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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
.$15,OOO CHARITY
 CAMPAIGN IS ON First Luncheon Held Yester-
 day at Gold Lion MUCH ENTHUSIASM First Real Reports From Work of the 9 Committees Will Be Made at Luncheon Today-Kaul
 Reviews Association
MUCH ENTHUSIASM


 necessary S15O00 for the budget of the l D representatives from the 9 commit tees recently appointed assembled yester- day afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Gold Lion tea rooms to organize and perfect plans to carry on the work of the cam paign. In fact the attendance was of such an encouraging nature that several were forced to stand during the brief ses- sion of the committees.
 Territory Assigned
 At the meeting yesterday afternoon the territory was assigned each committee. which immediately got to work securing funds. The city has been divided into various districts. and the work will be confined entirely to the business sections of the city. The committees were pro- vlded with pledge cards upon which is the following plea
 WHY WE ASK YOUR SUPPORT.
 sIn the 12 months ending October S1, 1912. we have rendered material assist aLee to those in need in 1545 instances.
 Tn responding to these appeals our vis- itors have mare 3457 calls; 136O children were involved in these cases of destitu- tion.
 Relief has been rendered by giving as- sstance in an adequate manner in o0s cases of sickness, assertion, old age. widowhood and accident; S20 cases of lack of employment. the remaining being of miscellaneous character.
 "This relief was represented by: Elm ployment 151. food 639, clothing 30. rent 76 medical attendance 152, burial Il. trans portation 61, sent to institutions 9, misce- laneous 3iO, total 1545."
 Speeches Made
 At the luncheon yesterday addresses ere made by Oscar Turner, chairman of the finance committee; Paschal Shook and Jchn L. Raul. Mr. Raul reviewed his connection with the work, which con tirred during the first two years of the society's existence and terminated last spring when MT. Shook took charge. MT. Raul stated how gratifying 1t was to see how the work had grown as evil denced by the representative gathering of business men who had put their stamp of approval on organized charity work. MT. Raul is called the father of the Associated Charities in this city, having been it's first president Both MT Turner and MT. Shook told of the great work being ac- complished by the Associated Charities | in Birmingham, and of the necessity oi raising the sl5,ooo to carry on the worl for another year.
 Much Enthusiasm
 The luncheon yesterday was very en- thusiastic and the committees started out with determination to raise the amount by Thanksgiving eve, when the cam paign will be brought to a close. Secre- tary McGrath of the Associated Charities stated the real work began yesterday and each district should bring in at least $300 or more.
 , Again today at l o'clock the committees will meet at the Gold Lion tea rooms, where a report of the first days work will be made to the chairman, Oscar Turner The members are requested to be there on time in order that all busi- ness might be disposed of as soon as pos sible and the committees return to work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
NEWSPAPER CLUB IS PLANNING BIG TIME Great Care Used in Selection
 of Toasts STRANGERS SOUGHT Object Was to Put on Men Who Had Never Before Spoken in Pub lic-'Possums Have Been
 Captured
THE JoouND ToAsrs

s'Impressions of a Birmingham Visitor" by culpepper Exum. Ifs, Buts and Ands, by James Weatherly.
 My Chief" by A. o. Lane. sThe Family Which Managed Me" by Oscar w. Underwood. "schools and Skirts" by John L. Parker
 "Out of clvics, Bricks" by John W. Sibley.
 "Toot Foot, Tis l." by Oscar c. Turner.
 From Journalism to a Liveli- hood" by John A Sparrow. T Still Believe Them Honest by Henry B. Cray.
 'eWhelps From the Big Stick, by Truman Fl. Aldrich.
 'sThe Hardware of Old Time Politics" by Harry Jones.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
Ditto

From the Boston Transcript.
 Mrs. Hiram Offen-1'm afraid you won't do. As nearly as I can find out. you have worked in six or seven places during the past year.
 Miss Brady-Well, an how nanny girls has herself had in the same toime? No less, I'm thinkin.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

bnt n fulfillment Of their expectations on higher plane.
 Jesus was to formally offer Himself to Israel as King, riding upon the ass, iise days before His crucifxion; He would De despised and rejected and cruclIlea, put His Kfngly Office and work would there by only be confirmed His autnoflty to be King of the earth, His authority to release mankind from the power ol ain and death, His authority to uplift human ity and bring the earth to Paradise con ditions, would all be founded upon Ills sacrificial death of Calvary
 All this was presented to the three chosen disciples. Jesus took them to the mountain top and was transfigured before them. His flesh and His garments snohe and glistened white, after the manner Of angels, the vision thus representing the Lord. after having experienced His resuf- recfion change from earthly to heavenly conditions Then with Him talked two men, who appeared to glory, says st. Luke-v, s1, 32.
 Tn some manner the Apostles recognized those two men of the vision as Moses and Elijah. They heard these discourse with Jesus respecting His deeease, which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. How long the vision lasted we are not told but St. Peter, thinking that he should make some comment on the situation and not knowing what to say, suggested the building of three tabernacles. one for Jesus. one for Moses, one for Elijah. He evidently thought that the Master would be rejoiced at such blessed fellowship and he was willing to do anything for His
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

been accomplished, everything is Tn readiness for the 'possum dinner which the club on Friday evening, beginning at 8 o'clock, will serve. The guests of honor will be those kindly disposed individuals of Birmingham who aided the members last June in entertaining the Alabama Press association.
 How Names We're Selected
 In selecting the speakers the club further extended It's idea of making a distinct departure from the customary banquet. In the very beginning it was determined to serve 'possum and po- tatoes and pure, unadulterated lager And yesterday afternoon, by practi- cally unanimous vote, 1t was deter mined to bar from speaking those old heads who have spoken too often be- fore. Therefore the names on the pro- gramme are those of men who have not been heard this assuring novelty on the one hand and an introduction of stranger to stranger on the other.
 For this sensible arrangement credit is given to those to whom 1t Is due While a number of members aided or hindered Gas the case might have been) the work of the programme commit tee, that committee alone must receive the thanks of the speakers. The mem bers, while protesting, out of sense of decent modesty and propriety, that their names be not published, as a result of. the insistence of those who are not responsible, the committee is given: B. H. Mooney, W. w. Black man and c. Fell.
 Some Little Apprehension
 The members of the committee ap- pointed to obtain the possums, Hugh w. Roberts. Leon w. Friedman and E. R. Norman, reported that they had, after a nights arduous toll. bagged sufficient game to apease and cloy the appetites of the guests. This good news was hailed with delight and a special vote Of thanks rendered the committee.
 And then the committee reported that in bagging the game 1t had been nee- essary to Top the limbs of a few trees and that as d result a genial farmer had so far forgotten his accustomed evenness of temperament as to turn the dogs on the hunters and threatened in addition a damage, suit for nal feasance and libel
 This appalling prospect was received with stolcal fortitude. The dispas- sionate calm which followed was even tually broken when the glad news was made known that all the guests had ac- cepted their invitations with thanks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
BURNETT BUILDING SOLD
 TO A. ROOBIN YESTERDAY '

phone building. on Second avenue be- tween Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets.
 The building sold yesterday IS one oi the best constructed commercial houses in the downtown section of It's size and Is practically new. It was erected by Mr Burnett for his company and mas only been occupied about two years.
 While MT. Roobin was not inclined to make any announcement last night It s said he will perhaps open dry goods tore there or some commercial hne' or yill lease the building to other interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20

s28.2s WASHINGTON AND RETURN, DECEMBER 1, 2, 3, LIMITED 15TH. SOUTHERN RAILWAY ONE HOUR QUICKEST.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
.ALLADEGA TAX
 COLLECTIONS SLOW

TaIladega, November 19.-(Special. )-The tax officers report both assessments and collections slower in this county than for 20 years previously The individual taxpayer is not coming forward. The three railroads of the county have paid in about SOO00, but the farmer and business man has not as yet paid taxes.
 The years work of the pastor and pre- siding elder of the First Methodist church has closed. these officials having gone to the conference meeting in Birmingham All debts, dues and assessments Of the local church have been paid. One nun dred and thirteen aeeessions are reported as the aggregate for 1912. As this Is only the second year for Pastor Howard anu the third year for the presiding elder, Il is likely that both these ministers VII be returned to Talladega.
 The automobile of S. P Williams of this city caught on fire last night In Annls- ton. The car was standing near the curb with other machines, when some one earelessly threw a lighted matell into the gutter where some gasoline hat leaked out, and the flames caught Mir Williams car. The auto was snot com pleteiy destroyed. Chester A. Bingham and Miss Kathleen Heecock were married Tuesday morning at 9:30 at the residence of pr. John N . Heacock. The ceremony was performed by pr. Howard of the Methodist church. A number of out of town relatives VII messed the ceremony, including Lieuten- ant Donald c. Bingham of the United States navy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
"This Is My Beloved Son"

Then came a voice from the oversha1- owing cloud, saying This Is My beloved Son. hear ye Him." And suddenly the vision vanished, and they saw only Jesus with them and He no longer with radiant appearance What could it all mean? It may be that several good lessons came out of this: Q) During the six days fol- lowing the announcement of the Masters coming suffering, ignorminy and death, we may assume that the Apostles were sad-hearted, bewildered. In this condi- tion 1t would be a great refreshment, and be strengthening to their faith to wit ness this vision which showed them that the death He had foretold was certainty and known of God and of Divine ap- proval.
 @ The voice from the cloud would be fresh encouragement to their faith. They had believed that Jesus was all that He claimed to be-the Son of The Highest. They had believed that He was not an ordinary member of the human family, born in sin, but that He had been partic- ularly and specially born from above by Divine Power. They had believed His own testimony that He proceeded forth and came from God and that He would return to the Father, but now their faith was corroborated; God Himself had -esti- fled in this miraculous manner that Jesus was His Well-Beloved, His Only Son.
 ''Tell No Man the Vision
 As the Apostles, with Jesus, were com ing down the mountain side, wondering about the meaning of the vision they had seen, Jesus sad to them, See that ve seen, Jesus said to them, See that ye of Man is risen from the dead (Mat- thew xviii 9)
 The fact that Moses and Elijah ap- peared as real to the Apostles, as though they were in life, does not contradict the words of Jesus that what they saw was vision. We are to remember the many visions given later on to one of these Apostles, St. John, recorded in the Book of Revelation In those visions St. John saw angels and men, horsemen, beasts, crowns etc., and heard voices and singing and talking, etc, just as in thie vison.
 The Meaning of the Vision
 We have St. Peter's words corrobora- ton of the text here, that what they saw on the mountain represented the Royal majesty of Messiah-the Kingdom of Mes siah. Moses represented the faithful of Natural Israel, the House of Servants"- Moses. as a servant, was faithful over all his House." Elijah represented The Christ in the flesh. the House of Sons, which has been in process of development throughout this Gospel Age. All of the eonsecrated, spirit-begotten people of God, during this Age are represented by Elijah. who, God promised, should come before Messiah would set up His Kingdom. In
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-20
10000 ACRES COAL
 LAND IS SECURED BY
 BADHAM AND OTHERS

tcontinued From Page Five)
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"Oh, Master. 1t is good to be
 Entranced enwrapt, alone with Thee: Till we. too, changed from grace to grace. Gaze on Thine own transfigured face"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-31
SOUTH JERSEY
POLITICS BUZZ
Lively Contests for Nemina.
tions in Several Sections.
fF,om the NEWS Corresyondent.)

(fSOWt tHe MI WS Co~TTeSpoHueHt.J
Trenton, July 31:-Politics in
South Jersey are livening up, and al
ready there are prospects for con-
tests for. important nominations in
several counties. Thomas G. Hamil-
ton, a Flve-Mlle Beach newspaper
man, has announced his candidacy
for the assembly on the Bull Moose
ticket in Cape May county. Former
Sheriff W. H. Bright, Of Wildwood,
also wants to run for the assembly
on the third party ticket. Both men
will contest for the nomination with
former Judge James M. E. Hill
dredth, the present assemblyman who
will seek denomination on the reg
uIar Republican ticket. This situa-
ton lnsures a lively scrimmage In
the Republican ranks of the county
for the primary election In Septem-
Der.
State Senator Isaac T. Nichols is
not going to have everything his own
way in his county Of Cumberland in
seeking election to congress in the
second district. Herbert G. Bart
lett, a Vineland attorney, has for
mally announced that he will be a
candidate for congress in the second
district on the Democratic ticket.
With a candidate for congressional
honors OF each party primary ticket,
Cumberland Will also be assured OF
a lively campaign.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-31
the MINERALS
OF new JERSEY
Total Valuation of the Indus.
try $37,716,411.
lFrom the NEWS Correspondent

Trenton, July 31-The total value
of the mineral industry of New Jer-
sey In 1911 amounted to $37,716,-
al, as shown In a bulletin Just
Issued by State G~eologist Henry B.
kummel. The clay and clay work
Ing Industries led in the mining OPP
erations with a total output for the
year OF s18,897,10S, or 1919 per
cent. OF the whole. The increase In
the clay Industries over the preced-
Ing year amounted to $345,001.
The output for the year Of the
other mining industries of the state
In the order Of their Importance
with the increase OF decrease as COM
pared with the preceding ear was
BIS follows:
Zinc mining, s~S,82S.781. Portland
cement. ~s3.259,52S; increase, $780,
1858. Mineral paints, coke and by
products, ~$2.6O7,270. Stone, ST.
623,s84; decrease, sS0,22s. Iron
mining, s~1,1b8.271; decrease, $423,-
942. Sand and gravel, $1,05S, 926;
decrease, $S0,S49. Mineral water,
3210,123; increase, $76,384. Lime,
$113,784; decrease, s15,180. Sand
Tme brick, ~$17,710; decrease. So
101. Greensand mari, $1,031.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-31
WOULD ENFORCE
EIGHT HOUR LAW
Trenton Labor Unions to
Take Up the Matter.
tFrom the NEWS Correspondent

Trenton, July 31:-The work Of
securing the enforcement of the
eight-hour law for state, county and
municipal contracts is to be under
taken by the Central Labor Union of
this city, which is an organization
representing the organized labor of
Mercer county. A committee repre-
s~enting the Central Union has been
authorized to take up the fight and
counsel has been retained for the
purpose. The eight-hour law law for
the contracts In question went into
effect nearly a year ago, but the
labor unionlsts contend that con-
tractors have never complied with
1t. Some time ago the authorities
throughout the state were notified
that they would be expected to COM
ply with the law, and the labor men
say many assurances were given that
the statutes would be obeyed. 1t is
charged now by the labor men that
in none of the public contracts have
the contractors made any difference
in the working time and this led to
the decision to take legal steps TO
enforce the law.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-31
General Markets.

New York. July 81.
BUTTER Irregular; receipts. 49,
packages: extras. H., Na27Ao.
nrsts, BAa26Hc.; seconds, 2Aha2Sc- thirds
28a2c. state dairy, tubs. finest. no.; good
to prime. 24a sc; common to fair. 21ha
&c. process, extras. 30. firets, zha2<tao
seconds. 0a22kc.: factory. current make
nrsts. 22a22hc.: seconds. 21a21kc.; thirds
1878 zoe. packing stock. current make No
Z. 1oc.; No. 3. 1ea19hc.
CHEESE-Irregular: receipts. $40 boxes
state. whole milk. new. specials. white,
H.. IAa15hc.: colored. 1bhe.. inside; aver
age fancy, white. 14%al5c.: colored. lsa
16Ac.; u~ndergrades. lz1Aal4kc.: daisies, l5A
al6c.; state skins, new. specials. white
choice, 9at1hc.; undergrades. 8tashc.
realistically; receipts, 1887 cases:
fresh gathered. extras. dozen, 78a24c.: ex-
ira nrsts. Na22c.; firsts. 1sMal91Ao.; SEQ
onds. l7a1sc.: dirties. ~loal6c.; checks. Ia
l3c.; state. Pennsylvania and nearby, hen
merry whites. fancy. large. Boa slc. fair to
good, 23a9c.: hennery browns. Ia 10. ;
gathered brown and mixed colors. Na24c.
HAY AND STRAW-Easy; timothy. 900.
al. s25h: shipping. 7baS5c.I clover. mixed.
TIC. as1. 10; long rye, straw. 65asoc.: oat,
40a small bales. 6a71So. less.
POTATOES-Weak: No, 1, Dbl. 32a2.5o;
culls. t1a11: sweets. southern. yellow.
bbl., $2.b0ab: red, 2.b0a3.5o; yams. $2bOa4.
LIVE POULTRY-Weaker: no prices
settled
DRESSED POULTRY-Fresh killed.
fowls steady: broilers. weak: chickens.
dry picked, Philadelphia b%roilers. Ha2sc.:
Pennsylvania b~roilers. 74a2sc.; western
broilers, cOa4c.; fowls. dry packed, west
ern. boxes. 14ha17c.: bills. Iced. 14ha1Sc. ;
old boosters. 11al1Ac.: spring ducks. near
by. 1sals]Ac.; squads. white. dozen. 81 5oa
$50; dark. N.1; frozen turkeys. No. l. 20
aasc.; No. I 1+a16c.: chickens. roasters,
milk fed. Soa24c.; corn fed. lSaDc-; fowls.
1 to lbs. each. 16a17o.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-31
LOSS TO STATE
PROHIBITION
Leader OF the Party
Moves to Philadelphia.
tyrn" ~. NEWS Correspondent,


Trenton, July 81:-The removal
Of Ross Slack, Of this city, to Phila-
delphta next week will make a va
canoy on the presidential electoral
ticket of the Prohibition party In
this state. It will also create a
vacancy in the Office of secretary Of
the Prohibition State Committee. MT.
Slack has decided to make his per-
mGnent residence In Philadelphia
and will resign both Of these offices
in the next few days. His leaving
the state will be a serious loss to the
Prohibition party, as for many years
he has been one of its most active
workers.
Mr.. Slack has been an aggressive
temperance worker in this state
practically all his life. At the age
of eighteen years, when he lived in
Frenchtown, he Joined the Good
Templars and this was the beginning
of his work which has identified him
in many ways in the movement
against intemperance. AT the pres
ent time he holds the office of Most
Worthy Scribe of the National Divi-
sion of the Sons of Temperance, re-
firing from that office last January
and in 1895 was Grand Worthy Pa
triarch, the presiding officer of the
New Jersey Division of the Sons Of
Temperance. For several years he
was chairman of the Mercer County
Prohibition Committee, having re-
moved from Frenchtown to this city
more than twenty years ago.
Mr.. Slack has been at various
times a candidate for state offices on
the Prohibition ticket, the list in
Guiding the congressional ticket in
this district and the assembly ticket
in this county. He was one of the
founders of the saturday night Cos
pei Prohibition meetings In Trinity
NJ. E, church, this city, which was
inaugurated some eighteen years ago
during the pastorate of the late Rev.
John II. Boswell, and which under
the leadership of Mr.. Slacf( the Rev.
Charles H. Elder, the present pas
tor, and others, has never missed a
session.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-31
IMPORTANCE
OF THE CANAL
Want Congress to Recognize
Il as National Problem.
spectu! to the EVENING News.

Philadelphia, July 31.-There is
a concerted movement on the part
Of a large number of delegates to
the Fifth Annual Convention of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa-
ton, which meets in New London,
Conn, September 4, for a three days
session, to have the convention
adopt certain important measures
tending toward having congress rec
ognize the Atlantic intro-coastal
canal as a national problem. 1t is
pointed out by those Interested in
the movement that the two great
political parties have included the
Mississippi project in their plat
forms, while Atlantic intra-coastal
project has been thrown in" along
with the miscellaneous projects.
This, they declare, is unjust in the
face of the fact that the East sup
ports the densest population in the
land and is congested with commerce
while traffic on the Mississippi and
other Western streams Is practically
n~on-existent.
Nearly every city and town along
the line of the intra-coastal canal
will be represented at the conven-
ton, not only by the delegates ap-
pointed by the mayors, but in sew
eral instances by the mayors them
selves. Among those who have prom
ised to attend are Mayors Stone of
Quincy, Mass, Howell of Whining
ton, Del, Burns of Troy, N. Y, Don
nelly of Trenton, N. j., and Blank
engurg OF Philadelphia. Mayors
Fitzgerald of Boston, Gaynor Of New
York and Preston of Baltimore will
attend If official duties will permit.
Among the men of prominence
who have recently signifed their in
tention to be present and address
the convention Is Rear Admiral Col
by M. Chester, U. S. N. (~retired.)
Admiral Chester is an ideal speaker
and is familiar with the waterways
of the Atlantic coast. He has made
a thorough study of the commerce
of the United States and was sent
abroad two years ago to improve the
trade conditions between the United
States and the Orient.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-07-31
NEW CERAMIC
PLANT GROWS
Big Industry Being Developed
on Outskirts of City.

Within the past ear the Phoenix
Ceramic Works, under the sole own
ershtp and direction of Max Kypke,
has been developing a plant for the
manufacture of solid porcelain ware
Located along the line of the Lehigh
Valley railroad Just west of Valen-
tines, it at first consisted of two
kilns with buildings, machinery and
appurtenances to correspond.
Upon completion of the original
equipment Mr.. Kypke began a series
Of experiments to bring about the
manufacture Of solid porcelain of a
quality hat would place the produc-
ton of the plant upon a par with the
best of it's kind.
In the early part of the present
year Phoenix solid porcelain was
placed upon the market and at about
the same time the equipment was
duplicated, providing four large
kilns and the necessary buildings,
ETC., for manufacturing high grade
proclaim.
Phoenix ware met with instant
favor and to provide for the increas-
ing demand, Mr.. Kypke, who has
Just returned from a two months
vacation IN Europe, Is LOT
the immediate erection of additional
buildings of substantial, fireproof
construction, several kilns and ma
chinery of the most modern type.
While in Europe, Mr.. Kypke visit
ed several large and long-established
plants which specialize in the manu-
facture Of the highest grade porce-
lain and he will adopt methods that
will produce ware equal to the best.
On stationery, labels, advertising,
etc, Perth Amboy, N. j., U. S. A, is
given as the location of the works
and main office, although the plant
Is situated outside the limits Of Perth
Amboy and as the material to be
manufactured will be first class, and
the majority Of the labor will be
skilled, the Phoenix Ceramic Works
Is to be considered a substantial ad-
dition to Perth Amboy's industries.