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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
APPLE TURNS TO STONE
WHEN THROWN IN FURNACE

DENVER, COL, June 14.-By some
process that no one he has consulted
has been able 10 explain. an apple
has undergone petrification in the
furnace of the home Of G. Schrades,
Who has offered the curiosity TO the
state Museum
The apple. a russell. weighed about
Eve ounces. II now weighs fourteen
ounces. Its color and shape were not
affected by the heat and il appears at
a glance to be a perfect apple except
that there is a hole where the stem
was. but il is so hard that the point
OF a knife blade cannot be driven
into IL. ------------
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
Through Her Years as 0utcast,
She Has Constantly Struggled
to Make NeighbOrs Happy,

NEW YORK, June 14.--Floretta
the eyes Of the world whose conven-
tions she and Jere Knode Cooke, the
unfrocked rector of Hampstead, L, l.,
have defied for six years because
there was no other way for them to
unite their lives-tells to-day for the
first time the inner story OF her life
since her elopement with Cooke from
her grandmotheTs home in 1907.
1t is not a story Of dates. Incidents.
itineraries and facts. Those are IA
miliar to the world already. It is a
story OF motives, beliefs. convictions,
hopes, OF disappointments. consola-
tions. compromises and adjustments.
II is a mental and spiritual history
Of the experience which revolution
ICED her own life and the life of the
man who forsook everything for her.
Defends Her Action.
Here is Floretta Whaley's defense
OF her life IN her own words:
When ] was invited to say some
thing, in view OF the fact that the
big things Of my life, for which
have constantly prayed, have been
realized, ! hesitated 10 accept dread
ing lest I swell the misunderstood
ing regarding myself Of which I have
known bitter proof But woe is me
II do not accept the opportunity to
say what truth IL has been given me
to see; for no one can live unto him
self or escape responsibility for his
actions. And so bravely as possible
I e. b. L.
trusting a higher power to work
things out and set me right before
the world, IL that be Gods will.
Il have been asked whether l now
feel justified in doing as ! did; wheth-
er I am compensated by the love OF
my boys and Of their father for the
sufferings undergone and the sacri-
fees made.
The only way that I can answer
that Is 20 say that l am perfectly
happy in loving and being loved by
them Ny attitude is not that Of jus
tifylng. that might be misconceived
as pride or stubborness; but ! can
truly say that in ministering to my
loved ones and to such friends and
neighbors as have been granted me
am conscious Of pleasing God as well
as myself I am not at all tempted
10 refer to my sacrifices There is
selhshness implied in the word which
l dislike
Aversion Easy To Bear.
"Suffering-ye we have experience
ed that, and desire 10 say as little
about that as possible, although
something must be said Of It. cOnsio-
ering the purpose with which this is
written. The aversion Of people is
easy TO bear compared with some
things In fact although we have
been put 70 inconvenience and annoy
anCe b. the necessity Of moving a
number OF times. the pointed atten-
tions of this sort have not been so
great as might be expected
The very love we bear our chill
Gren brings suffering which is much
sharper and which every mother and
"a er will understand Every moth
-- loves her feebIest child best. FOR
prodigal child. the sacred flame in
ereasess and what can express the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
Turkey Hen Lives AZ
Days Without Water
Cyclone Imprisoned Fowl More Than
Month Ago-Bird Leaps 5llthsly
Out When Set Free.

CARBONDALE. ILL, June 14-Ths
cyclone which passed through this
section late in April played a queer
prank, which was discovered by Mr..
and Mrs. l.. NJ. Hardin, four miles
southeast Of Carbonate. Their home,
small building, was stripped Of its
framework. but the sills were left
intact This part had been lifted
from its foundation, carried so
yards and dropped. Upon clearing
away the ruins wOrkmen raised 1t.
and a turkey hen hoped out. 10
had been imprisoned AZ days with
out food or water.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15

At Last Wife of UnOcked Rector Warns Girls to AUOid
HerFath Though She Says IT Has Brought Her Happiness

Photographs Of the in the 5s wbs In the Eft picture shown the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

CONTINUED ON Page Nine,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Timber Eagerly Sought

sissippi, extending even beyond tn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

scoffed at a dozen years ago-and the
price of lumber still goes up.
Birminghams pre-eminence as a
lumber manufacturing center is there
fore due not only to her advantageous
geographic situation and her railroad
facilities, but to the fact that she is in
that belt of the south which is really
furnishing the entire nation with more
than half its building material in wood.
The timber received and manufac-
tured into building material here be-
longs in two general classes-the hard
and the soft woods.
The hardwoods are the broad leaf
trees most of which shed their leaves
in the fall. The softwoods are needle
leaved and only one (cypress) sheds it's
leaves annually.
The two classes grow in mixture to
some extent, but generally they are
pretty well separated. The great belts
of cypress sweep around the coast from
Maryland to Texas. Some of the hard
woods extend down TO the coast and
occupy the fiat country, but most of
them have their habitat in higher lands
and it Is in these woods that the up
lands of northern Alabama are par
ticularly rich
A belt of this hardwood, approximate
ly 800 miles wide crosses the northern
portions of Georgia, Alabama and Mis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
BUILDING OPERATIONS GAIN
HIGH RANK FOR BIRMINGHAM
YEARLY BUILDING REPORT SINCE 1907

it has been equipped as one of the most
beautiful apartments in the south.
At first blush it might seem that the
influx of three hotels being pushed to
completion in one city at one time
would add a rather extravagant service
to the numerous hostelries already
erected here. But it is the fact that
the present hotels are so utterly unable
to accommodate the people coming into
Birmingham to make it Headquarters,
temporary or permanent home and it is
certain that the capacities of each of
the three great structures will be taxed
to their utmost from the moment OF
their completion. 1t Is significant in
this connection that both the Tutwiler
and the Ridgeley apartments are being
built for one Birmingham man, Major
E. NJ Tutwiler, who only emphasizes
capitalist in the city when he invests
millions outright in hotels.
Other Buildings Under Way
The same situation exists as to office
buildings as to hotels. Though the Of
flee building has been carried on at
a remarkable rate during the past five
years, yet never once has an office
building opened for business with its
offices Unbiased.
AT the same time another great and
beautiful structure is just receiving it's
finishing touches-the Lyric theatre
| which represents an outlay of s35o,o00
in theatre and Offices
The 100000 plant of the American
| n.
| GRAFTON, indicates that Industrial build
| ing is booming right alongside the Of
| fees, hotels and theatres. Then it was
only upon May 20 last that the United
States Steel corporation at meeting
in New York decided to resume the
work upon its great s2,0000O0 wire nail
plant at Fairfield. The plant covers Is
acres under one roof already. After
| the Steel corporation has finished it at
an added cost of more than 100000, it
Will give employment to between 500
and 800 men.
| And here. briefly listed, is record
of the other larger building operations
now in progress in the city: National
| Cast Iron Pipe company's plant, $780,
900; five-story reinforced concrete store
building for Judge w l. Grubb, s65,oOO;
four story brick store Collins White
and Scott, s42,5O0; addition to Perfec-
| ton Mattress companys plant. $4,000;
moving picture theatre $4,000 3-story
brick apartment house, $4,000; 2-story
brick garage, $4,000, and 3-story addi-
ton to Jefferson county court house,
$4,000
Very obviously such monumental
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

Now this splendid supply of timber
is eagerly used by the manufacturers
of various parts of the country. We
hicle manufacturers use much of the
hickory product of the Birmingham
mills, the furniture makers clamor for
the oak and there is no a great factory
in the north and east which does not
use all the southern lumber it can get.
Now, until Birmin CHAM started out in
the manufacturing of lumber, the south
was not doing its share in this part of
the business. II sent forth great guam
titles of rough lumber, it is true, but
it did not have the facilities for the
making of this stock into building ma
terials until the enterprising manufac-
turers of Birmingham came to supply
the needs of the entire SOUTH
Here, for example, is the statistical
proof that Alabama through her Bir-
mingham lumber manufacturers led all
the southern states in the making OF
material last year. Out of 691 0O1
feet of timber cut by the sawmills.
126.S16 feet Were further manufactured
though not made into the final per-
fected material, and As per cent of the
total amount was manufactured into
Continued on Page Nine)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
LUMBER TRADE IS
CENTERED HERE
Birmingham Has Come Into
It's Own Within the
Past Few Years

Within the past few years Birming-
ham has become the center of the lum-
Der and manufacturing trade in the
section of the south that is producing
more than half the building woods used
in the United States. Formerly before
the northern forests were denuded there
was believed to be small chance for
great lumber interests in Alabama, but
the situation has now reached the point
where the state is putting out yearly
one of the greatest "crops" of lumber
in the country-and the lumber is be-
ing turned into building material in
the great Birmingham mills.
Last year in this state more than 1890
miles of lands were devoted to lumber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
More Than S3,00O,O00 in
Building Permits
in 1913
$2O,OOO,OOO SPENT IN
LESS THAN 7 YEARS
Tallest Office Building in South and
Two Large Hotels Among Build
ings Now Under Way.
Other Features

Ever since cities have been cities
their development and their prosperity
has been gauged by the number and
qualities of the buildings arising in
them. By that token Birmingham must
surely stand in the front rank of the
municipalities of the entire country
for more than $3,035.S15 has already
been marked up as the score of the
the year, while four great structures
are now going up in the town that will
involve the investment of twice as
many more millions before the year is
through. Add to this the fact that the
American Steel and Wire company will
expend 100000 more at once to COM
plete its great wire nail factory at
Fairfield; add also the fact that the
United States is about to construct Il
s1,o00,000 postoffice on Fifth avenue and
that the city is also to have a great
new auditorium and some idea is given
of the tremendous extent of building
development in the Magic City alone.
The four great structures already in
course of construction are of the high
est type of buildings ever erected in the
south and one of them, the 25-story
Jefferson County Savings bank build
Ing, will be the tallest building south
of Mason and Dixon's line. The steel
work of this structure is already par
TALLY up. When it is completed AT
the cost of $1.000,000, Birmingham will
have the most modern office and bank
ing building in the country. There
will be express elevators. a fire proof
system that is more elaborate than was
ever attempted in the south or north
before, and its offices will be fitted out
with luxury and convenience that will
spell the last word in the construction
de luxe.
Two New Hotels
But even more finely appointed, if
that is possible, will be the new hotels,
the 12-story Tutwiler which is to cost
$1,25O,00O. and the Roden hotel, to be
erected at the cost of $1,000.o00.
The foundations of both these ma gnl-
ficent structures have already been laid
will be opened to business the first in
February, 1914, and the second about
Thanksgiving day. Along with them is
going up the handsome Ridgely apart
ment house, which will be eight stories
In height and will cost 100000 before
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
A Barnyard Tragedy

FTUm Ilt-BltS.
First Hen-What a, ridiculously giddy
creature that young Miss Dorking is!
Second Hen-oh she's young yet Wait
till she has known the sorrow of sitting
for three weeks on china egg and two
door knobs-she'll sober down then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

building boom has had its effect upon
real estate prices and they have gone
higher at the rate. of a geometrical
progression. This is particularly true
of Fifth avenue, with its new hotels
and prospective new postoffice and
some of the land on that business street
Is bringing record prices for the south.
1t all betokens the splendid conf
dence of the people in the city and
pays such certain tribute to the city's
phenomenal Industrial rise that he who
runs may read. But along with indus
trial. office and hotel construction that
Is setting mark for the country, there
is also tremendous increase in resi-
Dental building of the same substantial!
order which shows the great number
of people who are making Birmingham
their home and must have residences.
The cold figures from the office of the
city inspector furnish weak idea of
what this residential building boom
amounts to. They show that since the
nrst of the year the depa rtment has
issued permits for 40 buildings at an
estimated valuation of s791,O71 That
same report shows that there have been
6135 residences erected in Birmin CHAM
since 1907 and that more than $4,000
600 have been spent in constructive
them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Building Reports Jump

Returning once more to the records
Tor the spring the inspectors permits
tell of building gain in all kinds
of buildings nearly four times that of
1912 and over three times greater than
the figures of the same month in 1911.
1t has been pretty we'll said that Bir-
mlngham Is sure cure for pessimsm.
It's such an obvious cure for it that the
optimism stares out of even the most
prosaic list of figures. But when Won
come to consider that the totals spent
upon all building construction even IN
to June ] of this year represented So
o35,Sl5 against s1,9S5.309 for the entire
year of 1907, the reason why the Bir-
mingham citizen is a confirmed optimist
Is made about as plain as it could be.
And there are other figures to show.
For instance the total already con-
tracted for in the building line this
year Is thus far less than $500. 900 be-
hind the total figures of even 1912.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

making and produced a total of more
than 1,7OO,000,000 feet. Being as it is
so accessible to all the great freight
routes of the south Birmingham was
naturally looked to as a shipping point
Tor this vast store of timber for which
people throughout the country were
clamoring in view of the falling outputs
of the north and west. Birmingham
lumber men arose to the occasion They
saw that they were happily situated
at a point that was the natural center
Of the business of all northern Georgia.
Alabama and southern Tennessee and
the gigantic mills which have arisen
bear testimony to the manner in which
they grasped their opportunity. 1t is
not too much to say that practically all
the timber grown in northwestern
Georgia, southern Tennessee and north
ern Alabama is brought to this city
from the forests to be sawed and hewn
into the building blocks and boards
that form the nucleus of homes
throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Manufactured Here

1t should be remembered that this
traordinary quality and brings the
highest market price in the land In
deed. some of the cypress lumber sold
from the Birmingham yards has
brought prices that would have been
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-18
US. TO PROTECT AMERICANS
HURRY ORDERS ISSUED TO THE
CRUISER DIES MONIES TO
SAIL AT ONCE.
Puerto Plata Shelled by Dominican
Gunboats and American Lives
in Peril.

Washlngton.-New that Dominican
gunboats were Smelling the city of
Puerto Plata, endangering American
lives and property, caused hurry or
ders to go from here to the cruiser
Des Moines, which had been prepar-
ing to sail from Guantanamo, Cuba,
for Santo Domingo since reports of
the latest revolution there were re-
ceived several days ago. The cruis'
er har coaled and sailed directly for
Puerto Plata.
In the meantime communication be-
tween Puerto Plata and the outside
world had been broken and no word
had come to the state department
since the brief message announcing
the commandment In order to make
certain the re-establishment of cQp-
munications with the arrival of the
Des Moines, the treasury department
was asked to dispatch the revenue cut
ter Algonquin from San Juan, Porto
Rico, to Mona Passage, a point on
the coast midway between Puerto Pla-
ia and Santo Domingo city.
The cutter win reach there soon,
and will serve as a wireless relay
between the Des Moines and the COM
mercial station at Santo Domingo.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-18
.HOWSE WINS
IN NASHVILLE
WILL BE RUNOFF IN ONE CoNMIS-
SIONERsHIP RACE.
Organization and a General Belief Among
Poorer Glasses That HOwse Had
Been Their Friend RespOn-
sible for Big Vote.

NashyiIle.-ln the tiercest mtn-eiPsl
fight that Nashville has ever seen Hilary
f. Howse has again won the mayoraltg,
and he seems to have got more votes
than All OF his oppouents-Coop, Neck
aud Eakm lthe latter a Socialist put
together. Even in the so-called ICform
wards Howse got big vote. iie Won
because he had the organization and
the workers, and also because the pp1reg
people felt that he had been their trierd
in the hour OF distress.
The citizens ticket, which stood ioI
the segregation OF saloons, and which
carried the names of Meebs, Elliot; and
Works, has apparently triumphei ln
only one instance, aud that is in Elliott
Mecbs for mayor ran a very poor race.
The people never seemed to take h-
candidacy seriously.
l.. Andrews wins the commissionership
Of finance, lights and market house over
Charles Cohn and Hughes Works, but
the contest for the comimssionership OF
waterworks, street cleaning and work
house, between G.. w. Stainback and
Robert Elliott, will bring on a run-of
September 25. Elliott nearly doubled
Stainback in the first election, but lacked
Just enough votes to necessitate another
election.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-18
CALL LIND TO MEXIC CAPITAL
Negotiations Between United States
and Mexico to Be Resumed.

Mexico City.-The probability that
negotiations between the United
States and Mexico would be resumed
at an early date, was the opinion
expressed at the American embassy,
although Nelson O'Shaughnessy, the
charge d'affaires, was non-committal
as to whether he had been officially
advised of new proposal or of Wash
ington's determination to make fur
Their effort at adjustment.
1t is significant, however, that he
has advised President Wilson'S rep
resentative, Mr.. Lind, who is now at
Vera Cruz, to return as far as Oriza-
ba, about one-third the distance to
the capital, Mr.. Lind seemingly not
wishing to come to the capital until
the preliminaries had reached stage
where he felt assured his services
could be utilized. Whether Mr.. Lind
will act on this recommendation is
not at present known.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-18
HOW MONEY WAS
SPENT BY SULZER
GOVERNOR SUFFERS BROKER
TELLS HOW HE LOST
BIG SUMS.
WALL STREET TRANSACTIONS
Notwithstanding Statement Of Mrs.
Sulzer, Fuller Says He Had
No Dealings With Her.

New York. - Governor Suffers
transactions in Wall street from June
%, 1910, till they ceased-at least so
far as one firm of brokers was con-
cerned-on July IA last were describ-
ed under oath by Melville ID. Fuller,
who said he was Suffers broker, in
hearing held by the nine impeach-
ment managers appointed by the as
sembly.
Mr.. Fuller, who refused to testify
before the Frawley investigating COM
mittee concerning certain matters, an
swered all questions. He testified that
Sulzer had paid him $4,000 in per-
son within a month and day after
the last election and that he (Fuller)
had had no dealings with Mrs. Sui
ger.
According to Fullers' testimony,
Sulzer, while a congressman, opened
an account with his firm, Harris q
Fuller, June q, 1910. In September
he testified Sulzer borrowed $4,000
from the firm, giving as collateral 400
shares of big Four railroad stock
and in November of the same year
Sulzer added some American Smelter
stock to his collateral held by the
brokers.
big Four declined from so to 81
within a year." Mr.. Fuller continued
but Mr. Sulzer bought some more Of
the stock and added Southern Pacific
to his holdings"
On November 10. 1912. q few days
after he was elected governor, Mr.
Fuller continued, Sulzer walked into
the office of Harris & Fuller with ten
81 900 bills in his hand. These he
paid on his account, his Indebtedness,
owing to other transactions, having
increased to $50,912. On December 6
Mr.. Fuller said the governor-elect paid
in person $4,000 more in cash on his
account.
Lieutenant Commander Josephthal
of Governor Suffers staff visited the
office of Harris & Fuller July 16 last,
Mr.. Fuller added, and closed the ac-
count by paying the balance, $26,739.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-09-18
FOOD PRICES ARE
ON THE INCREASE
THE HIGH COST or LIVING CON-
TINUEs TO MOUNT HIGHER
AND HIGHER.
SOME COMPARISONS MADE
Three Per Cent. Higher Than Year
Ago and Fifteen Per Cent.
Higher Than ? Years Ago.

Washington-Th cost of living on
June 10 was approximately higher
than the average between 1890 and
1900, more than three per cent. higher
than it was a year ago and nearly
fifteen per cent. higher than II was
two years ago.
Investigations of retail prices in 80
cities conducted by experts OF the bu-
reau of labor show prices practically
at the same level as last November
when the high records of the last
quarter century were reached.
Fourteen articles of food were in
vestigated, and compared with the
average prices between 1890 and 1900
Every one except sugar showed 2
marked advance; bacon, which led in
the soaring, went up 1855 per cent.
Other articles which showed re-
markable advances were:
Pork chops Ill per cent; round
steak 1925; smoked ham "a; hens
76.S; sirloin steak 1852; rib roasts
rs; lard 66:5; corn meal 57.3; potatoes
444 Is; butter Alb; eggs 40.S; milk
1874; and -four 2S.6. During the same
period sugar showed a decline of s
per cent.
During the last year prices of eleven
and fifteen articles investigated went
up.
Bacon advanced 1862 per cent.
smoked ham al; pork chops 1874;
hens lis; eggs III; round steak
101; sirIoin steak 9S; lard 7.2; rib
roast 6.S; butter So, and milk Al.
The other four declined as follows:
Potatoes 31.9; sugar 15.2; wheat
-four IT, and corn meal 9.9.
Prices were investigated in Atlanta,
Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buff
falo, Charleston, S. c.. Chicago, Gin
cinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, De-
troit, Fall River, Mass; indianapolis,
Jacksonville, Fla; Kansas City, Mo;
Little Rock, Ark Los Angeles, Louis
vile, Manchester, N. Y; Memphis,
Tenn; Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New
ark, N. j.; New Haven. Conn; New
Orleans, New York, Omaha, Philadel-
phia, Pittsburg, Portland, Ore; Provi-
dence, r. l.. Richmond Va; st. Louis,
st. Paul, Mimi; Salt Lake City, San
Francisco, Scranton, Pa, Seattle and
Washington, d. C.