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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
LEADING SPEAKERS
 ON PROGRAMME
The Rev. H. M. EdmOnds Among Those to Speak at
 State s. $. Convention

Montgomery, March 1.--tSpecial )--The programme committee of the Alabama Sunday School association has practically completed the programme for the ap- preaching state Sunday school convention to be held in Mobile Tuesday. Wednes- day and Thursday, April q, D and os and have today announced the following speakers with others to follow later:
 w. A. Brown of Chicago, superintendent missionary department of International Sunday School association, and one of the strongest inspirational speakers in the world today; r. II, Welshmer of Canton, O., who built up his Sunday school from 200 to over 5000, and his church from 400 to nearly 1000; the Rev. Henry H. Ed bonds, pastor of the south Highlands Presbyterian church, Birmingham: the Rev. R. ]. Bateman. pastor of Troy Bap- tist church; Judge Joseph Carthel, general secretary Tennessee Sunday School as- sociation: Prof. J. Y. Brown superin- tendent First Baptist Sunday school of Dothan, and president of the Alabama Ed ucational association; E. L. Dodson, su- perintendent of the junior department First Baptist Sunday school of Tusca- loosa; P. D. Green of Birmingham edu- cational superintendent for Alabama of the Presbyterian church, U. $. A.
 In view of the large attendance expect ed at this convention, the various rail- roads of the state have granted a reduced rate of about half price for the round trip, and will also run three special trains for Sunday school delegates.
 General Secretary Leon C. Palmer of Montgomery states that the attendance will exceed anything in the past Sunday school history
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
LACKEY SPEAKSF FOR OSCAR UNDERWOOD Large Audience Hears a Strong Address at
 Albertville

Albertville, March 1-tSpecial) Before an unusually large and repre- sentative crowd of Sand mountain and Marshall county farmers, w. NJ. Lackey of Ashland made an address at the courthouse in the interest of the can didacy of oscar w. Underwood.
 MT. Lackey filled the appointment or Jesse r. Stallings, who was engaged in the Lacy trial at Montgomery.
 J. M Kyser. vice president of the Marshall County Underwood club, in- troduced the speaker as being one of the biggest stump speakers in the state, both in intellect and avoirdu- poise. The speech was well received and pronounced as being one of the most forcible and effective addresses ever delivered in Marshall county In the interest of any candidate. very noticeable fact about the meeting was that fewer persons left the audience tha never before at a political meet ing.
 Practically every section of Sand mountain was represented and MT. Lackey apparently convinced his hear CTS which was made up mostly Of farmers that Underwood was the true friend of the farmers where Hobson was playing a political game in the pretense of being their friend. He spoke of bagging and tie business, which has already been threshed out and which Captain Hobson touched on in his first speech here and tried to evade in his last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
OAKLEY MAY NOT
 GO ON STAND

Montgomery March 1.-(Special ! James C. Oakley former president of the state board of convict inspectors under indictments in Montgomery, Bibb and Shelby counties, for the embezzle- ment and larceny of more than s1OO,- 900 of state funds may not be able to go to trial next week on indictments charging irregularities in this county.
 Oakley is said to be an i'll man. He came here the first of the week in answer to the states subpoena as witness in the Lacy case, but he was not able to leave his home dur ing the entire period of his stay in Montgomery.
 The former head of the convict bu- rear Is declared to be in no condition to stand the ordeal of lengthy trial, and hence it is very likely that his case will be continued when 1t is called next Wednesday.
 Oakley's case in Shelby county was recently continred because of illness of the defendant with catarrhal fever and his friends declare that his con- dition has little improved in the past two weeks.
 He was declared obe so bad off Satur- day afternoon as to necessitate his brother accompanying him to his home at Centrevile. Whether or not he will be able to return to Montgomery on next Wednesday to face trial for the em- bezzlement of state funds is matter of conjecture, though there is every probability that his case will be post d
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
COLD WEATHERFOR EASTERN SECTION Warmer Temperatures Are Promised for Middle of
 the Week

Washington, March IA cold wave for the eastern part of the country ex- tending as far south as the Gulf of Mexico, for the first days of the week. with warmer temperatures by the mid de of the week and generally fair weather. were forecasted today by the weather bureau
 "A storm of marked intensity, cen tral Sunday morning off Hatteras. says the weekly bulletin, twill move north estward and be attended by west and northwest gales and decidedly colder weather.
 Frosts and freezing temperature will occur in connection with this cold wave as far south as the east gulf and south Atlantic states, except the southern portion of the Florida peninsula This cold wave. however, will be of short duration and general reaction to higher temperatures will set in over the middle west Monday and eastern and southern states Tuesday.
 Generally fair weather will prevail during the next several days in virtu- ally all parts of the country except the north Pacific states.
 >"The next storm of importance to cross the country will appear on the north Pacific coast Wednesday, cross the great central valley about Friday and the eastern states near the end of the week. This disturbance will cause rains In southern and probably rains and snow in northern states east of the Rocky mountains" 5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
MAIN INTEREST IN
 MARCH POSITION Final Ginning Report of the Season Also of More or
 Less Interest

New Orleans. March 1.-Cottom traders this week will be more or less interested in the final ginning report of the season. but the main interest probably will be in the March position It Is generally assumed that there is a large short interest in March. both in spots and futures, and bulls claim that shorts will have a difficult time in GOV erng, particularly those shorts who have been contracted for the delivery of better grades.
 Very little is coming from the bear side regarding the March situation. As q rule bears have contented themselves with denying that any unusual or un- wieldy interest exists in either the spot or the future department. The large amount of cotton on shipboard. 4S,63& bales in this port Friday night, against only 22,S60 a year ago, is taken by many to mean that shorts have been anticipating their wants. Bulls. how ever. believe that many shorts will hold off until the fastest possible moment in March before covering and on this theory predict a good demand during the month to come
 The pending ginning report will car ry the crop down to the end of Feb ruary, but will not be issued until March 20. It is not at all unlikely that preliminary estimates of the number of bales to be returned by the census bureau will be put out in the near future. This is one of the important re- ports of the season and will go along way toward clinching or disproving estimates of the commercial crop, as 1t practically will count the crop grown this year, being subject to only slight corrections. As the situation now stands hA ht11l dn ,nf point to a commercial crop in excess of 14,500,000 bales, but the bears quite generally think 1t will indicate a crop of 15,O00,O0O bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
UNDERWOOD RALLY
 AT MOUNTAIN CREEK
Curry, BlackmOn and Others Invited to Speak at the
 Soldiers Home

Mountain Creek. March 1.-fSpeciaI. ) The managers of the Underwood meet ing which has been arranged to take place here on March 6. Friday. in the interest of Mir. Underwood's election, have prepared all the details for it's success.
 Thomas \. Curry, candidate for lieu tenant governor, is to deliver an Un- derwood address in fact, the meeting is to be strictly an Underwood move ment.
 Fred l.. Blackmon is expected to ar rive in Alabama in time to be present In answer to a letter written him he said: T hope to be with you old Con feedrates soon. and. believe me, I an with you in all things"
 Capt J. M. Simpson readily consented for the Underwood club to use the large auditorium building and hall for the occasion.
 Everybody inathe vicinity and on the Louisville and Nashville nearby sta tions are Invited to attend.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
WHAT TO EXPECT
 OF YOUR LIBRARY
By CARL H. MILAN
Director Birming ham Public Libra

Director Birming ham Public Library
 It lsn't enough to establish and equip a library and then tell folks to come and use it. Many will come, of course, no matter how far it is away from their homes or their places of business But more will stay away. Libraries have found it necessary, therefore, to put the books within easy reach of those who are possible users.
 In making the books easy of access three more or less distinct methods of extension have been used, the branch library. the deposit station and the de- livery station. The branch library con- sists of a permanent collection of books, reading room equipped with magazines and newspapers, presided over by branch librarian and housed In special building of it's own, in rented quarters or in room of an- other city building. Although 1t has It's own permanent book collection, it may draw upon the resources of any other library in the system
 A deposit station is a schoolroom store, office or shop in which have been placed temporarily for special purpose, small collection of books These books may be all on one subject or a miscellaneous collection for gen eral reading.
 A delivery station is d place, usu- ally u drug store, designated by the library as Il sort of library substation. The individual desiring to get a book from the public library makes his re- duest at the static none day and calls for the book on the following day. Very few, sometimes no books are kept at the delivery station. They are sent out from the central library or nearby branch after the request for them has been made.
 The Birmingham public library has five branches. It has three small deposit stations and no delivery sta tfons.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
EIGHT GOVERNORS OF ALABAMA
 1ST-1901
1S74--1901
No. 105-The Strife in the Counties
 Thomas c. Jones, Governor

pointed by the county vote oi lsgu cast for lones for governor in Butlei county
 in 1850. Jones' democrat. received 2i3i votes to 135 for B. NJ Long. republican,. The Kolb mon Complained that in Grecn- vile beat election returns included d laree number of names of negroes for Jones. who were not democrats entitled to repre- sentation in democratic party primaries. but who in fact in this case had not voted for Jones.
 The convention did not settle that prime matter of controversY The Jones beat delegates crowded over To one side of the hall, chose chairman and appointed delegates to the state convention. The kolb beat delegates confined themselves to the opposite space. and selected dele gates to the same state convention
 In Lee the county party organization in- strueted each beat to send up to n county convention an arbitrary representation, five delegates Defiance of the state com mittee rule of appointment was excused on the plea inequity and injustice. Tie beats containing large numbers of negroes were believed to have counted votes in the 1890 election for Jones that were cast for Long or not east at all.
 Seeing this action of the county com mttee, certain party leaders resolved to forestall 1t. They called on their own mo- ton q county convention to give to Lee nS quota or delegates tn Montgomery ap- portioned on the state committee rule
 In Barbour the county party organiza- ton made similar defiance of the state committee rule of apportionment
 Macon instructed Its five delegates un- der the state committee rule for kolbS' Bibh, the county of President Adams of the state alliance, instructed for kolb. but with a protest froiN the Jones contin- gent. Jones wrested Marengo from Kolb by personal canVass. In FaYette "the county convention brokr all to pieces These were February acting counties. Da- las and Tuscaloosa closed that month. In lSoo Joseph F. Johnston carried n solid delegation of 26 into the state convention against rivals kolb and Jones. Now Johnston was for Jones. hut kolb got nine of the 2G delegates. and Jones the re- inaining F. The conflict in Tuscaloosa county was very bitter kolb carried it.
 On Saturday, March .. the Montgomery county democratic beat meetings took ac- tion. Here the governor was sustained with utmost enthusiasm. The vote of the city was l6ls for Jones and 1al for Kob. He carried the country beats with prac- tical unanimity.
 We must defer to the next number fur- ther details of the preparation in the counties for the great event, the split of the state convention of 1892
 JOHN WITHERSpOON DuBOSE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
To Probe Burke Charges

New York, March 1.-The federal grand jury to. be sworn in Tuesday will inquire into charges against John Burke. manager of the commissary department of the Panama railroad. All the papers in the case have ar- rived here from the canal zone. United States Attorney Marshall today was going over documentary evidence to submit to the grand jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
 MAN PAINTS AND FALLS INTO CRATE

Pensacola, Fla, March ID. T.
 Fogg. son of wealthy parents of Union- town, Pa. while at his summer home at Seminole, Ala, last night tainted and fell into an open grate. Eye was burned out and his face horribly incinerated. In a semi-conscious condition he managed to reach his front gate, his groans there attracting neighbois who brought him here tonight for treatment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
 ROBERTS NAMED
 A. & G. RECEIVER

Pensacola, Fla. March 1.-W. N. 1 Roberts. former assistant cashier of the 1
 First National bank today was named receiver for the Florida Alabama and Gulf railroad against which bondholders proceeded on the ground that bonds have not been retired nor interest paid by the road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
Howard Manning Dead

Mount Vernon. Ia. March 1. Howard Manning. aged 25, died here to- day of bullet wound. He was shot last night after chase by Cornell col Iege students, who claimed he had been peeping through windows in the girls dormitory. The coroner started an in vestigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02

Thomas ReeS ana CalV1n b. bTOWH, were received today by Premier Edu- ardo Dato. They were accompanied by Ambassador Willard.
 corporation has constructed open cuts, pits, tunnels, slopes and drills, and a rail- road which will transport the ore from the mines to the coast. The estimate or the experts, both metallurgical and com mercial Is that this ore can be mined and transported through the Panama canal to the great smelting works of New Jersey at a cost of about 51s cents pound, which is said to be practically cents a pound cheaper than other ores can be mined and brought to the smelling works. The American capital which this investment represents aggregates about $l10, 600. These works will be under op- eration in few months.
 The Final Investment
 The third investment in large amount is occupied with the development of the once romantic and fabulously rich silver and copper mine of the Cerro de Pasco region. There Piazarro and those who succeeded him mined silver and some gold neglecting the copper These mines were abandoned for centuries for the req son that transportation of the ore was impra cticable, since no other means than the llamas S back was possible. But when the Peruvian railroad was completed to the summit of the Andes 1t was practi- cable to build connecting line from that terminal to the mines. The total length of the line is 230 miles. The copper is of very high grade, like almost all the An dean copper. As there is coal near by and limestone. 1t has been found prac- ticable to build smelter with a capacity of 60, ,0O0.O0O pounds year.
 The total capitalization both of the min ing company and of the holding company Is about S1O0,O0O.0 600.
 Of course. all this American capital of $250. 600 has not been nor is immediately to be invested in these South American properties. But the total capitalization does represent American investment in the mining. smelting and transportation of ores which until recently have been undeveloped. The opening of the Panama canal to navigation viii greatly facilitate the purpose of the men of capital who have undertaken these great works of South America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
MADAME ISE'BELL'S
 BEAUTY LESSON
LESSON XI-PART .IV N PHYSICAL CULTURE
A Veteran Actress

The veteran actress, Sarah Bernhardt, born in 1S46, is wonderful example of the effect of we'll directed physical exer- cises on the body. Madame Bernhardt's s body is still young and 1.-the in it's move ment; 1t is not the physique of young girl but 1t is far from being the physique that we associate with a woman past 6o She has a perfect carriage. She has never allowed any accumulation of flesh on any part of her body and she can play young roles today simply becauseher body can still respond to youthful enthusiasm. roles today simply because her body can never deviated one moment from the laws of physical health. She has always been great believer in massage. She has fenced great deal. an excellent exer- else for keeping the limbs supple and the movements quick. She has treated her physique intelligently, understanding what 1t needed, building up when necessary and reducing excess flesh as soon as there was any hint of It's appearance.
 Bad Habits
 As Madame Bernhardt has always trained her body since youth she has had no bad habits to overcome. She is an ex- ample of a physical training that never Tets up." At the same time hers is not
 
 grow very stout. What she has to con- bat as years go on Is stiffness---lack of grace or vigor Women who do not ac- cumulate flesh as they grow older are apt to thlnk this fact sufficient to give them youthful appearance. This Is not al- ways so; there is a stiff. angular middle age, quite as unlovely as too much fat At this period there Is also a tendency to- ward rounding the back. dropping the figure into the waistline, becoming shorter and less erect--all bad habits that can be avoided by proper, regular physical ex-, ercises.
 The Young H0usekeeper
 To suggest physical culture to the housekeeper and mother may seem at least almost cruelty, the adding of another burden to an already too full day and to muscles already overtaxed. Yet this busy. hard worked housewife does need cer- tain amount and kind of physical culture to bring vigor and elasticity to her move so they may aid and help out those which at present seem too much used.
 She can at least devote few minutes each day to restful physical cutuler. If she can do no more. night and morning. let her go through the series of breathing exercises outlined in Lesson X. This will accomplish at least two things: invigor- ate the blood so that the bodily tissues are promptly renewed. and teach correct boise so that she gets profit and not weariness from her daily tasks Housework is ex- cellent physical culture. if 1t is properly done.
 Lesson xI to be continued.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
Careless Buying Caused Loss

Albany, N. Y, March L--Careless buying and weighing of coal by state institutions caused, New York state an annual loss of S250,00O 4 year. Com missioner John F. Delaney of the effl- ciency department today reported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02

There are q few varieties of flowers that. for early blooming should be started in February or the first of March, in shallow boxes or flats. -Asters, carnations. dahlias, forget-me- nots. lo- bella. pansies, pinks, petunias salvias, stocks and verbenas are included in this class.
 Boxes or flats should not be over three inches deep.
 Fill the boxes with fine, rich soil. that should consist of a sandy loam. press down even and smooth
 Sow the seed in rows two inches apart and not over quarter of an inch deep. Fine seed like petunia SOW on the surface.
 When all are sown press the soil firm over the seed. Cover the box with glass and set in warm window Sprinkle when the soil looks dry on tle surface, usually once day.
 Selecting Place for Garden
 Choose light. sunny well drained place where there are no large shade trees near. to draw the moisture. or fertility from the soil, and where no water drips from the roof on the flower bed.
 Preparing the Soil
 Dig and thoroughly pulverize the soil to the depth of a foot or more. This is a very important factor and should be looked after by the parents. When pos sible 1t is more satisfactory to dig the ground in November just before it freezes Remember this next Novem- Der.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
To Boost Exposition

Madrid. Spain, March 1.-Commis- sioners from the Panama Pacific ex- position, Col Walter P. Andrews, Thomas Rees and Calvin B. Brown. were received today by Premier Edu- ardo Dato. They were accompanied by Amba ssador Willard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
SELMA COMMITTEE
 WILL MEET TODAY
Purpose Will be to Arrange All Details for Municipal
 Primaries March 23

Selma, March 1.-(Special)--A meeting Of the members of the city democratic ex- eoutive committee vii be held at the city hall Monday afternoon at 4:S0 o'clock. The meeting will be for the purpose of appointing clerks and in- spectors to hold the municipal primaries in the different wards of the city on Mon day. March 2S. The voters of Selma are taking but little interest in the municipal primaries which will be held next month, and the vote which will be boiled will be very small. Mayor J. L. Clay will be with out opposition, and the only interest is centered in the election of the members to the city council from the different wards
 Charley Love, the white man who Fri was tried on three charges during the ses- sion of the recorders court yesterday morning. The charges against Love were assault with intent to murder, carrying q concealed weapon, disorderly conduct. etc. On the first charge he was bound over to await the action of the next grand jury in the amount of S500 and fines amounting to S60 were assessed in the other two cases.
 Only 92 arrests were made by the po- lice department during the month of Feb rnary, according to the monthly report of Chief of Police E. T. Walters which was compiled Saturday morning. Of the a3 cases heard In recorders court during the month the fines aggregated $1Ss0. 50.