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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
DISTRICT MASONIC MEETING NEXT WEEK Mas0ns of Fourteenth Dis trict to Hold Two Days
 Conference

Eufaula, August 1i.--(Special) Every moment of the annual conference of the Fourteenth Masonic district to be held here with Harmony lodge next Thursday and Friday will be a busy one The meeting will be opened by of ficers of the conference Thursday morn ing, when the programme will include the address of welcome by Mayor C. C.. Mercer and the response on the part of the conference by $. A. Powell of Hurtsboro. The reception of grand lodge officers will follow with the roll call of lodges the organization of the cons ference for the coming year and the appointment of special committees. The remaining sessions of the confeienc will be under the direction of Angus M. Scott of Hartford, the grand lcctur- CT of Alabama, and District Lecturer Thomas R. Searcy
 The entered apprentice and the fel- lowcraft degrees will be examplfied dur ing the first day, while the programme will also include an automobile ride for the visitors over the city and surroLnd- ing country.
 Fridays sessions will be taken up with exemplification of the master Mason de- gree and business, including the selec- ton of place for meeting In 1915. Several hundred visitors are expected
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
ACTION WILL TEND ID SUSPEND PAYMENTS IN GOLD AT PRESENT Government and Banks Are Cooperating to That
 End
 SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEW CURRENCY Emergency Is Misnomer-Should Be Called Additional Currency" Explaining Use of Clearing
 House Certificates
 
By HOLLAND

New York, August 14.-( Special. Ut Is not a moratorium which has been adopted by the bankers of the United States in cooperation with the govern ment-for that word signifies a suspen- sion of certain kinds of payments which is authorized by legislative enactment Yet the bankers and the government as far as practicable, will act in CO., operation with intentfto suspend pay ments in gold for the present. This will be facilitated partly through the issu- ing of additional currency, partly by the action of clearing house associa- tions, which will receive hereafter in payment of balances any kind of money. Up to this time thee clearing house as- socaitions of New York have accepted in payment of balances nothing but gold or legal tenders, although gold is usually represented by clearing house gold certificates.
 Of course, anyone who possesses a gold certificate may demand of the gov ernment it's redemption in gold. But the bankers, and the government as we'll are now taking measures by which it will be possible practically to hoard these certificates, or at least to- keep many of them out of general cfrcula- tion Many are now in circulation, but they are so widely scattered as not to be available to any great extent for those who wish to secure gold in large amounts.
 Many questions are asked respecting the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
BADLY DECOMPOSED
 BODY FOUND IN SWAMP
Woman Missing for Six Weeks Found Murdered Near the Macon
 County Line

Opelika, August 14-lSpecial.) ) Wednesday afternoon the decomposed body of a negro woman was discov- cred on the plantation of H. c. Cray ton near the Macon county line. The discovery was made In a creek swamp by negro man who was hauling wood from the swamp. It is supposed that the woman was murdered about six weeks ago. as certain mulatto wom- an who was seen in that vicinity about July 10 has been missing since that date.
 On being notified of the find, Sheriff G. F. Butler left for the scene No make an investigation. The clothing and flesh had been torn from the body by buzzards, and nothing was left by which she could be identified except a card around her neck, That the wom- an was murdered there is no doubt, as the skull had been crushed.
 Sheriff Butler has no definite clue, but Is working on a hypothesis and he refuses to give out for publication any theory he may have assumed re- gardlng the case.
 The remains of the body were placed in sack and brought to this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
WALKER-WINSTON
 DOCTORS HAVE OUTING
Joint Meeting of Two Medical So- cieties Near Clear Creek
 Falls In Walker

Jasper. August Special )-The Walker and Winston county medical societies planned to have a joint meet ing and picnic today at Falls City, near Clear Creek Falls. All of the 49 doc tors of Walker and the IA of Winston were invited to attend the picnic and meeting. Dinner was prepared for the doctors by Mrs. w. H, Collins of Jas per. who carried it to Falls City for them.
 Before they left this morning it was stated that the crowd would hardly be as large as expected on account of the recent heavy rains making the place more difficult to reach and the continued threatening weather. Several papers were to have been read before the two societies by local physicians. Dr. George Eaves of Birmingham had been invited to meet with the doctors today and make them talk on tuber- culosis, but an eye ailment prevented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
Florence Tourists Safe

Florence. August 1- Special )-Several Florentines, who have been touring Flu rope during the summer months. have given their friends much anxiety recent ly on account of their continued Silence, but cablegrams have been received, aI- laying the linea sness of relatives and friends. The Rev c. r. Bell and sister are in London and will return via Gias- gow. Scotland pr. Johnson, the son of Mrs. Waters of this place, cables from Birmingham. England. to the effect thai he will leave on the first steamer home ward bound Professor Benson of ths State Normal school will return the ffrsl week In September.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
HEALTH CONFERENCE
 AT JACKSON MONDAY

Jackson, Miss, August 14.-(Special) The executive committee of the state board of chealth has been called to meet next Monday afternoon for the purpose of discussing the health situation, and it is probable something in the way of stronger legislation will be demanded al the hands of the next legislature.
 Dr. Galloway, secretary of the board states that there is not case of bubonit plague. nor anything that resembles it. in the state of Mississippi. and further more. he does not anticipate any. The health authorities along the coast espe- cially at Gulfport. have been wide awake and have captured great many rats for examination by the health authorities here, but nothing akin to an infected TO- dent has been seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

c. B. Bellsnyder who was laid to rest in Oakland by the side of his wife Thurs day was one of Birmingham's oldest and most esteemed citizens. Funeral services were conducted at the residence. 7l5 For ty-fourth street north, by the Rev. A. D. Glass.
 MT. Bellsnyder was born in Nashville, July b. 1S41. He had brave Confed- crate record. having served first with the Tennessee battery and then with Me Clures battery, to which he was trans ferred. He came to Birmingham to make his home in 1882.
 The deceased left three sons and many grandchildren. The sons are: J. $. Bell snyder. with the Crane compan. Thomas Bellsnyder. with the Birmingham Ma. chinery and Foundry company, ant George M, Bellsnyder. with GoodalI- Brown & Co. He left one sister. Mrs Samuel ], Keith of Nashville Mfr. Bell snyder was an honored member of Caml Hardee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
URGES HOUSEWIVES
 TO BOYCOTT SUGAR

Los Angeles, August 14.--After wholesalers here today announced that been added to the price of sugar Neal P. Olson. secretary of the Southern Cali fornia Retail Grocers' association, issued statement suggesting that housewives boycott sugar and carry on a similar campaign against all other food price advances.
 Retail grocers said they would assist the government authorities in grand investigation of the rise in food prices
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
Talladega Masons Elect Officers

Sylacauga. August Especial. )--At the Masonic conference held at Talla- dega this week the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: C.
 H. Burger senior warden. Talladega; J A. Williams. junior warden. Wewoka; Fred Brother, secretary and treasurer, sylacauga; R. +. Cross, senior deason Childersburg; J. w. Hurst junior dea- con. Renfroe; ?. c. Tranventhen, senior steward Lincoln; J. A. Conwady, junior : steward. Eastaboga. The work of the |conference was conducted by Prof. J. M Pearson of Alexander City, and every lodge in the county was represented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

defending the opening of the eoastwise trade to foreign built ships as Justiiieo because of the preponderatihg ownership of coastwise vessels by railroad corpora tions. Senator Gallinger began the at tack upon the report. He declared 1t would turn American ship building yards into grass lots and would involve the nation in international complications
 Senator Cummins criticized the report because. under it's terms, foreign built ships would be admitted to the American trade without complying with the expen- sive inspection laws while American ships must meet these requirements. He also questioned the action of inc conferees Tn striking out his amendment requiring ma iority American ownership of the stock of corporations owning foreign butt ships.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
The Question of Pay Rolls

One of the reasons why it was deemed expedient to take out additional cur rency and to utilize the resources of the clearing house was the fact that in this city there occurred often once a week and quite as often once month de- mand for cash with which to meet pay rolls.
 The executive officers of one of the largest of American corporations. which carried large balance at one of the New York banks were for day or two disturbed lest there occur such money stringency as would make it difficult to meet their pay roll obligations. When the officers of this bank were asked if they would continue to furnish cash for the pay roll purposes of this corporation. the reply was that there was not the slightest need of apprehension. In fact, the best judges are of the opinion that in the course of few days there will be a plethora of money in large financial cen ters and no scarcity of it in any part of the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

Masons and the public in general in Eufaula are looking forward with much Interest to the Masonic lecture to be B ven here the night of Aus ust lg oy George A. Beauchanlp ps Montgomery, rrdnd secretary Of .siabaaia. The sub. 'ccr of the lertdrc will he George Washington. tho Moson," and is con siuci ed one of hlr. Beauehhmp's best
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
AGAINST
 SOLVENT CREDIT TAX
Huntsville Appoints Com
 mittee to Make Appeal
CLAIM TAX A BURDEN
Representative Will Be Sent to Mont gomery to Meet With Commis- sion to Portest Against In-
 creased Rate On Coal

Huntsville, August 1A-(Special.) )-Last night the Huntsville Chamber of Com merce adopted resolution protesting against the collection of the solvent credit tax and appointed a committee to mem oralize the government to, if possible. hold up the collection of the tax until 1t can be repealed by the state legisla- ture
 Merchants and other business men claimed that the tax is burden to them and that in many instances it is a dou- ble tax. There has been a great deal of complaint on this score since the decision of the supreme court was announced sev- eral weeks ago, since which time the back tax commissioner has sent out no- tices that payment of the tax for five years back is due. The Chamber of other business organization in Alabama to use it's influence on the next legislature for the repeal of the tax.
 The organization will send a represen- tative to Montgomery to meet with the railroad commission and protest against the proposed increase of freight rates on Alabama coal to north Alabama points. It will also join in win the Birmingham Commercial club in It's fight on tlfe South eastern Underwriters association, which has raised insurance rates in many Ala bama towns.
 Fully 10 days earlier than the average first bale for Madison county, ]. A. and c. D. Anderson, who operate a big plan tation west of Huntsville, brought the first bale of the 1914 cotton crop to this city yesterday afternoon The bale was sold in the seed and brought sA cents per pound Other bales are expected within the present week and within two weeks the movement to market will be- gin.
 Too much rain is the complaint that is being made by some of the planters in Madison county and other portions of northern Alabama, where rains have fallen yrday for the last week or more. The rains are said to be helping the cotton worms to multiply more rap- idly than normal. No great damage has been done by the worm, but the planters are scared Of the pest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

A number of Eufaula and Barbour county business men and cotton factors will attend the cotton convention to be held at New Orleans August sI and 2S. al which plans VI III be formulated for the marketing of thls years crop undev conditions set up by the great Euro . pcan war.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
Boy Scouts In Camn

Sylac cauga, August -tSpeciaL1-About 9 boys, who are members of the Boy Scouts of Sylacauga, under the care of B. w. Waldrop,- manager. are camping few days several miles above town on Tallossuchatchie creek. The boys left town anticipating a good time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
COOSA BAPTISTS TO
 MEET IN TALLADEGA
Eighty-first Annual Session Convenes at Antioch Church September 9.
 Continues Two Days

Sylaoauga, August l4.-tSpecial. )-Tht eighty-first annual session of the Coosa River Baptist association will be held with Antioch church in the northern part oi the county commencing at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, September 9.
 The introductory sermon will be preached by the Rev Leon NJ. Latimer oi Sylcauga, and the missionary sermon by the Rev. J. M Thomas of Talladega.
 The association will hold a two-days session and a large attendance is ex' pected.
 John Whitly negro, who Is said tc be implicated in the recent robbery of a freight car on the Central road. was caught here today by Policeman Persons. When caught he had on hat that cor responded with those stolen He will be carried to Birmingham for trial.
 The Talladega county Masonic confer ence. that has been in session at Talladega for two days adjourned Thursday after noon after pleasant and profitable ses- sion
 The next annual session will be held with Syiacauga lodge in 1915. two-days' session. Quite number of delegates from unions over the county are present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

here from Barbour and all other soulh- east Alabama counties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
EUROPE WAR FEVER EVEN IN VERA CRUZ
Frenchman and German
 Carried to Hospital
IRON PIPE MARKET
All in Mexico Has Been Coming From Germany But Ought
 to Come From
 Birmingham

Vera Cruz, Mex, August 9.--tSpeela
 Correspondence.)- )-''Hoch der Kaiser, me un Gott," declared German as he start ed to board ship for the homeland yester- day. '.To h-l with the Kaiser" declared a Frenchman nearby. who was also en-
 route home. Then and there the issue
 was joined, and out of it came the hardest scrap that 1 have seen in many day. II
 wound up with the Red Cross wagon com
 ing for the two belligerents and the doctor having some cuts to sew up.
 There has been steady stream Of Tor eigners returning to their homes in an swer to the call to the coors. One French man in the City of Mexico has announced that any and all of his employees who go home to fight will be carried on his pay roll until they return. The European wal
 is the all-absorbing talk here now, ana the tiny little Mexican insurreetion is vel
 nigh forgotten, as it ought to be, TOT it never has assumed the proportions o'
 genuine war. There Is a general feel
 ing that Emperor William has undertaken | a biz contract which may never be fui- | filled If my memory serves me right Il
 was Carlyle who drew the pen picture ol
 man marching from Calcutta to Quebec
 because harlot objected to an epigram
 It is inconceivable to me that men should blindly follow war lords into chasm ol death and obliteration. Consul Huehln' son of England is of the opinion that the war will be short and that at the enc England will rule the seas.
 Today as l passed along the wharf noticed quite a lot of pipe and sewer nx' lures that came from Germany. Thai country seems to enjoy a practical mo l nopoly of the iron and pipe trade of Mex ico. and yet l cannot see why the Diin' mick Pipe works back in Birmingham n could not supply them. The steel rails
 mostly seem to come from England and yet the Tennessee company can make as good or better. The coal company thai supplies nearly all the ships with coal IS from Philadelphia and that seems wrong to me, for Alabama coal is as good oi
 better, than what 1 see here Thanks te that grand old man. John II. Bankhead we now have open Warrior, and tht | coal that Vera Cruz needs for It's railways and ships can be loaded at Cordova ano
 shipped by barge here direct. Since hav' been down here 1 have wondered if Mr
 Bankhead had some vision of the vas | realm of trade that lies before when h' | worked so long and faithfully to have tha
 open Warrior. and it makes one laugl
 after he has seen the opportunities her' that 1 have to think that candidate who opposed him made all manner of fur
 of the open Warrior. If we Had more ' Banltheads in public life l fancy w' would be well off And then, too, whef
 see the commerce that is now going ovei the Tehauntepec railway and think tha 1t must soon pass through the Panama canal, and that the canal was the visior of another Ala bamian it makes me proud
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
SERIOUS OPPOSITION TO
 EMERGENCY SHIPPING BILL

Washington. August 14.-serious opposi- tion to the provision of the conference report on the emergency shipping bia, which would open the coastwise trade to foreign built ships admitted to American register, was voiced in the Senate today by both democratic and republican sena- tors.
 After several hours of debate, devoted chiefly to arraignment of this proposal, the opposition senators agreed to vote Monday afternoon.
 Tonight it was reported that adminis- tration leaders intended to have a con ference before Monday. and probably would discuss the situation with the Pres ident before the report is put to a vote.
 Senator OGorman called up the report early in the day and asked its adoption.
 
 currency which the treasury department has already issued and will continue to issue as long a s there is a demand un- der the authority of the so-ealled Aldrich- Vreeiand act. Coloquially, this currency IS commonly described as emergency cur rency, yet that is not a proper name for it. It is called properly additional currency. Those who receive il in course of daily transactions in the shops or from the paying tellers of banks will not, unless they scrutinize it closely, detect any diff ference between it and the currency with which they are familiar.
 Yet there is a fundamental distinction between this additional currency and bank notes which are issued with bonds for security. Notes of that kind are compelled to pay only small amount-12 of 1 per cent-in the form of tax The additional currency, however when issued will com mand a payment for the first 90 days of its use of per cent Each succeeding month after the first 30 days will add l per cent to this amount until the total is 10 per cent. At that figure the charges will remain no matter how long the cur rency is in use
 A Prohibitive Charge
 This charge. of 10 per cent, however, is prohibitive, as it was intended by those who drafted the law to he prohibitive. The amount is similar to that which any state bank that issued notes would have to pay in the form of federal tax. The tax at the rate of 10 per cent was sufficient years ago to cause the retire ment of all state bank notes. The additional currency has one quality which the ordinary bank notes do not possess. For the additional currency may be secured by the deposit with the gov ernment authorities of various kinds of security, commercial paper, high grade bonds and such other security as may be acceptable to the government Tn that respect, this additional currency serves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

Undoubtedly the business men back in dear old Alabama will use that Warrior and that canal to further the trade that lies before the man of enterprising turn. And the old saying of an i'll wind holds good in this European war for they will not have time to manufacture those com modities that these South American repub- lies need.
 Certainly we ought to supply them with coal. l learn that our coal has been used by the navy and that it is good. My inn pression is that one foreign ship eoaled with Alabama coal on it's way back. Speaking of ships this war is doubling in interest for me because l have been on number of German and English ships now reported near New York
 BILL, SYKES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

to mobilize some part of the resources Of
 the people
 The high rate of taxation or Interest
 which the additional currency carries Will
 compel it's retirement at tht earliest prac
 teal moment The banks which have re-
 eeived it will return it to the govern
 ment, which will give back to the banks the securities which have been deposited against the currency.
 It is commonly thought by bankers in this city and in the other large financial centers that the tax charges which the additional currency will carry will be sufficient to prevent the taking out of any more than is deemed wise to obtain from the government If any great stress
 of the money market occurs it will be pos sible to take out little over $, coo, 900 900 in this currency. And that is an amount approximately equal to the appropriation made by the German Reischstadt for the expenses of the war and little in ex- cess of the emergency appropriation voted by the British Parliament. With cur
 rency of this kind and with the mobilized 1 resources of the American clearing house associations. there seems 10 be no reason for any apprehension of financial difficult ties in the United States The belief is general that We shall succeed in our
 attempts to suspend gold payment for the time being.
 The Clearing House Resources Whenever any bank takes out a clearing house certificate a charge of l 6 per cent interest begins to run against the certificate continuing un- | til it Is retired. That in the past has been found ample to bring speedy re- tlrement of certificates J. the panic of | 1907 some of the larr9 banks which were really in no need of clearing house assistance took out certificates l in spirit of comradeship. For it was | the desire in this way to conceal the , embarrassments that any of the small- CT or weaker banks might be laboring under. There were other banks which Were abundantly fortified with their own resources which took out very few certificates. or none at all. but gladly received in payment of clearing house balances certificates issued to other banks. For in that way the banks re- ceived interest at the rate of 6 per cent, and this was a sort of oblique method of lending at a profitable rate of interest to other banks. Unless some new emergency should arise the banks will not. as they did in 1893 and to some extent in 1907, pay all checks
 drawn upon them through the clear l ing house, unless the checks should be
 of large amount. Therefore 1t is pre-
 sumed that anyone who offers a check fdrawn against any bank at the paying
 tellers window will receive cash there | for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-15

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