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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
OF REVENUE AWARDS
CONTRACT FOR CONVICT CARS
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ment offered. Nearly all the bids were
for steel cages but there was a differ
ence of $3.50 in the price OF them and
the cars selected by the board, which
are the same as are used on the roads
of Mecklenburg county, North Caro-
lima, where the maker has had many
years experience in working and TAX
ing care of convicts on the county
roads.
The contract price for the CARS is
$500 for each car. This does not in
clude heating. apparatus or other con-
veniences. Each car will contain hunks
for 10 prisoners and the contract calls
for five convict cars and one guard S
car. The following firms presented bids,
Manly Jail Works company, Dalton,
Ga; Newell Brothers, Brmingham
Southern Steel Construction company.
san Antonio. Tex; Anstin Brothers
Atlanta, Ca; c. e. Hoag, Birmingham
for the Good Roads Machinery com
pany; c. S Caldwell, Birmingham, and
s. T. stow, Charlotte, n. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12

BIRMINGHAM REALTY CO.
Directors Meet This Morning-Beatty y
to Preside

The directors of the Birmingham
Realty company win meet in the Of
fees OF the company this morning. The
call for the meeting was issued by
Henry II. carse, president. but he is
not expected to attend the gathering
today. /. c. Beatty, general manager,
will preside. The officials of the Bir-
'mingham Realty company have a great
many improvements to be handled this
year which may or may not be dis
cussed by the board. The statement OF
business for the year 1872 il made, viii
disclose, it is said, the best years bus
mess in several years past. Mr.. Beatty
III. is known is very much elated over
the showing made last year b. the
local real estate company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Real Estate Transfers

Deeds were placed on record yesterday
in the office of the probate clerk showing
the following transfers of real estate, the
consideration being $1,000 or more:
S65,0o0-George M. Cooper and wife to
Louise p. Smith, lot T. in block 2S accord
Ing to the plans and surveys of the Bir-
mingham Realty companys fourth addi-
tior to the city of Birmingha
s2250-Walter c. Pitts to +, S. Ingram.
part of lots &c. IS, II, in block Q according
to the plans and surveys of the West End
Land and Improvement company
$3.50 Shades Mountain Realty company
10 S. II. Floyd lots 3 and 1. in block &C.
lots to II inclusive in block u accord
ing to the plans and surveys of Crestview.
s2750-T. l.. Mighbow and wife to Mrs.
M. r. Chapman, lot IA, in block 81, ac-
cording to the plans and surveys of T..
Rising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
POSTOFF|CE MAY
Be LONG DELAYED
BY THE ARCHITECTS
Aldrich Says There Are 2S6
New Postoffice Buildings
to Be Erected Ahead
of Birmingham

A delay of three or four years is what
the city Of Birmingham now faces in
regard to the 100000 postoffice. the ap-
preparation for which has virtually been
agreed upon and will be matter of
but a few days, according. TO dispatches
from Washington. This fact was brought
out yesterday when Postmaster T. H.
Aldrich stated that it would be three or
four years before work was begun on the
plans OF the Birmingham building on ac-
count of the crowded condition of the
supervising architects office.
There has been some talk within the
last day or two to the effect that work
might be delayed on the new postoffice,
which Is TO be located at Fifth avenue
and Nineteenth street, by reason of the
fact that the state. legislature must cede
the sovereignty of the site to the federal
government before work can begin
Postmaster Aldrich stated last night that
he believed this was a miseonception
that the building could be started any
time and that all that would be necessary
would be that before it's completion and
occupancy as a federal postoffice the
state legislature eede the sovereignty or
the site to. the federal government.
"The matter for us to agitate now" ="
stated Mr.. Aldrich, "is a special appro-
priation or permission of some kind by
which we can have the plans for tne new
postoffice made outside the department
and submitted then for approval. The
department is now so crowded with plans
for buildings already Appropriated for
that it will be three or four years before
it gets to the Birmingham building
There are now 2ss postoffice buildings
ahead of Birmingham in the list. They
say that they can build but so year, so
that you can see II will be three years
or more before they even start TO work
on the plans for the Birmingham build
ing. We must ask for a special appro-
priation or get authority in some way
to make our own plans and submit them
for approval and then go right aread with
the construction of our building.
THE additional site, l think, has not
been acquired as yet. But Mr.. Under-
wood holds an option on it at a certain
price. $4,000 for the one lot and $4,000
for the other, so that the deal can be
closed up at any time 1t Is desired. l am
Inclined to think there Is nothing to the
state legislature phase of the case, but
there is big obstacle to get around IN
the delay to be met in the department
Itself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
POT-LATCH CELEBRATION
Turner Will Announce Dates in Next
Few Days

The Pot-Latch general committee met
In the directors room of the Chamber
of Commerce yesterday afternoon and
again took up the work OF programme
for the coming celebration. According
10 Oscar c. Turner, general chairman,
following the meeting. he will confer
with some of the music festival man
ayers today before announcing def
nitely the dates of the Pot Latch cele-
bration. Some definite announcement
may be expected within the week on
the Pot-Lateh programme" Mr. Tur-
ner said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
WILL BE USED WHEN PRISON
ERS GO TO WORK ON. COUNTY
ROADs-sIX CARS HAVE BEEN
ORDERED

Samuel T. stow of Charlotte. y. G..
was awarded a contract for six convict
cars by the board of revenue yester-
day. TO be used when the county roads
are worked by convicts, and as soon
as the terms of the contract can be
drawn up by w. X. Terry attorney for
the county. it will be signed by Mr.
STOW for his firm, and DR.. r. T. Love-
lady for the county. The cars are of
wood and made on the unit plan; they
can be Joined together to make one
house There were half a dozen bids
and as many different kinds of equip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday in the Office of the pro-
bate clerk:
r. f. Minton OF Birmingham and Miss
Jennie May Head
Charles Warner of Birmingham and
Miss Alice Bauer.
John Deueff of Birmingham and Miss
Katherine Smith.
S. f. Lawrence of Birmingham and Miss
Claudia Miller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12


before the people today. The people
should express themselves on this sub
iect, this subject which lies so close
to the heart of every man who has
children to rear and educate"
BY this time. the conversations had
become so serious that the party be-
came clam-lil<e, and nothing else. of
as direct sequence was said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Endearor Meeting Postponed

!, The meeting OF the birmingham
christian F,ndeavor union will be held
at the Cumberland Presbyterian
church in Norwood on next Tuesday,
instead of yesterday. as had been an
nouuced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
BUSH VISITS CITY
Handled Preliminaries of Owenton.
Tuxedo Traction Development

Albert Bush of Mobile. who has han
died the preliminaries attending the be-
ginning of developments between owen
ton and Tuxedo and for which a street
railway franchise was necessary was
here yesterday. The Developments be-
tween owenton and Tuxedo which are
to be started at once involve large
outlay of money. The city will acquire
a boulevard similar to Highland. ave-
nue. in that the ear line viii be raised
above the boulevard and Will be in the
center Of the street The Developments
according 10 Mr. Bush Will be started
without delay The acreage to be de-
veloped is said TO he among the most
attractive bodies OF land In this sec
tion.
The city granted the franchise TO the
company several weeks ago.
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special interest In the situation ms
much as Mr.. Stsllings Is candidate.
There is considerable consolation
which a student might find in the sit
uation, for 1t is reasonably certain that
with all the candidates hailing from
the south the job viii be in worthy
hands--the country in other words,
will be saved.
And in this regard one IS reminded
of the fact that the advertising agent
Of certain liquor firm might have
been writing unconsciously the history
of Ills country when. under the mystic
spell of Inspiration. he exclaimed
"Wilson-That's ALL,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Express Companies Careful

.Under the Webb bill the railroad and
the express company are made a party
to the transaction, and they viii have to
protect themselves. Thus IL dozen
quarts of liquor We're offered TO the ex-
press company in Louisville for shipment
to Roanoke, Ala, for instance, the ex-
press company would require PROOF that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
"wILsON-THATS ALL
STROKE OF GENIUS

However. the race is on and IL com
plications must come they must AS
stated in the outset. Alabama has a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
FIRE CAUSES HEAVY
LOSS TO PLANT OF
BIRMINGHAM NEWS
Regular Editions of Paper
Issued at tAge-HeraldPlant
Yesterday - Loss Cow
cred by Insurance

The plant of the Birmingham News
was put completely out of commission
yesterday morning by fire which broke
out a few minutes after o'clock. AL
though the flames were confined to the
rear of the building, the water dam
age will amount to a great deal as the
large press and number of the other
machines as well as the various de-
partments are soaked with water.
1t is believed that the fire started
from an overheated stove in the stereo-
type room in the extreme rear of the
building When the fire department ar
rived the flames were shooting from
the back rooms and we're gradually
eating their way. toward the front and
the business offices. BY excellent work
the firemen kept the flames from the
innammable materials in the front. The
large amount of water thrown into
the burning building ran through to
the press room in the basement and
completely soaked the large Goss press.
1t will be impossible to use the press
for the next week or 10 days. as the
motors viii have to be rewound
Mechanical experts have been tele-
graphed for and will examine the in
llltatt titttiAtai aPIoAoAAH -N@f%
as possible
While the News plant is out Of com
mission, the News is being published
in The Age Herald building. The sun
day morning News will be printed In
the Ledger plant
Frank p. Glass. editor OF the News,
stated last night that he hoped to have
the linotype machines in operation to-
day and that the regular work of put
ting out the paper would be carried on
in the News building, with the excep-
ton of the actual printing which Will
be done at The Age-H Herald.
Mr.. Glass added that the News had
planned the erection of a new build
ing for some time past and that the
fire would probably cause a definite de-
cision before long. He stated that IL
was impossible to estimate the loss at
the present time as the damage to the
machinery could not be known until
the experts examined it. Insurance viii
cover the loss, however. The damage
to the building and machinery VIII
probably amount to between $4,000
and $4,000
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
May Extend Time !.

Il would not insist on the -four minute
per hour feature of the amended ordt-
nance" stated Mr. Weatherly YESTERDAY
'If 1t seems TO the other members OF
the commission that this should be eX-
tended a minute or two do not believe
would raise any serious objections
The only place 4 will attempt TO draw
the line will be when 1 think the terms
of the ordinance are being made so lib
eral that they can and will be used to
evade it, Then / will call halt.
'Yes. a laboratory and trained experts
would be a valuable aid to enforcing the
smoke ordinance, as 1t is said Is done IN
Cincinnati But Birmingham is young
town and we have little funds. We can
do anything like that now The time
NAV come, and | hope 1t will, when sucn
an equipment can be installed by the city
for the assistance of the smoke produce
ing plants think 1t is good thing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Right Here
At Home

company you want to do
hasslIass with.
Tbs strong Southern Com
pany IL that you could ask
= a4y Insurance company
substantial and dependable.
And we're growing right along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Will Be Effective

"The Webb bill is a long step in enforc-
ing prohibition. 1t prohibits an inter-
state shipment into any dry territory
whether that territory be ward, city,
county or state, and whether such terri
tory has become dry by local option or
special legislation.
,.rhere is no exception made in the case
of liquor shipped for private consumption.
OF course the Inference Is that a mans
constitutional right would permit him to
get a shipment for private use, but it Is
going to be very embarrassing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
MAY MODIFY SMOKE
ORDINANCE MORE
Might Extend Hour Time
Limit to 5 or 6 Minutes
ACTION is DEFERRED
Amended Ordinance Will Come Up
Thursday and Final Disposal of
1t May Be Made by the
Commission
ACTION is DEFERRED

Further modification of the smoke ordt-
nance was indicated when city Commits
soner James Weatherly. father of the
smoke ordinance, said yesterday that 1t
was possible that the firing limit of four
minutes per hour during which smoke
might be made might be extended to five
or six minutes.
The amended smoke ordinance was pre-
scented to the commission at the regular
meeting yesterday and upon motion OF
Commissioner Lane at the regular meet
ing Yesterday and upon motion of Com
missioner Lane 1t was passed over un-
til the Friday meeting. Final action Is
exnncie ed at that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12
Weatherly in No Hurry

Il am In no hurry" stated Mr.. Wealth
erly yesterday. Il am willing TO let the
smoke ordinance rock along for couple
more weeks but at the same tirle / am
perfectly willing and ready 10 act on it
whenever the other members of the COM
mission are. 1t will be called up Friday
again"
eWiu you be ready to vote Friday on
the smoke ordlnance?' was asked Judge
Lane.
u hope to- replied the commissioner.
Il have telegraphed for a certain work
on smoke abatement and the book will
reach me today or tomorrow, ! believe.
As soon as have examined IT | will be
ready to vote All | can say, however
is that I hope to be ready to take final
action when the ordinance comes up Fri
day" The Judge would not Indicate as
to which side of the question, IL any,
he Is leaning to-
President c. Exum of the commission
has already stated that lie Is ready to
vote any time on the amended smoke
ordinance and that he will oppose it un-
less 1t has been greatly modified from
the original" If the amended ordi,
nance is not adopted 1t is generally CON
sidered certain that the original ordi-
rance now in force will be repealed.
The original ordinance now in. force
gives three minutes each hour OF the
day for smoke to issue from the stacks
and the amended ordinance, as It now
exist awaiting adoption gives 10 minutes
for the first firing of the day and four
minutes each hour thereafter, it being
possible that this four will be increased
TO five or six minutes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-02-12

II Is for private consumption for its own
protection.
1.-THE effect in dry counties or units IN
Alabama viii be very salutary The f'ui-
Ier bill already prohibits shipments from
wet territory to dry territory in Alabama
under. practically the same structures as
are provided In the Webb bill So that
II any territory becomes dry in Alabama
il Is going to be dry sure enough, be-
cause the Fuller bill prohibits shipments
from points within Alabama, while the
Webb bill prohibits shipments Into the
state from points outside Alabama
Sessions Is Pleased
Il am glad that the Webb bill has
pa assed and hope the President will sign
III" said Walter h. Sessions, a leading
prohibitionist "This anti-shippuing meas
pre- is one that many nti-prohibltionists.
as well as prohibitionists, like myself, ap-
rrove. Ii protects the state rights policy
and Is a step forward in the cause OF pro-
hibition. Yes, / think it is absolutely
just.
"trnder our state local option law 1t
is not fair that a wholesale liquor dealer
in birmingham who pays a large license
should be prohibited from shipping his
goods into Calhoun, Etowah and other dry
counties and yet see liquor dealers in
neighboring states ship to our dry terri
tory.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-17
Vengeance Glutted.

Bilson, who is stout man, was run
ming to catch a train the, other day,
when his friend Jones called out:
"Halloa, Bilson! In hurry? Going
somewhere"
Keeping his breath for other pur-
poses, Bilson made no reply, but he
determined to take terrible revenge
About 1 o'clock next morning he called
Jones up On the telephone. After a
great deal of ringing, sleepy voice at
the other end of the wire told him
Jones was there
THAT you Jones?' queried Bilson.
"What do you want?" asked Jones,
''I've been in bed these two hours"
I'm Bilson." went on the other. "Re-
member seeing me running. this morn
ing, eh? Yes? Well, 1 was going some
where, and I was in hurry. Good
night"
Then Bilson hung up the receiver and
got back into bed happy man.-Tid-
Bits.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-17

q da:luta 10 al eternal diet Of di"t. The
OF deaf IS called "nkoIa donga." One
OF the worst troubles with which Mr.
Lund had to contend was the venom
Gus flies md insects which swarm to
tropical Africa. He was bitten near
the eye by a certain kind of malicious
tick, and for time was nearly blind
If he not shortly afterward reached
Ft. Portal and obtained medical treat
ment he would probably have lost the
sight of at least one eye.
A little further in the course of his
walk he fell in with the Baluba and
Valessi cannibals. When they have a
cannibal feast the victim is usually a
man accused Of some crime. In such
case the man is offered a draught of a
poisonous decoction. If he takes a
long drink the poison is imperative.
producing merely nausea But if from
timidity or guilt, he drinks but small
portion, the effect is almc"-- immedi-
ately fatal. Women are excluded from
these feasts.
Making a wide detour of Lake Al
bert, Mr.. Lund eventually arrived on
the Nile, which he followed to Abu
Hamed and then struck across the Nu-
bian desert and came to the Nile again
at Wady Halfa. There are but two
wells on the route across with him
three days food and water supply.
But he safely crossed the desert ard
reached Khartum, where he went into
hospital, to patch himself up for the
last stage of his journey, which he
completed without further mishap.-
Cape Town Cor. London Telegraph.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-17

The State superintendent OF educa-
tion has recommended that January 81
which is Educational Day at the Ma
tional Corn Show, in Columbia DE
maie a oliday in the public scncc's
of the State, and that the teachers De
given that day with pay, if they attend
the exposition in Columbia.
The county superintendent of educa-
ton for Newberry county joins in the
recommendation, and urges as many OF
the teachers as can conveniently do So
to attend the corn show ON Educational
Day, and recommends that the trusteeS
grant holiday with pay, and urge tnat
their teacher attend the Corn .Exposl-
tion.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-17
GOOD ROADS.

This is the season when our people,
especially those who live in the rural
districts, will be in position to appre-
ciate our continued appeals for good
roads. From the first of January Till
awav into the spring is probably the
worst time of the year for roads. The
frozen ground with its daily thaWs,
the rains and SHOWS, the heavy wagons
all conspire to cut up and make al
most impossible roads in many sec
tions.
But we need good roads all the year
round. There can be no other money
spent that will equally advantage all
the people as that which is spent upon
scientific permanent road improve
ment We are willing to rest upon the
conviction that there will come day,
and that in the not distant future
when this county will applaud our Ell
forts to secure good roads. Yes, that's
i+-Good Roads.-Abbeville Medium,
This reminds US Of the man who
80 o- ~; bo,,ca when If rain
ed and when it didn't rain the house
didn't need covering.
That is the way too many people
view the road problem. In the winter
when the roads are bad you cant 90
much in improving them, and in the
summer when they are better tne
neople conclude they do not need i'm
nroving. There is rarely a time, or a
season. in this neck of the woods when
the roads do not need attention,
The trouble, as we see it, is that the
/, .neople are waiting for some one else
to bu:id rhe road@. or cs.'5o:nS q
small chaingang force to build bridges
work crop, and maintain some 1'zOO
miles of public road. 1t can't be done.
Until we get different system and
then carry the system out, we may not
reasonably expect much And we must
always remember that it takes money
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-17
Home, Sweet Home.
tion.

# is one of the ironies Of fate, says
an exchange, that the poet from whose
Den has come the immortal lyric OF
the birthstone was himself rowing
outcast-a homeless wanderer. The
world remembers the pathetic story
of John Howard Payne. Broken IN
health and reduced in fortune, the
Door American exile found himself IN
the throbbing heart of the great city
of London. Between his publishers
who allowed him little--and his Gre
ditors-Who came to see him often
the penniless poet was in sore straits.
The Atlantic ocean separated him
from kith and kin He felt the acutest
sense of isolation-the bitterest no
solitude is more oppressive than the
solitude of great cities-the solitude
which broods in the repellant looks
of the unsympathetic multitudes. 1t
is, as Lucian Knight has said, the
the hearts Sahara. Bereft of all
other consolation, Payne seized the
harp; and lightly he touched the
strings. But not in vain. For the fire
of inspiration was in the poets soul;
and On the banks of the River Thames,
from the aching heart OF an humble
exhile, leaped the hearthstone melody
of Home, Sweet Home" ."-Exchange.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-01-17
RIDERS WIFE
IN HORRIBLE MANNER
Levi Kinard Springs From Hiding on
Greenwood Street Almost Sever
ing Head From Body.

Greenwood, Jan. 12.-One OF the
most horrible murders committed
anywhere in this section "as that last
night by a negro man, Levi KlEara,
who almost severed his wife's head
from her body after lying in wait Tor
her for several hours in the heart oi
the residence section of the town.
Kinard and his wife had separated
some months ago, but he had been
making threats against her life for
some time. She had heard of them
and was so terrified that she asked
her employers to let her sleep in the
kitchen. Last night, however, the Wo-
n,au went out upon the street in com"
pany with another negro woman, and
as they were entering Cambridge
street. through an alley near the resi-
dence of Mayor Baker, Kinard, who had
been crouching there probably night
after night, sprang out upon them
grabbing his wife by the waist and II
an Incredibly short time accomplished
the murder
It seems frou testimony that big
knife was used, for apparently razor
could not have done the horrible work.
Kinard made good his escape, He
came here from Leesville some months
ago and has been working as section
hand on the C. & ". C. He is 80 years
old, black, height feet 6, and weighs
145 pounds. He has two upper front
teeth false. He has relatives at Lees
vile and also at Prosperity. The town
and county, through Sheriff McMlllan'
offers $50 reward for his capture.