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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
HARAHAN is HERE
FOR LAND CONGRESS
Seaboard President Warmly Greeted
by Birmingham Friends-Will
Probably Leave Today

William j. ("Billie') Harahan, president
of the Seaboard Air Line, was here yes
terday and will be here until today at
tending the land congress. He reached
Birmingham yesterday morning, his car
being attached to the fast Seaboard train
from Portsmouth. Mr.. Harahan, who is
the Oldest son of the late James 4. Hara-
han, president of the Illinois Central rail-
road is widely known in Birmingham, and
ms visits here are always looked forward
to with interest by local friends
He said last night that the land con-
gress had his utmost sympathy and CO.
operation as he believed firmly the work
was of paramount Importance and was
most progressive step.
Our line is in fairly good shape" said
Mr. Harahan. However, we have noth-
ing of unusual moment to give out at
this time. We are going along In excel
lent shape and trying to promote the in
terest of those cities through which We
pass and lettering the service of the great
body of people served by our line Busi-
ness is very good at this time. I am
not at all apprehensive about the outlook
and hope the volume of traffic this fall
will be sufficient to convince the most
pessimistic that the south may be de-
pended upon always to be prosperous and
aggressive"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
M'KINNEY THE FIRST
DELEGATE TO REGISTER

At 8 O'Clock yesterday morning the del
egates began to register and A. d. Nc
Kinney of Jefferson county, railroad
conductor. was the first to register. He
said as he signed his name: II am q
conductor, but l tell you, the Lord spoiled
mighty good farmer when he made me
one"
The meeting was opened with prayer
delivered by Dr. l.. C. Branscomb, pre-
siding elder of the North Alabama dis
trict of the Methodist church. Gov. EN-
met O'Neal then delivered the address of
welcome for the state of Alabama. The
governor was in fine form and spoke for
probably 30 minutes. He said in part
1T is my pleasing duty today on behaif
of the state of Alabama to extend to the
members OF this congress and the guests
who have honored us with their pres
ence most cordial welcome.
''rhe Alabama Land congress was or
ganiZed to advance the agricultural inter
ests as well as to secure that co-opera-
tion that is needed so much in the up
building of a state on the part of the
business and commercial organizations;
that is so essential to our material adj
vancement, The fundamental purpose,
as stated in the charter Of this congress,
is to advance agricultural interests While
we have made reasonable progress in
other branches of industry, we must rec
ogniZe that agriculture is the avocation
which the large majority of the people
are engaged. And any movement that
tends to extend agricultural work will
be a blessing to a large class of people. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
Want Merchants To S1oeep The
Sidewalks On Sunday Morning

be swept by the merchants on Saturday
nights just before closing. Before at
tempting to amend the ordinance in this
respect, l am calling on merchants in the
business section of the old city and tha
suburban cities and towns of Birming-
ham to make draft on thsir civic pride
and have their sidewalks swept on Satur-
day nights.
T'"fhe street cleaning department will
clean the streets and cutters, but the
street cleaning department has never been
required to sweep the Sidewalks. and 1t Is
not practicable for it to do SO, hsnee
the ordinance referred to. m
"If the merchants and business houses
generally would sweep the sidewalks and
clean up in front of their stores and
places of business at closing time Satul-
day nights. the complaints Of dirty streets
on Sundays could, in large measure, be
remedied, and am therefore writing your
organization and other public spirited
bodies of Greater Birmingham to urge
upon your members to assist the com
mission in presenting clean streets and
sidewalks on Sunday mornings, and / will
he obliged if you will present this mat
ter at the first meeting of your organiza<
ton and use your best efforts to secure
the cooperation of your members along
the lines suggested. Yours very truly,
JAMES WEATHERLY.
Commissioner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
O'NEAL' REMARKS
MIGHT Be APPLIED
TO BIRMINGHAM
Stresses the Importance of
Keeping Down Crime if
State Is to Get Desir-
able Immigrants

Issues which are intensely alive all
over the state and especially in Bir-
mingham were handled without gloves by
Governor Emmett ONeal in his speech
yesterday morning at the city hall armory
in which he opened the Alabama State
Land congress. While the governor did
not mention anything particularly con-
corning birmingham, several OF his re-
marks could be so construed.
Birmingham's desire for a new state
constitution by which improved taxation
methods could be had, by which the fee
system viii be eliminated by which court
procedure will be reformed and such mat
ters were discussed by the governor in
striking sentences.
Birminghams crime record due to bum
glesome court procedure and delayed JUS
tice is well known. 1--WE may tell peo-
pie about our climate, about our soil,
about our dozens of advantages over
other sections" he said, but until we
can prove to them that their lives are
safe and their homes can be protected
we will never get desirable immigrants
to come to Alabama. As long as red
murder stalks abroad in Alabama we
need not try to improve our farm lands
and bring white settlers here to till our
soil"
In regard to the state constitution, lie
said: I'VE can never progress agricul
turally, nor industrially, in the rural dis
tricts nor in the urban districts until we
get rid of our antiquated constitution.
The 1901 constitution as YOU know was
based largely upon the 1873 constitution
which In turn was drafted to handle the
conditions arising from the reconstruc-
which will never prevail
In this country again without civil revou-
tion. The state is in strait Jacket. We
have no funds and can get none Our
taxation system must be remodeled.'
Again in speaking of the courts he said:
1--WE should always have our courts in
session. No man should be thrown in
Jail and held there awaiting trial The
most important phase of justice which
keeps down crime is its celebrity. The
laws delay is the chief cause of crime.
The state supreme court should meet in
October and continue in session until
every case had been cleared off the
doc'-et -"
The governor did not refer to a possl-
BILE extra SESSION of the Legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05

In view of considerable complaints
about the untidy condition of the side
walks of the city on Sunday mornings,
an effort is being made by the city COM
mission to get the merchants to sweep
the walks after closing up Saturday night.
Commissioners James Weatherly Is ad-
dressing letters to all of the civic bodies
and clubs of the city asking their CO.
operation.
There is an ordinance now compelling
merchants to sweep the sidewalks before
business hours every morning, but 1T
does not apply to Sunday morning. Mr..
Weatherly's letter to President j. F..
Shelby of the Board of Trade is as fol-
lows:
Mr.. John E. Shelby, President Board of
Trade, Birmingham Ala.
Dear Sir;-The board of commissioners
is receiving a great many complaints of
the untidy condition of the streets and
sidewalks on Sunday mornings. The city
ordinance requiring the occupants OF
premises to sweep their sidewalks before
certain hours in the mornings does not
apply to the Sabbath. Hence it has oc-
CURED to me that the sidewalks might
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
Progress Prevented by Pres.
ent Laws, He Says; Con-
stitutional Convention
Should Be Held
ALLEN CHAIRMAN
OF COMMITTEE
ON RESOLUTIONS
A. ID. Mckinney Is the First Delegate
to Register-CommissiO Cowart
Talks on Importance of
Holding People After
State Gets Them

The Alabama State Land congress
was called to order yesterday morning
about 1915, starting about As minutes later
than had been intended, because the
registration of delegates took longer than
had been expected.
There was quite a large attendance and
great interest was manifested by all pres
ent, the session in the afternoon being
featured by rather acrimonious discus
sion as to whether or not the report of
the special committee, headed by a. II.
Ford should be tabled until this morn
ing. The report was finally tabled and
will be taken up at o'clock this morn
in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
Part of New Bond Money to
Be Used for COnstruc-
ton in Alabama
OPTIMISTIC OVER
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
While Here Yesterday Vice President
Powell Took Occasion to Visit
the New Yards at
Avondale

After delivering an address at the
land congress yesterday in the place
of w. w. Finley president of the
Southern Railway company, T. c.
Powell, vice president of the Queen
and Crescent route, left for his home
in Cincinnati last night.
While here he said that the most in
teresting development on his line was
the proposed bond issue that is being
prepared and added that from the
money received there would be an ap-
preparation to double track his road
all the way from Cincinnati to Bir-
mingham and beyond Mr.. Powell was
unwilling to say definitely when this
gigantic piece of work would be start
ed and, of course. was reticent about
speculating as to it's completion. Mr..
Powell said. however. that it was the
intention of the company to ultimately
complete the double track of the Queen
and Crescent route to this city.
Mr. Powell announced the 17H miles
of double track between Erlanger and
Crittenden, KY, is in operation. That
gives the company a total of LOG miles
of double track between Cincinnati and
Chattanooga. With some slight work
to be done along this stretch of line
the company will have completed about
one third of it's line between Chatta-
nooga and Cincinnati. The southern
portion of the line, that is to say, from
Chattanooga to Birmingham, will fol :
low along as Indicated by Mr.. Powell.
Optimistic About Business
Mr.. Powell was unusually optimistic
about the general business conditions
yesterday and the outlook for business
this fall and winter. He said that the
company was getting some new rolling
stock into this district including new
and high power engines, which would
arrive during the next few days. With
CONTINUED on Page Thirteen)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
CURRENCY REFORM
BADLY NEEDED

And far from least in Importance is
the business of reforming the national
currency he said. He said that the cur
rency should be placed on a more elastic
basis. But next in Importance to this
is to secure to the people of these United
States the same facilities in banking and
the same opportunities for personal credit
as are enjoyed by the people of other
countries. He said that It should be a
source of congratulation to the American
people today that President Wilson had
stated that as soon as the pending cur
rency legislation had been disposed of
he would turn his attention to securing n
better system of rural credits.
The governor mentioned the many
crimes that have been committed in Ala
bama within the recent years and said
that a vast number of the criminals had
escaped scot free or with a very light
penalty at the most He advocated a
constitutional convention to be called at
a not far distant date for the purpose
of writing another constitution for the
state. 'rhe present constitution Is anti
quated,'' he said. Court procedure is
antiquated and 1t should be reformed and
should be freed Of the fragrant technicali-
ties. We should abolish such that crimi-
mails may receive their just due. Many a
crime has been committed and the crlmi-
nal has gone free because OF some tech
nicality.
THE constitution formed in 1901 has
placed the state today in strait-jacket
Under the present constitution the state
of Alabama has not the right TO build
one mile of turnpike. We~c cannot collect
an inheritance tax. A western state
placed the clause regarding the payment
of inheritance tax and from one man It
collected s3,000.000 and built its magnifi-
cent state capitol AS long as the present
constitution stands as an obstacle In the
way of our progress the state of Ala
bama cannot hope to go forward"
Commissioner Weatherly Speaks
City Commissioner James Weatherly
Continued ON Page Ten)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
QUINN DECLINES TO
RUN FOR SOLICITOR
Marion Attorney Will Not Be in Race
for Solicitor of the Eleventh
Judicial Circuit

Hamilton. November l-tSpeciai
r. w Quinn. county solicitor for Ma
rion, has decided not to make the race
for solicitor for the Eleventh judicial
circuit. This leaves three candidates
In the race as follows: John L. Hugh
ston OF Florence, Henry Jones of Rus
sellville and Allan Roulhac Of Tuscum
bia. All three are prominent attorney 8
and the race promises to be interest
ing.
The Rev. Ballard. a Christian evang
list of Oklahoma. is conducting a re-
vival in Hamilton for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
Working Plan Submitted Is
Criticised by Irvine-Ob-
jects to Immediate
Consideration
COWART'S MOTION
THROWS MEETING
INTO CONFUSION
Session Adjourns Until Night in Mid
die of Parliamentary Tangle.
Thompson and Irvine Clash.
Earnestness of Delegates
Shown in Debate
u, ELLrs g. noLLums

The spirit of earnest. and conscientious
endeavor with which the delegates to the
Alabama State Land congress are at
tacking the problems which confront them
was dramatically illustrated yesterday
afternoon, when the report of the COM
mittee on plans for the work of the con-
gress was considered. Unlike the gen.
eral procedure in such cases, there was
not meek submission and a vote on
"a committee report which nine-tenths of
the delegates knew nothing about. The
real spirit and earnes,ness of the dele
gates cropped out, however, and in the
discussion that followed 1t was easily seen
that every man was anxious to do what
he believed best for the agricultural Ala
bama. although the several views differed
s...ssa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
WANTS IMMIGRANTS FROM
THE NORTH OF EIIROPE

The governor advocated immigration,
but he said the immigrants should be
brought from northern Europe and from
our own west and northwest.
He said that in order to compete with
the high cost of living there must be ag-
ricultural advancement and that in order
to make agricultural advance the OBJ
stacles in its way must be removed He
named the loneliness and isolation OF
rural life as compared with that of life
in the cities as one of the obstacles and
said that the installation of telephones
and rural free mail delivery routes were
two of the means with which to combat
the conditions. The social inconvenienccs
too, were given as one prime factor to be
reckoned with This can be overcome by
the establishing of colonies, said the state
executive, and the bringing of rural peo-
pie into closer relation with each other
the establishing Of schools and churches.
One of the best ways to combat the
prejudice against farm life, said the gov
ernor, was the building of state high
ways penetrating every place that had
something to market and placing that
spot In direct touch with it's market The
experience of other states, he said shows
that the building of highways makes for
better education and better conditions
generally among the rural population.
The governor referred to the present
system of rural credits and said that the
laws needed reforming. He said that the
farmer should be able to borrow money
on his personal security just as easy as
the man who dwelt in the city instead OF
paying S12 and per cent as he Is doing
under the present laws
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
Decaturns Attend Land Congress

Decatur, November 4.-(Special.) "A
large delegation from the Decaturs left
for Birmingham last night and this morn
Ing to attend the meeting of the land con-
gress. Among those who went from De-
catur We're Mayor Henry A. Skeggs and
President S. S. Broadus of the Tennessee
Valley bank.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
Damage Suit at Decatur

Decatur. November Especially
Mrs. NJ. Goodwin is asking damages
against the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad company in the circuit court
here for alleged damages which sh
sustained by being injured while alight-
ing from a train at the union station
in Decatur about three years ago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05

For weakness and Loss Of Appetite
The Old Standard strengthening tonic
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC,
drives out Malaria and builds up tho
system. A true tonic and sure Appe-
tizer. For adults and children. soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
Mr.. Wright's Statement

REGULATIONS and instructions have
been received said Collector Wright
regarding the deduction at the source
of the normal tax of per cent from
Incomes of individuals (other than in
come derived from interest upon bonds
and mortgages, or other similar obli-
cations OF corporations, stock COM
panies or associations and insurance
-companies) under the provisions os the
new income tax law.
These regulations do not relate to
incomes derived from interest upon
bonds or mortgages required to be
held at the source by the debtor or
fiscal agent through whom the same
are paid, but relate to income received
from property, real or personal, sal
aries wages, compensation or other
fixed or determinab1e gains or profits
received by individuals
"The source In these regulations is
construed as referring to the place
where the income originates.
All persons, firms, o-partnerships
corporations or associations in what
ever capacity acting, and all admin
tstrators, agents, employers and all Of
ficers and employees of the United
States, having the control, disposal or
payment OF rent, salaries, wages, COM
pensation, profits and income of an
other person exceeding $4,000 for any
taxable year shall deduct and withhold
from such gains and profits and income
sum sufficient to pay the normal tax
of l per cent imposed by the law and
shall make a lawful return and paw
the tax so withheld to the collector OF
internal revenue for the district in
which such Withholding agent residea
or has his, her or it's principal place of
business
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
REPORT OF SPECIAL
COMMITTEE READ

The hour was growing late when the
report of the SPECIAL committee, A. II.
Ford. chairman, was read, and many
of the delegates were getting impatient
to be gone. The report was read and
Chairman N. Il. Thompson said, Now,
gentlemen, you have the report of this
committee as to the plans of the Ala
bama State Land congress What is your
pleasure?" 1t was moved that the COM
mittees report be adopted as it stood
and the motion was seconded.
Before a vote could be taken l.. C.
CONTINUED on Page Thirteen.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
Calls Attention to COllec-
tiOns to Be Made at
the Source
EXEMPTIONS FOR
THE PRESENT YEAR
For Period From March l to Decem-
ber 81 Will Be $25O0 for Single
Men and $3333.33 for
Married Men

Sim Il. Wright, collector OF internal
revenue for this district, yesterday
gave out another statement regarding
the workings of the income tax law
Mr.. Wright explains the provisions
requiring the tax to be withheld in
some instances before it is paid to the
person taxed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
First National Bank Of
Birmingham, Ala.

Statement to Comptroller (condensed)
Tuesday, October 81, 1918
RESOURCES
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05

CONTINUED on Page Thirteen)
Evening journal., 1913-08-07
MAN RUSHED
TO HOSPITAL
WANTED WATER
"GiVe Me Drink and Let Me
Co." Was Patients Sur
priSinG Request
THOUGHT ILL, AMBULANCE
TOOK HIM ON QUICK DASH

what can we do for you eagerly
asked doctors of man as he lay on
tho stretcher of the Phoenix ambul-
ance Just placed on the receiving
table, at the Delaware Hospital. The
nurses and internes looked down on
a man who stared at them with eyes
wide open.
Nothing, only give me a drink o.
water and let me 60" was the start
ling reply Of the supposed drunken
man. He was Thomas West, of Fourth
and Lombard streets and had been
taken to the hospital after a record
breaking run in the ambulance
When the machine drew up 10 the
hospital, the attendants thought a
serious accident had happened There
fears were soon overcome. however,
when West asked for the drink OF
water. The inferno as not taking any
chances and thorough examination
was made of West but he was suffer
ing from no ills as far as could be
ascertained.
The ambulance responded to n call at
Seventh and Spruce streets shortly be-
fore $ o'clock this morning and when
they arrived there West was found i'm a
store. where he had been taken after
falling in the street He was placed on
the stretcher and taken To the hospital.
After having his thirst quenched at
the hospital West left the institution.
He was not there more than four min
utes in all and in that short time the
hospital authorities received a surprise
in what they term the banner case.
Evening journal., 1913-08-07
RaiIroaders Shy of Word
of Train-Airship Race

Details we're announced today
in New York city of the pro-
gram Of race to take place
on Friday from New York to Wash
ingtOn between the Moisant military
monoplane "Bluebird" and special
train OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
The aeroplane will in all probability
fiy over Wilmington, and the train will
go through this city c. Murvin Wood
will operate the monoplane. He will
start from Governors Island at 43O
O'Clock tomorrow morning and will
pick up the train at Elizabeth, ~ J..
The program calls for race back to
New York that afternoon.
According 20 the announced plan.
the tops OF the ten cars. composing
the train, will be painted white so that
Aviator Wood can keep them In sight
He expects to fly at height of 5000
feet. II was said. The train will he
drawn by a powerful engine. and it
was said that an effort would be made
to cover the distance of 225 miles in
three hours. This would rQuire an
average Of rs miles an hour.
Wood, 1t was explained. would land
at Fort Myer, Va, near Washington,
and. after giving an exhibition NEAR
the state. War and Navy Department
Building and the White House, would
start back for New York at o'clock
for the return race against the train.
Chief Clerk Baylis Of the Maryland
Evening journal., 1913-08-07
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY
TO MRS. HARRY A. MILLER

Stricken with heart disease yes
terday morning about 10 o'clock. Mrs
Mary Winder Miller, wife OF Henry
A. Miller, travelling passenger agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company, died at her home. No. 1901
Rodney street, shortly after o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
The death OF Mrs. Miller came as
a great shock 90 her many friends in
this city and elsewhere. The funeral
service will be held from her late
home tomorrow evening at Z o'clock.
and interment will he made in Lou
don Park cemetery, Baltimore, on
Saturday.
Mrs. Miller was daughter Of
Major Richard Winder of Accomac
county, Virginia. She was especially
well known In patriotic society cir
cles, being a member of the Delaware
Society, Colonial Danes, Caesar Rod.
ney Chapter, Daughters of The Amer.
lean Revolution, the Society of Col.
onial Governors and OF Genera
Maury Chapter, Daughters of tn,
Confederacy.
In addition TO her husband, Mrs
Miller is survived by one son, Pro
fessor II. Augustus Miller, Jr., in
structor In English history at IN,
Millersburg Military Institute, Mil
lersburg, Kentucky.