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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
WILL ACT IN REGARD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNI- CAL SCHOOL IN BIRMING- HAM

The central committee directing the fight for the university fund will meet tomorrow morning at II o'clock in the directors room of the Chamber of Com merce upon call of the chairman, P. c. Shook. Upon the action of this com mittee at that time will depend wheth CT or not Birmin gham begins a fight to establish. here n school of technical training second to none in the coun- try. The proposal to establish this school first came from Robert Jem- ison. Jr.. and found instant favor with tho people.
 That such a school should be estab lished in Birmingham is the con sensus of opinion and it seems to be the prevailing belief that the people generally would rally to the support of their leaders, Heads of corporations would aid in the establishing of the institution and would aid in keeping it on firm basis, 1t is thought. The situation here as regards opportunity for instruction is unequalled in the United States. it is pointed out Ev- erything necessary for practical dem
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
CONTRACT GIVEN FOR B. R., l.. & P. BUILDING
Work Will Be Done by Realty Con- struction CO.-F0undation Work
 Practically Completed

The Realty Construction company has been given the contract for the construc- ton of the new building for the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power company The concrete contract was previously let to the Herndon-M Mettrck Engineering company, and work has begun on the execution of the latter part of the work. The foundations are practically completed for the new structure and the work will be rushed forward, according to Fred Larkin, vice president of the Realty Com strlction company.
 It was stated yesterday that the new building will be four stories high with basement extending over to the curb line under the sidewalks. This extension
 will provide basement of unusually large demensions for tho Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company It will be used for commercial purposes, 1t is believed
 The exterior will be of mat glazed terra cotta. The plans contemplate two addi- tional stories for the building when the future demands call for such extra space. The new building will be fireproof in every detail and will cost close on to $75.00O. The new building was made neces- sary by the almost complete destruction of the building recently by fire. The plans were drawn by William C, Weston. the well known architect, and submitted for approval to George Bull lock. head of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company and J. S. Pevear when they were last in Birming- ham, The new building will be owned 1 by Judge William A. Walker. while the adjoining building. 3 feet on First ave nue. is owned by pr. Alfred A. Walker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
OF CITY PRISONERS DOOMED;
 INVERTEBRATES EXPERIMENT SUCCESSFUL

ment to free the eonvicts of shaekles started about a month ago, when City Commission James Weatherlya ordered Street Commissioner Gafford to try it out with few men. Mir. Weatherly planned to experiment with the scheme and not make it public until 1t was known whether or not it would work.
 At first MT. Gafford started out with but few. He chose these from his con- vict gangs whom he judged would prove most worthy of the trust. They were turned out to work without shackles. They did splendidly. Their capacity for work was not only increased, but they did not escape, and the terrible blemish from the hlmanitarians standpoint was plotted out.
 Gradually Mir. Gafford added more men to the shaclSleless gangs until now he Is working total of 8. In the past month two Of the prisoners in whom this trust was imposed have made use of the experi- ment and made their escape. This is con- sidered very good showing. Mir Gaf- ford, who himself at first admitted he did not think the scheme would work, is en- thusiastic over its success. MT. Weath- erly is likewise.
 For many years the shacl<led eonvicts of Birmingham, especially those sweeping the streets in tine evenings and on Sunday
 mornings. have been the subject of muc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
FORCES INCREASED AT FAIRFIELD MILL Are Preparing for the Rush SeasOn-Demand Exceeds
 Expectations

The outlook for unprecedented crops this season and the consequent finan- cial condition of the farmers has en- eouraged the American Steel and Wire company to add materially to its forces at the Fairfield plant and to prepare for an aggressive selling campaign. The season for the sale of wire pro- ducts has just opened and it Is gath cred that the officials of the Fair field plant are preparing to attempt a remarkable sales record for the Fair field plant during the first year Of its completion and operation.
 The company has been very busy dur ing the past several weeks stocking products for the demand which is ex- pected during the coming few weeks If Is stated that the warerooms of the plant are now almost filled With goods while already shipments are being made in unprecedented volume from the newest operation of the American Steel and Wire company
 The plans that have been made Tor handling the heavy demand on tnls plant has caused the company to add constantly to it's forces at Fairflelo until it is stated almost three times us many men are employed there as was al first contemplated by thesofficials. The necessity for the extra heavy forces was brought about by the out look which has up to this time eX- ceeded expectations.
 The additional force at this plant has tended to materially enlfven Fairfleld and the men behind the enterprise are much gratified.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

criticism from citizsns in all walks of life. Birmingham had gained a reputa- ton in many parts of the land, as the place where chained men were seen work
 ing on the public streets.
 Now for over four weeks Sonvicts have been appearing on the streets without chains, and as far as iS known not a sirgle citizen outside of those who were conducting the experiment ever noticed it.
 Commissioner Woatherly stated how ever, that 1t has been demonstrated that the plan is practicable. Prom now on, only long time convicts with known bad records and regulations will be worked in chains" he said yesterday T have Instructed Mir Gafford to use his jndg- II ent That is the only guide. And MT. Gafford Is a good judge of human nature. After watching the experiment for over a month we both believe that fully 10 per cent, and probably more. of the eonviets can be worked with their legs unbound. ''of course some will escape. MT. Gaf- ford cannot always tell by looking at a IHonvct whether or not he will prove worthy of the trust of being worked with out shackles. But those escaping will be such a small per cent that this feature of the case will be far and away out weighed by the gain from humanitarian standpoint. l feel that we have made il wonderful accomplishment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
UniOerSity Committee To
 Meet Tomorrow Mornine

onstration work would be in the back yard' Of the school.
 About S250.000 in pledges, exclusive of the pledges to Birmingham college, We're secured in the fight for the uni versity fund. That the great majority of the contributors to this fund would gladly allow the subscription to stand for teehnological school is not doubt ed This would be good starting point 10 get a fund of about s500,000 with which to begin the school. It could be started for that sum- 1t has been pointed out, because 1t would spe- cialize. Unlike the university 1t would De school purely for technical train- ing and would not have the several de- partments of a university such as the Methodists will establish
 The Rotary club of Birmingham has given it's official indorsement to the proposal of MT. Jemison and this in- dorsement was given so enthusiastical- ly as to leave the impression that ev- cry member of the Rotary club would be willing to double his subscription If it would make possible the estab- lishment of the school
 The members of the central commit tee. which meets tomorrow, are: P. G Shook. chairman: Crawford Johnson vice chairman; W. c. Radcliffe, secre- tary. ]. D. Moore, M. V. Joseph, John L. Raul. w, w Crawford, R. $. Mum ger, F. L. Brown. Robert Jemison. Jr. George Gordon Crawford, Col Tom O Smith, pr. ]. n. Simpson, Dr. I. c
 Branscomb, L. Sevier. J. M Mcqueen Joseph O. Thompson, Dr. Preston Blake | w. $. Stalnngs, R. A. Brown, Robert w Ewing. F. w. Barrett James J. Smitf and Frank P. Glass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

shackles on the prisoners of Birming- ham are doomed.
 Without hurrah. publicity or ostentation the shackle already has nearly disap- peared.
 Over one-third of the prisoners of the city of Birmingham today are working out their fines with their feet free of chains.
 Within 30 days Street Commissioner Gaf- ford states he will have fully half of the city prisoners working with unbound legs.
 And with little more time total of fully 70 per cent of the convicts worked by the city can be handled with safety without shaclSles on their ankles" said MT Gafford last night.
 At present a crew of l2 men sweeps the streets of Birmingham every night. They are free from shackles. every man. Of the rest of the conyicts. the garbage crews, the street gangs and so forth, about one-third of them are without shackles. In all. B out of the 100 city convicts are now working out their fines with the free use of their feet.
 It developed yesterday that the move
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
BUSINESS IS GOOD,
 SAYSQ.& [. OFFICIAL

W & Andrews, general superintendent of transportation for the queen and Cres- cent railroad, was here yesterday in con- ference with local officials. He talked very enthusiastically about business condi- tions and referred to the fact that the
 business of the Alabama Great Southern
 division showed very nice increase over the previous month
 MT. Andrews was made acquainted wlth the announced intention of the Louisville and Nashville to increase it's passenger service through Birmingham, and was asked what the Queen and Crescent would do in that event. Mir. Andrews spoke
 rather discouragingly of new trains on
 the Queen and Crescent.
 I've have now unusually good service, said Mir. Andrews. "Our officials have not
 so far as know made any plans for about passenger operations and that Is the service will pay in the long run. It l is scarcely taken into consideration the
 chance of passenger trains losing money | if operated long enough. They lnvarlapiy l additional trains. There Is one sure tning
 make money Our service at this time
 am informed is giving satisfaction to 1 the travelling public. We are constantly 1 striving to better that service. an l of the opinion that the traffic to Call fornia next year through this section will be heavy, as will freight operations
 That situation may cause our officials to l consider other trains for this service necessary However, am unaware of any such plans at this time.
 Speaking generally. business IS good Our reports indicate slow rising of the
 volume and we are now not inclined tc | be other than hopeful
 l MT. Andrews returned to Cincinnati last night. his private car being attached tc
 the New Orleans limited leaving at
 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were yesterday recorded in the office of tho probate judge:
 George Roseman, Adger, to Miss Ludie Reed.
 William A. Berry. Birmingham, to Miss Aleta Mcdonald.
 Felix J. Franklin, Yolande. to Miss Eula Bell Oswell.
 W. T. Kelly. Yolande. to Miss Minnie Odom. | J. M. Wilkerson, Adamsvile. to Mrs, R. Thomas
 James R. Fuller, Johns. to Miss Arch evia Johnson. w. c. Guntry. Mulga, to Miss Matte Lillian Goodwin. Charley Baltimore, Birmingham. to Miss Stella Nix.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
NEW ORLEANS IS NOT
 ALARMED BY PLAGUE
Colonel Richardson Says Little Talk of Situation
 Is Heard There

That the people of New Orleans are
 calm and unafraid even in the face of the discovery of bubonic plague, was
 the statement of Col w. P. Richard son, the father of Mrs George Gordon
 Crawford, who was here yesterday MT. Richardson said reports sent out from New Orleans bore information that was exaggerated in a measure, for the peo- pie of the Crescent City were them selves unalarmed He said that the plague had evidently been brought into
 the city from some of the foreign ships. The Volunteers of America have a refuge house which is nothing better than a barn to which Is conveyed all the paper and trash collected for re- sale by the organization. He said in this way the infection started.
 "One hears very little of the situa ton at home," said Colonel Richardson. "We have as members of one of the clubs there two young physicians that
 we hear discuss the situation from time to time. This Is about the ex- tent of talk there about what one hears termed away from home, our imminent peril Personally I do not think New Orleans deserves to be held up as a plague infected city as I am told Is being done by some persons and news papers. We are not scared and l am sure If the situation was as alarming as some would have one to believe our home folks would be scattering. I am here with MT. and Mrs. E. E. Richard son. They returned home last night. totally lacking in fright or apprehen-
 sion, while intend to be home Mon- day morning."
 Colonel Richardson and E. ID. Rich ardson with Mrs, Richardson and MT. land Mrs. Crawford looked over the Tutwiler yesterday and were very much interested In that structure. MT Richardson said few cities could boast 1 of possessing so elegant hostelry and l he added that Birmingham citizens
 must feel very proud of the place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
BAND CONCERTS
 EAST LAKE PARK

J. l.. Brown announces his band pro- gramme at East Lake park this after noon, to 6, and evening. to lo' as fol- lows:
 March, Under Fire (Hearn,.
 "Echoes from the Metropolitan Opera House" (Arr, TobanD
 Selection. 'Sari' (Kalman) Duet .sMisserere," from ''Il Trovatore'' (VerdD. J. Hebbeln and E w. Bridges. Medley overture, All Hits" Grand selection, 'Mefstofele" (Boitol Concert galop. ~Valdss' cThompson).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
ID FIGHT RAISE IN
 INSURANCE RATES Board of Trade Will Take
 Hand in Matter
TELEGRAMs TO LOW
Head of Southeastern Underwriters Association Asked by Ward and Ew- ing to Hold Up Putting New
 Rates Into Effect for Time

The Board of Trade and other organ izations will make vigorous fight against the. f5 per cent increase in fire insurance rates in Birmingham. as made by the Southeastern Fire Underwriters association and announced in circu- lar received in Birmingham Friday
 The insurance committee of the board will meet tomorrow afternoon at o'clock In the directors room of the Chamber of Commerce This committee will take action to the end that some thing be done to have the rates remain as they were, and will report to a gen cral meeting of the Board of Trade which will be held Tuesday afternoon President Robert w. Ewing of the hoard felt that the occasion justified his call Ing together the board in special ses- sion.
 The chairman of the insurance com mittee is A w R Johnson, and asso- ciated with him are George McCleery. Leo Loeb, P. II. Linnehan and John w. O'Neill.
 Board Will Fight | MT. McCleery yesterday afternoon stated that the Board of Trade would l fight the proposed increase from the housetops." if necessary. Tt seems that every time Birmingham has few fires the underwriters seize upon 1t as an excuse to increase the insurance rates here" said MT. McCleery yester- day afternoon. They do not take Into consideration the fact that Birmingham has one of the finest equipped fire de-
 tt,. strxr and that preventive measures of almost every nature have been taken at the instance of the underwriters themselves. It strikes me the rate is too high, In view of the fact that everything possi- ble has been done to reduce the fire hazard here. We have an ordinance pro- hibiting the use of shingles on houses. This, of course, is new and has not been | in force long enough to eliminate shingles entirely.
 "The Board of Trade will fight the matter The insurance committee will report to the general meeting Tuesday and some action will be taken to the i end that the condition be relieved" 1 Robert W. Ewing, president of the board yesterday sent the following telegram to Clarence J. Low, president of the Southeastern Underwriters as- sociation:
 | "We respectfully urge that you hold
 up putting into effect 15 per cent in- crease insurance rate and give our city
 and civic organizations oportunity for conference and chance to remedy the evils complained of before imposing ad-
 ditional burdens upon us.
 I've co-operated about one year ago by passing ordinance to eliminate shin | tContinued on Page Six)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
Twelve Cases Dismissed by Board of Revenue and Many Went by
 Default

As result of the first weeks hearing of the property tax raises by Capt. J. V. Allen. back tax commissioner, in which 300 cases were set on the docket, raises to the amount of s22l .250 were entered on the docket But few of these raises were made by the board. the large majority be- ing settled by agreement between Cap tain Allen and the property holders. The daily sessions of the board have been de- void of special interest with one or two exceptions when property owners made fight on the proposed assessment of the tax commissioner. The board gave due consideration to the contentious of both sides and in some cases made reduc- tion of the raise by Captain Allen and in others dismissed the case.
 During the past week 50 cases were set on the docket each day for hearing. but citation issued by the board and their cases went by default. While the board of revenue has not made any special rul- ing on the default cases, final judgments will be taken at the conclusion of the hearing unless the parties defaulting ap- pear before the board and show cause why the assessment made by the tax com missioner should not stand.
 Cases disposed of yesterday were:
 Mrs. Rebecca K. Breat, $500; Annie ". Brent, adminstratrix $50; Mrs. Caroline Brown, $250; B. M. Brosfield, s250 l.. C.. Branscomb. s54O: H. M. Brannon, $500; Caldwell Bradshaw, s350; O. w. Bragan. s9O0; Lee c. Bradley and E. Wilkinson, $2oO; Bradley & Kerr, $500; J. M. Bradley, S1000 F. M. Bradley $500; S. S Bradford. $500; Mrs s. E. Bradford, s400; F. G. Brabston, s4o0; Mrs Lillian R. Bowron, $500; Mrs. Jessie A. Boyle, $500; Boyles Park Land company, $l500; Sidney J. Bowie, 5000; Mrs. Anna D. Bowen, $500; R. A. Boreh, $50; Mrs. c. A. Bonner ad- ministratrix, $1100; w. c. Bonham, $6o0; Mrs. Carrie Boude, $500: Dr. R. w. Bo- land, 5000; George Bohorfoush. s400; Es- tate of Bohorfoush. $2o0; Estate of Mrs. M. B. Boggs, s250; Miss K. R. Boggs, s25O; R. Blumberg. $1000; Mrs. Fannie Blum berg, 5000; D. w. Blumberg, $750. Total raises, $19,340
 Eighteen cases went by default.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

When 2. department is opened it will rank with the best in the land. In this way it may take many long years to complete the list of schools, but as far as we go each department will be of the best.
 Pleased With Conditions
 "1 am particularly pleased with the corditions under which the theological de- partment will open next fall. To begin with, the Wesley Memorial church houses 1t as well as any theological school in America is housed We will have for it's maintenance at the very beginning $l5,- 900 from the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. and the income on $500,O00- endowment, set aside for that department in other words, the equal of the income on s1.000,000 en- lowment. In a few days the faculty of this department will be announced. It will be one that will command the instant respect of the religious world. Already this faculty is practically completed
 Bishop w. A. Candler, the chancel- Tor. is no novice in education. He was at the head of Emory college when he was elected to the episcopacy. Of course he will continue his work as an active bishop of the Methodist church. Living in Atlanta -and related as in- timately as he is to this movement 1t was but natural that he should have been called upon to meet the emer- gency by organizing the university and shaping it's development. No more gifted man can be found in the south. No more forceful and impressive per- sonality will one find in the whole field of American college presidents. His re-eminent qualifications as an educator will be of inestimable value in shaping into being the new univer- sity'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

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 "I had tried salves which only softened the scales so decided to use Cuticura
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19

Soap and Ointment. I washed her head with warm water and Cuticura Soap and then applied the Cuticura Ointment and let it remain over night. did not do this but about four times before her head was perfectly cured l used only one box of Cuticura Ointment and one bar of Cuticura Soap and her head was well. (signed) Mrs Lucia Biggs. Jan. 2S. 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-19
SCALP TROUBLE
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Came in White B|isters. Hard and Scaly. All of Hair Came Out. Used Cuticura Soap and Cuti- cura Ointment. Head We'll.

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