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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
Municipal Bonds Bought by
Americans Because They
Escape Income Tax
CANADA PLEASED BY
NEW CURRENCY LAW
Bankers Believe 1t Will Make Credit
More Elastic and viii Give De-
cided Stimulus to Inter
national Trade
By HOLLAND

New York, January T-(special)-fn
the annual address to the shareholders
of the Royal Bank of Canada Vice Pres
ident Pease Is reported to have said that
somewhat in excess of $25,0O000o of Cana
dian municipal debentures were marketed
n the United States in the year 1918 Tho
larger part of these municipal securities
was sold in the latter half of the year.
This announcement is thought, possibly.
to explain the unusual gold movement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
Few Paying Poll Tax

Selma, January 17.-(Special. .)-Consid-
ering the great interest which is being
taken by voters of Dallas county in the
elections to be held this year they are
slow in paying their poll tax. Up to noon
Friday only 600 of the voters of the coun-
ty had paid this tax, but during the
nexl il week days ON which this tax can
be paid it is expected that not less than
the county will qualify.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
Make Your Meals
Afraid OF You
Don't BE Afraid of Food. Just Take a
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet and
You'll Digest 1t All d. Il.

All you men and women who want
to eat and are filled with fear, stay
this kind of folly. Just carry a little
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet in your purse
or pocket and after your meal eat it
like you do candy.
The meal will be dtgested: the weak
ened digestive juices will be enriched
and you Will lose your fear of food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
Marks With Film Concern

Selma, January Special)-Harry
Marks, well known young business
man of Selma. has become member of
the United States Film company which
was recently organized in New York
city. Mr.. Marks was elected one of the
vice presidents of the company, and will
have vcharge of the territory in the
south. Leon Loeb, another Selmian who is
an expert camera man, has also con-
nected himself with the. new organiza-
ton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
FRIENDS OF CONFER
ORGANIZE IN WALKER

Jasper, January 17.-(Special)-The
friends of B. B. Conner in Walker coun-
ty have organized in behalf of his can
didacy and have begun making a sys-
tematic effort to gain supporters for
him They have organized a campaign
committee of representative citizens
from every section of the county with
A. r. Fite of Jasper as chairman and
w. d. Manasco, secretary.
Judge T. L. Sowell has announced
his candidacy for Judge of the law and
equity court of Walker. He is not op-
posed by any other candidate.
The circuit court will convene the
winter and spring term next Monday.
Judge ]. ]. Curtis presiding. This term
of court will last six weeks.
An effort is being made by some of
the leading citizens of this county to
restore some of the many veterans who
have been dropped from the pension
rolls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18

or part of ii at least. which character
lied the relations between Canada and the
United States in the last six months of
1913. That feature, however, of this large
transaction is not regarded here as so i'm
portant as the fact that American capital
is finding its way to Canada for invest
ment in securities issued by the munioi-
palities of the dominion.
Vice President Pease is quoted as hav-
ing said that foreign Investments are ex-
empt from the recently imposed United
states income tax, and for that reason a
great deal of investment by American
capital in Canadian securities will be
announced 1t is not exactly the under
standing here that income receivable bv
American citizens from all kinds of in
Vestments in foreign securities is exempt
since the income from Investments of
that kind in municipal, state or national
securities of the United States is exempt
from taxation.
That a large amount OF American cap
ital has gone in recent years to Canada
IS well known in the financial centers
particularly in Boston, New York, Chica-
90 and Minneapolis. only the roughest
kind of estimate can be made of the
amount of money that has been taken 70
Canada by farmers both for investment :
in land and for the operation of farms
The tendency does not show any signs CT
falling off. and when the great railway
systems of that part o. the dominion
which used to be called British North
America are completed there will doubt
less be increased emigration from the
United States to those sections. unless II
recent tendency to shift movements "f
that kind from those parts of the coun-
try where land is now held at high price
to the southern states should offset the
impulse which has for a few years taken
so many farmers and so much money into
Canada
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
The Canadian Railroads

One of the leading executive officers of
the Canadian Pacific railroad was recent
ly in New York and he spoke enthusiastic
cally of the prospective business which
the opening up of these lands in western
and southwestern Canada would bring
to that railroad. He was asked if his
company met with embarrassment during
the movement from the wheat fields to
the markets by reason of the lack of
cars. He replied that his people had
taken good care that the railroads shoul |
have cars in plenty and his company had,
in fact. been able to lend some cars to
the management of its great but friend y
competitor. While he admitted that there
might be in some parts of the dominion
a little curtailment in business, which he
thought was due entirely to conditions
which had in part caused curtailment in
the United States, traceable to conditions
in Europe. nevertheless, in his opinion
this falling off is only temporary. H
intimated that in Canada the view was
common among those who are familiar
with banking and finance that the newly
enacted banking and currency law of the
United States was to be not only of I'M
portance, but of real value to Canada. l.
will serve to increase our international
commerce and trade, as well as reciproc4 Il
financial relations.
That view seems to have been taken by
the vice president of rne great Royal
Bank of Canada, who stated officially to
the shareholders of his bank a few days
ago that the new banking and currency
law enacted in the United States will, In
his opinion and that of those who are
associated with him, make credit more
elastic than it was unuer the old law
and for that reason will speedily stimu-
late trade. Vice President Pease is of
the opinion that the law will tend to Sc
free a considerable portion of the gold
now held in the federal treasury. His ar
luments seem to be based upon the eco
nomic principle that when conditions ara
good in the United States they are speed
lily reflected in Canada and, likewise,
when conditions are bad mere the infiu-
ence passes over the boundary and az
fects to some extent Canadian interests
This Is the first formal and authoritative
announcement made by an officer of a
great foreign banking institution when
reporting officially to the shareholders
of the institution of prevailing opinion In
other lands respecting the effect of the
| recently enacted banking and currency
| law.
Some Differences of Opinion
| At one time during the recent visit OF
| Sir George Paish, a leading statistieel
and economic authority of Great Britain
| he was reported to have said that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18

! balance of the trade carried on between
| the United States and Great Britain il
the year 1913 was sufficient to establish
! very large credits in London upon whct
| American bankers could rely in case funds
were needed. Sir George undoubtedly
| referred to what is called the visible oil
apparent international trade balance. The
present estimate is that this will amount
for the year 1913 to about $3.50, 600
Yet there are high economic authorities
in this city who are not of the same mind
as Sir George Paish said, in December,
that he was. These authorities are of the
opinion that although the difference be-
tween the money value of the goods we
exported and the money value we inn
rorted appears on paper to be about $3.50,
00G 00G on the export side of the ledger,
or, in other words, in our favor, neverthe-
less the probabilities are strong that va
Iious invisible items far more than bat
ance these large figures. rhe impression
is that could there be an absolutely re-
| liable and complete resord made of all
the transactions of an international char
acter it would be found that the United
| States must pay in one way or anoths,
much larger amount than 100000 tC
foreign nations
| To support this statement 1t is asserted
I that the foreign exchange market is al
ready showing such conditions as may
reasonably lead to the belief that tn,
| United States may be compelled to ex
| port gold before the winter is ended o'
early in the spring.
| Undoubtedly these two opinions are sci
forth by mers cf acknowledged expert au-
| thority can !. D reconciled. However
whatever be the actual international trade
balance, the fact that reported trade ex-
| changes, those of which the records were
made in the custom houses do show a.
great a figure as $650,050, 900 in favor oi
the United States makes-it clear that ever
though the invisible trade balance b,
greater than this sum, nevertheless that
amount of money will go long way to-
| ward paying the Indebtedness of the
| United States to Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-18
TAX ASSESSMENTS
SHOW INCREASE Of
OVER g MILLIONS
Total Assessment for 1913
Nearly Six Hundred Mil
lion Dollars, Accord
ing to Report

Montgomery. January E.-(Special)
Tax assessments on real and personal
property in the state have advanced more
the annual report of the state tax COM
mission made public today. The report
shows that the total assessments for 1918
are S599 1880, an increase of $32 1922, 7O1
over the assessments in 1911.
The revenue to be derived from the as
sessnnents Of 1912 will bring into the treas
ury 1886, 6l5, an increase of nearly a
quarter of a million dollars over the pre-
ceding year. Assessments on realty
marked the principal items Of increase,
according to the report.
The report shows that the assessments
since 1910 We're as follows: 1910, $522, ,030, ,27S
1911 $547, ,41O. 449: 1912, $567 1860
The various county tax commissioners
made raises on real estate amounting to
SIS, ,72S and on personal property to the
amount of SS65, ,297 The state tax on these
raises was S62,1717. which leaves a net
state tax on the raises of $50, ,489 46 after
taking out 10 per cent commission to the
tax commissioners.
The escaped assessments on real estate
by county tax commissioners for the year
1913 was 81, 25S, ,2S3 The escaped assess
ments on personal property by tax COM
missioners was $645, ,664. The total revenue
which the state will derive from the work
of the county tax commissioners will be
$130, 1892. The assessments of franchise
or intangible property by the state tax
commission was $25,O92,4 ,449 the state tax
on which amounts to $153, 1O0.91. The tax
commission made raises to the amount
of $1,916,947.
The report shows that as a result of
the work of the state tax commission
and the county tax commissioners the
state will receive a revenue of sos, ,o19.45.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
FOR ANOTHER TOBACCO WARE.
HOUSE.
Mr. Pepper says Sumter Can be Made
the biggest Tobacco Market i'm
South CaroiiIn-TObucco Seed IN
BE Distributed Free to Farmers,

The sumter Chamber Of Commerce q
Will De in a position within the next
week through the kindness of Messrs.
l'epper and Marion, the lessees of the
Farmers Tobacco Warehouse Com
pany warehouse Of Sumter, to dis
tribute large quantity Of the best
Grades OF tobacco seed, free to the
farmers OF Sumter county, and thos
farmers in adjoining counties who are
customer OF the Sumter tobacco
warehouse.
Secretary RcarGon received a let
ter from Mr.. Il. II. Pepper today say
ing that he had ordered O. shipment Of
tobacco seed sent to the Sumter
Chamber OF Commerce for free dis
tribution and requested the secretary
to distribute the seed.
When the seed arrives due notice
will be given through the newspapers.
President j. u. Hearon, of the Sumter
Retail Dealers Association will keen
q qunantity Of these seed for free
distribution at Hearon's Pharm ,cy.
and the Chamber of Commerce will
distribute some Of the seed to those
who call there for them.
In his letter to the commercial sec-
retary Mr.. Pepper asked if there
were any steps being taken to build
another tobacco warehouse in Sumter
for the 1875 tobacco season. Al
though the lessee Of the present
warehouse, Mr.. Pepper said that he
thought that Sumter should have two
warehouses. He suggested the erec-
tion of another tobacco warehouse
of smaller dimensions than the pres
ent one, with two pack houses addi-
tional. Mr.. Pepper said that if Sum-
ter had another tobacco warehouse
that Sumter will soon be the leading
tobacco market Of South Carolina
That Sumter offers exceptional facili
ties by virtue of it's geographical po-
sition, it's central accessibility, and
it's uncxcelled railway facilities. and
that if the business men Of Sumter
will cooperate with him, and the to.
bacco planters of Sumter and adjoin.
ing counties by systematic organize
tion through the Chamber Of Com.
merce that the tobacco business OF
Sumter con be made tremendous
proposition in the near future.
1T is a we'll known fact" said Sec.
rotary RearIon today, that Mcssrs
Pepper and Marion managed the Sum.
ter warehouse in such a business-likt
and accommodating way this pas
summer that they made thousands o1
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
News ana Views OF Pisgah.

Pisgah, Nov. 30.-Cotton is gather
ed. A large amount Of oats and wheat
are being planted. so if the seasons
are good. the farmers will be we'll to
do in that line next year. Most Of
them have corn to do them and good
many hogs will be killed. Cotton at
present prices will not pay all the
debts and a big per cent will have to
wait. i stated in the early fall that
the cotton planter would get no help
from the State or national govern
ment and he won't. The only price
he will get for his cotton is what the
local market affords. Warehousing it
is putting 1t on the market and won't
increase the price a bit. The only
wise way is to pull for yourself and
do the best you can. Acreage will be
reduced from necessity without any
law on the subject. If mon don't
learn from experience now he never
viii.
The colored people in large meas
ure have sold. as usual, everything
they could so they will be in a bad
plight next year. They are looking
for things to go on as usual and they
will not realize a change until they
rub against 1t. Planters here say they
are not going to waive their rent for
them to get advances OF. All the cot
ton seed'in the country is about sold,
from necessity. That was the only
thing the farmers had to live on and
pay for cotton ] licking and they cer-
tainly have done we'll so far in meet
ing expenses. Very little guano will
be used next year. so we can count on
a year Of the strictest economy all
along the line and wise to do so in all
things.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

friends for themselves and the Sum-
ter tobacco market.
They believe, however, that more
tobacco is brought to a market where
there are two tobacco warehouses.
There will be tremendous acreage Of
tobacco planted in the tobacco grow
ing sections tributary to the Sumter
tobacco warehouse and the trade in
tercsts of Sumter during 1915. Di-
'versiiicaton cr field products caused
by the enforced reduction Of cotton
production will result in large sur
plus of grain such as corn, oats, and
possibly a surplus Of wheat.
Warehouse facilities for tobacco
and grain will be needed in Sumter
next year to successfully market the
1915 crops in Sumter. Corn shucking,
shelling, cleaning, and sacking ma
chinery, flour mills, feed stuff and
meal mills will be very necessary in
order to enable the farmers to market
their crops in merchantable shape for
either local demand or for ship
ping.
There has been some talk Of out
side parties building another tobacco
warehouse. But it is much better for
local capital to put up, as Mr.. Pepper
suggests, a small warehouse with two
packing houses, cheaply constructed
and to cost only about three thousand
dollars.
If the cotton is removed in any
great quantities by next spring we
might utilize one Of the Sumter Cott n
Warehouse COmpany's extra ware
houses recently built by removing it to
a site near the present warehouse and
putting up galvanized iron sides, and
q good floor. This will give us a
substantial but cheap tobacco ware
house and will bring the competition
that the farmers want SO much. al
though the highest market prices
paid for tobacco in South Carolina
were paid at the Sumter warehouse
this past summer"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
GUTIERREZ IN CAPITAL.
Provisional President Establishes
Himself I'm National Palace,

Juarez, Dec. 3.-Genera GuittertZ.
who was elected provisional president
by the Aguas Calientes Convention,
has entered Mexico City and establish
ed himself in the National Palace. The
capital Is quiet. being policed by SOL
diers of the Convention army. Gen.
Villas soldiers captured Pachuca end
Gen. Carranza narrowly escaped cap
ture. He fled leaving his sword and
valuable papers behind.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

Shipments Sent Through Holland
Can. be Sent ON to- Their Dcstina-
ton.
Washington. Dec. 2.-Embargo reg
ulations imposed on certain articles
by the Dutch government since the
outbreak OF the war do not apply to
shipments received ut Dutch lorts In
transit to Germany or elsewhere be-
yond the border. A cablegram 20
this effect was received todsy by
Secretary Redheld from f. w.
Thompson. commercial attache at the
United states embassy In Berlin. who
Is at The Hague. on route to his post
The message says In part: Transit
In permitted for all shipments with
out exception that arrive in Holland
destined for Germany Or elsewhere.
There are certain formalities which
might be observed. namely, mer-
chants or agents must declare such
shipments to be In transit either be-
fore or after the arrival of ship car
goes Mt Dutch ports and secure a
transit permit from custom authori-
ties at the port of entry. In cases
Of shipments where declarations for
transit are made after arrival of car
go. q must be proved that the goods
were destined for foreign countries
before tho arrival OF shipments"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

Tho Sumter merchants. OF every
kind, are as well prepared as they
have ever been. and this means that
the customers of these wide-awake
business establishments will have tho
largest and most varied assortment of
holiday goods to select from in the
Eastern Carolina counties.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

Thousands Of people. among them
hundreds Of farmers have awakened
to q happy realization Of the fact as
many express themselves that we are
worse scared than hurt by the Eu-
ropean war"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
PRAISE FOR SOLDIERS.
Marines and Troops Get High Com.
mcndatiOn.

Washington, Dec. 2.-President Will
son wrote to Secretary Garrison to-
day paying tribute to the deficiency,
courage and discretion" of Gen. Funs-
ton and his forces during the Ameri-
can occupation of Vera Cruz.
Secretary Daniels Of the navy de-
partment addressed a letter to the
cOmmandant Of the marine corps
Maj. Gen. George Barnett, in recogni-
tion Of the conduct of the marines
who served under Gen. Funston.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05

Sumter money spent in Sumter
means Sumter jobs for Sumter men
and Sumter women.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-12-05
GOODS IN TRANSIT NOT AFFECT.

Shipments Sent Through Holland
Can. be Sent ON to- Their Dcstina-
tion.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-04-10
STATEMENT

Of the ownership. management.
ETC., of the Lincoln County Leader.
published weekly at Toledo. Oregon,
required by the Act of August "a.
1912.
Name of Editors, R. E. Collins
and F. N. Hayden. ssuz.s
Publishers. Collins & Hayden.
Known bondholders, mortgages,
and other security holders. holding
/ per cent or more of total amount
of bonds. mortgages. or other Sc
curities, None.
R. Z. Collins. Editor.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 7th day of April. 1914.
c. E. Hawkins,
Notary Public for Oregon.
my commission expires Oct. 20,
1850
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-04-10
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT.

SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned administrator of the
estate Of James P. Wolf, deceased,
has fled bis final account in said
estate with the County Court Of
Lincoln county, Oregon, and the
same has been by said Court set
for hearing on the 4th day of May.
1914. st the hour Of 10 o'clock in
the forenoon Of said day at which
time all parties having objections
thereto. IL any there be. are hereby
notified to appear in said Court at
Toledo, in Lincoln county, Oregon
and present the same for adjust
ment and upon your failure SO to
do. said administrator will apply
to said Court to have said account
approved. the administration closed
and the administrators discharged
and his bond exonerated.
Dated at Toledo. Lincoln county,
Oregon. this 28th day Of February.
1914. PIP. Dabney,
Administrator of the estate Of
James p. Wolf. deceased.
G. B. McCluskey.
Attorney for Administrator.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-04-10
VI SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned executor Of the estate
Of C. N. Thompson. deceased. has
fled his final account in said estate
with the County Court Of Lincoln
county, Oregon, and the same has
been by said Court set for hearing
on the 4th day of May at the hour
of 10 o'clock in the forenoon OF
said day. at which time all persons
having objections thereto, IL any
there be. are hereby notified to
appear in said Court at Toledo. In
Lincoln county. Oregon, and pre-.
sent the same for adjustment, ant
upon your failure so to do. sale
administrator will apply to sait
Court to have said account ap
proved. the administration closed
and the administrator discharged
and his bond exonerated.
Dated at Toledo, Lincoln county
Oregon, this 18th day Of February
1914. g. b. McCluskey,
Executor of the estate Of g. N
\ Thompson, deceased.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-04-10
SPRING BLOOD AND
SYSTEM CLEANSER.

During the winter months i'm
purities accumulate. your blood be-
comes impure and thick, your kid
neys, liver and bowels fail to work
causing SO called Spring Fever"
You feel tired. weak and lazy.
Electric Bitters-the spring tonic
and system cleanser--is what you
need; they stimulate the kidneys,
liver and bowels to healthy action,
expel blood impurities and restore
your health. strength and ambition
Electric Bitters makes you fee
ike new. Start q four week.
treatment-it will put you in fin'
shape for your spring work. Guar
anteed. All Druggists. 5Oc. ant
$500.
H. E BUCKLEN & Co.,
Philadelphia or st. Louis,