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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
ASSESS PROPERTY
At 100000
Tuscaloosa One of Rich
Counties of State
PRINCE WINS RUN-OFF
Lacked But 20 Votes in Election Held
Last Monday-Nationa w. C. T.
U. President Scheduled for
Address in Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa September 22.-(Special)
Tuscaloosa county is one of the rich coun-
ties of the state, accogding to the records
of the tax yalutions which are contained
in a report which chief clerk of the pro-
bate court, f. w. Hausman, has sent to
the state auditor. The assessed valuations
or state property for the year 1913 amount
ed to $14,000,000, according to this report.
OF this sum S12, ,525,0S0 is the amount at
which the property was assessed by tile
owners, the balance is the estimated raises
which have been made by the back tax
commissioner and the state tax board.
The final report of these raises has not
been compiled, but it is conservativeH
estimated that they will be in excess of
81 100000, which will run the total assessed
valuation to more than $14,00o.000 The
assessments and taxes of the county ex-
elusive of the raises which are not fig
ured in the report and exclusive of the
taxes paid by the incorporated cities and
towns follow:
Real estate assessed valuation $ 1000 297
Personal property assessed valua-
tloh ....-....-.....-..-...-.. 5,f34lSo
Total .s12, ,525 .oSo
TAXES PAID.
General state tax ............-.-.-.$ 81, ,3l2 70
Special soldiers tax ............... 12 525 .0S
county tax 1U6, 49,. Is
These amounts will all be proportion
ately increased as soon as the final re-
port of the state tax board has been COM
pleted.
Mrs. Mamie w. Curtis. president of the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of America will deliver a lecture at the
courthouse here Monday night, October s..
Hugh Prince was elected city commits
sioner here today without opposition Only
small vote was cast and no interest was
taken in the election. In the first cleo
tion for city commissioner held last Mon
day, Prince lacked but 20 votes of re-
ceiving a majority over both his oppon-
ents, w. il. Nicol and J. p Van de
WORT. Nicol, who came second an
nounced last Tuesday that he would not
make the second race, but to make the
election of Prince legal, the second elec-
ton was necessary and the name of Nicol
had to go on the ticket Notices were
posted at the two polling places by Nicol
asking that no votes be cast for him, and
urging those who supported him in the
first race TO cast their ballots for Prince
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
FROsT IN MADISON

Huntsville. September %.
Especial. - North Alabama's s first
frost Of the fall fell this morn-
ing, earlier than IN IA years.
Little damage was done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
FOREIGNERS QUICK
: TO REALIZE SCOPE
COURTS EFFECT
French Nobleman Says
Trend of Commerce Will
Become Readjusted
WEST INDIES WILL
TAKE ON NEW LIFE
South American Countries on West
Coast Will Awake frora Lethargy
and Enter On Era of Great
Prosperity
By HOLLAND.

New York, September 2-(Special)
"rhe Panama canal which your country
is building WILL, think, become pow
erful influence in the permanent estab-
lishment of world peace" This state
ment was made to the writer by the
Baron d d'Estournelles de Constant few
hours before his departure from the Uni
ted States at the conclusion of a tour,
whose itinerary enabled him to deliver
many addresses in various parts of the
Union.
The baron was too courteous to say
that he feared the people of the United
States did not begin to realize what the
political. economic, commercial and in
ternational Influence which would be Gre
ated by the opening of the Panama canal
to navigation was likely to be, but ne
clearly intimated that he thought the
cerned chiefly with the immediate COM
mercial advantages to be established be-
tween the United States, the West Indies
and the west coast of South America, In
fact, it seemed to be the impression OF
this distinguished French nobleman that
better insight into the potential influ-
onces. of the Panama canal had been OBJ
tanned by leading men of Great Britain,
,F'rance and Germany than by all save a
very few in the United States.
This view will be regarded as having
been confirmed to some extent by the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
JOHN A. CARTER ON
Conner BAND WAGON
Believes Latter Candidate
for Masses, Not Glasses
DELEGATES TO MOBILE
Conner Makes Initial Speech in Cal
houn Saturday-Plans Being
Made to Welcome the
/. o. o. F. Chief

Anniston. September 2.-(Speciall--A
rather unusual stand was taken here Mon
day by John A. Garter, swho is a candi-
date for election to the state legislature,
when he climbed upon the political band
in this state.
In a card which he gave out for pub
lication, Mr.. Carter says:
Il am opposed to the O'Neal legislature
and all that it implies. I believe B. B.
Conner to be the governor for the masses
and not for the classes He also says
he believes Richmond Pearson Hobson
is the most far-sighted and patriotic lead
er Alabama has for the United States
Senate'
Mr.. Carter has not yet completed his
platform, but he says this announcement
will enable the people to know where he
stands
Former Governor Conner will make his
first speech in his former home at the
Calhoun county courthouse here next Sat
urday morning at 10 o'clock, according
to an announcement made Monday after
noon, and Saturday afternoon he will de-
liver an address at the auditorium in Ok
ford
Mr.. Conner has not announced his cam
but his interests are being looked after
by his nephew j. Wallace Conner, Jr.
Il. L. Turner, president of the Admission
Chamber of Commerce. has appointed
delegates to the Southern Commercial con-
gress, which meets next month at Mobile,
and to the Alabama Land congress, to
be held soon at Birmingham. The dele
gates to the Mobile gathering are: o. II.
Parker 7. S. Bagey and II. M. Ayers.
The land congress delegates are: c. j.
Houser, A. b. Stewart and Capt. A. p.
Agee. Among the speakers at the com
mercial congress win be: DR.. c. J. owens,
formerly of this city, and Sidney Story
who will move TO Admission from New
Orleans, will be on the programme at
the land congress. .
A joint meeting of all the odd Fellows
In Annston, Oxford aud Blue Mountain
City was held at the lodge room of Royal
Oak lodge Sunday afternoon for the pur-
pose of completing arrangements for the
visit to this city by Grand Master Fred
]. Cramton next Sunday and Monday.
Committees were appointed to attend to
the details and 1t was arranged for the
grand master to speak at Royal Oak lodge
next Sunday afternoon and at the court
house Monday evening. Mrs. Cramton. a
past president of the Rebekah assembly,
and her sister-in-law, Mrs. l.. G. Cram
ton, will be entertained on this occasion
by Anniston Rebekahs.
That "a guilty conscience needs no ac-
cuser' was proved Sunday night when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
PLANS PASSED FOR
CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Jackson. Miss, September 22.-tSpecial)
Andrew Carnegie's architect has finally
passed on the plans and specifications Of
the library that Is to be erected at the
corner of Congress and Mississippi
streets, directly in front of the new CAPT
tol. and bids will soon be invited for con-
struction. The site, which was that of
one of the Oldest residences in the city.
has been cleared Off and there is no rea-
son work should nor begin in few days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
TO HAVE
FILTERED WATER

Jackson. Miss, September 22.-(Special )
Jackson Is going right ahead with the
in the location of the waterworks plant,
and OH the oath will receive bids on the
construction of the reservoir. standpipes,
etc. This is made necessary because OF
the determination to supply the city with
filtered water. This has long been recog-
nized as the one greatest need of Jack
son, and want of it serious handicap
to the growth of the city.
1t has always been claimed that Pearl
river water, even unfiltered, is healthy,
but the looks of it is sufficient to have in
f1uenced many would-be citizens of the
town against coming here to live and
make their home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23

be certain permanently to establish
peace.
These influences radiate from Key
West to South America, in Mr.. Flagler' $
opinion. This undoubtedly was the point
OF view taken by Baron d d'Estournelle de
Constant when he said that the influ-
ence of the Panama canal would be
great and might be pre-eminent in es-
tablishing permanent world peace.
Professor Kirkaldy is quoted as hav-
ing said that the chief effect of the
opening of the Panama canal to naviga-
tion, SO far as the outside world is con-
cerned, will probably be- that it will
cause commerce and trade to pass out
of its present grooves and for that rea-
son will tend thoroughly to moderate
business methods. There was a hint of
this idea, it is thought, in some things
which Mr.. F'lager is quoted as having
said, and, in all probability the idea oc-
CURED to Mr.. Trumbull while he was on
the Panama isthmus last winter There
may have been a thought of this kind
in the mind of C. p Huntington when,
in the last year of his life, he spoke
of the powerful international influences
which would be created by a canal across
the isthmus.
Goes Into Details
Professor kirkaldy goes into, details to
a greater extent than any American has
done, for he is reported to have said
that old methods OF commerce will have
to go to the scrap heap. Apparently he
is familiar with term which the man.
ufacturers on the United States for some
years have better understood than the
manufacturers of Great Britain, who, to
this day. have hardly overcome their
feeling that the American scrap heap
represents extravaganza in manufacture
ing. Professor Kirkaldy is reported to
have said that friction among the factors
of production would have to be elm
mated.
Those who have been instrumental in
creating modern combinations or. So
called trusts have based their philoso-
ply on the beliefs that combinations of
that kind will eliminate friction in the
factors of production. The professor is
inclined to think that one of the re-
moter consequences will be that capital
and labor in competing countries will
find it imperative that they work har-
moniousIy together. This. he asserts,
will bring about results of magnitude
both social and economic and he asks if
this is what American dreamed of when
she entered on her stupendous under
taking. 1t is thought here that this
eminent British authority's address will
serve greatly TO influence the American
people to study their stupendous under
taking from all points of view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
HOBSON'S DATES FOR
TOUR OF JEFFERSON
The Speaking Dates of Congressman
r. P. Hobson Who Will Begin His
Tour of jefferson County To-
day Are as Follows for
This Week

Tuesday-9:So a. M, Leeds; 12 noon
Irussville, 2:S0 p. M, Village Springs
p M, Pinson; p. m, Boyles.
Wednesday-10 a. m, Warrior; D. M
Jugtown; $50 p. M, hewisburg; p M,
North Birmingham.
Thursday-9:30 a. m. Republic; 10:SO a.
M, Brookside; u noon. Sayre Mine; D.
M, Adamsville; p. M, Pratt City; ,.
M, Ensley.
Friday-10 a. M, Gwin's Cross Roads:
~ noon, Woodward; D. M, Brighton; )
p. M. Dolomite; Q p. M. Bessemer.
Saturday. a. p., Vincent II a. M,
Childersburg; 2:30 p. 1n., Columbiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
CHILDREN DROWNED
IN RAIN BARREL

Mamarth, N. D., September 22.-Laugn-
ing at their reflections In a barrel of rain
water Sunday, two small daughters Of
Mrs. Herman Ostrander lost their ball
ance. Heads down. and arms entwned
the bodies We're discovered in the barrel.
The mother found the Children.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
LIGHT FROST FALLS
IN CULLMAN COUNTY
Earliest in Several Years in Hance.
vile NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Comes in Slowly

Hanceville, September 22.--(Special)
A small frost fell here last night. This
is one of the earliest frosts in several
years.
Cotton Is coming in very slowly, due
to the wet weather of last week. and
the scarcity of cotton pickers. Nearly
all the negroes are working on the
new double track. From the present
indications the. cotton crop will be
little short
Prof. L. A. Boyajiah of Armenia, who
is now a student in Vanderbilt uni
versity. gave a most interesting lee
ture at the Methodist church yester-
day at the regular morning service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
ATLANTA MAN GETS
WARM RECEPTION
T. w. Martin, Grain Broker, Has His
Pocket Picked as He Steps From
Train at Terminal

T. w. Martin, a grain broker of At
lanta, had his pocket picked at the Ter
minal station yesterday afternoon as he
alighted from an Atlanta train. The loss
of Mr.. Martin was at once reported to
the police and detectives were detailed to
investigate. In the pocketbook of Mr..
Martin were an insurance policy and
Shriner's travelling card. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
DETAILED REPORT ON
ALABAMA GINNERS
Director Harris Will Issue
Report by Counties as
Soon as Compiled

Washington, September 22-(Speeial)
The census bureau has 9iven out the de-
tailed figures on cotton ginned in Ala
lama coutnies up to September l. Direc-
tor William J. Harris proposes this year
to give out the detailed figures, following
each report issued by the department.
The reports this year will be upon the fol-
lowif1a dates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23

Officer Pruitt of the Admission police force
approached man with a flour sack ON
Court street between Eleventh and Tenth.
AS soon as the man saw the officer ap-
proaeh, lie dropped the sack, there was
a crash of bottles and a pungent odor
floated out upon the cool September air
The sack contained 15 pints of contraband
liquor.
meat market belonging to Lee Fergu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-23
In the Heart of Birmingham

son was burglarized Saturday or Sunday
night by an unknown person. who ex-
tracted about IS from the cash drawer
The Admission Parent-Teacher associa-
ton will give a recital at the Noble in
stitute Tuesday evening for the purpose
of raising funds to further their work
Mrs NJ. V. Moore of Talladega better
known as Betsy Hamilton will be the
chief attraction.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
HELPFUL WORDS.
From q Leon Citizen.

Is your back lame and painful?
Does it ache especially after exer-
ton? III
Is there a soreness in the kidney
region?
These symptoms suggest weak kid
neys.
If so there is danger in delay.
Weak, kidneys get fast weaker.
Give your trouble prompt atten-
ton.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys. =...
Your neighbors use and recon-
mend them.
Read this Leon testimony.
Mrs. B. johnson, Leon, Iowa, says
~ do not hesitate to recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills, for they have
done me a world of good. | have
used them for lameness and weak
ness in my back and they have given
me more relief than anything else
/ have ever taken. Others Of my
family have used Doan's Kidney Pills
for kidney complaint and have been
greatly benefited"
I For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
IOWA FIRST POULTRY.
Government Census Shows HaWkeye
State Leads in Fowls.

Iowa is first among all of the
states of the Union in the number
and value of her poultry. The gov
eminent census figures for 1910
show that she had more poultry than
all of the New England states, all
of the mountain states, and all of
the Pacific coast states combined.
The total number of poultry on Iowa
farms, according to these figures, in
1910, was 23,4S2,8O0, while the
total number in all of the New En-
gland, Mountain and Pacific states
was 22,97O,964. Iowa has a popu-
lation Of two and quarter million,
while the population of these states
is six times as great.
Illinois ranks second in poultry.
but Iowa fowls exceed those of 1lll-
nois by 2,O73,O45, and those Of Mis-
souri, by 2,5S5,672. The value of
the poultry in Iowa last year is esti-
mated at $50, 000,OOO.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17

Members of the Brotherhood OF
Railway Conductors are said to be
organizing a protest against the re-
cent action of the Northwestern and
Burlington railways in engaging the
services of an audit company which
employ auditors to make surprise
audits of the tickets and fares while
the conductors are at work collect
ing. The conductors declare this is
not only a reflection on the honesty
of the conductor but the passenger
as well-that it is nothing more nor
less than the old system of employ
ing spoilers, although the railways
maintain nothing of the kind is in
tended Under the new audit sys-
TEN the auditor is liable to get on
the train at any point and require
the conductor to check up on his
tickets and fares, while at the same
time count of the number of pas
sengers is made.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
OWNING ROD IS SAID TO BE A
FROST.
Government Issues Document Telling
Powers of Much Heralded Branch
Are Merely Mythical.

The divining rod ana other de.
vices, both mechanical and electric
al for detecting the presence OF
water underground are condemned
by the United States geological sur
vey in water supply paper No. 225,
dealing with the subject of subsur-
face water for farm purposes.
The forked branch of the doWser,
places where the operators exper-
fence has led him to believe that
water may be found.
The uselessness of the divining
rod is Indicated by the facts that it
may be worked at will by the opera
tor, that he fails to detect strong
water currents in tunnels and other
channels that afford no surface in
dications of water, and that his lOca-
tons in limestone regions, where
water flows in well-detned channels,
are no more successful than those de-
pendent on mere guess.
In fact, it's operators are success
full only n regions in which ground
water occurs in definite sheet of
porous material or in more or less
clayey deposits, such as pebbly clay
or till. In such regions few failures
can occur.
The only advantage Of employing
a water witch is that crudely
skilled services are thus occasionally
obtained, for the men thus employed,
if endowed with any natural apti-
tude, become through their eXper-
fence in locating wells shrewd, if
sometime unconscious, observers of
the occurrence and movements of
ground water.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
Coughs and Consumption.

Coughs and colds when neglected
always lead to serious trouble of the
lungs. The wisest thing to do when
you have cold that troubles you
is to get bottle of DR.. King New
Discovery. You will find great relief
from the first dose, and finally the
cough will disappear. o. H. Brown
of Muscadine, Ala, writes. my
wife was down in bed with an OBJ
stinate cough, and 1 honestly believe
had it not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery, she would OF be living
today" known for fOrty-three
years as the best remedy for coughs
and colds. Price so cents { I'd 81.
Recommended by Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
Notice of Probating Will.

To All Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa,
in and for Decatur County, an in
strument in writing, purporting to
be the last Will and Testament OF
j. T. Wilson, late of said county,
deceased, and that l o'clock P. NJ,
of the 26th day of August, 1913, has
been fixed for the probate of said
will. at which time you can appear
at the Court House in said county
and show cause, if any there be, why
said Will should not be admitted to
probate.
In Witness Whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said county at Leon, Iowa, this
10th day of April 1913.
E. E. BECK,
5-3t Clerk of district Court
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
CONGRESSMAN TAVENNER.
(By Robert F.. Wilson,

Washington, April 1T h {
swearing in of Clyde H.. Tavenner o.
Cordova, Illinois, as the representa-
tive in congress of the Fourteenth
Illinois District, was as much of 9
triumph for Mrs. Tavenner as it was
for the young newspaper man him.
self.
1t is fact that Mrs. Tavennel
worked as hard in the campaign tc
elect her husband as Tavenner did
himself. Furthermore, she knew
how to work effectively in his inter.
est. Before her marriage, Mrs. Tav-
enner had for three years been pri-
vate secretary to United States Sena-
tor Robert NJ. LaFollette of Wiscon.
sin.
Mrs Tavenner is 21 years old, he1
congressman husband is 81. Taven-
ner has been a newspaper man at the
National Capitol during the sessions
of congress for four years. He
knows every member of congress per-
sonally, and the fact that he has
been writing an article day for
four years, has quite naturally re-
suited in his acquiring much valu-
able and useful information on the
tariff and other subjects. Mrs. Tav-
enner says her husband is a progress
sive of the LaFollette type, and Tay-
enner replies that it is not necessary
for anyone to prove it, that he ad-
mits it.
"Senator LaFollette is a republi-
can, or at least insists that he is a
republican" says Mrs. Tavenner,
while Mr.. Tavenner is a democrat.
Yet so far as l can make out they
seem to take almost identically the
same viewpoints of the big issues
confronting the people.
"Of course wasn't responsible
for Mr.. Tavenner's election. I help
ed in every way could, however. My
husband and I work together in ev-
erything. l can take shorthand die
tations quite rapidly and can run the
typewriter pretty fast, so you see,
that, together with my experience
with Senator LaFollett, makes it pos
sible for me to make myself useful
to my husband. It is pleasure for
me to help him. Now that he is
elected, ! take just as much interest
in that which he does for his dis
trict as he does himself. We both
appreciate deeply that the people of
the Fourteenth District believe in us
and trust us to represent them faith
fully, and we are working day and
night to make good. !"
Mrs. Tavenner was one of the
spectators in the galleries when her
husband was sworn in.
The oath of Office was administered
to Tavenner by Speaker Champ
Clark, which in itself is rather
remarkable coincidence, in view of
the fact that it was Speaker Clark
who first recognized Tavenner's abil-
ity as a writer and VINO has been a
steadfast friend ever since.
Tavenner received what he de-
clares was his most valuable educa-
ton while setting type ''at the case"
in a country newspaper Office for four
years while boy. He later conceiv-
ed the idea that he wanted to write
articles on the great issues under
his own name. and he went to Wash
ington. His articles were so.inde-
pendent in character that 1t first no
newspaper would publish them.
No.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
Notice of PrObating Will.

To All Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court Of Iowa,
in and for Decatur County, an in
strument in writing, purporting to
be the last Will and Testament Of
Mary H. Parrish, late of said county,
deceased, and that 10 o'clock A. NJ,
of the 26th day of August. 1913, has
been fixed for the probate of said
will, at which time you can appear
at the Court House in said county
and show cause, if any there be, why
said Will should not be admitted to
probate.
In Witness Whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said county at Leon, Iowa, this
9th day of April, 1913.
E. E. BECK,
35-3t Clerk Of District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-04-17
Notice of Probating Will.
} All Whom 1t May Concern:

To All Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa
in and for Decatur County, an in
strument in writing, purporting to
be the last Will and Testament of
Tyra Henderson, late of said county,
deceased, and that 10 o'clock A. M,
Of the 26th day of August, 1913, has
been fixed for the probate Of said
will, at which time you can appear
at the Court House in said county
and show cause. if any there be, why
said Will should not be admitted to
probate.
In Witness Whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
Of said county at Leon, Iowa, this
9Th day of April, 1913.
49,. E. E. BECK,
35-3t Clerk of District Court.