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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-03
STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITIES
OF COMPANIES
MAY BE REVOLUTIONIZEE.
United States Court to Pass Upon the
Question On an Appeal Taker in
Case i'm California.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
companies may be completely reVolu-
tionized as a result OF decision by
the supreme court of case submit
ted to it today. The question involv-
ed is whether the exemption of the
private fortunes of stockholders from
the corporation debts stand good in
other states having contrary laws.
In recent years Arizona has be-
come popular as the birthplace or
corporations largely because that
state allowed corporations organized
there to exempt their stockholders
from liability for the debts OF the
corporation.
Creditors Protest.
A protest has arisen among cred
itOrs of Arizona corporations This
has taken concrete form in the case
of the Wentworth Hotel Company,
organized under Arizona laws to be
a hotel in Pasadena, Cal. The corpor-
alton became solvent and it's cred
itors sought to hold it's stockholders
liable for its debts. They claim the
stockholders were liable under the
California constitution, which made
stockholders of CALIFORNIA; corpora
tons liable for their proportionate
share of the corporations debt and
further provided that no outside cor
poration should be allowed to trans
act business on more favorable condi-
tions than California organizations.
Sue Stakeholder.
Conrad H. Mathiessen of New
York, owner of 100000 worth of
stock in the Wentworth Hotel Com
pany, was sued in New York for his
share of the debt. He contended that
his private fortune had been eX-
empted from any liability by reason
of the Arizona constitution. He won
his point in the federal circuit court
of appeals at New York. The 5u-
preme court considered the case OF
such great Importance that it direct
ed the case be sent to it for determi-
nation of the legal question so long
in dispute.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-03

It doesn't pay to spend all your
time trying to prove that luck is
against you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
MITCHELL ELUDED
 NEWSPAPER MEN En Route to New York for. Conference With Power
 Company Officials

James Mitchell of Sperling & Co.,, London financial packers of the Ala bama Power company, has concluded his visit to this city, and Is en route to New York where conferences are being held in reference to the unusual situation here in regard to the pro- posed electric contract.
 During his stay in Birmingham MT Mitchell was successful in evading reporters, and at the execu- tive offices of the Alabama Power company 1t was said that MT. Mitchell had put one over on the reporters The desire to keep Mir. Mitchell from reporters was carried to such lengths at the executive offices that it Is said serious offense to several prominent To- cal citizens was narrowly averted- Inuuiries for MT Mitchell were followed by the query: What paper are you with?' and the statement MT. Mitchell will not see you.'
 It is stated that negotiations in ref erence to the proposed contract be- tween the power company and the Bir mingham Railway. Light and Power company will be terminated during the next few days. It is stated that the outlook is not flattering for a sue cessful continuation of the proposed trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
|ODD FELLOWS FROM. ALL OVER THE STATE. ARE IN BIRMINGHAM. This City Again Chosen as Meeting Place of the
 Grand Lodge OFFICERS WILL BE
 INSTALLED TODAY Gratifying Reports Received-State Assembly of Rebekahs Also in
 Session Here-Large In-
 crease in Membership
 

For the third consecutive time Birming- nam was selected as the next place of meeting of the grand lodge of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows at the aft ernoon session yesterday. The grand lodge officers for the next year were also placed in nomination.
 All the elective grand officers were renominated without opposition with the exception of the candidates for grand warden, which is the stepping stone to the grand masters chair The following were nominated for grand warden: Albert D. Block of Mobile IL L- krudop of Mobile, Palmer P Dau- gette Of Birmingham. c. T. Mccormack of Athens, w. T. Murphree of Gads- den.
 Among the distinguished visitors at tending the grand lodge session is Col onel J. C. Collin, grand master, and John R. HaTwell, grand secretary of the Odd Fellows of the state of Ten nessee. MT. Harwell is serving his forty second term as grand secretary and probably in point of service in a grand lodge of the order holds the record
 The seventy-fifth annual session of the grand lodge opened yesterday morning at Fraternal hall with nearly 1900 officers and representatives present. Grand Mas ter Fred J. Cramton of Montgomery pre- sided.
 The Rev Guy F. Ponder. grand chap
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
WEEKLY LUNCH OF AD CLUB YESTERDAY On-tO-TOrOntO Committee Reports Progress in
 Raising Funds

At the Ad club luncheon at the Presa club yesterday at 1 o'clock the on-to- Toronto committee held the boards. l.. T. Stern, temporary chairman, made a re- port for the committee and said that re- ceipts as the results of a letter to mem- Ssers asking for a contribution of 8 were very good. and net total of $50 was shown in the fund to send delegates to the International convention of ad clubs. to be held in Toronto in June
 Jerome K Sterne. after the report had been given, proposed that all members present who had not given their s do SO immediately Many responded and the fund now Is nearing the S100 mark. The secretary of the Ad club yesterday sent a telegram to every member of the club by a regulation messenger boy paying the local rate for the message. Many mem bers received the telegram from the boy, who visited every office in a hurried man. ner and hastily opening 1t. read:
 'The boy will not leave without that $3."
 And the boy usually received the money.
 M. M. tVlman was visitor to the luncheon yesterday and was called upon ]; by President Sparrow for an address. Mir.
  Railway, Light and Power company fire. and said as a result many of the fire in- surance companies again were talking of increasing the rate here, due to extreme hazard. It was pointed out that the fire hazard in Birmingham Is greater than in any other city of it's size in America. MT. Ullman suggested that agvolunteer fire prevention association be formed in Birmingham with the idea of preventing l fires. He said that the common idea of having fire department to quell fires after their inception was all wrong. Tho fire department should prevent fires by ed- ucating the people how to care for their premises" said the speaker
 When he was done, Jerome K Sterna moved that the Ad club heartily indorso MT. ulman's proposition. Upon being seconded, the motion was carried with no discussion and without dissenting vote. C. l.. Chiffon. Jr., advertising manager of the American Trust and Savings bank. was the principal speaker of the day. Air. Chiltons subject was How To Mako Small Space Pay" He said that many small merchants made the mistake of talk Ing more advertising than they could proftaby pay for and thereby incurred losses that made them enemies of news paper advertising for all time.
 Newspaper space costs too much money to trlfle with,' said MT. Chiffon. We can't afford to be plungers some day the newspaper rates in Birmingham will be 8 and A an inch. I hope that day will come It will mean much to the city,
 Mr. Chiffon showed his hearers how to make small space pay by charts and draw ings, copies of advertisements in small space that attract tho eye and hold the attention He said that the makeup the type the engraving and the wording of the advertisement had all to do with its success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
The Open Muffler Is Passing
By RALPH R. SILVER

Birmingham are ne'er found wanting when it comes to expressing their grati- tude. The life of chauffeur or a motorcycle rider has become one of gay frivolity and pleasure since he has closed up his muffler and stopped the awful cracking and booming of his engines.
 But, of course, there are some of these gentlemen who are backward about things. They are being attended to. Sew eral of elem have been appearing in court the past few mornings at the in vitation of the police department and Recorder Douglass has been saying Sl0 as they go out. Recorder Douglass him. self has been having some experience At the instance of the city commissioners he recently took a ride on a motorcycle behind Bob Stubbs and Bob showed him that an open muffler was an abomina- tion and was ffst necessary to the satis- factory operation of the machine. There fore to those gentlemen whom the police bring Before the recorder and give the usual excuses the recorder smiles knowing smile and says $0
 Last Sunday the commissioners started the thing by stating that war on open mufflers on automobiles and motorcycles was on to the finish They had secured expert advice on the matter and had learned that the npen muffler was not a necessity in some cases as was claimed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The auto rig winds slowly o'er the iea; The motorcycle spins upon it's way And leaves the world to silence and to me.
 With apologies to T. Gray
 The immortal author of the ''Elegy Written in Country Church Yard, was never more undisturbed and restful than are the citizens of Birmingham when the days labor is at an end and they sit about their library lamps reading and discussing topics of the hour.
 The terrible. haunting crash and roar and din of the open muffler on motor cycle and automobiles has ended and where there was disturbing noise there now is peaceful silence. Within the last few days citizens have been seen to leave their comfortable rocker on the front porch, trip out to the street in their house slippers and tip their hat to the chauffeur as he noiselessy glides by. Dainty maidens in dainty gowns at even tide are now sometimes seen bearing streetward on a silver platter a piece of three-layer cake or a bouquet of roses to lavish upon the noiseless chauffeur of a noiseless machine.
 The relief is great and the people of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
BURNED BUILDING STILL SM0ULDER|NG Bremen Called Twice Yes terday to First and
 Twenty-First

The ruins of the building containing the general offices of the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power company and that of Johnson Brothers, wholesale dry goods merchants, at First avenue and Twenty first street. are still smouldering and yesterday the firemen were called out twice to put out incipient bazes The minor fires are mostly in the building occupied by Johnson Brothers where the firemen state that the large stock of cloths buried under tons of bricks is still burning and cannot be put out until the bricks are removed. However, it is stated that there is no danger of any serious blaze as there are firemen on watch all the time.-
 The walls of the ruins of the buildings are being rapidly razed and 1t is stated that within short time the foundations will be thoroughly cleared of any wreck age and everything will be in readiness for the erection of new and more pre- tentious building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
CITY COMMISSION
 TRANSACTS ONLY
 ROUTINE BUSINESS

No action of importance was taken by the city commission at the regular monthly netting yesterday. A delegation from Woodlawn appeared in regard to sprinkling, stating that they had not been receiving the sprinkling as prom ised. The commissioners said some thing was wrong as the sprinkling had been ordered done and the miscarriage of orders would be remedied at once
 President Wards action in closing a trade for the new street and road mak- ing machinery was authorized. The machines will cost $4500. They are the ones to be l's.1.. in fixing up old streets.
 The more important actions of the board at the meeting were as follows:
 That action of President Ward in closing trade with A. T. Newell & Bros for certain road machinery, for the sum of $4500, payable in four annual install ments with interest at per cent, be approved.
 That the following street lights be in- stalled:
 Arc-Hampton street and Earle ave- nue.
 Tugsten-Tuscaloosa avenue. between Grady and Vine streets.
 Two Tungstens-In East BirminR- ham park.
 Tungsten--Twenty-se street and Thirty-third avenue
 Two Tungstens-Halstead street. be- tween First avenue and Gate City car line.
 That the city engineer be directed to advertise for bids for paving Twelfth street, south. from Tenth avenue to Eleventh avenue.
 That grade ordinance No. 135-C. es- tablishing the grade of Thirty-first ave- nue from the east curb line of Twenty second stret to the west curb line of Twenty fourth street, be adopted.
 That grade ordinance No. 158-C, es- tablishing the grade of Fourteenth ave nue, Ensley, from the south curb line of Twenty-ninth street to the north curb line of Thirty-sec street, be adopted.
 That grade ordinance No. 150-C. es- tablishing the grade of Pike avenue, Ensley. from the east curb line of Four tenth avenue to the west curb line of Fifteenth court. be adopted.
 That grade ordinance No. 160-C, es- tablishing the grade of Fifteenth street. south. from the south curb line of Ave nue F to the north curb line of Four teenth avenue, be adopted.
 That Improvement ordinance No. 819-C, providing for the construction of sanitary sewers in the Anniesburg dis trict. be adopted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
EE-YEAR-OLD BOY FALLS FROM MSECONDSTORYWINDOW AND IS FATALLY INJURED

Joseph Bowman. aged three years. while playing in a room climbed to window sill and fell two stories to the alley below yesterday afternoon about o'clock. The little chap was fatally injured.
 The accident happened at the Twen- ty-first Street hotel at 11011 Twenty first street, north In the room with the child were Mrs. Elizabeth Rich ards. grandmother of the boy, and Mrs Emma Bowman, his mother. Accord ing to their accounts of the accident
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
Aunt Sally's Advice
 To Beauty Seekers

Lydia says: I've tried most every thing for. my freckles. but can't lose them. What do you suggest? See ans- Wer to Stella" The treatment sug- gested I've never known to fall in any case of freckles or other cutaneous b1emish.
 F. J. K. asks: "Is there anything bet ter than massage to remove wrinkles?'' Too much mageaging may aggravate wrinkled condition, tending to soften tho face in An astringent lotion made by dissolving n ounce of powdered saxo- lite In q half pint witch hazel This is stella writes: My complexion is horribly muddy. What shall do for 1t ?" Get an ounce of mercolized wax at your druggist's. Apply this nightly like you'd use cold cream washfng It off mornings. Thie will cause the offensive cuticle gradually to make way, by a process of gentle absorption, for the clear. velyety healthy hued s1in underneath--Wo om-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13

vinemont: Mrs. Belle Whaley, marshal, Montgomery; Mrs. Almeida Caffee. inside guardian, Blocton; Mrs. Susie Wester Reese, outside guardian, West Gadsden Mrs Bertha Boschung, conductor, Gull man.
 Programme for Thursday
 Excursion to Alabama Odd Fellows Home at Cullman. Train leaves Louis vile and Nashville station at a. m. Returning leaves home at 5.s0 D. m. Through special going and coming.
 Special arrangements have been made for the entertainment of the rep resentatives to the grand lodge, En- campment and Rebekah assembly and their friends Since the last session of the grand lodge, the finest dairy barn in the United States has been erected by the Rebekahs at the home, and herd of fine Holstein cattle pur- chased. a concrete granary has been erected and other improvements made. 1he children of the home will enter tain the visitors with first class pro- gramme.
 Music by the Home band.
 Grand Encampment Meets
 Harry Firstbrook of Bessemes, who suc- ceeded T. H. Booth as grand patriarch of the grand encampment of the state of Alabama, was unanimously reelected at the session held last night at Fra ternaI hall. The encampment meeting was postponed Monday on account of the election until last night. The en- campment meeting was well attended and good reports were received from the several subordinate encampments.
 The first business of the session was the report of the credentials committee and the conferring of the grand encamp- ment degrees upon the new representa- lives, among whom was E. B. Miller, superintendent of the Odd Fellows Or phans Home. Reports Of the officers Of the camp were referred to the proper committees. Ignatious Greene was unan- imously elected grand representative to the sovereign grand lodge.
 l.. N. Buell. of Cullman introduced a resolution requesting a reduction in the price of grand lodge supplies which was adopted l. D. Deacy of Tuscaloosa was appointed as chairman of a committee to draft resolutions on the death of Past Grand Patriarch A l.. Miller of Birming- ham. Birmingham was selected as the next place of meeting.
 The following officers were elected for the ensuing term: Harry Firstbrook. Bes- semer, grand patriarch: H. C.. Pollard. Huntsville, grand high priest: Hugh Fair less. Piper, grand senior warden; W. F. Mccartney, Anniston, graud secretary (ninth consecutive term) c. w. Capps. Birmingham, grand treasurer; T. l.. Pow ell Tuscaloosa, grand junior warden; l.. N Buell.. Culman, grand marshal; E. T. Wildsmith. Birmingham, grand sentinel; Noah Bobo. Kennedy. deputy grand seh- tinel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
MRS. PERSONS WAS
 ACTIVE AT POLLS

An interesting feature of the campaign for Commissioner of Agriculture A. A. Persons of Jefferson county, who ap- pears to have been elected in the pri- mary held Monday. has been tho active work of Mrs Persona
 At the primary April and at the pri- mary last Monday Mrs. Persons vas probably the most active worker at the polls. She paid particular attention to the city hall box and was standing in line with the other solicitors practically the entire day. She attracted much atten- ton as woman collector at the polls. which is yet rare sight in Alabama, and there 10 no doubt but what she mado many votes for pr. PeroonA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13

tho child was playing about the room and was not noticed when he climbed to the window, as 1t was screened. and 1t was not thought that he could fall through. It appears that the screen was unfastened, and before the agon- ized parents could reach him. the boy fell to the ground. In his fall he struck some electric wires which threw him across the alley where he struck at the foot of a passerby.
 Johns ambulance was immediately calico to the scene and removed the unconscious boy to Robinson's infirm- ary. where 1t was stated that there was little hope for his recovery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
UNABLE TO LOWER
 APPROPRIATION BILL

Washington. May 12.--Despite arguments that the federal migratory bird law Is unconstitutional. the Senate today defeat ed all efforts to cut down the $50.O00 in the agricultural appropriation bill for its enforcement. Final vote on the pro- vision probably will be taken tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were yesterday recorded In the office of the probate judge:
 M T. Judge Jr.. Birmingham. to Miss Bertha N. Wade.
 Andrew Babjarick. Birmingham to Miss Marie su1in.
 Charley Housman, Birmingham. to 1liss Emma Harlow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
DIRECTORIES FOR
 PUBLIC LIBRARY

A directory library is to be estab lished at the central city library on the fourth floor of the city hall. Di- rector Carl Milan has completed arr rangerents with R. A. Mullin of the Polk Directory company to secure cur rent copies of all the directories pub- lished by that company, which includes many of the large cities of the coun- try.
 Arran gements have then been made with the Chamber of Commerce for the use of all year-old directories from the chamber directory library. thus giv- ing city directory of every mpor- tant city in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
Incorporation

t2500-Palmetto Development com Howze, president; Henry R. Howe. vice president: M. L. Mcconnell. sec- netary and treAsurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-13
Jap Admirals Retired

Tokio. May 12.Admiral Count Yama- moto and Admiral baron Saito today were placed on the reserve list. No req son for their retirement has been as-
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COMB SAGE TEA IN
HAIR To DARKEN IT
It's GrandmOthers Recipe to
Keep Her Locks Dark,
Glossy Thick,

The old-time mixture Of Sage Tea
and sulphur for darkenng gray
streaked and faded hair Is grand
mothers treatment and folks are
again using 1t 20 keep their hair a
good, even color. which Is quite SEN
slble, as we are living in an age when
q youthful appearance is of the great
est advantage.
Nowadays though, we don't have
the troublesome task of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home.
an drug stores sell the ready-to-use
product called "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Hair Remedy" for about 80
cents a bottle, 1t Is very popular be-
cause nobody can discover it has been
applied. Simply moIstcn your comb
or soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair taking one small
strand at a time by morning the gruy
hair disappears, but what delights the
ladies with Wyeths Sage and sulphur
is that besides beautifully darkening
the hair after a few applications, it
also produces that soft lustre and APP
pearance OF abundance which is so
attractive. besides. prevents d0ndruff
itching scalp and falling hair.