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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
FRITZ THOMPSON
HERE YESTERDAY
Centreville Man Intimates That Pro-
hibitiOnists Will Never Rest Under
present Conditions

j. Fritz Thompson of Centreville, solici-
tor of his judicial circuit, and a figure
of prominence In the late prohibition
amendment campaign, while in Birming
ham yesterday did not affirm the report
that he has ambition to go to Congress.
AS is known, Mr.. Thompson was gen.
orally credited with aspiring to the con-
gressional berth to be created when JEFF
ferson is made a congressional district
of itself.
st will be a long time stated Mr.
Thompson, before the race will occur.
BY that time, l may not want to &c
to Congress"
Mr.. Thompson, who as constitutional
prohibition orator, attracted considerable
attention in 1909, is still imbued with
the idea that there must be statutory
prohibition. He intimated very plainly
yesterday that the prohibitionists would
never rest under present conditions"
The passage Of the ordinance abolish
ing the segregated district in Birming-
ham, was favorably discussed by Mr.
Thompson
Some years ago." said he, II abolished
the segregated district in Selma. Since
then several other cities have followed
suit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
WALTER MOORE SAYS 1T
is TIME TO PUT "A STOP
TO ACTS OLA WLESSNESS
Charges Spirit of Unrest and Disturbance Fosered by Alien
Carpetbaggers If Invitation to Depart in Peace Is of
No Avail Stronger Methods Are in Order

Ignoring the existence of a strike, but
asking: How long will our people toll
crate this reign of disorder. lawlessness
and madness?" Walter Moore issued a
stirring statement yesterday in connec-
ton with the recent acts of violence in
the Birmingham district.
He said the time had come to stop this
dynamite work, the shooting into street
cars and other outrages that have caused
intense indignation on the part of the
citizens. While he did not say so, 1t was
generally understood that he was In touch
throughout the day with some two score
very tired of the outrages that have been
committed.
His statement is as follows:
"1t does seem to me that stop should
be put to this disorder. dynamiting and
shooting that is nightly occurring as a
result of the so-called street car strike.
"The thing is being allowed to go too
far. While We are all interested in the
street car system and it's allied public
utilities, the community is much more
deeply interested in peace, good order
and safety. When one stops to consider
who it is that has brought about this
disturbance he will find that not a man
interested in the public, not one who con-
tributes to the moral, social or financial
advancement of the community is among
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
GROCERS' CASE WILL
BEGIN NEXT MONDAY
Both Defense and PrOsecu-
ton Ready-M'Laurin
Expected Today

The grocers' case will not be passed
from July I next Monday when it Ii
called.
Walker Percy of the defendants says:
1--WE will be ready"
o. d. Street, district attorney, says:
I'VE will be ready"
The amended petition of the government
in the case against the grocers and the
grocers' association will perhaps not be
answered until the latter part of this week
or perhaps not until the day the contempt
case is called. Mr.. Percy, local counsel
for the association, said yesterday that
he was working on the matter, but that
he did not have any answer ready, nor
would there be any reply formulated for
several days yet.
II Is expected that j. II. McLaurin, pres
ident of the Southern Wholesale Grocers'
association, against whom the majority
OF the latest allegations have been made.
will be here today or during the week.
Mr.. Percy expects him. Mr.. McLaurin
must come here, it is said, before the
answer to the specific allegations is made
by the defendants attorney.
In the meantime the attorneys for both
sides announce that they will be ready to
proceed with the case when it comes up
for trial next Monday. The government
alleges that the grocers. who are MEM
bers of the association and the assoeia-
ton have violated the injunction issued
against the defendants by Judge Grubb
some time ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
MEASURE TO
REGULATE FOUNTAINS
ORDINANCE PRO-
VIDES ALL UTENSILS MUST
BE THOROUGHLY WASHED IN
CLEAN RUNNING WATER

The first step toward better sanitation
about soda fountains Of the city was taken
when an ordinance was introduced at the
commission meeting yesterday in which
it was provided that all utensils, glasses
and articles used by customers of these
places must be washed in clean running
water before they are used again.
1t is stated that the next step will be
the employment of an expert health in
soector to look after the soda fountains
and bakeries and restaurants of the city
and see that the laws are enforced. The
ordinance was passed yesterday for con-
sideration by the members of the commits
sion and will probably be acted upon
next Tuesday.
CITY Commissioner A o. Lane and Chief
Sanitary Inspector Burson are behind this
Judge Lane states that there
is no use trying to kill germs in one place
and ignoring their existence in another
place, that If the city is to fight disease
germs at all it must fight them in every
way, and through soda fountains is con
sidered one of the best ways open to the
authorities The proposed ordinance is
as follows:
"An ordinance to regulate the cleansing
of spoons, glasses and other vessels used
in connection with soda fountains and re-
freshment stands.
BE II ordained by the board of commits
sioners of the city of Birmingham, that
all glasses, cups. spoons and other yes
sells used in serving any soda water, milk,
ice cream or drink or refreshment of any
kind at any soda fount or refreshment
stand in the city of Birmingham, shall,
after having been so used, be thoroughly
cleansed IN clean. running water before
being so used again, and any person. firm
or corporation violating any provision
hereof shall, upon conviction. be punished
within the limits and as provided in sec
tion 1915 of the code of Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02

the instigators and encouragers of the dis
orders. Looking deeper, he viii find that
the spirit of unrest and disturbance was
brought about by allen carpetbaggers
who seek to inflame the minds of men who
belong here and who would otherwise
continue useful in their particular spheres.
He will find that these alien agitators
are reaping rich financial reward at the
expense of the poor and their families
and at heavy cost of public disturbance
1T is high time that vigorous action
be taken TO enforce the law, and by this
l mean an application of every lawful re-
source in the hands of the people no mat
ter at what cost. One worthy human life
is worth all that effort may cost to pre-
serve it from the fire of the assassin.
Not more terrible was the blowing I'D
of buildings in a western city at the hands
of anarchists, which so startled the ma
tion, than is the firing into street cars Of
Birmingham when laden with men, women
and children.
How long will our people tolerate this
reign of disorder, lawlessness and mad
ness? How much longer will they allow
anarchism under the guise of unionisn1,
to apply its avocation In this community
Surely if an invitation to the offending
ones to depart in peace is of no avail,
stronger methods are in order and should
be applied. Let the citizens of Birming
ham assemble and take measures for sup
pressing crime"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
AT THE HOTELS

J. ]. Hardin of Mobile. M. M. Moody
of Montgomery and II. l.. Lucille ol
Atlanta are registered at the Metro
poitan.
Walter S. White OF Huntsville, A. L.
Doster of Enterprise and r.. z. Phil
lips of Decatur are at the Morris.
Ralph l.. Hannah of Admission. q. II.
HEARTFELT of Auburn and P. kirckpat-
rick of Nashville are stopping at the
Florence.
Henry Watson of Cullman. Thomas
X. Hall of Mobile and T. r. Smith OF
Montgomery are guests at the Bir-
mingham.
B. b. Cunningham of Dolomite. G. II
Harrison of Bessemer and j. II. Ley
mon of Blocton are among those at the
Hillman.
X. L. Prather of Kimberly, C. II
Hughes of Chicago and Nelson L. Lam
berth of Johns are registered at the
Empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
JUSTICE MAYFIELD
PLEASED WITH RULES
Thinks Supreme Court Action Will
Obviate Long and Expensive De-
lay in Trial of Cases

James ]. Mayfeld, justice of the Ala
bama supreme court, while in Bir-
mingham yesterday expressed satisfac-
tion in that the supreme court had
adopted new rules whereby reversals
after September l Will not be obtain
able on inconsequential trial errors.
1.-The new rules will aid in the ad-
ministration of swift Justice stated
he. "They will obviate long and expen-
sive delay. They Will prevent quibbling
over technical matters and make pos
sible prompt action based on the real
merits of the litigation"
Judge Mayfield was of the impression
that the great majority of Alabama
lawyers would applaud the new rules
and that, after their thorough trial, no
one would willingly return to the old.
He was en- route to his former home
In Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
ROOF LINE OF THE HIGHEST
BUILDING IN THE SOUTH TO
BE REACHED ON SATURDAY Y
Steel Construction Will Be Completed Up Twenty fifth Floor
Enslen Is Planning Ceremonies to Mark Event
May Serve Refreshments

is the day fixed for the completion Of
the building. The strike caused some
delay but generally speaking the officials
have hopes of maintaining the record
that was established when the building
was begun some time ago.
The flag raising ceremony next Sat-
urday will be of widespread interest The
topmost point in the south will be rather
high and as the Birmingham Newspaper
club expects to occupy the twenty-ffth
floor and the roof garden, there is con-
siderable interest here in the final COM
pletion of the steel work to that point.
In the meantime the window frames are
in place up several stories while the
terra Gotta and brick work are being
handled with remarkable rapidity. Ex-
perts have admitted that record has
been set in the construction of the sky
scraper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
ONE TAG DAY EACH
YEAR IN THE EFUTURE
Commission Passes Ordi-
nance Governing Matter
BOYS CLUB EXEMPT
As That Organization Originated Idea
in Birmingham 1t Was Considered
Only Fair That They Should
Be Allowed Preference

No more can there be a legitimate ex-
cuse for that hunted, wary expression
seen so much on the face of the populace
OF Birmingham during the past several
months. for the times of the tag day has
passed. From this day hence and forever
there will never be but one tag day each
year in this city.
The narrowed, wilted look of the citi-
zenshlp became so noticeable the past few
weeks on account of the various and sun
dry associations, institutions, organiza-
tions, amalgamations and other things of
similar character that have invaded the
streets on an average of once a week with
a bevy of pretty girls who very willingly
pinned a flag, button, badge. tag, band,
cowbel or some other paraphanalia upon
the unsuspecting pedestrians coat lapel
and smiled as she was handed a quar-
ter, it became SO noticeable that even
the city commissioners saw it.
They lost no time thereafter, and an
ordinances was passed at the commission
meeting yesterday prohibiting any insti-
tuition or organization from holding tag
day or similar method of raising money
on the public streets except the Boys
club Tag day was originated in Bir-
mingham some few years ago by the
Boys club and was made the official way
for that institution to come before the
public and secure its aid. 1t was a tre-
mendous success. 1t was such success
that every other organization and insti-
tuition in the city that could think of a
slight new twist to give to the scheme
planned to have a tag day with the re-
suit that the tag days not only got SO num-
erous that they were becoming the
cause of dire threats from the citizens,
but that none of the institutions were
making any money out of them.
AS the Boys club originated the idea in
Birmingham, it was judged to be only
fair that the day should be limited to
that institution only, and it is stated that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02

Saturday the roof line OF the highest
building in the south will be reached.
For on that day the American flag will
fly from the % floor line of the Jefferson
County Savings bank slxyscraper An
nouncement to this effect was made yes
terday by William Weston, architect and
designer of the tallest building in the
south However the entire steel work
Will not be completed Saturday.
Eugene f. Enslen president of the
bank is said to be arranging some for
malities for that event He may ar
range some refreshments to be served
at point higher than any building in
the south. but that is undecided yet
Mr.. Weston said yesterday that the
steel work was being rushed forward
and he was sure that the building would
be filled with tenants October !, which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses
were issued yesterday in the office
of the probate clerk:
Glenn woodward of Dolomite and Miss
Alice Brook.
H. G. Hopkins of Birmingham and
Miss Willie Mae Stewart.
T. II. Hall of Ensley and Mrs. Lucy
H. Cley
II. J. Williams of Edgewater and
Miss Minnie Lee Atkins.
Charles 7. Crook of Birmingham and
Miss Alice Hansford.
William Willis of Birmingham and
Miss Eleanor Heath.
P. C. Craynon of Johns and Miss Hat
tie L. Coons.
Harry Mcpherson of Enterprise and
Miss Annie d. Berry.
d. l. Long of Birmingham and Mrs.
H. X. Harris
Paul T. Little of Birmingham and
Miss Lorna Mae Doone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Preliminary Hearing Begun

A preliminary nearing was begun yes
terday by Acting Coroner w. s. Russell
in the case of VIII w. Ragsdale. ac-
cused of the murder of James w. Nc
Opuley few weeks ago at Thomas. A
Jury was impaneled and verdict may
~ expected In few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
WILKINSON IS IN
RACE FOR AUDITOR
Announces Main Planks of
Platform in Birmingham
ECONOMY IN OFFICE
Says Taxation Is Only Justifiable
When Levied to Support a Gov
ernment Economically
Administered

That taxation is only justifiable when
levied to support a government eco
nomically administered was a state
ment yesterday of w. f. Wilkinson,
state examiner of public accounts, who
at the same time announced himself a
candidate for the office of state aud
itor.
This formal announcement of Judge
Wilkinson means that the race for
auditor will be one of the most spir-
tied. 1t is generally taken for grant
ed that M. C. Allgood of Blount county
will again ask for the office. He was
defeated by a narrow margin in the
last campaign.
Judge Wilkinson is well known
throughout the state. He was formerly
has been for several years one OF the
states examiners of public accounts
From the following interview the
voters will be able to grasp the chiei
Pidllh the . piothOfi
Concerning States Revenue
Taxation for revenue only to rur
government, economically admins
tered is all that any government, eth
er national, state, county or municipal
has any right to levy The converse OF
this principle is equally as true: thai
taxation to run an extravagant gov
ernment is wrong and unjustifiable.
"The revenue bill for the state should
be among the first bills passed by the
legislature instead of the last, as is
usually the case. First calculate the
probable income to the state from the
revenue bill, then the appropriations
can be made with some degree of in
telligence and be confined within the
limits of the income.
"To make extravagant appropriations
without knowledge of or calculating
the income is almost a crime against
the taxpayers. 1t causes a deficit, which
calls for increased valuation and more
taxes"
The Pension Investigation
Judge Wilkinson considers the work
being accomplished at the present time
by another examiner, H. Y. Brooke
of the greatest Importance. Mr. Brooke
as readers of The Age-Herald know,
is in Washington at the present time
examining into the records of soldiers
the wives of whom are drawing pen
sions in Alabama
From the preliminary report of Mr.
Brooke" stated Judge Wilkinson yes
terday 1T is evident that the pension
roll of Alabama will be decreased by
at least 100000 per annum. He has
found that many widows of men who
never enlisted are drawing pensions in
Alabama.
SHOULD the pension roll be cut $780,
000 the result will be that there will
be money for soldiers throughout four
quarters, whereas now the funds are
generally exhausted at the conclusion
of three"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
The Fact

That people of means
have jewels and are supposed
to have other valuables in
the home becomes KNOWN
and is but another good rea-
son why they should have
protection against loss by
fire or burglars.
Can you think of a safer
place for YOUR VALUA-
BLES than a safe deposit
box in our steel vaults?
From So to $50 rents one
yearly.
The First National Bank
Capital and Surplus
$3,000,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Exum Greatly Impressed

President Exum stated that the commits
sion realized as well as any OF the
speakers, and probably better, the finan-
cial condition of the city, but that he had
been greatly impressed by President w.
p. G. Hardng's discussion of the matter
giving hints of both way to erect the
auditorium and finance the city govern
ment, and that he did not believe the city
was too poor to build what it seemed
nearly every one agreed was so badly
needed.
"The Chamber of Commerce has gone
on record as favoring this proposed aud
itorium,' began President w. p. G. Hard
mng in opening the discussion. THE spe-
cial auditorium committee of which
Paschal Shook is chairman, has been con-
sidering all sides of the question for some
time. The uses of such a building are too
obvious to take up time for discussion
here. We come here in an effort to CO.
operate and work In union with the COM
mission and not in any effort to usurp
power or undue influence.
Through the lack of an auditorium
Birmingham has missed many eonven-
ton in the past and she will miss many
more until she has an auditorium. Among
the conventions that | know will come
here as soon as We secure such build
ing are the American Bankers association
with 5000 members. Each member would
spend an average of 500 here, which
would mean 100000 poured into this city in
two or three days The railroad con-
ductors, the Woman's Suffrage league,
the Federation of Labor, Daughters of the
Confederacy and dozens of others would
soon be assembling within our city.
Two Forms of Taxation
'There are two ferns of taxation, vo.-
(Coptiuued m Inst Pnrel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-02
Nothing Definite Done, But
Exum and Weatherly
Speak EncouragingIy
of the Proposal
MR.. HARDING OFFERS
NEW PLAN BY WHICH
TO RAISE THE MONEY
Sell Present City Hall Lot and Build
Auditorium, City Hall and Library
Combined in Capitol Park.
Others Speak on
the Matter

Realistic dreams of the years to come
when Birmingham would be a much
larger city than she is today figured
prominently in the appearance before the
city commission yesterday of a general
Chamber of Commerce committee and a
citizens committee in behalf of the new
public auditorium.
Nothing definite was done. After the
members of the committees had spoken
both Mr.. Weatherly and Mr.. Exum said
a few words, but they did not bind them
selves to anything definite. Judge Lane
was silent.
Mr.. Weatherly stated he wanted the
committee to know that the members of
the commission had the proposed matter
of a municipal bond issue to finance the
auditorium under consideration, and that
he believed it was not only matter which
involved the social and educational well
fare of the community, but that it was
a matter for hard headed, far seeing bus
mess men to get together upon and work
out like they would business adven-
,tIlre
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His Charge of Folly

ITO my mind the folly of this rule
lies in the fact that the court will have
no way of knowing that the error COM
planned of has probably injuriously af-
fected the substantial rights of the
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The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20
SEMI-M ONTHLy MA GAZINE

The saddest cases are those who
refuse to be convinced that Nature
never intended them for the stage
lhey believe in themselves, believe
that they have never had their
chance; and there are always others
who believe in them, and encourage
them in their hopeless fight. Then,
100, they know of numerous cases
Where the part has made the actor"
and they hold on, living in the hope
that next season" will see the end
OF the long lane and bring the part
that will place them where they be-
long" in their profession. To the
great majority, next season" is the
tomorrow that never comes; and so
they go to their graves, firm in the
belief that only an unkind Fate has
cheated them of their due, and pre-
vented their illumining the stage
with their unsuspected genius.
60, there you are! If you wish to be
~ admired; if you desire an easy
life; If you want to travel and to see
the country - go on the stage. You
may get the vanity knocked out of
you by harsh stage managers and un-
feeling, facetious dramatic critics;
you may not find the life as sunshiny
and rosy as it looks; you may see
more of the country than you wish,
and find it less interesting than you
anticipated. You may discover that
you have chosen a precarious means
of livelihood: but YOU will never lack
for variety, and you will not die of
ennui. You will run against new
snag every season, just when you be-
gin to fiatter yourself that you
know the ropes; but you will find
that they manufacture a new kind
of rope every year in the theatrical
business: sometimes the ropes are
knotty, and sometimes they break
and drop you with one of those dull,
sickening thuds that you read about
in novels - but that is an entirely
different story.
The San Francisco call., 1913-07-20

outside New York: but it Is eouallv
true that a large majority of them
come from small towns. To those
VINO nave lived SO far from the place
where theatricals is a business, the
stage has the additional charm of
mystery. New Workers, thanks to
the enterprising press, are pretty
well informed about the inner work
1ngs OF the stage - wind machines.
snow storms, drifting clouds, eject
era. But to the provincial these
things are still marvellous, and the
mysterious has ever held, and al
ways will hold, strong fascination.
The young person who aspires to
be an actor is always met with the
advice OF the old-timer Don't"
Then, if it is so inadvisable for
me, why don't you give it up?" is
the poser that the youngster hands
back.
This brings up another phase of
the matter, and it is hard to answer
the question: Why do actors re.
main on the stage, when they invari-
ably advise others to keep off? For
the successful actor, the reason is
patent; but why does the nOn-suc-
cessful actor stick to the stage, which
he abuses and tells every one else to
keep away from?
IN the case of most Of them it takes
some years for the glamor to
wear off, and the stern business side
of the profession to show itself.
Again, 1t takes a number of failures
to convince an actor (some are never
convinced) that he is a failure.
Should that time come, the actor
feels that he is too old to rub out
and start over" Generally speaking,
he was not good business man in
the first place = that may have been
the reason for his adopting the stage
and the short hours to which he
has been accustomed in the theater
have untitled him for the daily grind
of almost any other occupation he
might turn to.