

The people of Nashville will re-
ceive with great delight the news that
on the oath and 25th of this month
the celebrated Smart Set" will
again make its appearance at the Ma
jectic Theater.
Co%mmingled with glittered wit, an
excellent repertoire of songs and
many changes of dainty costumes,
THE Smart Set" scored a tremendous
hit last season here at the Majestic
Theatre in the most popular comedy
of the city, 'The Mayor of New Town y
The comedy was we'll staged and
produced by artists of unusual abili-
ty, which fact was attested by the
hearty a~pplauses of the large and ap-
preciative audiences who witnessed
The Smart Set in its initial ap-
pearance in Nashville. All who saw
the play will wildly recall Salem Tut
Whitney, the black face comedian,
whose laugh-producing, minstrel Jokes
and songs kept the house in a con-
tinual uproar Throughout the entire
performance.
The coming engagement Is Great
ing much interest among theater
goers here, and "The Smart Set" will
doubtless be greeted with large at
tendance on this, 1t second visit to
Nashville. The company's tours
since it's organization have been high
ly successful in every respect, and
placed the Smart Set" in high re
pute in all of the cities witnessing its
attractions. With all the pomp and
magnifcence which characterized its
former brilliant success the "ThC
Smart Set" will put on a play here
at the Majestic Theater, a playhouse
with all the modern equipments neces
sary to Joy and comfort, and all arc
waiting in anxious solicitude an en-
tertainment of unusual merit ant
splendor.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-06
Y. M. c. A. MEETING LAST
SUNDAY

Last Sunday at 8 o'clock Mr. T
d. C%renshaw, editor of the National
Baptist Union-Review, spoke at the
mems meeting Of the Young Mems
Christian Association. The message
brought to the men by Mr.. Crensbaw
was eloquent in every sense OF the
word. He had evidently taken his
hearers into account long before tbe
hour arrived for the delivery of his
discourse. The thought advanced by
speaker The thought advanced by
rogatiye sentence put to Cain by the
Where is Abel. thy brotber9n
And the evasive answer exclaimed.
I know not; am I my brothers
Keeper" The deep and far.reacbine
meaning Of that question and the
answer was slmpliftd and put I'D to
men Of today with emphasis and I'M
mistakable ~clearness.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-06
CEDAR GROVE T

After an absence of nine years,
Mr.. Samuel s. Swancy, Of indianapolis,
Ind, is with homefolks and relatives
again. Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Holtord
and little son, Leland were the week
end guests of Mr. and Mrs. l. j. Henry
of Chrlstiana. Mr.. and Mrs. j. M.
Bracy attended church at Rockvale
Sunday. Mrs. Ida Bracy has charge
of u school now and is doing eX-
cellent work. Both parents and chill
dren are pleased.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-06
TO THE

Any erroneous reflections upon the character.
standing or reputation Of any person, firm or cor
poration, which may appear in the columns Of the
NASHVILLE GLOBE win be gladly corrected upon
being brought TO the attention OF the MANAGEMENT
Send correspondence for publication so as TO
reach the office Monday, No matter intended for
current issue which arrives as late as Thursday
can appear in that number, as Thursday is press
day.
All news sent us for publication must be written
only on one side Of the paper, and should be accom-
panied by the name OF the contributor, not neces-
faith.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-12-06
c. G. T. Club.

The G. G. T. Club held their regu-
lar meeting at the residence of Miss
Lula Northern Miss Beatrice Dan
gerfeld. host ass, Monday evening, De-
celber .. The regular business was
attended to, after khich a short and
very Interesting talk was made by
Mr.. Ellington, of Georgia, and Mr..
Price, of Trinidad, The meeting ad-
iourned to hold their next meeting
December 16 at the residence Of Miss
Paterson 3041 Twelfth avenue, North,