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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-24
MARKETS FEATURE
ACREAGE REPORTED
Present Estimate of Small
Decrease Is Causing
Perplexity

New Orleans. June 23.--The main fea-
lures of the cotton market this week
Will be the pending bureau. reports on
acreage and condition. the private esti-
mates of what they will be and the
growth of sentiment, one way or an
other. concerning them.
In Importance, the report onAaereag sc
leads. Compared with month ago.
the situation in regard to the acreage
figures Is almost completely reversed.
At that time, when Ii was expected
that the figures would come out In the
first week In June as usual, a sub
stantial decrease In the area planted
and to be planted was expected During
the month, private crop reporting bu-
reaus have gathered information and
statistics over the reliability of which
there Is considerable dispute 1t must be
admitted. which tend to show that very
little decrease in acreage, compared
with last year, has taken place. Ono
prominent journal. which pays particu-
lar attention to cotton, says the
the decrease Is only one half of l per
decrease is only one half of l per
cotton by-products business and with
interests everywhere in the cotton, belt,
says the decrease is l per cent These
estimated Insignificant losses compare
strangely with the general estimate of
a decrease of about 6 to 8. per cent of
only a month ago This week is ex-
pected to bring forth new evidence that
will help crytallze public opinion.
on the condition of the crop there
has little been said yet. The period to
be considered in the next reports ends
Tuesday. on which date replies to the
government relating to both acreage
and condition will be mailed to Wash
ington. Tho reports will be issued July
3. 1t is safe TO say that this will be a
week of evening up operations, and
that the ring will be quiet until after
July and the holiday Immediately
following
Because of the fact that after Tues
day the weather will have no influence
on the next condition report, the trade
Will be inclined to pay less attention
TO the weather map. unless important
weather conditions develop.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-24
WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT FROM
IOWA TO VISIT COUNTY SCHOOLS

Montgomery, June Especial Miss
Jessie Field. the county superintendent of
education of Page county. Iowa. will
spend two weeks in Alabama in July in
the interest of educational development in
the state. Miss Field is recognized as one
of the most prominent school workers in
the country. and her plans and methods
have attracted attention throughout the
United States.
In company with superintendent of Ed
ucation Henry j. Willingham, Miss Field
will visit about a dozen counties in the
state, and will deliver lectures at all the
leading places in these counties, pointing
out the necessity of greater enthusiasm
in school work and the imperative need
of education along agricultural and scien-
tifie, as well as literary, lines
The first week of the itinerary of Super
intendent Willingham and Miss Field will
include visits to counties in the northern
section of the state, and the second week
will probably include visits to middle and
south Alabama.
Superintendent Willingham is enthusiasts
tic over the visit of Miss Field to Ala
bama, and declares that he should like for
all the teachers in the state to have
personal acquaintance with her.
In speaking of Miss Field Superintend-
ent Willingham said:
Miss Jessie Field for a good many
years has been the county superintendent
of Page county, Iowa By common con-
sent throughout the United States she is
recognized as one of the most efficient
and certainly the most noted county SUI
perintendent in America. In order to Sc
cure her services for two weeks in Ala
bama this summer, l found it necessary
to make the arrangement more than d
year ago. All her spare time is contract
ed ahead for at least year, such time a S
she is willing to spend away from her
own county during the summer.
Her work In her home county has been
revolutionary. In the Worlds Work for
May is an extended article pointing out
some of her plans and methods. At the
beginning her teachers were for the most
part just ordinary rural teachers without
much enthusiasm or professional train
Ing. She at once set about organizing
them into body of earnest workers and
/ filing them with enthusiasm and patriot-
ism for their home county and for Its
! better development through the public
school system. She showed them how to
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TO BEGIN WORK. ON DECATUR
FLOUR MILLS THIS MORNING


Decatur. June 2s.-tspecial)-A large
force of carpenters and laborers arrived
here today from Birmingham and to-
morrow morning they will commence
tearing down the old buildings OF the old
axe handle factory on the river front
to make room for the new buildings for
the roller Touring mill and grist mill. to
be built By the Smith Bros. & Co, Of
Birmingham.
Work On the new buildings will be
pushed as rapidly as possible. When
completed this will be one of the largest
mills of the kind in the south. The mills
will be placed in operation just as soon
as the buildings can be erected and the
machinery placed in them.
The timely arrival of the fire depart
ment yesterday saved a large business
block on Lafayette street. opposite the
American hotel, from, perhaps, total
loss In some manner large pile of
trash in the rear of the building caught
on fire and. set the building ON fire. The
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Ieman's" maneuyer, and the captain himself
doubted the wisdom OF continuing TO
sail out of his course. losing distance
which great deal OF lacking would be
required to regain.
At O'Clock in the morning he was on
| the point of giving the order to turn
again. when the lookout in. the foreyard
sang out that he saw glow as of a
fire ahead.
All the waning interest woke againi
Soon the vessel found itself approach
ing burning ship. and so II lay TO as
close as was practicable
A boat was lowered and found many
men floating about on hencoops pieces of
wreckage and other floating articles from
the burning ship. They were weak and
exhausted. having chosen a slow death In
the ocean to being burned alive or suf-
located by the fire
When the sufferers had been cared for
to the best of the rescuing vessels abil-
ity and the vessels bow had been turned
again toward England the sailors found
that the bird was still on board. Nor did
it leave the boat again But one day
after tho vessel had reached the English
channel. one of those who had been saved
| from the burning ship kicked the bird to
i death in revenge for bite from its bill.
| The grief on board for the slain bird
was general and sincere. It's body was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-24
COTTON GOODS ARE
MUCH IMPROVED

New York. June 23.-aThe improve
ment In the cotton goods trade is con-
tinued. Bleached goods were advanced
quarter cent yard and wide print
cloths and convertibles have now re-
covered nearly all they lost in price in
the preceding six or seven weeks Of
quiet trading.
There has been some Improvement in
the tone of sheetings and drills. more
particularly In those lines available for
the manufacturing and bag trades.
Print cloths, 2S-inch 64x64s. 15-16
cents; 64x60s, 80 cents; 1Sh inch. Sax
GAS, 5B cents; brown sheetings, south
ern standards, ~ cents and cents;
denirns ounces. 1874 cents; tici<ings
ounce, 13 cents; staple prints, 81
cents staple ginghams, 6A cents, dress
ginghams. az cents.
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HUNGRY WORMS
EATING COTTON

CORTLAND. June 23.--(speciaL THE
farmers of Lawrence county are very
much worried over the appearance of
a yorn,~ slightly resembling the cotton
caterpillar Of last year, which has ap-
peared In the cotton fields in consd-
era Bile number This worm or catapii-
lar Is a little darker than the one that
created so much damage last year, but
no one seems TO know what he Is nor
what he Will do ]. II. Gilchrist. of this
community. states that he found one on
cotton leaf yesterday eating 1t greed
lily. The cotton crop of this county is
small and very late. If the caterpillar
appears this year. the farmers will
simply quit.
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fire department responded within a few
minutes and put out the fra with only
a slisfnt loss to the building.
City Alderman T. NJ. Jones left for
Birmingham yesterday where he Joined
the Underwood Marching club on their
way to the democratic national oonven-
ton In Baltimore
Now that the republican national con-
vention Is over and President Taft Is
nominated many local republicans believe
that President Taft will make a num-
Der of postoffice appointments which have
been hanging on for many months past.
Many of the members of the republican
party here believe that President Taft
will be debated by the democrats next
November. THE republican party has
served its day of usefulness. II has long
since accomplished the mission for which
it was created, said ono well known re-
publican. Its doom is sealed and q 1t
should be on account of the steam roller
process at the national convention, he
said,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-24
MARRIED WHILE
ILL WITH TYPHOID

wetpmpka, June 2s.-tspecial)--A ro-
mantle marriage was solemnized Friday
evening at the home of the bride. when
Miss Louise Thomas became the wife OF
Clarence Butler of Massachusetts,. Rev
e. w Butler OF Thorsby, performing the
marriage ceremony.
The unusual feature of the marriage
lay in the fact that the bride is III with
typhoid fever and was unable to lift her
head from the pillow during the marriage
service.
Mr. and Mrs. Butler will remain with
the brides mother, Mrs. 3. X. Thomas,
until Mrs Butler convalesces from the
fever sufficiently to make the trip to her
new home In Massachusetts.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-24
LOCAL RAINS
FOR THIS WEEK

Washington, June 23.-The weather
bureaus weekly bulletin says condi-
tons indicate that the coming week
Will be one Of warm and generally fair
weather over the northern and middle
states east of the Rocky mountains
while In the southern states and gem
orally west of the Rocky mountains
Temperatures will average near the nor
nal with local rains. The precipitation
during the week viii be light and local.
ut is not probable that a well defined
barometric depression VIII cross the
country during the week. says the
forecast.
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Why W God Blocks?
Facts Presented to the City
Commission of Birmingham

turns on this one point of ulti-
mate cost. We feel sure you
will do your duty and give
Creosoted Yellow Pine Blocks
your earnest consideration.
Now here are some other
ways in which Creosoted Vel
low Pine Block Pavement will
help to keep your annual ex-
| penditnres within bounds:
Being dustless and cool, it
does not require frequent
sprinkling. In fact, it is prae-
tically self-cleaning, with the
assistance Of an occasional
rain. As the surface is close
and smooth, there are no
cracks in which mud or filth,
brought In by traffic from
other streets, can lodge. Thus
it reduces the operating ex-
penses Of your sanitary and
street departments, and light
ems the load on your sewer
system.
Right here, we wish to say,
that whenever you see a dusty
pavement you have prima
facie evidence that the pave
ment is WEARING. Creosoted
Yellow Pine Block Pavement
is dustless because traffic CAN
not grind its surface.
This pavement is also an aid
and economizer to your fire de
partmcnt. Over its unbroken
surface your engines, trucks
land hose whether
automobiles or pulled by
horses-can make QUICKER
TIME, with greater safety to
men, machines and draft ami
manls. BY the way, in the
great Baltimore fire, this pave
ment suffered less from the
awful heat and "came OUT
better than any other.
In addition to these sub
stantial savings and benefits
given to all municipalities by
Creosoted Yellow Pine Block
Pavement, there is another of
special application in this rap
idly growing city, where resi-
Dental streets are steadily be-
ling transformed into business
thoroughfares: This pave
ment does not have to be re-
placed when the change comes,
as it is adapted to both kinds
of traffic.
Waving the effect upon the
municipal budget, the wisdom
Of your decision for Creosoted
Yellow Pine Block Pavement
will he justified by the IN
creased prosperity which will
come to Birmingham in the
form of enlarged traffic faeili-
ties and an improvement of
the physical conditions con-
tributing to health, and this
act of your administration will
earn the approval of citizens OF
all classes.
Creosoted Yellow Pine Block
Pavement is used on the prin-
cipal streets Of the largest
cities of the old world, inelud-
ing London, Paris, Brussels
and Liverpool; and on those Of
the most progressive cities of
the United States, such as New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston, st. Louis, Cincinnati,
Minneapolis, Atlanta and at
least one hundred others. Biz
mingham's proper place is
with these-she can afford to
take no other.
With these facts we submit
our case, fully confident of
your devotion to the best in
terests of the municipality and
the people of birmingham.
Our next "talk" will be a
S m mary of the series.
Watch for it.
yellow Pine Manufaeturers' Association
AIabama-west Florida Lumber Manu-
fucturers' Association
Creosoted Wood Block Paving Com
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Pavement and How This
Pavement Saves for a City
in Other Ways.
As abutting property owners
pay for the LAYING of a pave
ment, your chief concern with
any pavement Is as to its DUR
ABILITY.
1t is established by statistics
that the average. life of all
othee payements is ten to
twelve years, while in the same
period Creosoted yellow Pine
Block Pavements show a COM
preston of only three-six-
teenths of an inch. And this
is a pounding down of the
blocks, rather than surface
wear.
Even under the heaviest
traffic, Creosoted yellow Pine
Block Pavements undergo the
minimum Of wear, excelling
granite in this respect, as the
following extract from Forest
Circular No. al, issued by the
federal government, attests:
In 1902 the Metropolitan street Rail-
why company of New York city decided
10 experiment with creosoted wooden
blocks for paving between its tracks.
A small area of long leaf pine was laid
on Hudson street, the wood being
thanked Mt either end by granite. the
material hitherto used. At the point
selected there is very heavy trucking
traffic from the North river wharves,
and the stresses ON the pavement, where
the tracks run with one wheel just ont
side the car rail, so great that the
granite begins To show n rut3 In six
months, and IN renewed almost nn-
nunIiy. AT the end of four years the
wood, though showing heavy rat, WINS
still sound and In position and good for
al least ane more year. The granite
times during the four years.
In this circular are reports
of other tests equally as con
elusive. We refer you to it.
Now as to the cost of main
tenance. The repair of all
other pavemehts in ten to
twelve years will average at
least 80 per cent of the original
cost, while on Creosoted Vel
low Pine Block Pavement, in
the same period, it is NOMIN
AL. As instances:
In Indianapolis, repairs dur
ing 1911 on thirty-five miles of
Creosoted Yellow Pine Block
Pavement, which had been
down from six to sixteen
years, cost less than $4,000.
In st. Louis, for the year
1910, the cost OF repairing
more than eight miles of Creo-
soted Yellow Pine Block Pave
ment is reported as having
been TWO DOLLARS AND
TEN CENTS.
Street officials of Mime
apolis, which has 43 miles of
Creosoted Yellow Pine Block
Pavement, say that repairs
have been inconsiderable- too
small to take notice off,
Similar expressions are
heard from the street depart
ments Of all cities where Greco
soted Yellow Pine Block Pave
ment has been properly laid.
In this CONNECTION we call
your attention to- the EASE
and QUICKNESS with which
these trifling repairs of Creo-
soted Yellow Pine Block Pave
ments may be made. They re-
quire no expert workmen nor
costly. machinery. A laborer,
with a Ratchet and an armful of
blocks does the work in a few
minutes, with no obstruction
of traffic.
These citations and data
prove that the ULTIMATE
COST of Creosoted Yellow
Pine Block Pavement is very
much less than that Of any
other kind of pavement. AS
commissioners your decision
for or against a pavement
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CHOOSE M'LEOD FOR
/. LEE COUNTY SCHOOL
Birmingham Man Nomi-
mated By Board
B. B. FINCHER DIES
Leaves Son Who Resides in Birming-
ham-Elks Sell Lot-wayerly
Lodge Elects officers-Ob-
serve St. Johns Day
b. B. FINCHER DIES

opelika. June 2s.-(speciaL9- lee
county board of education in session
at the courthouse yesterday unanimously
nominated Prof. W. S. Mcleod of Biz
mingham as principle of the Lee county
high school, Prof. Mcleod is a graduate
of Southern university class 80, and was
principal at Camp HILL childersburg. and
for the past year has been principal of
the Birmingham college training school,
The action of the Lee county board will
be acted upon by the state high school
commission.
Lee lodge No. 454 A. r. & A NJ. OBJ
served St Johns day today by services
at the Baptist church. Or. c. Ross Baker,
the pastor, preached special SERMON for
this occasion. Lodges from Beulah, Wa
verify, Salem and other places were rep
resented
News reached the city yesterday of the
death of B. b. Flneher, age 70, in CO.
lumbus, where he has resided seven
years, removing there from opelika after
a ten years residence. The deceased
leaves two sons: Culver Fincher of ope-
lilla, Thomas Fineher of Birmingham.
and three daughters Miss Ola Finoher,
Mrs. Robert Crow and Mrs. Ernest Phil
lips of Columbus. Interment will be in
the city cemetery Sunday afternoon.
Opelika and Pensacola have broken even
in the first two games of the series at
Pensacola. The first game was to 3
f, in favor of Pensacola. Yesterday after
noon Opelika won 2 to /. Schuessler
pitched magnificent game for Opelika.
allowing only three hits aud striking out
nine. Stiles pitches for Opelil<a in today s
game The Opelika team on their road
trip will play Monday, Tuesday and
! Wednesday at Dothan; Thursday. Friday
and Saturday at Andalusia, and then
home for the Atlanta state series begin
ming July 1.
The OpeliSa Elks have sold one of the
| most desirable building lots in the city,
part of their property on North Ninth
street. to A. P. Collier. The lot is LOOKED
feet. and brought the fancy price of
N475.
The Waverly lodge Masons, Wilson
Snealy No 5S4. have elected the follow
Ing officers for the ensuing year: ]. o.
Webb w. M; t. S. Piper. S. W.; T. o.
Mcdowell. j. w; ]. @. Adams, s.. D. !;
j, J. Pinnell secretary; O. S. Moreman.
treasurer and A. B. Mckinney. tyler
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stuffed and presented to museum In
Christiania. where 1t may still be seen.
together with a detailed record of the oo-
cnrrence
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The opelika Elks have sold one of the
most desirable building lots in the city,
part of their property on North Ninth
street, to A. P. Collier. The lot Is 100x12o
feet and brought the fancy price of
$l475.
Barton County democrat., 1912-04-19
MARKET LETTER.

Kansas City Stock Yards, April 15.
Cattle sold higher again today,
strong to Is up, following an advance
Of 25 to so cents last week. Pack
ems accumulated some beef during
Lent, which enabled them to conceal
their need Of supplies for awhile af-
ter Easter Sunday, but the stock on
hand has largely been worked of
now, and urgency of their. needs is
In plain sight above the suHface. Mid
die class steers made the biggest
gain last week, and they sell at $3.50
to $500 now, a range higher than
was ever known before. Top steers
are around a quarter higher than a
week ago, a drove today at $3.50,
though prime heavy steers might GO
above that figure. She stuff and
bulls are soaring, and light butcher
stuff is extremely active at what
would be prohibitive prices at am or
dinary time. Mixed heifers and
Barton County democrat., 1912-04-19
TURNING TO THE sILo.

The past winter furnished hundreds
Of testimonials to the value Of the
Silo from the standpoint of the feed
er. Because Of almost continued snow,
forage was out of the question for
several months, and the men who hat
to supplement their corn and hay
from the open markets found the win
ter's operations rather costly.
But many hundreds of silos were
constructed the past year, certainly
at very OppOrtune time, for silagei
besides being nourishing and appe-
tizing is cheap compared to some
feeds that are usually relied on. The
experimental stage in silage for win
tering stock has passed. 1t has been
demonstrated that its usefulness is
not confined to dairy purposes, and
the testimonials which feeders who
used "a the past winter are paying
it makes its future secure as am adj
junct to the farm.
The thousands of farmers vino paid
extraNagant prices for hay rather
than see their stock starve the past
few months doubtless will investigate
the silo, erect and fill it before the
arrival of another winter.
Barton County democrat., 1912-04-19
FIRST THINGS.

The first vessel to cross the Allan
tic exclusively by steam power, the
Great Western, sailed from Bristol,
England, seventy-four years ago Mon
day, April 8. She arrived at New
York fifteen days later, which was
considered excellent tine in those
days. About the same time the steam
er Sirius sailed from London for New
York, making the passage Of the At
lantic in seventeen days. The Sar
vannah, which crossed in 1919, was
fitted with engines, but was partly
propelled by sails. The records have
steadily decreased, but it was not un-
til thirty years ago that any vessel
made the passage in less than seven
days. In 1891 the time was reduced
to less than six days. In 1908 the
Lusitania crossed IN less than five
days-Hour days and fifteen hours
and In 1910 the Mauretania establish
ed the record Of four days and ten
hours.
Barton County democrat., 1912-04-19
LIVE STOCK AND SECURITIES.

Stock and stocks have been rising
in value this year. Perhaps a few
feeders and producers will not per-
ceive a relation between the advances
in the values Of live stock and the
gains in securities, but there is a
close connection between the two.
Compared with a month ago the
values Of many securities OF the New
York stock market will average to
10 points higher, ruling quotations be.
ing the best Of the year. In the live
stock markets cattle, hogs, sheep,
horses and mules ar at or around
the highest values Of the year.
Feeders and producers seeking
reason for the rise in their markets
IT, addition to scarcity and high cost
of feed can find it in securities. Val
ues in securities are usually based
Wall Street being constantly engaged
in discounting conditions that may MOI
become a reality for a month, or
months or sometimes a year. Wall
Street has been engaged in advancing
prices OF coal roads, and it is assert
ed that the rise is due to the bright
industrial outlook, including favorable
prospects for peace with mine labor.
Railroad shares have been advanced
on hopes of increased traffic and bet
ter earnings. Such industries as
Steel, Amalgamated Copper, Ameri
can Can, Central Leather and railroad
equipment shares have been unusual
ly buoyant because investors and
traders expect them to enjoy better
business in the near future. In a
number of instances, the expectations
include higher dividends.
If Wall Street is taking correct
view of the present and future, il
means that business in this country
Is going to be more active. Labor
will be better employed. And the re
suit Is that the consuming public viii
find itself able to pay good prices fol
meat. Improvement in business is al
ready noted in many centerS ant
that improvement has doubtless beer
felt in the live stock trade.