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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

as can my contract and commission rs
major, and it Will be shown that |
am yet due several hundred dollars
by the state.
The governor failed to tell why ard
how it is that he now finds 1T neces-
sary to employ five clerks in the ad-
jutant generals offices at salaries IF
$425 per month to do the work that
did, and why he does not want to
pay me half that amount for services
rendered. Everyone acquainted with the
matter knows that I did all the cler-
ical work in the adjutant generals Of
flee for most of the two years | was
there under this governor and 1 did
not even have a stenographer. During
all that time, although I was to some
extent the personal representative of
the governor, he has never. from the
beginning to this day. spoken one word
to me about my duties or services III
the office. I was absolutely ignored
when 1 was discharged from the of
flee, no reason being given me and
no one ever sought any information
from me in regard to the affairs of
the office. The governor pretends not
to have known that I was in the adj
jutant generals office during that time
and I am informed that he so stated
to members of the military board; yet
it is a fact that my accounts for 1911.
of exact similar character to those of
1912 were audited by Examiner Brooke
found correct and the highest praise
given me for the mode and manner of
keeping them, and the report filed in
the governors office and made pub
lie at the time.
What then is a man to expect under
such circumstances? Is there any sur
prise that such a governor repudiates
his own paper and discredits those of
other officers?
l am willing to leave my case in
the hands of a just and impartial
court, where it has been placed for
final arbitrament, having no fear Of
the result, with consciousness of
having only done my duty.
D. w. MIVER.
Montgomery, December %. 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
No. 2Os-C. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND
SUBSECTION 35f OF SECTION 1,
OF ORDINANCE No. IOS-C, AP-
PROVED DECEMBER 10. Iala

Be. it ordained by the board of com
missioners of the city of Birmingham,
that subsection 354 of ordinance No
1850, approved December 10. 1918, and
entitled An Ordinance to Prescribe and
Fix Licenses for the Business. Occupa-
ttoEs and Professions in the City of
birmingham, Alabama. for the Year
1914" which said sub section now
reads as follows:
'TELEPHONE: Each person, firm or
corporation conducting a telephone
eNchange ......,..... ..,,... S5500.00"
be and the same is hereby amended so
as to read as follows:
354. TELEPHONE: Each person, firm
or corporation conducting telephone
exchange cit not being the intent or
purpose hereof to tax Interstate or
foreign messages or business, or any
business or messages of the United
States) ........ $500. 90
Approved December 81 1913
GEO. h. WARD. President
Board of Commissioners
A. o. LANE, Commissioner
JAMES WEATHERLY.
Commissioner.
Attest: II. S. RYALL, City Clerk.
Age-H Herald. December 20, 1913
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
WEEKLY NAVAL
STOPTS REVIEW

Savannah, December 2S.-Tnrpentine was
firm the pash week, closing Saturday at
4pz cents, against 421s cents last Satur-
day and 37% to 3S cents year ago.
Weeks sales, 2500. Weeks receipts, 1850,
aeainst 2230 last year. Weeks shipments,
59e. against 21S7 last year.
Stocks, 2S,959. against 35.704 last year.
Stocks increased 2664 during the week.
Resins firm for the week; medium
grades stationary, increases of to 10
cents on higher and lower grades. Sales
for week. 11,660 Receipts for week. IT,
COR, against 3,435 last year Shipments
for week, 3511, against 1910 last year.
Stocks, 162, 1885, against 153,247 last year.
Stocks increased 1907 during the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

JUNK, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
"JUNk BUSINESS" OR Junk
DEALERS"
BE IL ordained by the board of COM
missioners OF the city of Birmingham:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person carrying on junk business
or dealing in junk in the city OF Bir-
mingham or police jurisdiction there
Of to purchase or otherwise acquire
from any other person any iron brass
brasses, lead, lead pipe locks, bath
TUBS or other material or fixtures per-
tanning to a house or houses Of any
Kind or character without first notify
ing In writing at least six hours before
such purchase or acquisition Is COM
pleted, the chief of detectives of the
city of Birmingham, of the proposed
purchase or acquisition, giving a de-
scription of such junk or material and
from whom the purchase or acauisi-
tion is to be made.
Sec. @ Each person carrying on a
junk business or dealing In junk in
said city or the police jurisdiction
thereof shall provide and keep a book
and enter therein as each purchase or
acquisition is made, each and every
purchase or acquisition of junk OF. ev-
cry kind and character acquired or
purchased. together with the name,
age address and description of the per-
son or persons from whom the respec-
tive purchases were made the date of
the respective purchases, and such
book shall be kept for six months next
SUBSEQUENT to any purchase, open to
5,
OF any person who may make 81 request
to examine the same.
Sec. 3. No person carrying on a junk
business or dealing in junk In said city
or the police jurisdiction thereof, shall
sell or otherwise dispose of or permit
to be sold or otherwise disposed of, or
remove or permit to be removed from
his place of business. or to intermfngle
with other junk. or permit TO be inter-
mingled with other junk. any junk pur-
chased or acquired until after the ex-
piration of 10 days from the date of
any purchase or acquisition thereof. un-
less he obtains in writing. a permit
from the chief of detectives OF said
city.
Sec. 4. Any person, firm or corpor-
alton violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall, on conviction, be
punished as provided and within the
limits of section 1915 OF the code OF
Alabama
Approved December "a. 1913
GEO. B. WARD, President,
Board of Commissioners.
A. o. LANE. Commissioner.
JAMES WEATHERLY,
Commissioners.
Attest: H S. RYALL, City Clerk.
Age-Herald, December 30. 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
AVIATOR BREAKS \
WORLDS RECORD

San Francisco, December 2s.-Looping
the loop six times at height of $500 feet
over SAN Francisco bay, Lincoln Beachey
today established another worlds avia-
tion record.
Christmas day Beachey looped the loop
five times. a record in itself. Previous
to looping the loop today Beachey flew
upside down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
Hubbard Bros. & Co.

Cotton Merchapts, Hanoyer Square, N.
n Members New York Cotton Ex-
change, New Orleans Cotton Exchange.
New York Produce Exchange. Asso-
ciate Members Liverpool Cotton Asso-
ciatfon Orders solicited for the pur-
chase and sale of Cotton and Cotton
Seed OIL for future delivery. Special
Sffeution and liberal terms given for
consignments of spot cotton for de-
livery. Correspondence invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

->>~>>>>~~~-~~>>~~>-~- ~-~~~>~~---~~~-~~~-~~~~~~
Coleman, Miss Lorraine Buck, Miss An
ME We've Thornton, Miss Grace Ken
nedy, Miss Hattie Pennington. Miss
Vertua Randle. Miss Minnie Jackson
Miss Rachael Ragsdale and Harrel
Rush, NJ Raymond, Leon Williams Joe
Little. Ed Crutchfield. Worth Lewis
Luney Ragsdale Gerald Miclxle, Char
ner Batson, William Haggerty Ralph
Snider, Martin Kennedy. Ed Coburne,
Anderson Jaffe and Milton Simms of
Birmingham.
Miss Nellie Christilieb delightfully."-
entertained her Sunday school class OF
the First Methodist church Saturday
afternoon at her home on Dartmouth
avenue Games and music were features
of the afternoon, after which hot choc-
olate and cake were served Those pres
ent were: Miss Orlean Randle, Miss
Lyons, Miss Audrey Long, Miss MIL
dred Stoves. Miss Mary Mildred Wood
row. Miss Bernice Hagler. Miss Louis
Warburn Miss Lillian Ryan, Miss Eva
Louise Patterson. Miss Florence Chill
ders, Miss Gladys Sapp, Miss Lorine
Patton. Miss Alva Patton, Miss Eliza
Metcalf, Miss Ida Childers, Miss Hazel
Stoves. Miss Zeta McTyiere, Miss Lu-
cile Head Miss Catherine Baty, Miss
Ruby Estelle Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. w. ID. Davidson enter
tained recently at a family reunion and
Christmas tree at their home in Bes-
semer. A splendid dinner was a fea-
ture of the day. The guests We're: Mr..
and Mrs. w. Il. Lowrey of Jemisop,
parents of Mrs. Davidson; J. W. Low
cry and family. II. p. johnson and fam
lily, G.. F. Davidson, Jr., and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Marsh of Helena. and
G. r. Davidson, Sr.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. II. Lopez left Sun
day afternoon for Charleston. S. c..
where they were called by the illness
of Mrs. Lopezs mother, Mrs. o. Otto
lengin, who suffered severe stroke Of
paralysis Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
Diet Has Riotous Session

Agram, Crotia, December 2S.-The riotous
session of the Diet, which began Saturday
afternoon, did not end until o'clock this
morning. Comparative peace had been
restored by that time and Deputy Media
kowitsch was reelected president He
served~as president of the last two Diets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
z7,,,4 N>ZRh
Calhoun's Cotton Crop

Anniston, December 29.--According to
Special Agent ]. S. Morris, 2,67O bales of
cotton had been ginned in Calhoun up to
December 49, as against 1e,1S2 bales last
year. All records for storage have also
been broken at the Farmers Union ware
house here
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
OVEREXERTION
TELLS ON PRINCE

London. December "a st. Petersburg
dispatch to the Daily Mail says it Is re-
ported a recurrence of Crown Prince AL
exis' previous complaint has been brought
On by over-exertion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
Poll Taxes Come Slnwlx

Admission, December S.-tSpecial )-Up
to Saturday evening. less than half the
number of persons paying poll tax in 1872
had paid in 1913. according to County Tax
Collector Worth Whteside. Interest in
the senatorial race. however, he says, Is
ceusing several to pay UP arrearages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
LAND CONGRESS NOTES
BY n. r. II HOMPSoN,
Secretary and G eneral Manager.

riculturai development. It is adopting
the most scientific methods of corn breed
ing. and has made improvements in the
following distinctive southern varieties
% Experiment Station yellow, to increase
its weeyil resistance and yield; (9 Henry
Grady, increasing yield of this largo
cared variety: (S) Mosby, Increasing yield
and uniformity in this prolific and pro-
ductiye variety.
The farmers of Alabama are urged to
give more attention to the matter of seed
selection. BY actual tests made at the
experiment station at Auburn there is a
difference of So bushels per acre in favor
OF the seed corn grown in Virginia as
compared with that grown in Illinois in
the varieties Hickory King and Blount
The conclusions reached at Auburn are:
Varieties of corn from north of the Ohio
river usually give smaller yield in Ala
bama than corn grown further south.
Corn from the northern corn belt has
often given in Alabama n very poor quail
ity of grain, which has often been too
poor for marketing or for making meal"
A further advice from the experiment
| station at Auburn is that Local seed
corn, when pure and we'll improved, has
| the advantage of permitting the grower
| to select it on the ear, the condition In
which 1t is desirable that all seed corn,
whether local or from distance. should
| be received by the farmer" They state
that the results are so conclusive that
only varieties of southern origin are in
cluded in their variety tests, only such
varieties as are thoroughly acclimated
being used.
With such facts at hand and such evil
dence as to what Alabama lands will
produce, there should be no difficulty in
obtaining concerted action throughout
Alabama in the movement which the land
congress is inagurating to have the farm
ers of Alabama produce what the people
| Of the state consume in food and forage
crops. The greatest deficiency now in
/ these products is in wheat and meat, but
there is no more reason why these should
not be supplied than any of the others.
Is it not better for Alabama as state
to obtain this development, and far more
beneficial to her people than to have the
public mind diverted and public energies
lie dormant through excessive political
agitation? With the near approach of a
| New Year, beneficient legislation that
should inspire confidence in the country S
welfare. there should be a new spirit,
new efforts in every field that can add to
| Alabama's progress Alabama has an
exceedingly bright future, and may the
New Year bring unbounded prosperity to
all her citizens
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29


that the eyes not only can be Inn
proved, but with care their beauty can
be preserved long past youth.
Coloring of the Eyes
Most children have attractive eyes,
and yet the expression of the child's
eyes does not compare to that of the
mature eyes. In regard to pigmenta
tion the advantage lies with youth, for
the iris, the part of the eye that holds
the coloring matter. is prone to change
early in life Why this is so, no one
has been able to state with precision.
Melanin, that which gives the coloring
been isolated, but its source. what
causes it, or what depletes it, is still
a mystery.
Between 40 and so the entire physical
makeup of the body changes, for the
reason that waste goes on faster than
renewal; there is apt to be a marked
change in pigmentation, the skin loses
color, the hair becomes gray and the
eyes grow lighter. This is a natural
change, and while it can be mitigated
it cannot always be prevented, but any
marked change in coloring at an earl
ier period of life is premature and
should be corrected and prevented.
Our eyes are wonderfully good serv-
ants and, considering the little care
and often absolutely abuse they re-
Lceive, do remarkably good work. Why
not reward their service with more
care? Improved eye health and beauty
would be the result, and the charm Of
the youthful eye would last into mid
die age.
The beautiful eye should have clear
whites with no tinge of yellow; the
color of the iris should be well defined
and the skin over the lids and about
the eyes unwrinkled. How often do
we see this? Very rarely after early
youth, and many women In their twen-
ties have a network of tiny wrinkles
about the eyes and the color leaves
much to be desired
Wrinkles About the Eyes
Wrinkles and lines about the eyes
come from frowning, squirting, holding
the eyes half closed and In not keeping
the flesh about them fabricated and
fed. Many women in massag aging the
face rub cream lavishly over the cheeks
and forehead and over the bony struc-
ture of the nose (Which needs 1t the
least), and entirely neglect the eyes.
The skin about the eyeballs is thinner
than on any other part of the face;
there is less fatty tissue under it and
it falls quicker into wrinkles. Ocu-
lists state that comparatively few peo-
pie have absolutely normal eyesight;
those who have, do not take care al
ways to read or work under proper
conditions of light and the result is
that most adults and many children
so overwork the muscles about the
eyes as to form wrinkles and loose,
falling flesh.
Oesson V to be continued.)
~ NZnh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
KAPPA ALPHAS MEET
IN MEMPHIS TODAY
FOrty-six Active and Sixty
Alumni Chapters To Be
Represented

Memphis, December 2S-Fortysix ac-
tive and 60 alumni chapters will be rep
resented at the twenty-seventh biennial
convention of the Southern Kappa Alpha
fraternity. which will be in session here
tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, ac-
cording to announcement made tonight.
S. C. F'ullilove, Shreveport, La, knight
commander. and number of the dele
gates arrived late tonight. The North
Carolina delegation, which came aboard
a special car. was among the early ar
rivals.
The Kappa Alpha fraternity OF the
south was organized in 1865 ct Washing
ton and Lee university among the stu
dents and former students of that institu-
tion who had served in the Confederate
army with the intention of restricting the
organization to southern colleges. With
the acceptation of two chapters in Cali
fornia all of the active chapters are To-
Gated in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

According to some reports, Prince Alexis
has been suffering from tuberculosis OF
the bones, although the nature of his ILL
ness has never been satisfactorily ex-
planned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
LESSON V.

The Eyes: Is face powder Injurious!
No feature of the face is SO compell-
ing or possesses such possibilities of
beauty as the eye, and no feature is
so commonly neglected. due to the gem
eral idea that beautiful eyes are a gift
of nature and that little can be done
to improve them. My experience proves
to me that such is a wrong idea, aud
that the eyes not only can be i'm
proved but with care their beauty can
be preserved long past youth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
MAGNETIC SURVEY
OF GLOBE is TWO
THIRDS FINISHED
Yacht Carnegie Drops An
chor at Brooklyn After a
3 Years Voyage-Much
Data Gathered

Washington, December 2S-When the
non-magnetic yacht Carnegie dropped
anchor at Brooklyn, N. Y. December 10.
concluding a voyage of more than
three yeats, the gigantic task under
taken by the Carnegie institution Of
Washington eight years ago to make
a complete magnetic survey of the
globe was two thirds accomplished
Already. virtually all the data gathered
in nearly 10000 miles of voyaging
is in the hands of photographers and
much of 1t now is in use by ship mas
ters of all the seven seas
Prof. L. A. Bauer, director of the
department of terrestrial magnetism OF
the institution and originator of the
project for the survey. has prepared
his report for 1918, which he made pub
fic today. 1t includes data of the most
recent voyage of the Carnegie and a
chart showing the wanderings of that
vessel and the Galilee, her predeces-
sor in the work.
Through every sea where the steam
er routes lie the track winds and
twists. In every part of the world the
accuracy of the compass was tested by
swinging the ship and passing her
through the circle of the compass card
to prove up the correctness of the
readings.
On the ships charts all Inaccuracies
of regular navigation compass points
have been noted and the institution
M tc rod 10 frr niol, Chi ir,
ters in any part of the world with true
compass readings, against which their
own instruments may be checked.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29
Not a Life Lost

In his report Director Bauer lays
stress upon the fact that not a life
has been lost, nor a man seriously in
jured during the voyages of the Car
negie or the Galilee and that the for
mer made port after years of cruis-
ing through the gales of many oceans
without a split sail or parted stay.
The Carnegie was constructed of as
little iron and steel as possible. No
involved calculations to eliminate error
are necessary and when the ships COM
mander, w. j. Peters. forwarded to
Professor Bauer the record of any part
of the voyage, the figures were at once
available for chart makers. Even the
gas auxiliary engines of the ship were
designed with this in mind and the
only steel about them is in cams and
pistons. all other parts having been
made of brass.
In addition to the main task of mag
netic survey the observers aboard the
Carnegie have gathered Information as
to atmospheric refraction and expect
soon to furnish navigators with a COM
plete chart of corrections for astro-
nomical observations, eliminating an
other factor of error in navigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

No. 205-C. AN ORDINANCE TO REGU-
LATE THE BUSINESS OF BUYING
OR ACQUIRING AND DIsPOSING OF
JUNK, COMMONLY KNOWN AS
SUNK BUSINESS OR "JUNK
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Attest: Fl. S. RYALL, City Clerk.
Age-Herald. December 30, 1913
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

The experiment station of the Alabama
Polytechnic institute at Auburn is doing
great work in this state in the line of ag-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-29

Attest; II. S. RYALL, City Clerk.
Age Herald, December 30. 1913.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-07
IN MEMORIAM.
--------------------
Haldor A. Bjorgo.

After long and useful life highly
esteemed friend has gohe from US,
The spirit Of Haldor A. Bjorgo has
passed beyond the portals Of that life
to come, has now the great knowledge
gained only by those who solve the
| mysteries OF death and passeth into
that place prepared for those that
"believe in Him" Fl is last illness was
of about two weeks duration; and,
though his health had been i'm paired
for some time, he had been able to
give nearly all his attention to the
business in which he was engaged.
Through his illness he was uncom.
planning and one seldom found him In
any other than cheerful peaceful
frame of mind; until life, under the
power Of gradually enroaching disease,
gently left the body and the spirit
took Its flight.
Haldor A. Bjorgo. son of Andreas
and Olea Bjorgo, was born In Nordre
Aurdahl Valders, Norway, April %,
1850, and died at his home in kensett,
Iowa, January Is, 1913, at the age OF
62 years, 5 months and % days. He
was the youngest OF the family OF
three children, Que only surviving,
Mrs. A. T. Gordon, OF Bowman, N. D.
who was present at life's close
His childhood days were spent with
his parents in Norway. In 1860 he
was married to 1ngri Thon, of his
home place. In 1876 he and his family
| left the native land and came to
America, locating in Worth county
where he has since resided Most OF
those years he had lived In our little
town OF Kensett, actively engaged In
business and In making life long
/ friends OF his associates and all people
with whom he-came in contact. w her
the family came to this country there
were but the three members, one son,
Andrew, our postmaster, having beer
born in Norway. Three children
were born to them here, who wer.
summoned to highsr. home by the
Almighty. The secoh. F5f July, 1889
his wife was also called
Being essentially of home iovins
disposition, he married Mrs. Thomson
In the latter part OF 1890, whom h,
leaves widowed. Haldor Bjorgo wa
blessed with talent and many CRANE
and noble characteristics. Kindnes
radiated from his open countenance
and his smiles were free to all-espe
cially was he very fond OF children
and never little one denied tn
kindly greetings. He took particula
care of his grandson, Raymond, seem
ingly never more pleased than wheI
in his company and happy in bein
chums. OF sound principles. goo
business Judgment and uprigh
methods, he won a place in the heart
OF all. and will be greatly missed i
the community. Our memories toda
are tender while we think Of him VIII
has answered Gods call and hear
His well done, good and faithfl
servant"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-02-07
A Kitchen Quarrel

At the hour known as witchin
Rose a rumpus in the kitchen
Angry einkle, clang, and clatter,
Came from deeps OF pan and platter
Waking, asked l What's the matteri
Who or what has served to .nettle-'
Came In chorus; It's the kettle.
Gives himself such airs and graces,
Boasting fatty to our faces,
or his wondrous singing voice,
Basso, tenor, alto choice,
Hints aloud the teapot loves him,
And the sugarbowi approves him,
Punch bowl, too, or he's nOddy.
Joys to hold his apple toddy-
Peace" quoth Now stop the jangle
The kettle is not worth wrangle,
Remember when you see his capers,
Spouts are made to give out vapors.
All his singing is but steam"
Here wakened from my dream,
Laughing at the Kitchen quarrel,
ORA wing from it though this moral;
Even though you own spout,
Doh't b always bubbling out"