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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
SPEAKERS ALREADY
 BUSY ON THE STUMP
Conner Will Be at Tuscaloosa April 9. Henderson Speaks at Moulton
 Next Monday

At East Lake hall last night W. c. Fitts and w. & Welsh delivered speeches in the interest of B. B. Co., mer, candidate for governor. MT. Fitts is well known in state politics. He served at one time as attorney general Later he was a candidate for the Sen ate of the United States. MT. Welsh Is a Jefferson county legislator -elect. During the senatorial campaign he was one of Captain Hobson's star speakers. It is said that he rendered the defeat ed senatorial candidate fine service.
 The announcement is made that Mir. Conner will speak in Tuscaloosa April 26. At Tuscaloosa sometime ago he debated with Walter D. Seed. In that debate the situation became sensational when MT. Seed demanded of MT. Co., mer that he declare himself in regard to prohibition.
 As to whether or not the rumor Is true that Mir. Seed will soon take the stump in the interest of MT. Conner cannot be stated. MT. Seed, when he was a candidate for governor, attacked MT. Conner on every stump of the state
 Charles Henderson, candidate for governor. will open his campaign of the run-ov season in Moulton, Law renee county. Monday. In the primary of April 6 Lawrence gave MT. Conner majority vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
PEOPLE OF CENTRAL
 PARK WANT A SCHOOL
Weatherly Looks Over Situation With Dr. Phillips-Commission Is Non
 cOmmittal as Funds Are Scarce

To inspect a site for possible new sch oolhouse City Commissioner James Weatherly accompanied by Dr. J. II. Phillips, superintendent of schools, ana members of the board of education yes terday went to Central Park neighbor- hood, just west of Fairview. The board of education has asked the city com missioners to erect a new schoolhouse there but the commissioners thus far are noncommittal.
 MT. Weatherly stated upon his re- turn that there was nothing to be said regarding the matter at this time ex cept that, although there might be an emphatic need for the building. at the same time the commissioners had to keep in mind the depleted financial con dition of the city treasury. The next steps, therefore. will be to ascertain what the building proposed by the school authorities will cost, how large it will be and other details MT Wealth erly indicated that the question as to whether or not the building asked for would be built depended almost entire- ly upo nits cost.
 Although no negotiations have been attempted, MT. Weattherly stated he believed there was good reason to count upon a site for the schoolhouse being given to the city free. The citizens of this district. which is said to have become very populous in the last few years, are now sending their children to the Fairview or Ensley schools
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
WINDOW EXHIBIT
 BRINGS RESULTS
Public Library Receives Inquiries Immediately After Putting
 Display in Window

Following the placing of the public library display in the First avenue win dow of the Burnett Cigar store in the Brown Marx building yesterday two in- quiries from business men came to the central library in the city hall within two hours. The exhibit is Attracting much attention from business and pro- fessional men and library officials now are confident it will bring many new members to the institution.
 One of the gentlemen who came to the library after seeing the exhibit was a real estate man and wanted some books in regard to real estate valua- tons and trading. He was Immediately provided with the book he desired. An- other who said he had come because he had seen the exhibit wanted books on electricity and took away thres, signing up a membership card in the library.
 Through the courtesy of the Southern Ad company several large bill board advertisements have been placed about town in behalf of the public library campaign which is to be started In q week or two. One of these big new ads has been painted at Eighteenth street and Third avenue. Several of these ads are to be placed about the city free of cost to the library association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
NEW OFFICIALS ARE
 WORRYING ABOUT
 FUTURE SALARIES
Fee System Cannot Be Abol- ished Without Meeting of Legislators Before the
 Next Inauguration

Among newly elected county officials there is at present more or less spec, ulation in regard to the remuneration which they will receive for their labors in behalf of the county. Among them it is still question as to whether they will receive pay through the collection of fees, or whether they will go into office on a salary basis.
 Inasmuch as the new sheriff will begin his term on the day the next governor will begin his term and in asmuch as the basis of an officials pay cannot be changed during the term for which he was elected. it Is point ed out that no official in Jefferson county will be put on a salary next year unless there Is an extraordinary unless the new legislature is called into session by the present governor at least a week prior to the inaugura- tion of the new governor.
 There has been great anxiety in Jef- ferson county relative to the fear lest the action of the people in repudiating at the polls the fee system which has long obtained in this county, will be of little service save in the distant flu ture. The hope Is centered in the prom ise of the present governor that the amendment which the people indorsed will be made effective prior to the ex piration of his term. It is not believed that there will be an extra session of the present legislature. It is considered probable, therefore. that the governor plans to call the new legislature into session at least a week prior to the inauguration of the new chief exec utive. It is pointed out that unless there is disagreement among Jefferson coun- ty delegation in regard to the amount of money which should be paid off cials In the way of salaries, the new amendment can be made effective very rapidly.
 It Is understood that in the summer the members of the Jefferson delega- tion will meet and agree on a bin pro- viding for the basis of remuneration for all officials of Jefferson county. It is understood that the salary of the sheriff will be fixed at between $15,- 000 and $20,000 and that the salary of the probate judge will be fixed at be- tween $l4,000 and S1S,000. At the same time. 1t is believed that there Is q strong sentiment in favor of making the salaries as low as S10,000 and $S000 respectively. the argument being that good men, at those figures. will con- tinue to offer for office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
BILL POSTERS ID
 MEET HERE IN MAY
Planning to Entertain Dele- gates to Southeastern
 Association Meeting

Plans are now under discussion for the entertainment of the Southeastern Bill Posters association. which will hold it's convention here on May 1s and 19 Mem bers of the local association will be tho hosts of the occasion and will do the honors. The Chamber of Commerce will cooperate and help in the entertain- ment.
 The coming of the convention of bill posters to Birmingham was secured main ly through the efforts of F. A Ribble. according to Secretary Radcliffe of the Chamber of Commerce. At the last con- vention of the organization. held in New Orleans, if had been decided to hold tho 1914 convention at Shreveport. Mir Rib ble immediately got busy and conducted a systematic post card campaign and secured enough votes to overrule tho former action of the assembly and bring the convention here
 About 100 delegates will be present. it Is said. and the meetings will be held either at the Chamber of Commerce au- ditorium or at the Hotsi Hillman It ia probable that the president of the na- ttonal order of bill posters will be a visitor to the convention.
 Among the entertainment features to be planned for the defegates 1t Is con sidered very likely that the Chamber of Commerce will stage a trip to some ono of the various industrial plants of the city and district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
BURNED BUILDINGS
 WILL BE REPLACED;
 WORK TO START SOON

Work on the rebuilding of the three three-story structures on Third avenue sbetween Twentieth street and Twenty first street, recently destroyed by fire. will start immediately. Announcement as to the immediate reconstruction of two of the buildings was made last night by Robert Jemison, Jr.. whose company controls them. The third is owned by the Roden estate. and 1t is said that no time will be lost in replacing 1t.
 The buildings will be improved slightly, but in all essential details will be dupli- cates of the three destroyed. The cost will be rather heavy, as the material used will be brick and heavy timber. The buildings will be three stories high with elevators in each.
 MT. Jemison said last night that the fire insurance adtusters were about through with their work in connection with the losses and that just as soon as a few details were completed contractors would be invited to bid on the work and the con- struction would start without delay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers were yesterday recorded in the office of the probate judge:
 S14,0O0-White Swan Laundry company to T. c. Mcdonald. lots 6 and 2. in block 147, survey of Elyton Land company.
 $400O0-Robert H. Henley. Mary N. Hen-
 lev. Annie Henley and Lettie H. Henley to Annie L. Henley, one-third interest in
 lots 13, 14, 15 and 16, Fifth avenue and
 Eighteenth street, survey of Elyton Land company.
 S2S50-W R. Stewart to c. H. Davis. lot
 s, in block 2e, Terrace park. ss6Oo-J K Mcintosh to Ingram Realty company, lot and part of lot z, in block
 g, w. J. Vann's survey. s5OOO-W H. Lewis. James l.. Lewis, R. F. Smith and w. J. Long to Louis Me- Lain. lots 3, 4, 5, and T, in block 260, city of Birmingham. sa70O-Mrs. Lute Howard and James w. Howard to Birmingham Realty company. lot 6, in block 733 Birmingham Realty company's subdivision of said block. s75O0-John H. Truell and wife to First Cumberland Presbyterian church of Ems ley, lots 1 and ?, in block 59. survey of Ensley Highlands. s140000-Annie l.. Henley to the United States of America, lots IS, A. 15 and 16, | in block 46, city of Birmingham, Fifth ave- nue and Eighteenth street, survey of Ely | ton Land company. l S45,000-Jonas Schwab and wife to the | United States of America, lot F, in block 46, city of Birmingham, Fifth avenue and
 Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
FORT CALLS ATTENTION
 TO NEED OF COURT REFORM

of the defects of the court procedure. He also stated that while in no wise lob byist,'' he expected to attend the next session of the legislature in the interest Of judicial reform. Judge Fort reiterated the statement that the people would have to get behind the movement and insist that the necessary changes be made.
 "I am bringing these matters before you at this time because you gentlemen have seen during the week you have served as jurors the numberless delays that are the result of our cumbersome and unwieldy system. For instance, think "A qualified jurors of this county sufficient number from which to draw jury in the majority of the cases that come before the court. You have seen the delay caused by striking juries under our present system. l want to say fur ther, gentlemen, that I hope you will talk this matter over with the men you have selected to represent you in the state legislature, for. as I said before. this is your government and If any change is made it will have to come through you. rather than the legal profession, for they have become expert in our present sys- tenn and might be averse to a change. discussed broadly and I have no doubt but that when properly presented and with the proper insistence that the re- forms be made We will get some relief from the present undesirable conditions"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
CAMP PA|GN WILL
 BE CONTINUED Prizes Will Be Awarded by Civic Chamber on
 May 1

The Chamber of Commerce membership campaign will be continued for sometime yet according to a statement yesterday issued by Secretary Radcliffe. On May the returns will be tabulated and the member of the chamber who has secured the largest number of new members to- gether with the checks will receive a sea- son ticket to Redwood Field as prize
 Up to the present time NJ. P. Messer seems to be leading in the contest, with 14 members to his credit. There are many more to be heard from, however and late returns may change the yer dict. There is great deal of interest in the campaign and 1t is said that some members are holding back their reports until the last moment GO prevent others from knowing just how many have to be secured In order to win.
 Folow-up letters will be mailed to all prospects who have not yet signified their intention of joining the chamber and those members of the chamber who have net reported or asked for new pros poets also will receive letter following up the one of last week. It is believed that something like 300 or 400 new mem bers will be added before the end of the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
BROOKE IS HERE
 ON SECRET MISSION
Considerable Speculation Aroused by Presence of the State Examiner
 of Accounts in City

H. Y. Brooke, one of the states ex- aminers of public accounts, is in Bir- mingham on a more or less secret mission. Inasmuch as wherever Colonel Brooke ap- pears 1t is said that developments are almost certain to follow, in his visit at the present time there is more or less spec ulation.
 As to whether or not the examiner IS looking into evidence which might favor the state in it's cases against certain Mont gomery banks the examiner himself failed to testify. The state. as is known, Will soon proceed against certain Montgomery banks which honored checks Of certain former officials of the states convict de- partment. The money obtained on these checks is said never to have reached the pocket of the state.
 The theory of the state in these cases is that no bank holding money of the state Is authorized to pay out that money. save to the treasurer of the state. Colonel Brooke will remain in Birmingham for several days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
USE OF VACANT
 LOT IS OFFERED
City Beautiful Club May Use Ground at Highland Avenue and Ash
 Street-Meeting April 20

A vacant lot at Highland avenue and Ash street has been offered to the olty commissioners for the use of any city beautiful club which wants to fix it up and plant flowers or grass on it. The vacant Lots of the city have proved an important factor in the city beautiful campaign. many of them having al- ready been improved by city beautiful clubs in the neighborhood for play grounds, tennis courts, flower gardens and so forth.
 Monday night, April 20, a mass meet ing is to be held at the Martin school at 8 o'clock by the Playground asso- citation and the School Improvement as sociation. Commissioner James Wealth. erly and Mrs. R. Dupont Thompson are to be the principal speakers A prize has been offered to the class room of the school which gets out the largest attendance. MT. Weatherly is president of the Playground association and it Is expected a large crowd will be out to hear him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
Of the Civic Chamber Will Meet This
 Afternoon

Chairman F. B. Fowlkes of the Cham Der of Commerce entertainment commit tee has called meeting of that com mittee for next Monday at il o'clock. There will be under discussion plans for the entertainment of party from the Chicago Board of Commerce. which will be in Birmingham on Friday next. That this party will receive as much attention as did a party from Cleveland some weeks ago is not doubted. and it Is believed the Chicago visitors will be pleased with their reception.
 The committe also will discuss the mat ter of the annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce. The annual dinner was held last year the latter part of April. and the committee will decide upon the date at Mondays meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
TO ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING
 THE PEOPLE MUST BECOME AROUSED-POINTED SPEECH
 TO JURY IN CRIMINAL COURT

'1 know of no greater need in our state and county than s reform in our present judicial procedure" said Judge W. E. Fort yesterday to the jurors who had served during the week in the crim- inal court. T am also convinced of an- other thing, and that Is the reform will have to come through the people. We copied our laws from England and to- day we are governed by precedents estab- llshed in that country centuries ago. while England has changed her code of proce- dure to meet the present conditions. In my opinion, gentlemen. the application of a few practical, common sense. busi- ness principles in the administration of justice would greatly expedite matters and we would be able to keep up with the ever-increasing number of cases that come before this court
 Judge Forts remarks were apparently listened to with much interest by the as- scmbled jurors, as he pointed out many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
EARLY INTEREST
 IN NEXT SENATOR
Hobson May Be One of Several Who Will Seek Senator Bank
 heads Seat

Political circles all agog with the run over campaign for governor, is still in- torested in the future senatorial contest. Chief interest centers in the probability Of the reappearance of R. P. Hobson.
 Students of political conditions cannot agree in regard to Captain IIobson. Dis cusson has 1t. however, that the race will be doubly interesting and that the candidates will be numerous.
 The legislature. in it's next regular ses- sion. will redistrlct the state. This will leave John w. Abercrombie. congressman at large, without a job. That he will be a candidate. is considered certain. Others connected with this race of the future are Capt. Frank s. White of Bir- mingham, Ray Rushton of Montgomery and ]. Tom Heflin of the Fifth district.
 Friends of Captain Hobson declare that he will be a candidate because he has said that he would go to the Senate. It is generally admitted that unless. in fol- lowing the announcement by Col. l.. B. Musgrove, he becomes a candidate for the presidency, he will be in the next race fur tho Senate.
 It Is generally agreed that Senator Bankhead will not ask for another term.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
HENRY M. WAITE IS
 MARRIED IN KANSAS
Formerly One of Birmingham's Most Popular Young Men Now City
 Manager of Dayton

Henry M. Waite. formerly of Bir mingham as superintendent of the Sea beard Air Line, and who subsequently became manager of the city of Day ton, O., a position seriously consid- cred by Colonel Goethals of Panama canal fame, was married Tuesday In It. Leavenworth, Kan, to Miss Mary Mason Brown of Lexington, Ky. An nouncement of the wedding was re- ceived in this city yesterday by the friends of MT. Waite.
 When here MT. Waite was one of the most popular men in this setcion and as a railroad operator he had no peer in this district. He left here to be- come vice president of the Clinchfield Coal company and later was elected chief engineer of the city of Cincin- natl. He was selected to become the manager of Dayton after Colonel Goe thals decided that the large salary at tached to the place could not influence him against what he thought was duty.
 The wedding was at the residence of Capt. Preston Brown, U. S. A, stationed at the training school at Ft. Leaven- worth. MT. Waite was attended by his brother, Morrison Waite, of Cincinnati, while Miss Brown was attended by her brother, who gave her away, and by her sister, Margaret Brown, of Lex ington.
 Mrs. Waite is a member of one Of the most illustrious families in Ken lucky Her father was the late Col John Preston Brown, for many years a lawyer of emnence at Lewisvil1e. Her grandfather was General Preston a distinguished Confederate officer and once minister plenipotentiary to Spain
 Mir and Mrs. Waite are motoring I-+ I A,.fh t. naxr ion avn they will reside. A more extended trip was abandoned on account of the press ing work awaiting MT. Waite's return to Dayton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-18
CARR WILL ASSUME DUTIES NEXT MONTH Will Succeed Jackson as Superintendent of the
 Frisco Here

R, F. Carr has been appointed super intendent of the Frisco lines, with head quarters in Birmingham. to succeed J. H. Jackson, whose resignation was ten tered some weeks ago. Announcement to this effect was made in Birmingham yesterday by E. D. Levy, general man ager of the Frisco lines. and J. H. Daughty, general agent for the execu- tive department. Mir. Daughty has been acting as superintendent since the resig- nation of MT. Jackson. and will con- tinue in that capacity in addition to his work as general agent until Mir. Carr arrives here, May l.
 The appointment of MT. Carr as super intendent of the southeastern division of the Frisco lines will be the occasion of unusual satisfaction here. He was for some years connected with the Southern railway in this district in the operating department It Is stated that he was practically reared here and knows this district thoroughly He is at present su- perintendent of the St Louis, Browns vile and Texas railroad, at one time a part of the Frisco system. His homee now is in Kingsville, Tex.
 MT. Carr has the reputation of being one of the best operating men developed in Texas for some time. He is well known here among the older railroad men who were unusually interested in the appointment.
 T am sure that MT. Carr will get in complete touch with the industrial in- terest here and the various details of the work without delay, and l think he will render to this district unusually fine service" said Nr. Daughtty in making the announcement. He will come here equipped by years of experi- ence and the information that came to him through long residence in this city.
 "The Frisco lines are getting into excellent shape. The very fiattering ac- counts of our operations that are con stantly appearing in the eastern papers are all deserved We say this modestly but our physical condition is good and the operations are good We are trying our best to keep the line up in fine shape and to that end are spending some money occasionally. As for extensions and betterments we have delayed start ing anything of that kind. 1 am eN- tremely hopeful about the future. Busi- ness is picking up and there seems to me no good reason why it will not be all that may be consistently expected during the year. Birmingham is always live. which is not to be wondered at. We consider Birmingham a place of excep- tional importance and are trying In every way to merit the continued con- ffdence of our patrons"