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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
SINGERS MEETING IN ANNUAL SESSION Sacred Harp Association of State Meets Here-Offi-
 cers Elected

The annual convention of the Ala bama Sacred Harp Singing association was commenced yesterday morning in the rooms of the third division of the city court and will continue until to- morrow afternoon. About 150 men, women children are in attendance and as many more are expected to arrive today. Prisident J. w. Higgins of Crestline Heights called the meeting to order and gave out the leaders of the singing for the several periods.
 Many old songs and some new ones are being sung by. delegates, their voices resounding throughout the court house and attracting a great deal of attention. The singers seemingly are well acquainted with the hymns and anthems that compose their pro- gramme and join in the singing with a will.
 At noon recess was taken and many of the singers stayed in the courthouse, having brought their lunch along. A session was held in the after noon and another one at night, all of which were well attended. The singers take their pitch from the leader and no musical instrument is used.
 Officers for the ensuing year were elected yesterday as follows: IT. A. Morley of Cordova. president; H. T. Drury of Ensley. vice president, and Mrs. Emma Flood of Woodlawn, secre- tary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers were yesterday recorded in the office of the probate judge:
 s10,0O0--J Mercer Barnett to Im- perial Laundry company, lot 16, in block 56, city of Birmingham.
 s175O-R. C. Wilson and wife to Lida Pearl Iilson. lot 3, in block 1. E. T. Fields addition to Ensley.
 Sf750-Realty Investment company to R. C. Wilson. lot 3, in block l, E. T. Fields addition to Ensley.
 s25e0-Birmingham Realty company to C. T. Fairbairn. lot 8, in block 7, in Birmingham Realty company's ad- dition No. B.
 $25o0-Brmingham Realty company to c. T. Fairbarn. lot 9, in block 2. Bir- minghan Realty company's addition No. ,.
 s5Uee- Sam Mayer and wife to Kath- lyn Hamilton. part of lot B. in block 67O. city of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Consumers Can Thank Him Alone for the Higher
 Rates Now Pre-
 vailing WEATHERLY SAYS NO LIMIT ON THE ISSUING OF BONDS Other Citizens Express Views on Question Now Agitating Whole City-Many Favor Munich
 pal Ownership
PITHY EXPRESSIONS
 ON WATER CONTROVERSY

"Weather1y is playing politics. There is no difference between the waterworks and the thoughtful people of the city, Paschal Shook. president Cham Der of Commerce.
 'The statute expressely pro- vides there Is no limit to the amount of bonds a city can issue for a municipal waterworks." ."- James Weatherly, commissioner,
 First, last and all the time l am for municipal water works. Vote the bond issue; then let the commissioners ham, dle the details. ."-J. E. Shelby. president Rotary club.
 Men interviewed yesterday.
 Commissioner James Wealth erly, Paschal G. Shook. J. E. Shelby, pr. E. T. Fields, Charles D. Comstock, B. B. Burton, R. E. Middleton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25

lalmost as bad as the jail. 1t is respon- : sible for all of these decreased prop Ierty values in that neighborhood. But the jail come first. It should be moved; so when 1t is moved, move il right. Get it out of town J. E. shelby: Yes, sir, the jail should be moved and don't think there is any man l know of who would say it should not. 1 agreed with Dr. Stagg from the very first when he nicknamed lit the old carbuncle. It is a carbuncle. tt is an eye-sore to not only visitors but more so to we who live here and spend nearly every day Of our lives here.
 As to how or where it shall be moved, let the county authorities de- eide on that matter l am not suf-
 acicntly posted to venture a worthy opinion."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Would Increase Subscription

J. H. McQ. Garter of Philadelphia wired P. G. Shook, president of the Chamber of Commerce, that he would increase his subscription to the recent Methodist school fund to $500 if the school of technology was located here. In a telegram he indicated his enthu- .siasm over the school and said he hoped it would be founded The tele- gram was the source of much grati- fication to the committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
20 WTNESSESAT
 H|NDS INQUEST
Practically No Evidence to Connect Wood Brothers
 With Drowning of Girl

At the inquest held yesterday by Cor oner Spain to investigate the death of Miss Ruth Nell Hinds. the 15-year- old girl who was drowned at Hurd Shoals on July 4. there was practically no evidence to connect R. F. Wood and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
BOYS DREADFUL
 SKIN TORTURE
Itched So They Couldn't Sleep. Cure by Reslnol Cost Only $l.5O

Resinol Cost Only S1.50
 Chicago, Ill., ARril 25. 1911: My two boys were troubled with little red pimples on their hands and face. The larger they got the more they itched It got so bad they couldn't sleep at night I had to tie mittens on their hands to keep them from digging holes in their faces. I tried all kinds of oinunents. but 1t always got worse. I sept for Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap. The second applica- ton relieved them, and they had their first nights rest in three months. I used two soc jars of Resinol Ointment and two cakes of Resinol Soap and the cure was complete. Not a speck has appeared on their skin stnce." iSigned) wm Marker, 715 Willow St.
 Every druggist sells Resinol oint-, ment and Resinol Soap. For trial free. write Dept. 31-R, Restncl, Baltimore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were yesterday recorded in the office of the probate judge: \
 Charles W. Campbell, Ensley to Miss Jennie Brass.
 Snow Grahams, Crocker, to Miss Cathaleen Mitchell.
 Kelley S Smith, Birmingham, to Miss Lena Spanagel.
 w. E. Gleason, Browns Station. to Miss Lucia Hill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
PERSONAL

Mrs. ". w. Fitzgibbons and her lit- tie brother, Tom M. Bryan. left yes- terday afternoon for hanitou, Col. to spend the next three months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25
Acted in Good Faith

That may be true. But after the charges against the company, it was ob- viously the duty of the company to in- crease the rates, if for no other reason than to show that for one time the cor poration had acted in good faith, while the commission had not. Again, the company could give it's water away. It
 tContlnued on Page Ten) r
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-25

scontiaued on Page Ten,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
GERMAN TEAMS COMING
BY FULLERTON.

Pensylvania's great invitation
athletic meet this year will be the
more interesting because athletes
representing one, perhaps two OF
the great German universities
Will come to compete against the
college athletes of America.
/ Germany is taking up athletics
rapidly in Its schools, and the sys-
tenn OF training and developing
picked men is more like the
American system than that of
other European nations.
Both Heidelberg and Stuttgart
are striving to arrange to enter
teams for the relay race which is
the feature of the Penn meet. AL
kraenzlein, former champion
hurdler. Splinter and jumper of
Penn. who Is now coaching Ger
man athletes, expects to select the
relay teams from Germany, and
No says college men who bet
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
MAKE STUMP SPEECHES

SEATTLE, March 2. - The
prowess of Burke Griffiths, 90,
star guard on the champion Uni
versity Of Washington football
team, is not confined to the foot
ball field.
Burke recently took the stump
to make campaign speeches in be-
half of his dad, Austin 4. Crit
fiths, a candidate for the mayor
atty.
Burke's opportunity came when
big rally was called for City
Hall park at short notice, a meet
ing at which 1t seemed essential
for Griffiths to have representa-
ton. But the mayoralty aspir-
ant was scheduled to speak else
where.
The father was about to tele-
phone for one Of his speakers
when Burke said:
Say, Dad, let me go there. I'll
give 'em some inside dope. Things
the other fellows don't know any
thing about"
At first Papa Griffiths hesitat-
ed, but finally consented.
And Burke gave very enter
tanning talk, the kind that wins
votes.
When he finished, the ovation
he got far surpassed that received
by any Of his rivals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
by Hugh s. Fullerton


Jim Thorpe, Indian athlete.
promises to be the most sensa-
tional baseball player of 1914.
The astounding advances made
by this famous athlete In baseball
have furnished managers, owners,
players and experts with an OBJ
ject lesson that threatens to over
turn a lot of the traditions of the
national game. and compel a radi-
cal change In existing and accept
ed methods.
IL Thorpe keeps the promise he
has given during the fall and win
ter. 1t will be a triumph for John
McGraw far greater than the win
ming of a worlds championship
could be, and it will make him the
greatest man of baseball-of all
time. 1t will be a triumph for
McGraw's method of developing
baseball players.
Thorpe is the greatest athlete
in the world. He has proved it
at almost every style and kind of
going. He won the all-round
championship during the Olympic
games. He had played some base
ball, but was only a mediocre
player, and wretched hitter in
school and in the little team with
which he played and professional
lied himself.
When the New York team
signed Thorpe to play baseball it
looked to many as IL New York
was merely putting over a press
agent scheme. Thorpe earned his
salary last season in advertising
he gave the team. But McGraw
evidently had other ideas. There
is one thing about McGraw. If he
has faith in a player he will stick
to him longer than any other man.
ager would. He calculated that
Thorpe could run faster, throw
harder, jump further and higher,
and was stronger than any athlete
in the world. With that material
he set out to make a real base
ball player.
Thorpe was an awkward field
er, erratic, lunging, hard swing
ing, uncertain batter, and he had
most of the faults that would be
considered fatal in young players.
McGraw kept him while almost
any other manager would have
fired him as hopeless prospect
before the training trip was end
ed. All last summer McGraw
worked patiently with the Indian
and watched him. He was salts
fled. Thorpe, he discovered, also
had brains, and the Indian was
studying, watching the actions of
others and adapting himself to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02

Can the Vancouver Beavers
come back?
This is a question that is be-
ing asked by the fans. and with
more anxiety by five other man.
ayers. The Beavers won the PEN
nant in 1918; can they repeat in
1914?
They may not, but a. IS pretty
safe to say that they will be very
much in the running, for Bob
Brown always contrives to get
together a good bunch OF players
every season.
A number of his old vets will
be back again. Pug Bennett,
Harry Scharnweber, Dode Brink
or, Emil Frisk and Carl Lewis
are all in the fold, and though
youngsters will be after their jobs
Il Is pretty safe to say these old
timers will be seen cavorting
around the diamond when the
season opens.
Brown lost two good beavers
In Ingersoll and Schmutz, but he
has Bert Hall, Jimmy Clarke,
Doty and Chief Cadreau to start
the season. There is also Ra-
leigh. the Venice southpaw, who
pitched nice ball in the Coast
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
BIG SPECIAL
FEATURES
CAN EAVERSCOME
BACK in 1914?

league, and Harstad, the Park
land youth, In addition to a large
number of recruits.
Unless Cheek. the big fellow
from Sacramento. deserts to the
Feds, as he is threatening, Van
couver ought to have one of the
best catching staffs in the league.
Even II Cheek jumps, they have
Grindle and Lewis, as well as
some youngsters.
Smuggling Tony Walsh is gone
from the initial bag, but Spot
McMurdo and Cliff McCarl are
on hand. The fast Spokane youth
will probably glom the sack. al
though there is possibility OF
Walsh returning. Bennett is pref
ty sure to play second and Schar-
ney short, even though Grover
and Butler will fight hard t.
land.
Hester Is slated for third base
again, and Hunky Shaw, who Ii
now a Beaver, may make a stall
for the bag. If either Hunky Oh
Hester fail to make angle G
they will probably shift to the
gardens. both men being familiar
with outfield positions.
Dode Brinker and Emil Frisk
are certain of Jobs in the suburbs
and the third position my be
landed by the sensational navy
player, Flanagan, who was sold
to st. Louis last season and Their
transferred to New Orleans. Elan.
agan didn't live up to expecta
lions last year, but might be g
wonder in this league. Welts, the
University OF Washington star, II
also going to try. out. This
youngster always put up a sterl
ing game with the university and
ought to make good. Kippert Ii
sure to be missed, however.
Altogether, Bob Brown looks
to have a strong aggregation this
season-not as good as last years
perhaps-but still one that will
be very much in the running.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02

The Moose announce that they
will hold a smoker I'm the near
future. There is a possibility
Frank Farmer will box.
Earl Corners knows with re-
greet that Tommy Trafton has a
hard head. The Seattle man but
ted him last Thursday and split
two perfectly good molars, so
that they had to be pulled.
Len Burrell, who played with
the Tigers awhile last season,
and made some pretty pinch hits,
but whose arm was bad, has the
whip in shape and has signed with
Des MOines.
Fred Grant is still obsessed
with the idea he can whip Bonds.
81 don't see why they import
dubs, when there are so many
good local men around" he NUT
tered today.
The Lakewood club has opened
its new 1S-hole golf course, al
thought still in a rough state.
Connie Mack and Owner Shibe
of the Athletics have declared
they will provide for RUDE Wad.
dell, now he is down and out.
Toledo fans are sore because
their team has been moved to
Cleveland and want it back. They
have a kick coming, too.
Joe Hill expects to box his post
poned match with Arch Stoy in
the near future.
1t is probable that Joe and Earl
Corners will get together in the
near future, too. Both are anx-
iOus to hook up.
Sammy Good will be missed at
local smokers as he is soon going
to California.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
Fullerton
Flashes

John d. Rockefeller declares
that shoveling snow is almost as
good exercise as golf.
Gen. Coxy is timing that
march from Massilon to Washing
ton to reach the capital the day
Walter Johnson pitches.
Raul de Rouen, the wrestler,
declares that he is not in any
manner related with Rule or Ruin
Murphy.
Kid Gleason took his famous
razor strop with him to the coast
and AYERS none of the White Sox
is too big to be licked with It. &
In the midst of this argument
as to the legality, equity and mu-
tuality of baseball contracts, up
bobs the fact that the major
league owners have been signing
players to bonus" contracts
which they can keep or break at
will. Yet we wonder at the Fed
erals!
Ho, Hum: Only eight months
more until the worlds series.
Packey Mcfarland Is opening
a boxing school. Graduates will
be given degrees of X. o., G. T..
(Caulifiower Earl, B. F. (Booze
Fighter) and G. B. (Come Back.)
Truly these are prosperous
days in baseball. The Philadel-
phia sporting scribes have money
enough to buy food for the mag
mates.
Sam Crawford. after losing
nine pounds in one afternoon at
Perth, Australia, remarked: Say,
this town ought to be in the
league; Just 1t and st. Louis"
ELEGY IN A COUNTRY BALL
YARD
Full Many Ping of densest bone
ween
The deep, unlimited depths OF
bushes hide;
Full many a Cobb is born to bat
unseen
And waste his base hits on the
sand lots wide.
Bob Black (not Gray.)
Try the ''Swap'' game. Sec
Want Ad page. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
MAT men ENGAGE
IN FINALS

NEW YORK, March Finals
In the international wrestling
tournament to select a worthy OPP
ponent to draw Champion Frank
Gotch out of retirement are sched-
uled for tonight. Bernard Han
son, of Norway; Wladek Zbysko.
who won the recent Paris tou-
rney; John Hakerell. who calls
himself the Delaware Ameri-
CAM" Gustav Fritensky, the Bo-
hemian, and Alexander Aberg,
the huge Finn, were among those
who won in the finals recently
and were scheduled to fight it out
tonight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
WASN'T 1T CONSOLING?
BY Fullerton.


Hub Perdue, the Boston Brave
player over whose services so
much trouble has arisen, was
standing with Frank Chance,
then manager of the Chicago
Cubs, In front Of a Boston hotel.
Chances team has just beaten
8oston three games. 8 to s, 10 to
and 3 to q, and Chance was
angry.
Il don't know why It u.s." he
moaned. I'VE go along all right
till We hit Boston, then we play
rotten ball. We haven't played a
good game In this town this sea-
son."
Neither have we, Frank" re-
sponded Perdue, consolingly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
Jim Thorpe May Prove Sensation
Big Indian Has BeenShowing Form

certain methods of others.
'Then the round-the-world trip
started. Thorpe had the oppor-
tunity of watching different kinds
of ball players, and he suddenly
cut loose and commenced to exc
cut the things he had seen the
famous players do. The playing
of the Indian has proved the SEN
sation of the tour, and the old
players en- route homeward now
are writing wonderful stories of
the Indians ability to play the
game and declare he probably will
"set the league afire."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
Grounds are
Historical
BY FULLERTON.

The grounds leased by the Fed
eral league for the Greater New
York club are aptly chosen by the
baseball rebels. The grounds are
on Washington Heights in Brook
lyn, and the playing field is part
of the camp ground used by
George Washington during his
winter on Long Island. The site
of Washington's headquarters
was near where first base will be,
and there used to be a mark there
showing the corners of the cabin
used by Washington.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
NATIONAL TRACK
INDOOR HONORS

NEW YORK, March "A ma
jority of the best field and track
athletes of the East and West
were entered in tonight's nation
al indoor track and field cham
pionships of America to. be held
in Madison Square Garden. The
games are to indoor and field and
track athletes what the worlds Sc
ries is to the baseball world. The
list OF champions entered is as
long as the congressional record.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02

G---.e ->AOD1 eshAo oy SsCIhh SfCdnSCT
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Start a four weeks treatment
1t will put you in fine shape for
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
CRACKS TO PLAY
BILLIARDS

A number of prominent bill
iardists will participate in the To-
cal end of the Pacific Northwest
ern billiard tourney, which will
start here tonight at s o'clock. in
Corby's billiard rooms. There
will be four matches held.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
FEDERAL DATES
ANNOUNCED

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE Fed
eral league season will open April
81 and close early in October.
There will be 154 games played.
Indianapolis has signed Esmond,
the former Cincinnati shortstop.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
WAS HIGH MAN

Hal Sullivan made a score of
81 out of a possible 100 yester-
day and was high man at the
range of the Tacoma Rod and
Gun club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
EDITORIAL NOTE.

= In a series Of six articles. 4
y the prospects of the North 4
. western league teams for 4
D the season of 1914 will be 4
. discussed in this paper. as
. they shape up at the present
. time. The personnel of the I
= teams may change some be-
. fore the season opens. and
. this is an opinion based
. solely on the outlook of the
y teams as they are now on
. paper.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
TACOMA SOCCER
TEAM LOSES

The Tacoma soccer team was
defeated in Seattle yesterday by
the Seattle United eleven, to O.
Although the local team put up a
good game, they were ,outclassed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02

You can ''swap" anything by
using q Times Swap ad. See Want
AID page. 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02

Try the "Swap" game. See
Want Ad page. 80
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-03-02
Short Sport

The Moose announce that they
will hold a smoker I'm the near
future. There is possibility
Frank Farmer will box.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-24
MAN DROWNED.
..shard of Three Months Had Been
Seeking Work.

LuYay, Va, Feb. 24.-Charles
Doyel, aged about % years. was
drowned yesterday in the Shenan-
dcah river, IS miles south OF here
In binding snowstorm the river
was dragged all day for DoveFs
body, which has not been found.
Dos:c;, in company with his broth
orin-law, Herman Hensley, had
been to Grove Hill seeking employ
a,2nt. Starting back across the
ri~er, which was swollen, the boat
became unmanageablc. In attempt
iag to steer to the shore the boat
capsizcd.
novel had been married only three
months. He was son OF Clinton
Dovcl ct this county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-02-24
RACE WAR IN MISSISSIPPI.
Farther Fighting Likely TO folio'
Killing Of Three Persons.

runica, Miss, Feb. 2l.-A race
way is in full blast near RobmsVi!i'
a. a resalt Of the shooting Of Morris
Love. white man, and two negroes
FGrthe: lighting is expected.
Two ac"rocs were arrested ant
brought here, while u posse VIII
o,2odhoynds is searching for other
negrces who were implicated In the
Indictment that started the trouble
Between forty and fifty negroes
dangerous from drink, gathered a
tic homa of William Beassey, whcs'
q "voo,;oo doctor" from Mem2Ais
a,,hortcl them to rise against tire
whites.
\ posse was sent to the scene.
bi,t was driven of. After re-en-
aror,cmeass we're receive, the negroes
ware driven from the building and !,
vas BIZ -asI. Deputy sheritfs ar"
.c,rnteors started to run down TIC
in. LEADERS,. There were several
FIGHTS ED it was during these that
tba three men were killed.