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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
JOHN ALLEN SAID TO
 BE BADLY INJURED
Demonstration for Jefferson Powder Company Reported Hurt at
 NaldOsta, Ga.

Tnforma ton was received In BirminR- ham last night to the effect that John Allen, a demonstrator for the Jefferson Powder company. came near losing his life yesterday at Valdosta. Ga, while conducting a farm demonstration near that place with Jefferson dynamite. His left arm was severed from his body. while his right hand and arm was so very much damaged that 1t will have to be amputated, ii was report ed. Serious injuries were received about the face and body.
 General Manager Samuel Rand of this city left yesterday afternoon for Valdosta to see the injured member of his staf If of demonstrators. From ac- counts received here the young man accidentally allowed a spark to enter charge of dynamite, prematurely set ting off the explosive near which he was standing.
 MT. Allen has only been employed by the company short time He is from Iuka, Miss. His father was at one time governor of that state and he is a nephew of "Private' John Allen. the noted congressman. He has a num- Der of personal friends and admirers here who will regret deeply the accl- dent.
 It is stated that Mrs. Allen has left Iuka 10 be with her son, and that lie will be removed to Iuka, when able to travel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
METAL COMPANY WILL
 SOON BE OPERATING

The Birmingham Metal Product company expects to place it's first output of cor- rugated metal cnlverts and other metal products on the local market within the next thirty days, according to a state- ment made yesterday afternoon by Solon Jacobs, one of the officials of this re- gently organized concern. Everything is in readiness at the building on Avenue F and Twelfth street, south, where the plant is to be temporarily housed, for the installation of the manufacturing ma- chnery.
 Information has been received by tho parties interested in the company that the equipment is on the way for Birming- hams newest industry. Within a week following the erection of the machinery. the metal products are due to be ready for distribution and the first machines are scheduled 10 reach this city within the next few days
 The Birmingham Metal Products com pany was organized a short time ago with a capital of s35,0oD for the purpose of manufacturing metal culverts and kin- dred metal articles. Besides the plant on Avenue F. downtown offices are al- ready established in the Woodward building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
'SOUTHS|DE ID HAVE
 TWO FIRE STATIONS
Others to Be Discontinued,
 According to Plans
BIG AREA IS INVOLVED
Avenue D and Five Points Stations Will Have to Care for the Entire South High
 lands Section

If the plans of Chief Bennett of the fire department do not miscarry through the efforts of interested citizens, before many weeks have elapsed the southslde will be protected by only two fire stations, | respectively, No at Avenue D and Nine teenth street and No. at Five Points.
 It is and has been for several months the intention of Chiee Bennett to discon- tinue Station No at Avenue II and Eleventh street, which is the third sta tion on the southsde. No. 8, which was located at Highland avenue and Linden street was discontinued in the latter part of october and the members of the com pany and the apparatus distributed among the other stations of the city.
 Another station is also to be djscontin- ued. This is Station No. 14 at Graymont. but this it is thought, will not seriously affect the protection of the northside as Station No. II at Thirteenth avenue and Thirteenth street and Station No. on Thirteenth avenue and Nineteenth street will look after this territory.
 But the discontinuance of Station No. : means that Station No. and Station No will have to care for the entire south side of the city, which is the most fash ionable residential section. The expanse of this territory lies from the old city limits of Ayondale to the western limits of old Birmingham, a distance of about five miles, and from Railroad avenue to the southern city limits, which is throe and one half miles. These companies will
 
 will be instituted with headquarters at No. 1 station on Fourth avenue, north.
 On a recent run out South Twentieth street, one of the new six cylinder Sea- grave auto fire wagons, which will be used by the flying squadron, although having a full headway for about ten blocks, showed a decided disineination to negotiate the Twentieth street hill. Chief Mechanic Waggoner is working on the machines in an effort to place then in a condition to climb the hills with ease.
 On the northside there are six stations, Nos. l. 1, 5, $. 9 and f3. In case of a downtown alarm, Station No. from the southside responds with northside sta tions l, and G. leaving No. to cover tine entire southside alone in case No IS discontinued. On rare occasions, Station No. i goes to the southside in company with No. 1, but then only in the business district At No. there is an auto steam fire engine and an auto hose wagon; al No. there Is an auto hose wagon, horse drawn steamer and q hook and lad der truck. These two latter pieces of ap- paratus, however, do not respond Tor service outside the business districts.
 Tt is said that southside citizens will put up strenuous kick against the proposed change, notwithstanding the fact that tine Southeastern Tariff association is ru- rnored to have consented to it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
PASTORS PLANNING ENORMOUS REVIVAL Are Considering Return of Dr. BiederwOlff to Lead
 Meetings

The Pastors union has named a conn vitation to pr. w. F. Bierderwolff, member of the board of experts of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, to visit this city to conduct a great revival here in April. This committee, which is composed Of the chairman of each denom- national pastors association, and repre- sentatlves from those denominations not so organized. was created yesterday morn- ing a a special session held at the First Methodist church.
 Dr. l.. C. Branscomb. pastor of the First Methodist church, and one of the leaders in this movement to have an in- terdenominational religious rally that would be record breaking in its scope. was appointed chairman of the Bieder- wolff committee and it's report will be read next Monday morning before a called meeting of the Pastors union at the First Methodist church.
 Lengthy discussion, favorable in tho majority of instances. preceded the talk ing under advisement the return of the
 
 presented by the Rev. D. U. Mooney of the Second Presbyterian church that committee be chosen to go into the de- tails of the proposed revival and decide upon it's feasibility. The exact field of the revival whether municipal or county, will be left to the Judgment of the commit- tee as well as the arranging of the time. place and other matters.
 resolution was unanimously adopted indorsing the recent campaign which has been conducted in the interest of the Men and Religion Forward Movement. and expressing their gratitude to tho board of experts who had 1t in charge.
 The April revival is planned to be one of the important factors In the follow up campaign launched by the board of re- ligious specialists here during the past week and is expected 10 be one of the most successful cooperative meetings yet held by the churches of Birmingham.
 At an informal conference at the Hill man hotel Sunday night, 1t was aseer- tained that 1t would be possible to obtain these evangelists to conduct what is planned to be one of the biggest re- lgious meetings ever held In the south. The meeting would be divided into five districts, similar to the campaign just closed, with 8 mammoth tabernacle in Birmingham proper as a center.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13

siduity, are repressing that obnoxious skating in which children of the South- side have fondly engaged.
 If, as is generally feared. the com mission decides that it would be de- parture too drastic to withdraw from the balmy and otherwise pleasant en- viron of South Highlands that afore- mentioned husky and well armed anti skating brigade. it is difficult to an ticipate the plan to be devised for the clearing of the sidewalks to the extent of permitting old age and gentle man. ner to return from the center of the street, the bricks of which are being pressed at the present moment.
 As to the cause of the gathering to- gether of more than two or three, there is difference of opinoin. There is in- penetrable mystery surrounding the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
NELSON ADDRESSES METHODIST PASTORS City Health Officer Asks Pastors to Help Check
 Diseases

pr. Robert Nelson of the Birmingham city health department. addressed a gathering of Methodist ministers at the First Methodist church yesterday morn ing on the subject of Health and Sani- tation." A large number of the pastors of this denomination in the Birmingham district were present. Dr. Nelson's infor- nal remarks were especially pertinent to the work to be done by them as follow up to the community extension division of the Men and Religion Forward Move ment.
 Dr. J. W. Johnson. presiding elder of the Birmingham district, presided over the session yesterday morning and c. A. Bowen was secretary. Dr. Nelson par ticularly stressed the need of the pastors cooperation with the department of pub lie health, either through means of pri- vate interviews with their parishioners or visits to the homes of the i'll among their church members in order to personally tell them of the Fundamental principles of disease prevention. The campaign be-
 Ing waged by the health officers against typhoid fever was outlined. pr. Nelson stated that if the city appropriation per capita for fighting typhoid fever should be increased cents he could guarantee decrease of one-third in the death rate for this year from this disease. He em- phaslzed the contention that this fever
 Is one of the best types of preventable diseases and that by the proper fore thought and precaution a large portion of the number of persons suffering from this in the summer could be saved from it's ravages. He pointed out that the fly will always be with us, so 1t is necessary that every means possible be used to prevent the spread of the disease by this insect Tuberculosis as contagious health evil was also condemned by the city official, and he drew a comparison to Illustrate his argument that leprosy was not near SO dangerous to have in the community as an advanced case of the white plague.
 pr Nelson's address composed the main business of the meeting and after d short routine of announcements the assem- blaze was dismissed for the called ses- sion of the Pastors union at Il o'clock in the same church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13

Perhaps as result of the financial condition of the city of Birmingham, which has made it necessary for Judge Lane to order the official execution of so many promising members of the police department, the sidewalks of the Magic City have become so congested that 1t requires pound of patience for the would-be passerby to make an ounce of progress.
 So serious has become the situation, and so fearful are those holding in their hands the destiny of Greater Birming- ham that as result of the street cor ner discussion the progress of the would will receive a disquieting set back, that the commissioners have been requested to order the recall of that likely squad of young policemen who, with remarkable and commendable as-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yester- day in the probate office showing the following transfers of property, the consideration being 5000 or more:
 s1SOo--B. J. Rives to J. J. Fromhold lot 6, in block s, according to the sur vey of the Boyles Park Highland com pany
 $12Oo-Andy Reed and wife to Mrs. Johanna Marko. parcel of land at the northeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section II, township 16, range west.
 $4500-J. B. Aird and wife to Robert ?. McDavid, a parcel of land at point 25 feet east of the northwest corner of lot l in block g. according to the map and survey of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter as made by II. L. Wheeler
 s12e0-Rosalind H. Goldstein to An drew and Adline Moore, a strip of land 50 feet by 15o feet on the west side of lot 1, in block 1, according to the Finny & Jones survey
 s2OOO--The Birmingham Realty com pany to Nina Johnson, a certain parcel of land on the east line of Thirty sec Ond street at point Zfo rect north or it's intersection with the north line of Thirteenth avenue
 s1200-R. A. Kemp and wife to A. J. Gulshorn, lot ,, in block l. according to the survey and plat made for C. J. McCary and J. s. Howell by Seals & Stonetreet, civil engineers.
 s1500--The Minge Mortgage and Realty company to w. c. Yielding, lot 2, in J<eife block, in section 19, town ship r, range 3 west.
 $500 Natalie P. Kleinboebe to Katie Berger. lot "E,' in block 31, in Phe- lan's addition to the city of Birming- ham.
 s2500-Willie R. Vandergrift to J. A. Cunningham, lot 1, in block l, in F. G. Nortons resurvey of blocks 1 and ? of Rosser's addition to Woodlawn
 s4i00-S. B. Eaton and wife to c. B. White. lots 1, 5, 6, ', s, 9, 10 and II. in block 24, according to the survey of the A. J. Vann company.
 s25o0-J. H. Hensley and wife to w. C. Kyle and wife. lots r, 19 and 20, in block 12-E, according to the survey of the East Lake Land company.
 s1400-M. A. Hines to P. w. Carlisle, lots and 15, in T. R. McCartys and A l.. Smths addition to West End.
 S1100--R P. Hewlett to Nathaniel c. McCombs, lot S3. in block 1. according to the Hyde Park survey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
AT THE HOTELS

S. W. Williams of Troy is stopping at the Hilman.
 James Spence of Tuscaloosa is regis tered at the Hillman.
 Theodore Weiss of New Orleans is at the Hilman.
 T. j. Bell of Llneville is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 J. B. Bailey of Titus is registered at the Metropolitan.
 c. II. Morris of St. Louis is at the Metropolitan.
 J. B. Scully of Montgomery is registered at the Morris.
 H. w. Crawford of Jasper is stopping at the Morris.
 J. P. Mcconnell of Brookwood is among the arrivals at the Morris.
 ]. F. Sandford of Huntsville is stopping at the Florence.
 N N. Christopher of Gadsden is regis tered at the Florence.
 F. R. Taylor of Fayette is among the arrivals at the Florence.
 c. P. Seabrook of Memphis is registered at the Birmingham. the Birmingham.
 H. Miller of New Orleans is registered at the Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13

fact that these squads talk not an hour but throughout the day They are inn
 previous to the tooth of the north wind.
 They are indifferent to the fall of the
 clustering shower. They are abso-
 lutely unaware that they are in the way, and evidently hold tight to the opinion that their little whisper is the sound which goes around the world.
 By Jack Biddle's stop watch it re- quired yesterday afternoon an old man AS minutes to walk from Norton's cor
 ner to Brombergs. A lady, with a
 hair lip and a bundle, beat this record by two seconds. but on account of the
 fact that she stepped around the in-
 cubus, she was disqualified at the post.
 child uplifted a forlorn and futile cry for a policeman. An athlete, dex- teriously plying elbow and epithet, suc-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
.NESM|TH REPLIES ID
 LANES CRITICISM
Governor Must Designate
 City Court Judges
TO TRY CRIMINALS
On the Other Hand, He Says, Circuit Judges Have Authority to Organize Grand Juries
 at Any Time

Exceptions to the interview yester- day morning of Commissioner A. O. Lane were taken yesterday by Judge c. C. Nesmth of the city court, and the latter official authorized a reply to the commissioner.
 Judge Nesmith said Commissioner Lane was wrong in his statement that the city court judges were not cooper ating with the criminal court judges in trying to relieve the very distress Ing prison conditions. He went on ro say that a certain legal procedure was absolutely necessary to allow one of the city court judges to sit on the crim- inal bench. Exactly contrary. Judge Nesmith says. is the laws provision in reference to judges of the circuit court, the bench upon which Commissioner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
Think It Would Be ImpOr- tant Step in the Right
 Direction
NOTIFICATIONS TO
 MEET CONDITIONS
Belief Is General That It Would Relieve Fee Abuses and Would Relieve the Bad Jail
 Situation

In Sundays issue of The Age-Herald Attorney J. Q. Smith of the Birmingham
 bar suggested plan for the establish
 ment of a municipal court of Birmng-
 ham, patterned after the famous munich l pal court of Chicago
 | Major Smith in presenting his idea of | court to meet present conditions stated that he had given the matter much | thought and had studied the system | adopted in many large cities. He said
 the courts of Jefferson county were many thousand cases behind on their dockets. and suggested that under such conditions a reasonably speedy trial was impossible. l The plan of the municipal court of Bir- | mingham as outlined by Major Smith ] calls for court having jurisdiction in all civil suits arising in the city of Bir- mingham up to amount sof 5000, and to | have final jurisdiction of all misdemean-
 ors and violations of municipal ordinances 1 committed in Birmingham or the police | jurisdiction thereof.
 | All court officials are to be on a salary
 basis The judiciary is to consist of one chief justice and four associates. The
 other officials are to be a chief prosecut- ing attorney and one assistant;; one chief
 clerk and four deputies; one chief bailiff
 and four deputies. The judges and heads of all departments are to be elective. The sheriff deputy sheriffs of Jefferson coun- ty and the policemen are to be ex-officio officers of the court. All fines and fees collected from the court are to be paid into the county treasury. All fines and
 forfeitures collected for the violation of municipal ordinances are to be paid into
 the city treasury. The court proposed Is | to be created in lieu of the inferior and recorders courts of Birmingham. | The solicitor is 10 prepare all warrants and prosecute all criminal and quasi crim- | inal cases.
 The bill contains many other provisions, including the salary, terms of office, and | manner of election of the court officials. The bill has been freely commented
 upon by the members of the Birmingham
 bar and while there was some objection to several, provisions of the bill, in the main it was commended.
 The following well known attorneys ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13


 Lane formerly sat II was affirmed by Judge Nesmith that the law provides that the latter court judges may al any time organize a criminal grand jury and try criminal cases without any formality This, Judge Nesmith says. was never done by Commissioner Lane when on the circuit court bench.
 In reference 10 Judge Lanes state ment Judge Nesmith said
 T think that any reply to commis- sioner Lane, former circuit court judge, would be vaIueless unless if was stated at the outset that Judge Lane has done the city court judges an in justice His statement was that we do not cooperate with judges of the crim- inal court, and thus we allow the jail to remain in crowded condition.
 ITO begin with the judges of the city court arc not allowed under the law to sit as criminal judges until designated to do so, and for q certain length of time. by the governor. The formality is that the two judges of the criminal court must represent to the governor that they need an additional judge and request the chief executive to designate one of the city court judges to assist them The time of service is to be specified and the judge then named by the governor That has only taken place once in many years according to my memory of the matter l was designated to act with the crim- inal court judges and did so. We are perfectly willing to assist the two criminal court judges should the gov ernor so designate upon the request of the criminal court judges.
 '.,rhe law differs as respects the cir cult court. The judges of that court are permitted and authorized under. the law not only to try criminal cases at any time, but also to organize criminal grand juries and indict offenders just the same as the criminal court judges. So far as l am advised Judge Lane while acting as judge of the circuit court. never discharged such authority conferred upon him hy law. The jails were crowded at that time, I am told. and there was the same discontent about lawlessness and the fee system"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13

ceeding in scattering the buneh-mo- mentarily. But he failed by nose to check his car, the ultra polite cord 1erker of which was dreaming of the old folks on the farm
 The Investigating committee of the commission found yesterday afternoon that the score for the day was as fol- lows: At Norton's corner, 9; at Parker S, 13; at the Peerless, 54; at the Flor ence, 67; at the Empire, 76; at the Nor ris 102. The blowing of the whistle of the committee failed to attract the attention of single squad of prolific chatterers, and shedding tears for the fact that in the city of Birmingham men are too busy gossipping to permit the transaction of business, the mem bers of the committee returned to the city hall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
REMODELING PLACE
 FOR PICTURE SHOWS

Julius Patterson and A. D. Moore of this city, will open new photo play house on Saturday February A, in the building formerly coupled by the New Lyric motion picture theater on Twen- tieth street near Third avenue. The Lyric has been out of business for some weeks past and the name of the new theater is to be the victoria.
 The interior of the stand for the Vic- toria is undergoing a thorough renova- ton and is to be remodeled along the most up to date lines with view of making it one of the best of the first class amusement theaters in the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
Watch for Stolen Horse

Chief of Police George II. Bodeker is sending out notices in every direction asking the officers to look out for a horse and canopy top buggy which was stolen from Frank Edwards. 1881 Eleventh avenue. south, last Wednesday.
 The horse Is dark bay and weighs about 100 pounds. Mir. Edwards offers reward of s25 for the recovery of tine hores and buggy. All Greater Birming- the theft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-13
Incorporation

Articles of incorporatIon were filed With 5the probate judge as follows yesterday:
 The McVay Seed Company-The new company is organized with an authorized ca pital stock of sl0oo0 and will start busi- ness with 5000 of the stock paved in. The incorporators and officers are J. E. Dol sen. president: John l.. Parker. vice pres ident. and Mrs. C. E. Mcvay, secretary and treasurer.