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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
BANKERS INVITED
TO LAND CONGRESS
Birmingham Banks All Join
i'm the Invitation
HERE IN NOVEMBER
5
State Commission to Study Rural
Conditions to be Urged-Penalty
Proposed for Slaughter of
Heifer Calves in State

The bankers OF Birmingham have
supplemented an invitation from the
Alabama Land congress to the bankers
of Alabama to be represented at the
approaching meeting of that organiza-
ton, which is to be held in Birming !.
ham the first week in November next,
with the following letter which was
mailed on Saturday to the 400 bank
ers of the state:
"Gentlemen-Them management of the
Alabama Land congress has extended
you an invitation to send a repre-
sentative to the second annual meeting
of that organization. which is to be
held in Birmingham the first week in
November next.
I'VE. the undersigned banks of Bir-
mingham, believing that this meeting.
promises much for the material in
terests of Alabama, desire to add our
request to that of the land congress
that you send a representative to this
gathering.
Alabama has advantages for the in
dustrious and Intelligent farmer unex-
celled by any other state in the. union
and it is to aid in securing farmers
as settlers on our idle lands that the
land congress will devote its efforts
and We believe that those efforts
should have the aid and encourage
ment of our banks to the end that all
classes among US may be benefited
through the development of our agri-
cultural resources.
1--WE therefore urge you to attend
Nc ffxx.~ 4 II.
1icity that you can around your To-
cality and aid in making 1t q success
for the advancement of Alabama. Re-
spectfully yours,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK, by w. p
G. Harding, President
BIRMINGHAM TRUST AND SAVINGS
CO. by Tom o. Smith, Vice Presi-
dent
AMERICAN TRUST & SAVINGS
Cashier.
"JEFFERSON COUNTY SAVINGS
BANK. by e. +. Enslen, President.
TRADERS NATIONAL BANK, by John
- H. Frye. President.
STEINER BROS. by Carl Steiner,
Cashier.
COMMERCIAL BANK & TRUST CO.,
by w. ]. Adams, President.
MERCHANTS & MECHANICS BANK.
by w. A. Porter, President"
The Business Mems league of Mont
gomery has designated c. J. Beane,
vice president of that body, to discuss
the subject. Living Conditions in Our
Rural Districts" and the following
other gentlemen will discuss different
phases of the same subject: N. r. Ba-
ker, state superintendent Of rural
schools; J. b. Hobby of Auburn and
Prof J. t. Mckee of Evergreen. These
four gentlemen will be appojnted a
special committee to memorabilia the
Alabama legislature for a state COM
mission to study in all parts OF Ala
bama rural conditions, that the same
may be fully known and a remedy ap-
piled where needed.
To encourage cattle raising In Ala
bama. after discussions on that sub
1ect by experts a measure will be
asked for that Will make it penalty
70 sell heifer calves for shipment out
of Alabama or to butchers in the state
to be killed for veal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
The Ideas Discussed
Consolidation of Schools

Winnipeg, Manitoba, August %. - (Spec-
ial)--Rural schools consolidation con-
tinues to make progress in the Province
of Manitoba. From a Special report on
this work recent issued by the Manitoba,
at the end of last year % consolidated
chool districts were in actual operation
in the province. with central buildings.
vans and all the usual equipment These
% consolidated districts represented the
abandonment of so small rural schools
The number of children transported last
year was S94, while 56 vans were in use.
Eighteen more consolidated districts arc
in process of formation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Senator Tillman on Suffrage

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
On August Is Senator Tillman fayed
woman suffrage in the Senate and made
himself good yoke fellow with Represen-
tative Heflin of the House. After expos
ing many of the evils of suffrage the
senator came to the heart of the subject
in these words.
but the vital and important thing for
us to consider is the effect on women
themselves"
Exactly Thereby hangs tale. over a
year ago I essayed to point out in papers
all over the country the exact way in
which women, young and old, were at
fected by the ''whirlwind campaigns then
in progress in many states. The same are
being repeated this year. OF Maryland
said;
Rich suffragists went flying over the
state in luxuriant automobiles tossing out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
REAL HEALTH
by z. NEsPoR

by u. NEsPOR
Physical Director Birmingham Athletic
Club
This is an age In which intelligence
Is at premium. Brains is often said
to be more important than Drawn. But
In looking at the importance of brain
TOO closely one loses the perspective
and is likely to overlook the fact that
both brain and Drawn are necessary
for all purposes
Men of brains these days make a
careful study of the problem OF suc-
cess in life and its requirements. AnG
the really intelligent man soon comes
to see that achievement depends as
much upon physical vigor and robust
health as upon unusual qualities OF
mind Most OF our great men have
been men of unusual physical energy.
men reared on the farms ana possess
ing the most hardy and powerful con-
stitutions. They have developed such
strength of body and of nerve in youth
that they retain their Hsor almost for
a lifetime.
There are thousands and thousands
of men of exceptional ability who
might be successful but who fail be-
cause of the lack of constitutional
strength. Real health does not mean
the ability to sit up and walk around
bit and to leat breakfast with the
aid of drug store. Real health means
unlimited vitality. 1t means the ca
pacity of endless work, without feeling
tired 1t means exlfberant spirits l;
means a pleasing, forcefuI and mag
netic personality 1t means clear head
and an active mind. 1t means that one
realizes all of his possibilities.
To be lacking in vigorous health does
not mean that one is actually diseased
although the lack of vitality itself
might be considered form of disease
1t certainly is a forerunner of it. II
you get tired with your ordinary days
work you, are not as healthy as you
should be. If you are lazy, if you dis
like work, you are not thoroughly we'll
If you do not enjoy running for q
street car more than waiting for it
or if you do not enjoy walking the
five miles much more than the riding
providing that you have time. then you
are not strictly healthy. Therefore. you
should distinguish between real health
and half-health, which is half-sickness
and between being fully alive and be-
ing only half alive. which really means
being half dead.
Many people go through life with
out ever really getting acquainted with
themselves, with their whole selves
They may seem to reach physical ma
turity, but they remain children In
regard to the full growth of person
ality and the power to achieve. They
do not fully grow up; they are only
halves of themselves. and thsrefore
never find out what their complete
selves would be IL made the most of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Found Petrified Snake

sunbury, Pa. August 2S.-(Special)
Peter Huckler of Kulpmont has a rare
curio, a petrified snake. Hucller was
working in his yard and moved a piece of
rock which he burst, open. He found
within a yellow rattler as perfect as IL
alive, coiled and ready for a spring.
The snake lay as neatly in the broken
stone as IL it had crawled in there and
was alive. although 1t was probably hun
dreds, perhaps thousands, of years ago
when it was alive. 1t is solid stone and
Huckler took it up In his hands. gazed at
it, exhibited 1t to the neighbors, laid it
haclk in the depression and then laid the
other half of the big stone on it. How
that snake got into that solid stone af-
fords an interesting study.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
INSUFFICIENT LIST MAY
BE AMPLIFIED LATER ON

The judge was asked also what re-
course a. candidate would have should 1t
be found after an investigation that his
list did not contain the necessary 500
names. He referred the. reporter to the
law.
1t was found. on investigation, that
should either Of the lists be found insult
ficient the probate judge would be com
PEELED TO SO notify the candidate con-
cerred, and return to him his petition
The candidate. thereupon, would have the
right to endeavor to secure additional
names, and would have 10 days in which
to do so. II he succeeded by the con-
clusion of the tenth day, he would bo
eligible to become a candidate with the
credentials of the court
1t is not generally feared that either of
the candidates will have to amplify his
list as both Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Allen are
confident that they have secured the
requisite number OF names
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

from their jewelled hands and arms BUSH
els of literature. Little children picked
up the colored papers and ran In with
them to their sisters and mothers. The
daughters and wives VINO read them be-
came Immediately convinced that they
were the victims of cruel man, were denied
their 'rights'-in pleasure and luxury
more particularly-and that votes for
women would straighten them out. 1t
was sad and amusing spectacle.
Daughters and wives, therefore, as
sumed imperious airs made the home
welkin ring with shouts for suffrage.
worse than henpecked their indulgent
fathers and husbands and laid plans to be
themselves rolling around in automobiles
ere many moons had passed At the same
time these same females sighted all their
usual duties, set the children against the
Fathers, started out with more assertiye-
ness than ever to run up bills and as
sumed condition generally that might be
called a modified form of anarchy. young
married men, formerly happy, asked me.
almost IN tears, what they were to do.
toid these young men 1 was killing for the
time the state suffrage bill, but not the
nation wide movement.
lnsomuch as the Maryland legislature
did kill the suffrage bill, the aftermath ia
the resolve upon the part Of daughters
ana wives to run up bills and let pay
come for them as best it may. The con-
sequence is that young men, comfortably
iNeu, are becoming so embarrassed that
they feel like taking to the woods to es-
cape their troubles. These are facts.
not the guessworls or lies of an enemy--in
fact, was Indifferent to suffrage until [
saw these dire effects on women them
selves But the half cannot be told The
day after it was announced that the Mary
land suffragists had lost. a beautiful, brill
liant girl of II attempted suicide She
mad previously been enamored of the fes-
tive autoists and had essayed to Join them
but without success. She had also been
stimulated, strange to say, by the articles
OF Catholic lady suffragist in her county
paper Since her suicidal attempt the
whole female portion of her family
thought they had a fresh excuse for run
ming up bills and have considered their
comparatively easy lot in life worse than
that of Siberian exiles. What suffrage
has become an aid to divorce consti-
tutes a chapter of itself
So much for the first fruits of suffrage.
FRANCIS BUCK LIVESEY.
West Friendship Nd, August 20. 1913.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

FILING OF PETITIONS FINAL STEP IN
QUALIFYING THE THREE CANDIDATES
Signature Turned In By land Woodo oseeTh There
Qualified Voters

than one of the petitions. stated that in
all probability, his clerks would not find
such d case.
1--WE will not check up the several lists
to find whether or not the name of one
man is signed to more than one petition.
We would be ON duty. were we to make
such an attempt, for an indefinite period.
Should candidate raise the question.
however. we might investigate whatever
proof he might advance.
THE question is not for me to raise.
When a man signs more than one petition,
lie has, in the opinion of Walker Percy,
the legislator who framed the commission
form of government bill, committed q
misdemeanor, and Is punishable by fine
or Imprisonment. But it would be i'm
possible for us to check up each list, even
did we desire to do SO, and for that
reason, the issue will probably not be
raised -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Pot Rull Butts Owner

connersville. Ind, August 2S.-(SpeciaL)
To be kicked out of his own barn and
butted into his watering trough by an un-
grateful bull which he had reared from
calfhood. partly with bottle, was the
b,,noiliating, experience of Hyatt L. Frost.
Mr.. Frost was crrying the ahiinai' ;
which was a pet, when 1t wmfieo anu
kicked him, knocking the owner imp
against the doorslll. Turning again, the
bull bumped Mr.. Frost 50 feet across the
barnyard When Mr.. Frost tried to arise
near the watering trough it pushed MN
over the edge into the water, whence ne
was rescued by his employees.
One knee was disloeated ana tne man
oas bruised from head to toe. He in
sists that the bull, of which he Is fond,
was only playing in its own way ana
did not mean to injure him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Dog Carries Mail Ten Miles

Covington, Ind. August 2S-(Special) }
Charles Keller south of this city, owns
a dog which carries letters from Mr.. KEEL
ler's home to Philip Keler's home, a dis
tance of 10 miles. When Mr.. Keller wishes
to communicate with his father he fastens
the letter on the dogs neck and instructs
him to deliver 1t.
The trip is always begun between sun
down and dark, as this seems to be the
time of day that the dog likes to travel
best. The following evening the dog will
return to his master with reply. He
has made six round trips and has never
failed to arrive in due time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
DIR. Loyelady's Candidacy
DYNAMITE IN THRESHER
NEARLY KILLS FARMER

Mason City. Ia. August 2S.-(special.)
Dynamite in a bundle of oats caused an
explosion In threshing machine near
Brrchnal today. in which Bert Jones, a
farmer. was probably fatally injured and
In which several other members of the
crew sustained slight injuries from the
flying fragments Jones was struck by
a piece of iron.
The thresher was new and had been
running only few hours when the ex-
plosion occurred. Authorities are inyes-
tigating the dynamite feature Of thet ac-
cident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Will Local OptiOnists Call
Convention TO Ind0rse a
Candidate for Gov
ernOrship?
TWO ANGLES OF THE
PLAN AS PROPOSED
One Represents Fight for County Unit
Local Option While Another Is
Against Prohibition in
Any Form

VIII there be local option convention
for the nomination of "a subernatorial
candidate. or the Endorsement of candl-
daet already in the field? This question
was frequently asked during the past
week, and while the answer was generally
in the negative, doubt still prevails.
In this regard 1t is reasonably certain
that neither of the candidates at present
in the field will participate in the conven-
tion should 1t be called. unless one IS ne
vised in advance that he will be the NOM
inee. 1t IS reasonably certain. further
more, that if a convention is contemplated
no definite announcement will be made be-
fore several more weeks have passed.
Governor O'Neal, who has been interested
in this matter. is at present out of the
state.
Two Distinct Ideas
Political gossip has it that two ideas in
regard to the convention are fostered. one
wing OF the local option camp, the con-
servative wing, favors the calling of 4
convention in which everybody win be
invited to participate for the purpose of
indorsing platform of peace, that is one
in favor of local option with the county
as unit-the state policy which now
exists-and against what is termed per-
sonal fight against the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, fight, which these
partisans decare has been settled by de-
eisions of the courts.
The other wing, however. seems to be
in favor of calling a convention to which
each county Will send two representatives
known to be local optionsts, for the pur-
pose of adopting a platform providing for
local option, and preparing TO wage a fight
against prohibition wherever it might pre-
vail.
The Ideas Discussed
The first idea is to form body of
great strength which win unite In be-
half of what might be termed the best
interest of the state a body in favor OF
no candidate but opposed TO any who
stands for what is considered destruction
of peace, demagogery and personal am
bition to the exclusion of everything else
With this wing, local option is only am
incident
With the second, however the prime mo-
tive seems to be convention for the
nomination of a candidate of the first
plank of whose platform shall declare
against prohibition rather than for local
option.
Whether either convention will occur is
considered questionable. There is no ques-
ton, however, but that the two move
ments have been seriously discussed, and
have not yet been disposed of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Interest is Already Being
Stirred in Commission
Race for 1914
LIVELY CAMPAIGN
IS SURE TO COME
Weatherly, Harry Jones, r. f. Love-
lady, n. b. Feagin and Nj. I'll.
M'Dowell Among Those Who
Will Probably Run

While the present campaign for the pres
idency of the city commission has been
usually tame, possibly due to the general
belief that George 3. Ward will win over
his two competitors with considerable
ease, the campaign of 1914 which. incl
dentallys is already rapidly getting under
way, promises to be remarkably excit-
ing.
It is taken for granted that James
Weatherly will ask for another term. 1t
is known that Harry Jones will oppose
him. DR.. R. F. Lovelady. president of
the board of revenue has already private-
ly announced his candidacy. 1t is the
subject of gossip that Judge n. b. Fea-
gin will be a candidate. NJ. II. Nc
Dowell. provided the suburbs by the date
of the next campaign are ready to make
an aggressive fight for representation by
one of their sons, WILL II is thought, en-
ter the field.
In this connection. it is interesting to
speculate on the fact that city primaries
will hereafter follow each other so rapidly
that there will probably never be mo-
ment when candidate is not in the field.
Governor an Issue
While Mr.. Weatherly has not authorized
an announcement of his candidacy to
succeed himself, it is generally taken for
granted that he will eventually do so.
nj 81. la will
be formidable. Mr.. Jones has been con-
sidered in the light of candidate from
the very moment that Governor O'Neal
appointed Mr. Weatherly. Before that ap-
pointment was made, as is remembered,
Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Weatherly were con-
sidered the two men most highly favored
for the position by the governor. A Wig
orous fight through their friends was
made for each. When the verdict was
rendered the friends of Mr.. Jones imme
diately announced that their champion
would carry his fight against the app
pointee of the governor to the people OF
Birmingham
In the campaign, therefore. it is certain
that Governor ONeal will be an issue.
The election will occur September 10, one
year before the conclusion of the term
of the governor, and after new govern
or has been nominated. These facts en-
phasize the belief that Governor O'Neal
and his administration will in the muni-
cipal campaign of next year be up for in
dorsement.
DIR. Lovelady's Candidacy
There has been a great deal Of interest
aroused in connection with the candidacy
of DR.. Lovelady II Is understood that the
president of the board of revenue has
mentioned the fact of his candidacy to
intimate friends, and that in the near fu-
ture he will authorize formal statement
for publication.
1t has been generally thought for some
time that he would be a candidate for
the probate judgeship and sensational
clash between him and George b. Tarrant
has been anticipated with considerable in
terest. Dr. Lovelady is well known
throughout the county. and numbers his
friends by the score
The indications are that Mr.. Jones, Mr.
Weatherly and DIR. Lovelady will be three
very formidable candidates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
Cow Swallowed Nails

Ault. Col. August 23.-CSpeclaL)-A COW
belonging to Elmer Andrews FARMER
living near here. died, and a post-mortem
(which was performed showed that there
was more than a pint of nails in the ami
male stomach. There was also part OF
screwdriver and several screws. ten
penny nail had pierced the walls Oh ,lie
stomach, causing death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24
CLOSING HOURS EXTENDED
IN COURTESY TO ALLEN

1t was due to the courtesy of George
Whitfield, one of the clerks Of the pro-
bate court that Mr. Allen was enabled
to get his petition filed yesterday While
the closing hour is 3 o'clock, Mr. Whit
field agreed to wait the list of Mr.. Allen
until o'clock Ten minutes before that
hour, the candidate arrived. At o'clock,
Mr.. Whitfield called at the office Of Mr..
Allen and accepted the additional names.
The clerks will begin at once checking
up the names attached to the petition of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

The three candidates have toed the
scratch.
When Vasser L. Allen, at 5: 80
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, filed a
part of his petition, and at 8 o'clock
added an additional number of names,
the preliminary campaign was COM
pleted.
Clement X. Wood, the socialist can
didate, filed his petition yesterday
morning. The petition of George b.
Ward was registered in the office of
the Judge of probate last Monday.
There were 1900 names attached to
the petition of Mr.. Wood. Mr.. Woods
list numbered SIT. Mr.. Allen esti-
mated his first list at between S75 and
900, and stated that the additional
names filed at s o'clock would easily
put his total number well above the
1000 mark.