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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
COLEMAN REbUKES
Jury At ADMISSION
Declares Pettus' Acquittal
Disgrace to County
PUPILS EXAMINED
EXAMINED
North Alabama Presbytery to Meet
in WO0dlawn-PrisOn Cruelty at
Oxford Federal Prison Is
Denied

Admission. October 16-(Special.) )-Wher
The jury in the case of the state against
William Pettus returned a verdict ac-
quitting the defendant Thursday morn
Ing, Judge Thomas w. Coleman told them
that he thought that their verdict was a
disgrace to Calhoun county. Pettus was
charged with assaulting w. A. Smith, an
official of a cotton mill at Oxford, with
intent to murder.
1t Is said that Pettus had been en-
ployed at the mill and either quit or was
discharged. Later be came to the office
few days before pay day, it was
claimed, with an iron rod in his hand
stating that he would kill Mr.. Smith if
he was not paid his money. The latter
was struck with the rod and claims that
he defended himself with revolver.
Self defense was the plea of the defend
ant however, and 1t secured his acquittal.
Capt. John Fitzgerald, who has been a
frequent visitor to the federal prison at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
BOOKER WASHINGTON
IN SELMA NEXT WEEK

Selma. October 16.-(Special PRO
fessor r. b. Hudson, principal of the
Clark school, has completed arrange
ments for a lecture which will be Civ
en- here at the Academy of Music on
the evening of Friday, October "a, by
DIR. Booker 7. Washington. The sub
ject of the address which Dr. Washing
ton will deliver has not been an
nounced yet.
For the benefit OF the white residents
Hudson has reserved the bottom floor
of the opera house for those who want
to hear the address which will be de-
livered by the noted negro educator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
NO STATE CONV|CTS
AT ATMORE CAMP
Greer Declares Only County
and City COnvicts En-
pl0yed There

Montgomery, October 16-(Special)
Len f. Greer. associate member of the
state board of convict inspectors, and
one of the commission delegated by Gov
ernor O'Neal to make an investigation
of conditions at the Huxford- Orvin Ma
val Stores convict camp at Atmore. re-
sents the publication of various editorials
In papers to the effect that state con-
victs We're employed at the camp.
Mr.. Greer says that only county and
city convicts were employed, and that
the state convict department has no su-
pervision over city convicts.
He declared today that one of the lead
ing papers of the state published in the
headlines to the story setting forth the
commissions report that state con-
victs We're employed. He declared this
to be palpable injustice to him and
to the members of the convict depart
ment. inasmuch as only county and city
convicts were employed at the camp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17

oAiord, Where several persons of promi-
nehee from this section have been con-
hned IN recent Years, denies the charge
OF starvation and brutality preferred by
Juilan Hawthorne and DIR, Morton. who
nave i ust been released. Captain Fitzger-
aid states that his friends have told him
that the very best of conditions prevail
at the prison, although they all confirmed
Hawthorne's opinion as to the depressing
effect OF prison confinement
All of the pupils and teachers in the An
nlston public schools were examined
Thursday by City Physician J. w. Land
ham and DR.. r. L. Hughes to ascertain
whether or not they had been properly
vaccinated
Gus Norton arrived in the city Thurs
day to succeed Mr.. Maxwell as manager
of the Alabama hotel regarded as one of
the finest hostelries in the south
Mr.. Maxwell will leave for Newark,
o., as soon as Mr.. Norton is thoroughly
acquainted with local conditions. and in
that city he will become manager of an
other of the hotels controlled by Frank g.
Warden, proprietor of the Alabama. He
Will carry with him Clerk Ray Cook, who
will be succeeded by II. E. L. Lowry, who
has been connected with Mr. Norton at
the Hillman in Birmingham
Mr.. Norton, like Mr.. Maxwell is a for
mer Annistonian. lie was steward at the
old Admission Inn, the first hotel in the
United States to be lighted throughout
by electric light and a famous mecca in
the early days of this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17

On next Sunday the Rev c. Mepnis,
c. NJ, will open a mission at st. Ann 5
Catholic church. New Decatur. 1t will
continue several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
Candidates Examined

Mountain Creek, October 1G.-(Special.)
Examiner Irwin visited Verbena and ex-
amined four applicants for position of
postmaster there. Samuel Cats, w.
Yeargen, Il. II. Nelson and p. C. Ma
runy appeared and were examined. 1t
is not known as to which of the candi-
dates the position will be given Mr..
Gillespie resigned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
EDUCATORS VISIT
THE GIRARD SCHOOLS
State Supervisor Baker, f. M. de
Graffcnreid of Scale and Others
On Inspection Tour

/ ciirard, October 16.-tSpecial)- State
Supervisor of Rural Schools S. r.
Baker of Ensley Superintendent +. NJ.
deGraffenreid of Scale and other distin-
guished educators visited the city yes
terday making an inspection of the city
schools. The visitors were much
pleased with work of the city school
system in Girard and the management
of Superintendent Gamble and his corps
of teachers.
The many Alabama friends of Dr..
Lewis G.. Roberts, who was reared in
Girard, will read with interest of his
marriage Tuesday of this week to Miss
Virginia Pearson of Richmond, Va. DR..
and Mrs. Roberts will Ieside at Moor
mans River, Va, where he has splen-
did practice.
Much new building and improvement
Is in course in this city. The new
Citizens bank on the corner of Sixth
and Broad streets is nearing compile
tion and will be ready for business al
an early date. DIR. II. c. Prather, a To-
cal capitalist, Is building a two-story
business and office building across ths
street from the bank and a number ol
smaller enterprises are In progress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
COLLEGE STUDENTS
HOLD CONFERENCE

Marion, October 16.--( Especial. 1.-The
Alabama Bible conference of college
students is in session at the Marion
institute, and the attendance includes
representatives from every institution
of the state that has a Young Mems
Christian association, while Auburn is
represented by 20 young men.
The conference is being conducted by
DR. w. d. Weatherford of Nashville
and Prof w. M. Miller of Marion insti-
tute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
Baptists Discuss Church Work

Mountain Creek, October 16.-(Special)
The second day of the Coosa River Bap-
tist association meeting was, as the first
day, devoted to church work, except in
the forenoon the Rev. r. II. Long de-
livered an elegant and forceful sermon to
large congregation. The meeting was
great success and much good work
will be the result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17

The North Alabama presbytery, which
has been in session at the Presbyterian
church at oxford will hold its next meet
Ing next spring at Woodlawn church. Bir-
mingham, according to a decision reached
Thursday morning.
Wednesday night George Dunglingson,
superintendent of the Orphans home at
Talladega, made plea for $1,000 for the
erection of a workshop and planning mill
at the home Wednesday afternoon John
Bethune and Walter Won Sweeberg stu
dents at the Alabama Presbyterian college
here were admitted to the presbytery.
Judge j. f. Green, who has been in Bir-
mingham for several days on business.
has returned to the city and resumed his
bench in the recorders court Thursday.
During his absence Aldermen Mallory and
Waldrop have acted as recorder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17
SALVATION ARMY'S
WORK IN DECATURS
Ensign Henderson Submits Annual
Report-Circuit Court Adjourns
Until Monday

Decatur, October 16.-(Special )-Ensign
A. R. Henderson, who is in charge of
the local Salvation Army, has just made
public his annual report for the year
ending September 27, and the reports
show the following of interest:
Meals given free, 1850; beds given free.
1856; garments given, 1O7S shoes given,
10; number of persons helped, 945: num-
Der of families helped, 10; number given
transportation, six; girls sent to rescue
home, four; prison meetings, AZ; indoor
meetings, 1922 open air meetings. 250;
junior meetings, 81; homes visited, 1884
prayers in 240 homes.
1t will be seen by these figures that
the Salvation Army is doing a great work
in the Decaturs They have home here
and a small hospital, where emergency
cases are cared for.
The circuit court has adjourned until
Monday at 1870 o'clock. Judge Aston
will continue next week to hold court.
This is the regular fall term of the cir
cult court.
On next Sunday the Rev. c. Mepnis,
C. NJ. will open a mission at st. AIMS 5
Catholic church. New Decatur 1t will
continue several days.
The Railroad Young Mems Christian
association will commence a membership
contest next Saturday. which will con-
tinue for one week. The contest is not
merely a local one. but includes num-
Der of Young Mems Christian assocla-
tions of Tennessee and Mississippi. as
well as for the Decaturs The Decaturs
have one of the largest Young Men
Christian associations in the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-17

When a physician wishes to
reinforce -reinvigorate-your
system, invariably he will
advise the free use of a good
mineral water.
Standing alone in it's class,
the high regard in which
WHITE ROCK WATER is
held by the doctors of today is
attested by its enormous sale.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
TODAY'S CLEARINGs.

resounds with talk and laughter
song, the squeak of fiddles and the
twang of guitars. The children,
brown and hardy, play in the
dusty road or In the long, lush
grass. Night comes. In a lit.
tie while the little unpainted city
is still.
By and by John Smith himself
takes week off. He too hurries
to the valley, picks berries, and
returns to the city refreshed.
Most of the pickers remain
three months, for the. raspberries
follow hard ON the heels of the
strawberry crop, and after the
raspberries, the blaciSberries.
The season ends. The pickers
return to their homes sound in
health and with money in their
pockets.
/ found among the pickers hun
dreds of such folks as the Smiths
| found college boys enjoying 9
cheap vacation. l found farmers
from other parts of the state
who are putting in. g few weeks
picking berries while their own
crops are ripening.
So far as / WAS able to dis.
cover, the association does q
lot OF good in q lot Of different
ways. Il hurts no one but the
n,iddieMan over whose misfortune
I nm not disposed TO waste my
Ino r.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
FRED BOALT VISITS PROSPEROUS BERRY FIELDS

rypickers I'm the valley. They
hxye come from Seattle, Portland,
Tacoma and Vancouver, and even
from Spokane, Walla Walla and
Yakima, across the mountains.
Hundreds come every year from
western Washington to escape
the midsummer heat.
With the exception of the
Northern Pacific railroad, the
association is the largest em-
pioyer of labor In the valley.
Now observe how it works out:
The association advertises in the
spring for berrypickers. John
Smith. street conductor, or a
clerk in a store or bank, or a
mechanic In shop, or laborer,
cannot afford to send his wife
and family to mountain or sea-
shore for their holidays.
Instead, they 60 to Puyallup
valley to pick berries. They are
met By association wagons and
assigned TO the farm of q mem
ber. They are given cottage
with hunks, q cook stove, cook
ins utensils. fuel.
fdrs. Smith. being nimble of fin
gers, earns $1.60 3 day. The
youngest child makes but so
cents.
The butcher and grocer call
ar{hnd and take and deliver or
<khe day ends. The evening air
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24

perfluous.
The association uses what is
known as the "pre-co0Iing'
method in shipping in addition to
refrigeration, which makes it just
possible to land fresh Puyallup
berries on New York city break
fast tables feat not dreamed
of formerly.
When the berries are in the
iced car, cold air is blown through
them to expell the warmth gained
In the hot field. Thus carload
of berries is landed fresh in
Wichita, Kas., and another in
Oklahoma City, every morning,
the berries being as fresh and
firm as when picked.
In other days, too, for such
berries as spoiled the farmers
were compelled to accept such
prices as the canneries were
pleased to offer. To-day the asso-
citation has its own canneries, one
i'm Puyallup and the other in
Summer.
In addition, the association buys
for its members fertilizer and 9th.
er farm necessities at cost plus 10
per cent.
Last year the association did .
total volume of business of @7B8,.
600.
Nor are the farmers the onIy
ones benefited BY this co-opcra :.
ton. There are now $4,000 ber.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24

If the cooperative movement
among farmers is not squelched,
their gloomy forebodings leave
me cold.
The association has 1,400
members, whose farms cover an
area two miles wide and seven
miles long. No member can hold
more than $15 worth of stock,
which costs a dollar share.
Whether you have one share or
15, you have only one vote.
In other days, when every
farmer worked independently he
could never get In days picking
the 545 crates necessary to fill q
car. While waiting for more her,
ries to be picked the berries al.
ready Grated spoiled. That was
one evil of non-co-operation.
Another was that the farmers
lacking cohesion, were. at the
mercy OF the buyers from the
outside and of the railroads.
Now the association fills the
cars as fast as they can be showed
onto the sidings. Now the associ.
alton does its own marketing, its
own shipping. its own collecting
The member simply delivers his
berries to the association. and
the association finds the market,
sells the berries, collects the
money. and settles with the mem
ber. In word, the association
proves that the middleman is sul
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
POLICE CHIEF
AND 8 OTHERS
ARE CHARGED

Arrested June fS, at 3 q. m.
Forcibly searched on street and
dragged to Jail.
Held in jail five hours. Re-
leased ON $50 bail.
Re-arrested in police court
next day. Released on an addi-
tional bail of $50.
Tried i'm Justice Westcott's
court by jury three days later and
acquitted.
Such are the allegations made
by Harry Gong, a Chinese mer-
chant from Portland, in a $10,-
05O damage suit for false arrest
served this week on Chief of Po-
lice A. p. Loomis, Police Sergt.
H. V. Hill and Detectives A. G..
Brown and Price Recob.
The suit has not been officially
filed in superior court, this pro-
ceeding being delayed until an
answer Is made by the police.
Gong was in Tacoma searching
for a business location. He was
arrested on c street, between 18th
and 18th streets by the three Of
ficers, on orders from the chief of
police, he says. He was held for
several hours, released on bail,
and when he appeared in court
was told that no complaint had
as yet been filed, he charges.
Later a vagrancy charge was filed
by Police Captain A. S. Reed, and
change of venue was taken. A
jury liberated him, declaring
there was no evidence of va
grancy.
Attorney Browder d. Brown,
former member of the civil SER
vice commission, represents Gong.
The Chinese merchant asks $10,-
600 damages for loss of his repu-
tatien and injuries at the time of
his arrest. and $50 for time lost
while he was imprisoned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
Best Hello
System in
u. S.

Tacoma has the best telephone
service in the u. s.
Henry T. Scott, chairman of
the board of directors of the COM
pany, admits it himself. In fact
he made bold to announce it and
George e. Mcfarland, new presi-
dent of the company, also spoke
in way that was a big boost for
the modern system in Tacoma.
Both gentlemen were at a din
ner given Mr.. Mcfarland at the
Union club last night to
which prominent citizens were in
vited, by Mr.. Scott.
Mr.. Scott of San Francisco de-
sired the big fellows in Tacoma TO
meet Mr.. Mcfarland and the lat
ter was delighted with the dinner
and the cordial reception he re.
ceived.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
by FIRED BOALT.

Once upon q time-a long,
long time--it percoiated into the
minds of the farmers I'm the
Puyallup valley that they were
good farmers but darned poor
business men.
They raised, for instance,
mighty nice raspberries. out of
which every. year the railroads
and the middlemen realized neat
profits. The farmers themselves,
who owned the land and grew the
berries, got what was left, which
wasn't much, the railroads and
the middlemen having a swollen
idea of the Importance of distri-
button.
This conviction of the farmers
having taken root, blossomed and
flowered into the 'uyallup and
Sumner Fruit Growers associa-
tion, the largest cooperative Or
ganization Of its kind in the
world.
This is the height OF the berry
picking season, and have just
returned from the valley with the
notion firmly fixed In my head
that IL the farmers there were
once poor business men, they are
SO no longer.
And when ! interview middle
men now, and they tell me SOB
bingly that the nation Is headed
straight for financial perdition
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
GIRLS TESTIFY
that IT WAS
NEAR BEER"

Minnie Lyle, familiarly alluded
to as Bead" Lyle by Attorney
Newt Peer for Jim Mccormack,
the young woman who was with
Doc Newton when he was killed
on the joy ride coming from the
Seven Mile house July 3, was one
of the star witnesses for the de-
fense before Justice Evans and a
jury Thursday morning, when
Mccormack was on trial for keep
ing a blind pig.
Helen Smith, in charge of the
city Jail matron, who was also at
the place that night, was another.
They insisted all they got to drink
there was near beer" Chauf-
: feurs who visited the place said it
was near beer.
But the prosecution had a
wheelbarrow load of whisky. gin.
wine, claret and other brands of
wet goods on exhibit which had
been pulled out of the cellar that
morning.
Two quart bottles of whisky
dragged from under the bar. the
defense insisted, was the private
stocG of Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormack
The case went to the jury at
noon.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
SOLEMN RITE
/ FOR PIONEER

Nelson Bennett, pioneer empire
builder, was laid to his final resi-
this afternoon, following cne of
the most impressive funeral SER
vices ever held in Tacoma.
Pall-bearers were Allen G. Ma
son, Chester Thorne, l.. F. Gault,
A. H. Barnhisel, y. b. Hayden
and w. H. Shell. Bishop Frederic
w. Keator officiated. assisted by
Rev. Edward t. Ford. Hundreds
of friends OF Mr.. Bennett and the
family viewed the remains as they
Law in state between 1 and 2
O'Clock. The interment was In
Tacoma cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
The Price They Paid

she was only IA. She had gone
motorcycling with boys and she
did mot remember going home,
she said. They bought the liquor
at "The First and Last Chance
saloon.
Commissioner Mills has promis-
ed to revoke the license of any
saloon selling liquor to minors.
Prosecutor Carnahan has written
to Mills telling the facts of this
case. 1t will be up to Mills when
he returns home tomorrow. The
owners of the saloon have given
notice of an appeal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24

Fifteen dollars and 2costs was
the fine assessed by Justice Magill
against Peter Adler and Joe Zen
der Wednesday afternoon after a
two days. trial for selling liquor
to minors in "The First and Last
Chance" saloon.
1t was the price of placing a
little brown eyed girl of IA under
the influence of liquor and send
ing her home to her mother at 2
o'clock in the morning.
The little girl appeared in court
yesterday. A beautiful girl with
great luminous eyes. She said
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
POST OFFICE
INNOVATION
IS RESISTED

WASHINGTON, D. c., July "a.
and express companies
Joined Wednesday to fight in con-
gress against the recent order of
Postmaster General BurIeson to
increase the size of parcel post
packages'to 20 pounds and reduce
the rates in the short haul zones.
The express companies say the
government would take 5,000,-
600 to $20,00O,000 of their busi-
ness if it does this.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
THE UNKNOWN MAN

There are many men in
Tacoma - well-to-do mem
who are practically unknown
to anyone except their imme-
diate friends.
A great many of these men
have no bank account, and
we wish to impress upon
them that the PUGET
SOUND STATE BANK will
welcome their account and
pay them A per cent interest
on their 1sasings.
If you are working every
day and are unable to get to
the bank during business
hours, give Your money or
checks TO your wife for de-
poslt. She Will receive
courteous treatment and the
opening Of an account made
easy and pleasant.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
TO ACT
AS PEACEMAKER

WASHINGTON, D. c., July "a.
Confident that no real effort
will be made to reconcile the diff
ferences between the federal gov
ernment of Mexico and the con-
stitutionalists, President Wilson
plans to act in the role of peace
maker. After their conference
with Ambassador Wilson Satur-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
PEEVED; MAY SUE
NEWSPAPERS

WASHINGTON, d. c., July "a.
The first of what threatens TO
be series of suits against the
Metropolitan newspapers for
caustic comment on officials of
the manufacturers as result of
Col. Mulhall's testimony was
promised by Attorney Parker Ne
vim today. t.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24

day, President Wilson and Secre
tary Bryan will summon the sen.
ate and house leaders and an.
nounce their plans. They will
ask support of congress in theil
endeavor to reconcile the oppos,
ing forces of Mexico. 1t was
learned today that the president
is unalterably opposed to inter
vention except as a last resort.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
FEDERALS QUIT;
REBELS WIN
VICTORY

MEAICU CITY, July "a. - A
crushing defeat to the federals
and the capture of Torreon by
rebel forces led by Governor Car
rama, of Sonora. is the latest re-
port from the front today. Gem
eral Alvarez, it is said, was killed
in battle. A thousand federals
with cannon were captured. Rebel
victory was possible through the
rebelling of federal soldiers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
HIGH COST OF
LIVING SOLVED
In COUNTY JAIL

The present county commission
ers, after much travail. have ap-
parently solved the problem of
economical feeding of Jail pris-
oners. The June bills show 1t
cost just Ia cents a day per man
to feed them. This included the
COOKS salary of SOS a month.
They were fed bread, coffee, sug-
ar, milk, vegetables. meat, prunes,
rhubarb and butter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
COMMISSIONERS
AWAY ON TRIP

The city commission is up on
Green river watershed today
looking over the domain of Uncle
Sam with a view to having it
turned over to the city that it
may be protected from contamin-
Ating the water supply of the city.
All but Woods went and they will
camp out over night and come
back tomorrow night,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-07-24
LIGHT RECEIPTS
DOWN; WATER
GOING UP

These long days play havoc
with the city receipts for sale of
light. The bills for the June COL
lection show but $44,202 as
against $4,000 in the short days
of January. Water receipts,
however, always increase in about
the same ratio that the light de-
crease. They were $34,S39.