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The daily sentinel., 1913-03-08

'oLo s''o- w. N. bOW.
Music-High school orchestra.
The audience was particularly ap-
preciatiye, and every number was
heartily encored, some of them sew
eral times. 1t is hoped by the COM
munity that there viii be similar
muslcales given In the inear future.
The daily sentinel., 1913-03-08

Harness oil gallon, Fred Mantey 81
The daily sentinel., 1913-03-08
Musicale at Appleton.

Last evening most enjoyable mu-
sicale was given at the Appleton
school by the students, for the pur-
pose of raising funds for the pur-
chase of n piano for the school. The
FOLLOWING excellent program was
given and a large crowd attended.
netting the young people neat lit
tie sum for their piano fund:
Music-lligh school orchestra.
Music-Girls' quartette.
Piano Solo-Miss Faye Miller.
Piano Duet-Misses Ruth Rankin
and Margaret Cole.
Vocal Duet-Mrs. w. X. Dow and
Miss Eleanor Cole.
Piano Duet-Misses Faye Miller
and Aria Tuffly.
representations Mrs. Collier
Burke.
Piano Solo-Miss Mildred Mon
helm
Vocal Solo-Miss Nellie Miller.
Vocal Solc-Miss Fern Sharp.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. w. X Dow.
Music-High school orchestra.
The daily sentinel., 1913-03-08

Fast End Bridge Club.
The East End Bridge club will be
delightfully."- entertained by DR.. ana
The daily sentinel., 1913-03-08

Adoiph ltettig Surprised
Last evening at the Bettig ranch,
congenial party OF young people
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
JUDGE T. G.. JONES
REPLIES TO RECENT
ATTACK BY CONFER
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(Continued from Page Eighty
his services In the legislature is neces-
sary. The people indorsed them enthusi-
actically and the convention In nominat-
ing him simply made formal ratification
of their will" The Southern Agricul-
turist, in reporting the proceedings of the
convention, said: Colonel Jones received
an overwhelming vote all over the county
and several hundred more votes than any
of his competitors. When the returns
were all in. it appeared that he had
received nearly four-flfths of the vote of
the entire county, and had two-thirds of
the delegates to the county convention.
He was nominated by acclamation."
What an Example to the Youth
This last reference of Mr.. Conner to
me begins the seventh year Of his political
crusade against me. Never before In its
history has Alabama looked upon such
a pitiable exhibition of little hate and
ungovernable rage as he exhibits in his
constant utterances about me. No maniac
ever exhibited less power Of self restraint.
No place or occasion has been too sacred
or too solemn to be exempt from the ex-
plosions of his anger. He glories in the
bravery which attacks a fellow man whose
office and relations to the subject mat
ter about which he defames him, largely
tie his hands and prevent him, without
forfeiting the respect Of the people, from
dealing with his assailant on equal terms.
Who does not recall, during these many
years, the tone and matter of his state
ments concerning the writer which defied
all the usages of self respecting people,
In official messages addresses to church
schools, Fourth Of July orations, inaugu-
raj ceremonies, open letters to an ex-
President, In publications and stump
speeches? Who, that has kept UP with
these matters, has not seen. from time
to time, proof of the falsity of these lurid
statements, made manifest by the record
of events and the statements of actors
in them? Who has seen any exhibition
by Mr.. Conner of the courage which Is
brave enough to undo injustice done
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
DEDICATE CHURCHAT
PRATTV|LLE TODAY
Exercises at First Methodist
Will Be in Charge of
Bishop Hendrix

Prattville November 29.-(SpecialD
The First Methodist Episcopal church,
south, of Prattville will be dedicated at
Il o'clock Sunday morning, November
80, with the usual ceremony obtaining
in that church. Bishop 70. r. Hendrix
of Kansas City will have charge of
the service and will preach the ded-
icatory sermon:
The edifice to be dedicated Sunday
morning was begun on May A, 1872,
corner stone was laid by DIR. e. c.
Simpson of Birmingham July 81, 1912,
and finished April l, 1918. 1t has been
pronounced one of the best appointed
houses of worship in the state. 1t is Of
interest to note that S12,500 of the
$4,000 required to complete this build
ing grew out of the sale of the old
church building to the Continental Gan
company, which was substantially q
donation, in 1853, by the late Daniel
Pratt, the founder of both the city of
Prattville and the First Methodist
church.
This building is equipped with
large electrical pipe organ that is sec
ond to none in the conference. An up
to-date Sunday school annex was erect
ed at the time of the church and is
part OF 1t.
DIR. J. Wilkinson, Sr., chairman of
the board of trustees. In behalf of his
board Will present to Bishop Hendrix
this building, who will dedicate same
and accept 1t In behalf of the Metho-
dist church, south, with the usual GER
emonies accompanying same according
to the rules of the church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
DETAILED FIGURES
|, ON ALABAMA CROPS
:.
The First National Suggee'
Four Regional Paais Plan
,rH AEeE.s n THE ILL
tlm
Il, ali u
wo..s f'f" Z Courts trio fers Aores
and Hs ses-rse alals st Phi
ade aia. LoussfNl. : au,as
City, San l1anei
-H 1EeEs n TIE ILL

>The First National Banks financial
md commercial review, of date Decem-
per l. is as follows:
Estimates by the United States de-
partment of agriculture on all staple
crops, except cotton. indicate an aver
age of about 13. 1 per cent smaller than
last year and about s. 3 per cent smaller
than the average yield for the last 10
years.
"A declining tendency in the farm
prices of staple crops, including cotton,
noted during the month, although
prices are still 9.5 per cent higher than
the average for the last five years.
Much difference of opinion prevails as
to the size of the current cotton crop,
private estimates varying from 13,500.-
300 to 15, 250, 900 balesa Ginnings to No
vember IA were about 200, 900 bales
ahead of last year, and were the largest
ever known to that date, except in 1911.
It is reasonable, however, to suppose
that the percentage of the crop ginned
s larger than usual, and it is certain
that cotton picking throughout this
state is practically over, so the only
question in determining the size of the
crop lies in the amount of seed cotton
held on the farms.
Alabama Average Yields
"The agricultural department esti-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
70 Overcome Winter
Complexion Troubles
CFrom Woman,s Tribnnel


If the chill air causes your skin to dry
and scale or become unduly red or spotted
before you go to bed spread a thin layer
of ordinary mercolized wax over your en-
tire face. Remove next morning with
warm water This is the ideal complexion
treatment for the winter girl The wax
gently absorbs the dead particles of sur
face skin, so gradually there's no dscom-
fort. This gives the underlying skin a
chance to breathe and to show itself. In
q week or so the new and younger skin Is
wholly in evidence and you have a really
matchless complexion. Naturally all It's
defects disappear with the discarded cuti-
cle-as chaps, roughness. blotches. pim-
pies, freckles, blaokheads, sallowness.
Usually an ounce of mercolized wax, pro-
durable at any drug store is enough to
renovate even the worst complexion.
Wrinkles need bother you no more IL
you'll use this simple face wash: Pow
dered saxolite, 1 o., dissolved In witch
hazel, u pit. Just one application Will
affect even the deepest lines, and soon
your skin will be smooth as a childs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

under both bills now before the Senate
the rights of member banks to redls-
count paper are clearly defined. Ihe
personal equation so important unoer
the present system is no longer rae
tor Each bank Will have the rlgnt 10
rediscount we'll defined class OF paper
up to a certain limit. Business or thls
kind can be done just as well by cor,
respondence as by a personal visit. All
the bills provide that portion OF y
country banks reserve can still be car
ried in the banks in the present reserve
cities and 1t does not seem that there
is any real benefit to accrue to these
cities or to the public in them being Sc
lected as locations for regional pahhs'
Four Regional Banks
1--WE would like to see some consider
alton of the question of four regional
banks, none to be located at any of the
present central reserve cities. lt seems
that the New England states, New
York, Pennsylvania Maryland, West
Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina would make an 1deai
district, and that a regional bank To-
Gated at Philadelphia, a central point
would serve 1t better than two or more
banks for the same territory, even
though one be located at New York.
The states of Wisconsin, Michigan, ILL.,
nois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky. Tennes-
see Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and
Florida, lying between the Mississippi
river and the Appalachians, and eX-
tending from the lakes to the gulf.
offer another ideal section to be served
by regional bank, which could be
located advantageously at LOUISVILLE
KY. the geographical center.
THE states lying west of the Mis-
sissippi and east of the Rocky noun
tains, extending from the Canadian bor-
der to the Rio Grande and the gulf
would form another natural division.
and a central location for bank to
serve this region would be Kansas
City. The area west of the Rocky
mountains would form the other di-
vision and San Francisco would be the
logical location for its reserve bank.
Glance at the Map
"a glance at the map will convince
any one that these four divisions
would each offer a better field for n
single reserve bank, on account of the
diversity of climate, soil, Industries,
products and natural resources, than
would be the case IL they were each
cut in two. This proposed plan Is SIM
ilar to that adopted by the interstate
commerce commission when 1t divided
the country into five districts for the
appraisal of railroads their idea being
to have a northern and southern end
to each district so to give field forces
the benefit of climatic conditions, work.
ing south in winter and north in
summe.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BIRMINGHAM"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

he presented for their contemplation in
his constant outbursts of small hate and
personal malice toward a fellow man,
which leapt the barriers of truth TO hack
at him, and shame in their savagery and
venom the rage of the wild boar when
speared by the huntsman, and the hiss
and poison of the serpent when the seed
of woman bruises its head.
Profoundly impressed, as he modestly
avows. that he is the best governor Ala
bama has ever had, how much better II
would have been If the ex-governor, in MS
effort to impress the young with his tltle
to the greatness he claims, had remem-
bered Proverbs, Chap. 16; He that Is
slow to anger is better than the mighty
and he that ruleth his spirit than he that
taketh a city," and also the admontion
in Prov. Chap. 49, "Seest thou man
that is hasty in his words; there Is more
hope of fool than of him"
THOMAS G. JONES.
MONTGOMERY, November 2S, 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
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FIREBUGS BELIEVED
TO BE OPERATING

Lyerly. Ca. November 29.-(Special)
While the family of Jeff Turner. a young
farmer of near this place. were away from
home this week, fire destroyed their home.
together with the entire contents. The
family had been away for several days
and the fire, 1t is said, is believed to have
been the work of an incendiary. Turner
carried no insurance on any of the prop
ertY DESTROYED
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
WALLACE BEFORE
MONTGOMERY VOTERS

Montgomery. November 29.-(speelal)
John II. Wallace, Jr., one of the eandl-
dates for governor, is announced for an
address at the Grand theatre Tuesday
night, December 9. 1t is understood that
he will present his claims to the voters OF
Montgomery and Montgomery county for
the office of governor. His friends in
Montgomery have been very active. and
the meeting promises to be one of en-
thusiasm and interest.
c. p Mcintyre of this city will preside
at the meeting and will present Mr. Wall
loce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
GOES WITH ROBERTSON
HARDWARE COMPANY
Mt. NJ. {. Hail,
Special Representative
Robertson Hardware


Robertson Hardware Co.
We beg to announce to our friends
and patrons that Mr. M. c. Hall, recent
ly with the Acme White Lead and Color
works, will associate himself with our
company December /, 1913, after which
date he will represent his own, as we'll
as our interest in the paint business
in this district.
Mr.. Halls friends are already ad-
vised as to his ability and experience
in this line; but to those who are not
so well acquainted with him, we wish
to state that Mr.. Hall is a man of some
is years experience in the paint line,
both as a practical man and from
sales point. He is able and ready at all
times to advise for the best results,
and as his friends already know, can
offer valuable information and assist
ance to all who buy paint and finishes.
The Robertson Hardware Co. is in
position by a direct arrangement with
the factory to back up Mr.. Halls judg-
ment in all matters pertaining to his
business, and have put him in position
to take ample care of his trade as to
price quality, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

fellow man, when that injustice has been
made manifest?
Periodically, in pursuit of office, he ac-
claims himself an apostle of righteousness,
teaching, especially, the young, their duty
to their God, their neighbors and them
selves and yet in nearly every one of
his papers and speeches he attacked and
drags down everything which makes for
the uplifting and ennobling of the char
acters of young manhood, by the example
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

nation as the greatest support in Con-
sress of the democratic administration.
That he has accomplished in the past
is taken as evidence that he Will be
able to accomplish in the future. Ihe
people are also familiar with the nm
itel number of unimportant bills which
Mr. Hobson has been able to pass
through congress-to enact into law.
For these reasons 1t Is generally
agreed that Mr.. Underwood will be
elected His friends contend that ne
will win by an overwhelming major
ity. that he will lose very few coun-
ties and will carry every congressional
district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
STUDY OF
THIRTEEN YEAR OLD BOY
IN BIRMINGHAM SCHOOLS
BY DIR. J. II. PHILLIPS
superintendent Birmi ngham Public Schools

/ boys thus retarded 1t costs the city and
state that much extra time to reteach
them. Assuming the annual per capita
cost for instruction to be 49, for one
and one-half years, the extra expense may
be easily computed. A part of this re-
tardation is of course due to natural and
necessary causes but the lack of compul-
sorry attendance laws costs our people
thousands of dollars every year.
Nativity of Our 13-Year-Old Boy
The nativity of these 451 boys and their
fathers or guardians is as follows:
Born in this city: Boys 205 or 45.5 per
cent; fathers. 80 or sc per cent
Born in this state: Boys, 9s or 21.S per
cent; fathers, 12S or 2s.4 per cent
Born in the United States: BOYS. 131
or 20 per cent; fathers 225 or 49.9 per
cent.
Born in foreign countries Boys, L or
81 per cent; fathers, 6S or 151 per cent.
It is interesting to note that of the 451
per cent were born outside of Birmingham
and 1874 per cent of their fathers were
born elsewhere. 1t will be seen that the
| foreign element Is practically a negligible
quantity, while nearly so per cent of the
fathers were born in the United States
outside of Alabama.
List of Occupations
Classified according to the occupations
| OIL Lnelr lalDtlS VI udidAdho lHO fbt
boys are distributed as follows
| Unskilled laborers, IL or 2 per cent.
| Semi-skilled laborers, mechanics or
operatives, % or 4 s per cent.
| Clerks and statesmen, 60 or 1913 per
cent.
| Artisans and foremen, 176 or SO. 2 per
cent.
Managers Superintendents and pro-
prietors, 145 or 32.1 per cent.
| Professional and financial, 2S or g.
| per cent.
The small percentage of unskilled
laborers and mechanics, little more
than @ per cent, might seem remarkable
| but for the fact that this class of labor
| is largely given over to the negro. The
occupations having the largest number
| of representatives are: The building
| trades, 57 iron and steel and their
products, SO: miscellaneous industries,
| 30 railroad transportation, 81; retail
| trade, 81; wholesale trade 80; insurance
| and neal estate, 26; road, street ana
| bridge transportation, 20; and profess
| sional service, 23. The listed occupa-
| tions having no representatives in this
class of boys in school are: Animal hus-
bandry, mining, leather and its finished
products and textiles.
! This study is of value not only from
the standpoint of education, but from
| a sociological Standpoint as well.
While it is necessarily limited to Its
scope, it is fairly representative of our
] CITY as whole with regard to the
character of our population.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
Married in Jasper

Jasper, November 29.-(Special)-A very
pretty surprise wedding occurred at Jas
per last night when Miss Helen Preston,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. s. Preston,
and Mr.. Joseph II. Scales of Perry, Fla.
were married at the home of the bride.
A few of the most intimate friends of
the family witnessed the ceremony which
was performed by the Rev. j. I. Morris.
pastor of the Methodist church.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
DROUTH BROKEN

Chattanooga, November 2S.-(Special9
After a drought of 20 days, light rain
fell here this afternoon, materially clear
ing the atmosphere. which has been dense
with smoke as the result of forest fires
upon Lookout mountain and the ridges
surrounding the city. General d1scom-
fture has resulted, especially to the eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

Near the close of the last season, in CO.
operation with the Russell Sage founda-
ton, data were collected in the larger
elementary white schools regarding the 13-
year-old boys actually in school on the
day the facts were collected. The 19-year-
old boy is always an interesting problem.
At that age, the boy is apt to become an
object of grave concern to parents and
teachers: he is likely to resent authority,
to become Indifferent to his studies, to
ni,v truant. to quit school and sometimes
e0 to leave his home.
ire were in the schools surveyed 451
who were 10 years of age on their
birthday. BY grades, they were dis
:. uted as follows:
First .; second /; third, 2l; fourth, So;
fifth, 9S. sixth, 1863; seventh, 81.
AS the legal age of admission to the
public schools of this state is Z, the boy
must be I years old or past when he
enters at the beginning of the fall or
spring semester. In May, when the facts
were collected, the average 13-year-old boy
who had entered the first grade at Z
should be closing the work of the sixth
grade in our schools. Under the semi
annual method of promotion, the steps of
progress are only four and one-half
months apart, and promotion is flexible
process. The fact that a boy Is regis
tered in the fifth grade does not mean
that his progress has been retarded
whole year, for he may be in the senior
division, and his retardation would thus
be only one-half year. OF the 451 boys
in question, 1863 or 37.5 per cent seem
to have made normal progress in their
studies, and 81 or 202 per cent seem to
have shown an acceleration of one year.
Thus $50 or 57.7 per cent indicate salts
factory progress. We find that So or Il
per cent have been retarded from half
a year to year; 50 or 1874 per cent from
one and one-half to two years, and "a
or 5.4 per cent show a retardation or two
and one-half to five years.
The causes sof this extraordinary rec-
ord of retardation are various. The o.4
per cent registered in the first, second and
third grades are of course exceptional;
some Of them are foreigners who have not
learned the language; some have only re-
Gently entered while others are abnormal
physically and mentally. But we find loi
bows or approximately 81 per cent, behind
their classes from one-half year TO
two years. This large percentage must
be attributed to non-attendance or Will
drawal from school for long periods
through the Indifference of parents. WITH
out any laws on the statute books OF
our state requiring compulsory attend
ance. the school is helpless. To say moth
ing of the disadvantage to this class or
boys the economic phase of retaruatlola
to be one and one-half years for the l69
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30
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mates the average yields of all Ala
bama crops at 90 per cent as compared
with 1912. and at 101 per cent as com
pared with a 1o-year average The
department estimates the corn produc-
t1on in Alabama at II bushels per acre,
as compared with oushels for Mis-
sissippi, 21 - #aHe q and Is for
Georgi- aszH.s n nrodnetioo
81 56 600 bushels,
aas -ast year. the
Hz#At4F - eafo - placed at 100 per
cont
RE erage yield of potatoes for
Ina Is estimated at Sd bushels per
acre, against 50 bushels in Mississippi,
% bushels in Tennessee, 50 bushels in
Georgia and rs bushels in Florida, and
me total potato production of the state
at 100000 bushels as against 1,215,000
ousifsls last year. The production of
sweet potatoes in Alabama is estimated
s. bushels per acre as against 81
tzak gea a0d compares with
nela fpr NIasissipnl 81 hi,shAls
hs see ard uushais iar saor-
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.sea 16anla ia piaced at $685.
last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-30

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continued from Page Five)
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-10-28
FLEET OFF FOR EUROPE

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 25-Nine great
battleships, comprising the flower of
the American Navy, weighed anchor in
Hampton Roads and passed out of the
Virginia capes today bound on sew
en- weeks cruise to the Mediterranean.
The ships of the fleet are the Connec-
ticut, Kansas, Utah, Delaware, Yer
mont, Ohio, Arkansas, Florida and
Wyoming, The visit to southern Eu-
rope inaugurates new policy adopt
ed by the Navy Department of period
ically giving the enlisted men for
eign cruise for their education, recrea-
tion and to make them better satisfied
with the service. Stops will be made
at numerous ports and opportunities
will be given to the bluejackets to
make inland trips.