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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-07
Even Most Chronic Sufferers
Find Quick Relief.

A few doses OF Croxone never fail
to relieve such troubles, because It
cleans out the clogged up inactive
organs, and makes them work prop
erly. 1t soaks right into the kid
news, cleans out the little filtering
cells and glands; neutralizes the
urine 50 it no longer irritates the
tender membranes of the bladder;
dissolves the poisonous uric acid
substances that lodge in the joints
and muscles, and scratch and irri-
tate, and cause rheumatism and
cleans out and strengthens the life
less kidneys so they can filter, and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-07
FIRE OFFICERS CHOSEN.

FORSYTH, Nov. AT the local
fire departments annual election D.
F. Bennett, Jr. was re- elected chief;
James A. Tribble was chosen assist
ant chief. and j. E. Phinazee hose
foreman
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PASTOR GOES TO OKLAHOMA.

FORSYTH, Nov THE Rev. G.
W. Griner, for several years pastor
Of the local Methodist Church, has
beept transferred from the North
Georgia Conference to the Oklahoma
Conference and will cave the middle
Of this month to take up his duties in
his new field.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-07
Standard Of Kansas
Divides Big Melon

NEW YORK, Nov. THE Standard
Oh Company of Kansas has declared an
Extra dividend Of $40 a share, in add
ion to its regular quarterly dividend
Of SO a share
The company has outstanding 10000
shares of stock and the disbursement is
equivalent to $500, eco.
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Stock quotations to 10 a. m:
SEEKS DALTON OFFICE.

DALTON, Nov. I'D. S. Stewart
is the latest aspirant for city office
here Mr. Stewart has formally an
nounced that he is a candidate to
represent the Eighth Ward in the
City Council
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about what other men think about
her looks, and not enough about what
her husband thinks of her character.
Half the time they haven't got any
husbands at that. Bachelor girls,
huh, my idea of nothin' to be.
Get me on this, too, we're goin'
to have race suicide, sure as a black
man loves corn bread and fat meat.
Know why we're goin' to have it?
Cause the ladies went to keep a
stylish figure. It's gettin' so that if
man wants a family, he's got to
guarantee his wife he'll buy her a
lose her shape.
Nav" he continued gimme the
old fashioned girl-like / used to
know when l was a youngster.
amt sayin' anything about morals,
mind you. I'm just talkin' about the
way they look at things-at life
But the young men amt much
better at that Too much education,
booze, and bein' good fellows. You
know I'm raisin an adopted son up
on my farm near Boston. He's ten
years old. was talkin' to him not
long ago.
Som | says, if you want to make
good in this world, let the booze
alone-let women alone until you feel
like you want to get married, work
hard at the job you're on, no matter
what it is, don't get the fool notion
in your head that you ought to go to
college-and keep out of politics"
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TO STAY WITH REHosoTH.

FORSYTH. Nov THE Forsyth
Baptist Church is to stay in the Re
hoboth Association, it having been
decided not to unite with the Cen
tennial Association.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-07
Travel 10000 Miles
To Choose a Pastor

NEW YORK, Nov After trav-
the Lewis Avenue Congregational
Church. Brooklyn, finally selected the
Rev. Frank l. Hanscom. of Prov
dence, to succeed their present pas
tor.
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Eureka Coffee is roasted
daily and blended in At
lanta.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
WOULD INCREASE
PARK COMMISSION
Col. 7. O. Smith Suggests
That Number of Members
Be Increased

In the discussion yesterday of the park
commissions employment of G.. H. Miller
to draw the civic plan, the suggestion
was made to the commissioners that the
members of the park commission be in
creased from five, as now constituted,
to larger number. That such step
would meet with public favor and would
tend to make the commission even more
efficient than at this time.
Col. Tom o. Smith suggested the addi-
ton of others to the park commission
and it is believed the idea will be acted
upon favorably. Commissioner Wealth
erly. Mr.. Exum and Judge Lane all ap-
peared to receive the suggestion with
favor.
In connection with the vacancy that
now exists on the park board Mr.. Wealth
erly suggested the name of A. +. Hilleke,
a well known Ensley citizen, for the
place. The statement was made that Mr..
Hilleke is located in the territory west
of here in which Mr.. Stack, the former
member, was also located and that a
successor should come from the Ensley
district. The suggestion of Mr.. Wealth
erly was only unofficial and will be re-
ferred to the park commission for rec
ommendation The election is with the
commissioners although they will be
guided by the park commissioners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
NEGRO INSURANCE
MEN HAVE REUNION
Preliminary to Meeting of the State
Negro Business League This
Morning

The exercises preliminary to the be-
ginning of the fifth annual session of
the Alabama State Negro Business
league began Tuesday afternoon when
practically 200 agents. district man
ayers, travelling representatives and
officials OF the Union Mutual Aid as
ISOLATION, one of the largest negro in
surance organizations in the country,
met in their annual reunion at the First
Congregational church. The meeting
was called to order by the Rev c. l.
Fisher, who introduced w. B. Driver,
district manager for Birmingham.
The general supervisor J. II. Phillips,
of Montgomery made a short address,
after which DR.. C. First Johnson, Sec
retary and general manager, conducted
sort of heart to heart conference
At the close of the discussion the
hole days work was summed up by
the general manager in comprehen-
sive address in which he Offered many
criticisms and suggestion with refer
ence to insurance work among negroes.
The glee club, composed of represen-
tatives of the local office, furnished
music during the day. Or. c. L. Fish
er. editor of Sparks, monthly maga-
zine, and w. b. Driver, district man
ager of Birmingham were responsible
for most of the local arrangements.
Short addresses at the close OF the
meeting were made by some of the
visitors including Oscar w. Adams, w.
w Greene, DR.. James A. Bray and r.
]. Randall
The sessions of the Alabama State
Negro Business league will begin at
1920 o'clock this morning, presided
over by W. b. Driver, president of the
Birmingham Negro Business league.
Welcome addresses and snort pro-
gramme will be presented at the
morning session. In the afternoon an
other session will be held. At night,
besides the principal address by Judge
A. O. Lane, representing the city COM
mission a discussion ON ITO what Is
the Large Death Rate of the Negro
Due" will be participated in by DR.. H.
Roger Williams of Mobile and Dr. ii. 7.
Harris of Admission. The annual ad-
dress of the president, Victor II. Tu-
lane. cashier of the Alabama Penny
Savings bank of Montgomery VIII be
delivered, followed by short addresses
bv Oscar w. Adams, DIR. d. II. C. Scott
of Montgomery, DIR. G. A. weaver OF
Tuscaloosa and n. J. Price OF Anniston
on the subject, "The Influence OF the
Negro Business League in a Commu-
nity." Edward J.. Snyder of Birming-
ham, s. d. Elliott of Decatur ana j. y.
Diffay of Birmingham will take the
subject. Real Estate and Land Get
ting while the subject What the Ne
gro Bank Has Accomplished for the
Race" will be presented by w. w.
Hadnott. cashier of the Prudential Saw
ings bank of this city.
The meeting will be in progress un-
iii Thursday night, when the meeting
will close with an address by Booker
r. Washington.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
POLICE VICTIMS OF
ALL FOOLS FRANKS
Kept on Jump Answering
False Alarms Yesterday
HOW JOKERS WORKED
Even Chief Bodeker Was Not I'M
mune From Joker-Some of the
Detectives Had Bad
Day of II
HOW JOKERS WORKED

April Fools Day comes but once
a year and that is once too many for
the police department of Birmingham,
for policemen detectives and even
Chief Bodeker were the subject and
butt of hundreds of jokes and alleged
jokes throughout yesterday by the
thousands of near humorists of Bir-
mingham.
Starting as early as o'clock yes
terday morning the telephones started
ringing at police headquarters and re-
ports of murders and 'nigger" fights
We're plentiful, keeping the scouts on
the jump answering these calls which
proved invariably to be false alarms
and the pranks of early observers of
"All Fools Day
EARLY yesterday morning the report
began to circulate throughout the city
that Theodore Lacy had at last been
apprehended and was in the city jail
awaiting being taken to Montgomery.
This report was the cause of hundreds
of telephone Calls into the police de-
partment for confirmation and Desk
Sergeant Weaver was well nigh driven
insane.
1llel bOuekcr was CdllSu uOHtHS VI
times by persons who explained that
they had been told that he, Bodeker.
was looking for them. The chief had
only one answer TO all of these queries
and that was that this was the first Of
April and he wanted nothing but a rest
from public pests.
Being joked so much by the general
public the idea became infectious and
the officers themselves began to play
sly tricks on each other.
Detective Tom Williams, upon look
ing in his box early last evening,
found telephone call marked import
ant; the number to be called was
Woodlawn 337-J, and the genial Tom.
thinking that one OF his lady friends
had suddenly remembered that he was
still alive, just urged and urged Cen
tral' to get that number in a hurry.
He got til
Hello said the voice over the
phone
Hello said Williams, "who IS it?"
THE county poor house." came the an
swer and Detective Williams Immediately
left for parts unknown to escape the
joshing of his brother officers.
Detective "Bll" Murphy earlier in the
day joshed Miss Nellie Freeman, the Sec
retary of Judge Lane and later apparently
the young lady got her revenge for "Bil''
was suspended on very grave charges all
duly set forth in neatly 1ypewritten
sheet and setting forth that the fun in
vestigation of the charges would take
place this morning in Judge Lanes office
at 10 o'clock. AS Detective Murphy re-
ceived his suspension just after his day s
work was through he took the matter
with the seriousness it deserved and re-
fused to be interviewed further than to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
MANY SITES OFFERED
FOR THE AUDITORIUM
Most of Lots Not Large
Enough for Building
Contemplated

The auditorium committee OF the
Chamber OF Commerce met yesterday
morning and received many offers of
sites for the proposed public auditorium
which is TO be erected in Birmingham
within the next few months.
Most of the offers received, 1t was
stated, were for lots which We're not
large enough for the purposes of the
committee. The auditorium to be
erected here is to be the largest in the
south, with seating capacity of about
$4,000 or more.
The committee desires further offers
from persons having large, well located
lots and will continue its activity until
selection is made, which will be done
as soon as possible. One of the con-
siderations being kept in mind by the
committee is that the lot shall cost as
little money as possible in order that
more money can be placed into the
construction of the building.
Other things to be considered are
good street car service, close proximity
to the downtown districts and the
depots of the city as is practical and
possible with the low price of the lot
in view. An announcement from the
committee as to the slection of a site is
expected within the next week or two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
OVERALL MAY
PLAY WITH CUBS

Chicago, April 1.-The new pitcher re-
Gently announced by President Murphy
as star player. who would bring the
Chicago Nationals hurling staff up to an
equality with the best in the league is
none other than Orval Overall.
Murphy abandoned secrecy yesterday
and said that "Orvie overall is the man
and that he expected his signed contract
within few days.
overall made his last appearance in
Chicago uniform in the worlds series
in 1910. After that he refused to play
any more but kept himself In condition
by pitching in weekend games around
Los Angeles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Barons VS. Alabama Today
OWNER RICK WOODWARD
AFTER NEW PLA YERS

'Moley' has hit the trail for couple
of 800 hitters. He left Birmingham yes
terday afternoon, and will spend the re-
mainder of the week visiting the major
league camps in an effort to secure men
Of the calibre desired. Molesworth rec
ognizes the fact that il the Barons are
going to be in the race this season that
at least one dependable clouter, one who
will paste the pellet for a 800 aver
age for the season, must be secured
Owner Rick Woodward is also cognizant
of this fact and when the local mag
nate decides that a player is needed said
player is soon forthcoming.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
JULIA GERHART
TAKES OWN LIFE
Former Wife of Charles B.
Gerhart Dies of
Poison

st. Louis, April Julia MaeFarland
Gerhart, divorced wife of Charles G..
Gerhart, brother Of Frank H Gerhart,
progressive candidate for mayor of st.
Louis, died here today at the boarding
house of Mrs. Adeline Cox, from the
effects of poison she took two days
Iago. During the two days she had
been unconscious.
She is said to have taken the poison
after a long period OF brooding be-
cause her negro husband named L. w.
kellogg had followed her here from
st. Paul After he had made several
visits TO her lodging, Mrs. Cox chal-
llenged the negro who, she said, showed
her a marriage certificate and de-
lmanded that he be allowed to see the
woman he declared was his wife. Mrs.
jCox, however, denied him admission
thereafter
The Gerhart divorce decree, obtained
by the wife, gave her $2100 year as
lalimony and wast handed down last
November Fifteen days later the mar
riage to the negro who was butler
lin the Gerhart home, is said to have
taken place in St. Paul The suicide
was niece of the late Chief Justice
George B. MacFarland of the Missouri
supreme court
st. Paul, Mimi, April Inquiry at
the district court here failed to dis
close the issuance of a marriage license
TO L. w. Kellogg and Julia MacFar-
land Gerhart. Kelloggs name is not
listed in the city directory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
HIGH TO PLAY
BESSEMER TODAY

This afternoon the baseball squad
representing the Birmingham High
school will journey out to Bessemer
to play the nine of the Bessemer High
school.
Ever since returning from Marion
Coach Courleux has been putting the
squad through some hard practice The
squad has been strengthened by the
addition of several good players
The game will be played on the old
Southeastern league diamond, and will
be called promptly at 4 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
MARYVILLE LOSES
TO THE GIANT CLUB

Knoxville, Tenn, April Manager Nc
Graw's New York Giants played the
Maryville college team here today win
ming by a to score. Tesreau pitched
six innings for the visitors and Goulait
finished. The Giants made seven hits,
while the college boys were annexlng six,
but the latter gave ragged exhibition
of fielding. The batteries We're: Tes-
reau, Goulait and Wilson. for the Giants;
Knox, Dawson and Carver for Maryville.
Two teams from the New York squad
will put on an exhibition game tomorrow
morning, so large was the crowd today
and so anxious were many of the local
fans to see Matthewson work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
CHATTANOOGA WILL
TRY FOR ATTEND
ANCE CUP APRIL 10
CHATTANOOGA AFTER
ATTENDANCE TROPHY

ing of the season this year all league
records viii be broken and the honor
wrested from Birmingham.
To seat the huge crowd on opening
day, which, it Is conservatiyely estimat-
ed will at the smallest be 750o, the local
officials are already making special ar
rangements. A local architect has laid
or plans whereby a tier of field boxes
will be constructed upon the ground in
front of the permanent boxes. Temper
ary additions will also be built to the
bleachers and arrangements made to care
for the large crowd on the playing field.
Several hundred fans are expected to
accompany the Cracker club from At
lanta as feeling there is as intense as
in this burg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02

Chattanooga, April 1--(Specia1.) Pres
ent indications here are that the crowd
which Will attend the opening of the
southern league at Andrews Field April
TO- when the Lookouts lock horns with
Billy Smiths chesty Atlanta Crackers.
will be the largest not only In the his
tory of Chattanooga but of the Southern
league.
The local club has never really opened
the season at home although Chatta-
nooga won the cup for opening day at
tendance in 1911. The local officials are
confident that If such a showing could
be made then that with Atlanta and Bill
Smith as the attraction of the real OPEN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Suits Filed

The following were among the suits
filed yesterday in the city COURT
Charles Duggan pro ami VS.. Louisville
and Nashville Railway company $2999
damages claimed for alleged personal in
juries.
. II. p. Davis VS.. Birmingham Railway.
Light and Power company. $4,000 dam
ages claimed for alleged personal injuries.
Georgia Jennings, administrators OF the
estate Of Luke Jennings VS.. II. M. Atkin-
son and E. T. Lamb, receivers for the
Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic Rail-
road company. The plaintiff claims $4,000
damages for the death of the intestate,
who was killed while in the employe of
the railroad company as a, fireman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02

1t is safe to argue that one or two new
faces will be seen in the Baron lineup
in the near future, and that new faces
will be men of extraordinary calibre.
With two more men who can hit Bir-
mingham is going to be in the pennant
fight from '.go', to stop this season
A team composing eleven veterans. and
championship veterans, at that, is not go
ing to be found lowering about the foot
of the ladder unless something goes rad
ically wrong. and with a couple of new
first class artists there is little doubt
but that Birmingham fans will experi-
'ence the thrills of pennant possibility
before the season Is passed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Collegians Swamped

Nashville, April 1.--Nanderbilt's
pitchers furnished the Volunteers their
best batting practice of the year In
an. exhibition game here today, the
leaguers winning by the score of Il
to 6. Nineteen hits were made by he
Volunteers, one of them home run
by Summers with the bases full Young
led the batters with five hits in as
many times at bat, two of them be-
ing doubles. Vanderbilt stole six bases
on Catcher Noyes and made seven hits
which, coupled with errors by their op-
ponents. netted them their runs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
WHO is WHO WITH BARON
RECRUITS-RAY BAKER

At the close of the season Baker was
sold to the Philadelphia Nationals, who
turned him over to Birmingham. After a
brief trial he was turned over to Besse-
mer, in the Southeastern league. At the
end of the season he was recalled by
Birmingham.
Baker is feet, 91k inches in helghth.
weighs 1S5 pounds and is right-handed
batter and thrower In the winter he
resides in Cottage Grove, oregon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Pelicans Are Easy

New Orleans, April 1.-The New Or
leans team of the Southern league to-
day prevented a shutout by the Cleve-
land club of the American league in
the ninth inning of a one-sided game
which was finished to l in Cleveland s
favor. Kaler, who pitched the nine in
nings for Cleveland. held the New Or
leans team to three hits until the final
inning when two safeties netted the
Pelicans their one run. Kaler struck out
eight men. Cleveland got nine hits off
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Building Permits

The following building permits We're IS
sued Yesterday in the office or the build
ing inspector:
s2om-Mark Doyle, 1512-14 Sixth avenue;
two story frame house
s1soo-W. G. oliver, 1909 Eleventh ave-
nue> three one story frame houses.
$4,000. II. CHASER, Seventeenth avenue
and Twelfth street; three two story
frame houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Jack Frost Released

Cincinnati. April 1.-The Cincinnati
Baseball club of the National league an
nounced tonight that it had released Play
cr Jack Frost to the Montreal club of
the International league and Player Joe
Nagle to the Wausau club of the Wiscon-
sin Illinois league. The men will report
to their respective clubs at once.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Billikens Are Beaten

Selma, April .-(SpeciaI The
Selma Cotton States league club won
the opening game of the series from
the Montgomery Southern league club
at Riverside field this afternoon by the
score of to 0. Selma outplayed the
visitors at every point and touched
both Adams and Bagby for hits when
they were needed. Sanford for the locals
pitched splendid game. Score: r IL. e.
Montgomery -. 900 900 000-0 8
Selma ~ ole 1l3 00s-6 II /
Batteries: Adams, Bagby and Dona-
hue and Gribbens Sanford and Easter
ling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02

Ray Baker. candidate for a mound
position on the 1918 Baron team, began
his professional career in 1911 with the
Raymond team in the Washington State
league During his first year in pro-
fessional company he hit .21s and fielded
.s76. lie won 10 games and lost 9, an
average of 800. He struck out 80 men,
walked 55 and allowed less than 5ls hits
per game.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
Fire Damages Barn

Fire practically destroyed the stables
of w. II. Suddith and Manley Massey, on
Eighty-third street East Lake, at about
6 80 O'Clock yesterday morning, The dam
age done by the fire Is estimated at fire
headquarters at $500 and this includes
one horse that perished in the confagra-
ton. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
say that he knew that he just had to buy

say that he knew that he just had to buy
a pound of chocolates
Detective Harry Goldstein was also
caught in the jokers trap for he patient
" waited from $3.50 o'clock to o'clock
yesterday evening for a suspect who never
appeared although assurances from head
quarters were plentiful that the suspect
was liable to appear where Goldstein was
stationed at a moments notice. Among
other plain clothes men to get caught We're
Darnell and Tyler. McGill and Christian
and several others who were sent out to
raid empty sheds upon direct information
that desperate characters We're in hiding
Last but not least was the predicament
of James Donelson, the night desk SER
geant for he was in the throes of peculiar
odor that seemed to emanate from his
person throughout last night. Investi-
cation at a late hour by call Officers
Jones and Ivey revealed the fact that
some miscreant had planted in the back
of fJims' coat a particularly strong
piece of Limberger cheese
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
BARONS MEET COLLEGIANS
IN TUSCALOOSA TODAY

Under the leadership of Roy Eliamy
who has the Barons in charge during
the absence of Manager Molesworth,
the Barons leave this morning for.Tus-
caloosa, where this afternoon they en-
gage the rahi rahi contingent of the
University of Alabama in a practice
bout.
1t has been announced that not all of
the Barons will be taken on the trip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
BASEBALL RESULTS

Philadelphia, April 1.-The Philadel-
phia American and National league
baseball teams played the first game
of the spring series for the city cham
pionship here this afternoon and the
former world champions won by the
score of to 0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-04-02
YANKEES SAIL
FOR NEW YORK

Hamilton, Bermuda, April 1.-The New
York American Baseball team sailed for
New York this morning. The six weeks
of hard training they have undergone
here has brought about a marked i'm
provement in their condition.