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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31

Having noticed the office boy make all
preparations for a week past to play all
manner of pranks tonight, a slight Curl
osity was naturally aroused as to the
causes which would lead boys and girls
into diabolical plots of annoying the sober
and settled people of the community.
To a question the office boy answered
in surprise that the night in question
was Halloween night and that it was
quite the proper thing to cut up.
But how viii you cut up?' was the
question.
oh" answered the impish lad, I'VE
just cut up, that's all All the crowd
will go out and dress in old clothes and
go around ringing doorbells, cutting
down clothes lines and stealing gates.
We will also have lots of fun in beng
chased by the police.
rs that fun?'
Yes; that's great fun answered the
boy, but the girls. they have fun, too.
How is that?'
"oh," he replied, they go out and
dress in their brothers clothes and go
running around the streets and have a
great time
well. that must be indeed a specta-
Gle" But the boy had FASTENED away
and heard not the question, so no fur
Their enlightenment on Halloween came
from that source.
hacking the memory a bit it seems
that there was something mystic or
spiritual about Halloween. But as
memory is often false the dictionary
was called upon for what Halloween
represented. Webster's Dictionary
says:
Halloween. The evening preceding
Allhallow. or All Saints day; the even
ing of October 81. In many countries
Halloween is additionally devoted to
merrymaking, with playful ceremonies
and charms to discover husbands and
wives"
well, now, that is somewhat different
from stealing gates, ringing doorbells
placing tick-tacks on windows, greas-
ing car tracks and all manner of other
mischief that only boys can do. But
let us see, it is possible that the Ency
alopedia Britannica can give more light
on the subject. 1t SAYS:
''Hallowewen or Halloween, the vigil OF
Hallowmas or All Saints Day. For some
account of the singular observances by
which 1t use to be, and to some extent
still is, distinguished in Scotland and
elsewhere, reference may be made to
such works as Brands Popular Antiquities
Chambers Book of DAYS, or better st Il
to the we'll known poem of Burns. Though
somewhat neglected in modern piactlee,
the most essential part of Halloween
ritual seems to consist in the lighting by
each household of a bonfire at nightfall
This points to the very ancient and wide
ly diffused practice of kindling sacred
fires at certain seasons of the year. While
the Germanie nations had their Oster-
feuer and Johannsfeuer. the Celtic had
their Bealtine or Bedtime and Samhtheine,
the former on the eve of May 1, and the
latter on the eve of November /. Prob
ably the winter as well as the summer
festival was from the beginning regarded
as q season at which the fairies were
both unusually active and unusually pro-
pitious, but there is no evidence to show
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
ADJUSTMENTS

Local playgoers doubtless will receive
with pleasure the announcement that Ma
bel and Edith Taliferro are to be seen
here as co-stars at the Jefferson thea tire
next Friday and Saturday nights and
Saturday matinee.
1t is so long since two sisters have
appeared as stars in the same dramatic
offering that the present generation of
playgoers must receive this announce
ment as a distinct novelty. Adding to
this the popularity of the Taliferro girls.
it may be safeply predicted that this at
traction will prove one of the most pop
ular of the season. The play In which
these two talented young women are to
be seen Is entitled, Young Wisdom. .
II was written by Rachel Crothers and
is modern in the strictest sense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31

Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2,469
OF these convicts. 745 are confined in
the penitentiary, working in the cotton
factory at Speigner and on the state fla m
at No. a; 800 are working in sawmils
ao9 on turpentine FARMS 81 in a stove
factory and 1149 in coal mines
During the fiscal year ending Septen1-
Der 80, 1913, each convict has avera red
the state gross per annum $45S.1 or $3S. is
per month.
Each convict has cost the state an
average of $291,3l per annum or s24.27
per month
The state has made net an average
of Sf6g 81 per annrrn for each convict or
an average of 80 per month.
Deducting the tuberculosis convicts and
those incapable of performing physical
labor the state has received annually
over $500 from each able-bodied convict.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
THE WARRIOR RTVER
Will RE OPENED IN
TUSCALOOSA TODAY
ocontinued from Page o.e,

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buntings and flags flying. In addition
to the ceremonies at the lock, in which
the barge Will be christened, and pub
lie men will prophesy undreamed OF
BENEFITS to result from the the COM
pletion of the enterprise. banquet will
be spread at o'clock at the Hotel Nc
Lester. around the board of which all
prominent visitors and public spirited
men of Tuscaloosa will celebrate and
make glad in fervid oratory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
Women Illustrate Plot

MEXICO CITY, October ga thorough
search is being made by the police for
further evidence of an alleged plot
against the life of PROVISIONAL President
Huerta disclosed to the authorities nv
two women last night
The women accused several men who
they declared had offered them $500 10
induce General Huerta to visit them. so
That the plotters could have an oppor-
tunity of assassinating him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
Contracts for Workin gConvicts

The state has the following contracts
for working convicts:
l. Theole Phillips Manufacturing COM
pany, located at Florence, Ala. Contract
expires July 10, 1915. Pays the state $35
per month for each convict.
2. McPhaul Turpentine company. locat-
ed at Roy, Ala. Contract expires De-
cember 81, 1915. Pays the state $50 per
month for each convict.
3. Henderson Lumber company, located
at Sanford, Ala Contract expires Sep
TENDER 80, 1915. Pays the state $3.50 per
month for each convict
4. Sellars- Billiard company, located at
Samson, Ala. Contract expires Novem-
Der 90, 1913. Pays the state $35 per month
for each convict.
5. Horseshoe Lumber company, located
at River Falls, Ala Contract expires
December 81, 1914. Pays the state sS9
per month for each convict.
6. Henderson Turpentine company, To-
Gated at Shreeve, Ala. Contract expires.
September 80 1915 Pays the state $3.50
per month for each convict.
7. Bessemer Coal. Iron and Land COM
pany, located at Belle Ellen, Ala. Con-
tract expires January IA, 1914. Pays the
state si6, $36, $o6 and $40 per month for
eonvicts, according to classification
s. Red Feather Coal company, located
at Blpcton, Ala. Contract expires De-
cember Is, 1916. Pays the state from
72h cents to 57la cents per ton for min
ing coal.
2. Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron COM
pany, located at Maren, Ala. Contract
expires December q, 1915 Pays the state
Is cents per ton for mining coal.
TO- Pratt Consolidated Coal company.
Located at Littleton, Ala. Contract ex-
pires January l, 1917. Pays the state Go
cents per ton for mining coal. Guaran-
tees $27 81 for each convict per month.
On September 80. 1913 the state had 1863
convicts located as follows
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
AFFAIRS OF CONVICT
Department FOUND
IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
Receipts 100000 Over the
Disbursements Since
March, 1911
2469 CONVICTS ARE
EMPLOYED BY STATE
Receipts During Seven Months In
cpmbency of Douglass Over $685.
000--GOrman Praises Man.
agement of Department

Montgomery, October 30.-(Specal.) LEX
cess of receipts over disbursements OF
the state convict department from March
4. 1911. to September 30, 1918. comprising
nearly all of the present administration,
was $702, $3.50, monthly average of ST.
G556o, according to o report on the de-
partment by Examiner Of Public Accounts
J. T. German. The report was filed In
the office OF Governor O'Neai today.
The receipts of the department over
disbursements from March, 1913 to Oc-
tober, 1918, during the incumbency of
President Hartwell Douglass. amounted
TO S23s. 07056, or q monthly average or
S41,15365 These figures show the sue
cess which has followed the labors of Mr..
Douglass for the past seven months, ac-
cording TO the examiner.
Examiner German called attention to
the fact that the receipts of Mr.. Doug
lass administration would have been
much larger had not James G. Oakley,
whom he succeeded, left about 100000 of
old accounts for Mr.. Douglass to settle.
However, the receipts of Mr.. Douglass
administration of seven months can be
augmented by the following items:
Contractors owe the state s2i,S44.91;
the value OF cotton goods on hand at
Speigners on September 80 was s22 3O3.50.
and the amount of cotton ON hand was
s67,7025O and $4,000 worth Of cotton and
corn on hand at the farms at Speigners,
at No. 4 and at Wetumpka. making
total of SI,S5OsO This would make the
receipts of the department during Mr..
Douglass administration $500 1902.
Examiner German praised the manage
ment of the convict department during
the period of Mr.. Douglass incumbency
in office stating that the system OF
bookkeeping was excellent. The books Of
ID. W. Trawick, chief clerk of the depart
detail
The state had 24e9 conviets employed
on September 80. OF which number 1149
were employed in coal Mines The net
average which each convict earned for
the state during the last fiscal year was
1880.
Receipts in Detail
Although Examiner Germans report is
n voluminous document. consisting of
nearly seven typewriter pages, a good
idea of the work of the convict depart
ment may be had from the Incorporation
of certain portions Of the report These
show the receipts in detail. together with
the disbursements, and the various
sources from which the department re-
ceives its income. The report, in part,
is as follows:-
Receipts and disbursements of the de-
partment from March l, 1919, to septem-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
News Of Ensley

Yesterday afternoon about o'clock
w. r. Perry was seriously injured at
the steel plant. Mr.. Perry worked in
the finishing plant and from what could
be learned. he was putting rope
around the lining shaft. The glove on
his right hand got caught and wound
the right arm around the shaft. The
arm was torn SO badly that 1t was
necessary to amputate it at the elbow
Before the machinery could be stopped
lit had thrown him und the laft
several times and bes.- es the injury to
his right arm 1t bronze MS rsnt leg
and left arm. He was rushed to the
Cunningham hospital following the ae-
cident and at n late hour last night was
reported to be resting as we'll as could
be expected.
The funeral of Hugh Guthrie, a white
man about so years old. who was killed
early Thursday morning, will be held
this afternoon at 2.30 o'clock from the
family residence. Interment will be in
the Oakland cemetery. He is survived
by a wife and six daughters.
Yesterday afternoon the committee
appointed by the Wylam citizens in
their mass meeting held last Friday
night composed of DR.. w. S. Rountree,
w. A. Spencer. Dave Kelso b. S. Sloan
and Joseph Martin. appeared before
Commissioner Weatherly' in reference
to the scent fare and the transfer
privileges between Wylam and Biz
mingham. They decided to accept the
scent fare from the birmingham Rail-
way, Light and Power company, but
the statement that the transfer privi-
lege would not be granted met with
strong objections. Commissioner
Weatherly was asked to write a let
tor 10 Of Ia n
ham Railway. Light and Power com
pany stating that while the citizens Oh
Wylam would gladly accept the pro
posed 5-cent fare. yet they were I'M
willing to agree to any proposition that
the transfer privileges should be barred
forever.
A number of the citizens OF Ensley
are forming Hobson club. Already
out 81 names have been signed to a
petition that has been going aroun
and a number more are expected. Son
of the Ensley citizens pledged them
selves to Mr. Hobson before they kne,
that Mr.. Underwood would be in tht
race. The club will begin activity III
q few days and meeting Will be called.
The funeral of Mrs. NJ. Branlxlev,
2430 Apple street, Ensley Highlands,
who died yesterday morning about b
day afternoon from the chapel of
Echols & Angwin. with interment III
the Oakland cemetery. The Salvation
army had charge of the funeral SER
vices
The Ensley fire department made
two runs yesterday morning. rhe
was about o'clock. when they were
called to the home of j. M. HIT o..
Avenue Il ands Seventeenth street,
which caught fire from a spark on the
roof. Not much damage was done.
The second call was about IL o'clock,
when they went to the home of r. II.
Burgin. 226 Browns boulevard. at
Crews Stn ton. on tn cor-h =
line A spark on the roof caught and
caused tn. nae. wAien was eA.i4l>s uAs4.e
with small damage.
The Ensley High School football team
and the Shelby County High school will
meet tomorrow afternoon on the Ten
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
Intervention Necessary

Rome October Accommodating on
Mexican affairs. the Tribuna saws that
II the administration at Washington
proceeds further in its. interference.
other countries. especially Japan. can
not remain Indifferent "If the United
States intends actually to insist upon
Huerta abandoning his dictatorship"
ADDS the Tribuna. ut must intervene
with military forces"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Energetic, intelligent colored
man or woman to handle high-class
proposition. Big wages, exclusive ter
ritory = pply to Mr.. Allen, Room 5,
Smith BLDG 20Ol1a Ave. A. l0-3l-2t
FOR RENT-5-room cottage, bath, hot
and cold water, on lot 50x200 feet at 741l
ID ave, n Terms on application.
Phone East Lake 408-J.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31

Add the amount due the state and the
cotton goods, corn and the farms and
the cotton on hand at Spegner, and it
makes a total of $1,3l6,05S24
The $S934S.2S, embev-'od h~ rsaev 90
included in these receipts, but not tho
81. 544 % worth of good sh.ppSo
Speigners, but never reported to or entered
on the books of the department.
After deducting the $S9.34S.2S. the re-
ceipts of the convict department for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1913, are
the largest nits history as will be seen,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
Clemson an Easy Winner

Columbia, S. c., October 3O.-Clemson
college overwhelmed the University of
South Carolina here today, in their annual
football test by score of 80 to 0. South
Carolina was unable to break through
Clemson's line.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
" comparison with five previous years
When its receipts We're the highest.

The receipts of the department show
monthly increases.
For instance, in September, 1918, the re-
ceipts from the four companies mining
coal, were s5,9l3.Sl, more than the re-
ceipts for August, 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
ELECTION OF HUERTA
is ALMOST ASSURED
BY OFFICIAL RETURNS
CONTINUED. from Page one,

lstration iclSet-this to be followed by
Huerta's proclamation renouncing the
votes cast for him
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31
MONTGOMERY GIVES
OSCAR UNDERWOOD
BIG DEMONSTRATION
(Continued from Page One,

CONTINUED from Page One)
of more than 1000 candidates at the
Grand theatre In the afternoon. The
candidates include some of the most
prominent men in this part of the state
and they will affiliate with Alcazar tenn
pie.
To Go to Tuscaloosa
Montgomery, October 30.-(Special.)-A
large number of the Birmingham dele
cation remained in Montgomery tonight
- f=s,i-s r-n~d VI 'r,tsoa
loosa tomorrow, where he will attend the
the Warrior river, which will signaIze
the beginning of navigation from Mobile
to Tuscaloosa.
The democratic House leader will de-
liver an address in Tuscaloosa and VIII
leave tomorrow night for Birmingham
TIVE 1'r-'in~ra-n snecial train. bearing
the Zamora temple delegates. left for Bir-
o loAt 10 Sinners
from the Magic City were passengers on
the train, the others remaining over to
accompany MIR. Underwood to Tuscaloosa
On the s:35 train tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31

Excess of receipts over disburse-
Average monthly receipts ....... 102, 47564
Average monthly expenses 49,. Gi, 322 20
Average monthly net receipts -. i1,15365
Receipts and disbursements of the con-
Wet department, for the fiscal year, end
ing September 50, 1918.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31

The Ensley High School football team
and the Shelby County High school will
meet tomorrow afternoon on the Ten
nessee company grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31

The funeral of Hugh Guthrie, white
man about so years old. who was killed
early Thursday morning, VIII be held
this afternoon at $50 o'clock from the
family residence. Interment will be in
the Oakland cemetery. He is survived
by a wife and six daughters.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-31

The funeral of Mrs. NJ. Brankley,
2430 Apple street, Ensley Highlands,
who died yesterday morning about b
o'clock at her home, was held yester-
day afternoon from the chapel of
Echols & Angwin. with interment in
the Oakland cemetery. The Salvation
army had charge of the funeral SER
vices.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-05
To Other Hands.

With this week about every department
of the Federal government passes into the
hands OF the Democratic party. The ad-
ministrative and legislative branches
with which the fate of tho country must
rest will be entrusted entirely to Democ-
racy.
Peace, prosperity and general good
feeling are the conspicuous features OF
existing conditions and there is general
disposition to be confident of continued
happiness.
The radical change in government poll
icy does not result from Republican de-
fault. Political discomfort has been
largely responsible for the changed con-
ditions and in handing over to its ancient
enemy the reins of Federal government
the Republican party properly feels that
in the last quarter of century it has per-
formed its bounden duty to all the peo.
pie. The Republican party devoted it's
energies and intelligence TO the peoples
best interests, always looking to the
tights of every citizen and with no Sec
tionsl preferences.
Democracy, therefore, need have no un-
easiness about RepL blicsn support in
good government movements. The
snags and hindrsnces threatening are al.
most certain to come from Democratic
sources and in its efforts to govern the
country it's greatest task is likely to be
found in governing itself.
There will be only mild form OF com.
fort for the regular Republicans OF Penn
sylvsnia in the change of government
authorities. This State will continue to
stand as it has stood for years firm in its
devotion to the system of protection and
consequent prosperity and the govern
ment now being administered in this
State is certain to be guide Tor all other
States in hurrying back to Republican
rule and Republican principles of ad-
ministration.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-05
President Wilson'S Cabinet.

Immediately following his inaugural
yesterday as President of the greatest
Nation on earth, Mr.. Wilson announced
the personnel OF his cabinet as follows:
Secretary Of State-Willism Jennings
Bryan of Nebraska.
Secretary of the Treasury William
McAdoo Of New York.
Secretary of Wsr-Lindley NJ. Garri
son of New Jersey.
Attorney Genersl-Jam McReynolds
of Tennessee.
Postmaster General - Representative q
Albert Burleson of Texas.
Secretary of the Nayy-Josephus Dam
iels of North Carolina.
Secretary of the Interior-Franklin X.
Lane of California.
Secretary of Agriculture-Dsvid F.
Houston of Missouri.
Secretary of Commerce-Re Representa-
tive William c. Redfeld OF New York.
Secretary of Labor-Representative w.
b. Wilson of Pennsylvania.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-03-05
Change for the Better.

The care of the African population
In the Belgian Kongo in the past hai
been so murderously Indifferent thai
1t is a pleasure to note a change fol
the better. An order has gone into
effect to prevent hereafter the impor
tation, manufacture and transporta
tion of saccharine sweets in the Bel
gia1 trican territory. SSaccharine
~ fts and products sweetened with
substances other than cane sugar
beet sugar, milk sugar and glucose
sugar-particularly those sweetened
with glycerine-shall not be imported
1t is specified in the order that It Is
meant to include in general all syn.
thetic chemical sweetening which
does not possess food value. We wish
we could believe that this tariff anx
iety to protect the Kongo population
against deleteriouS sweets was some
thing more than an exhibition of the
usual protective philanthropy which
bars a competitive product to make
sure the sale of something else.