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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
NEWS OF ENSL.EY

For several years past Fairfield. for
merly Corey. has attracted a large
number of visitors on Sundays This is
due in part to the mammoth industrial
plants that are located within its bof-
ders, but possibly the main attraction
is the attractiveness of the town IN
general 1t is conceded that Fairfield
is the best laid off town in the Uni
ted States so far as convenience and
artistic beauty is concerned and it has
enjoyed the reputation of being one of
the show places of the south. Recently
an added attraction has drawn great
numbers of visitors to Fairfield and
that is the fact that band concert
has been given each Sunday afternoon
in the beautiful park that is one Of the
boasts of Fairfield and that motion
picture shows are open from / o'clock
to 10 o'clock p. m. On Easter Sunday
record breaking crowd visited Fair
| field, the model city of the south, and
today a larger crowd is expected
Stonewall chapter Daughters OF the
| Confederacy will observe Memorial
Day, April rs, in conjunction with Camr
| Pat Cleburne. Confederate Veterans
The exercises will be held at Oak
| land cemetery and committees have
| been appointed to arrange the pro
gramme for the day which will be ant
| nounced later
The following order of service will
| be observed today at St. Johns Epis-
! copal church: Sunday school at 9:45
morning prayer and sermon at II
o'clock. Following the service the or
dinance of baptism will be admins
| tered to three candidates. Evening
prayer and sermon at s o'clock.
| The services at the First Presby-
terrain church will be conducted thi:
morning by M. r.. Gardener and in tn,
evening by IT, r. Todd. At the Sun
| day school hour an adult Bible clas.
will be organized
| Commissioner George Ward ant
newspaper men went to Fairfield yes
| terday where the Fairfield City Beau
| tiful association is conducting cit,
beautiful contest in which IL prizes
| totaling over 500 in all will be award
| ed sometime in June for various kind
of city beautiful work. Mrs. A. q
Smith is president, and Mrs. j. M. Der
| ryman is secretary of the association
| Already 81 women have entered tn
/ contest. The judges will be Mr.. Ward
| r. C. Horton. George Weathersbee ant
Mrs. James Hard. Commissioner WAR
| went out to see the yards and lawn
Il and flower beds before the work start
/ ed so he could judge in June wha'
had been done.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

Der. and such streets would have n1ade
iitney transported ton so uncomf orta BILE
that the clerks would prefer the trolley
car, and Improbable to the jitney
owner, his business would die aborning.
/ do not believe in nor would | favor
any system of regulation that would
strangle the motor bus out of existence
as a means of transportation, but think
we should give a square deal to the cor
poration that has borne its full share of
the burden of Ntaxaton and privilege
license and contributed so much to the
Cpbuilding of this great community, and
made ii possible for the working man to
ride to and from his work and his subur-
! ban home for the same price and with the
same service and equipment as is sup
piled his wealthy employer, besides fur
nishing employment to army of use-
full citizens and enabled them to support
their families in some degree of comfort
and happiness.
We have found ii necessary and wise
from time to time to adopt measures of
regulation for the trolley transportation
and will doubtless have occasion to do
so in the future. Therefore, 1t is but meet
and proper that fair and just regulation
should be had of the jitney bus.
/ am sure that no one will contend
that the owners and operators of the
jtney are animated by the same COM
mendable desire as Mr.. Percy In all sin
cerity claims for himself, that the pas
sengers should enjoy the satisfaction and
pleasure of a rapid whrl through our
streets to and from their work.
l think the fact that 10 u persons
are crowded on one jitney bus of nominal
seven-passenger capacity is conclusive
evidence that they have an eye single
to the amount of profit they can make.
Let us be fair and honest with both the
jtney and the trolley. We have recently
proclaimed to the world by our big vote
for the bonds that Birmingham believes
in carrying out its just and honest obi
cations, and I hope that the same spirit
will control in handling this problem hat
now confornts u.s. Yours very truly,
| JOHN w STRIEY
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
Mr.. Sibley's Letter

John Il. Weakley, chairman.
My Dear Sir--I have read with great
deal of interest and edification the open
letter of Hon. Walker Percy to you anent
the jitney bus problem. With his GUS
tomary versatility of genius Mr.. Percy
Yields a trenchant pen in discussing this
matter, and displays broad and patriotic
spirit in dealing with a proposition that
is of such consuming interest at this time
both to the public service corporation and
the community at large.
His desire to be fair is very manifest
and his suggestions will carry great
weight both with the public and the au-
thorites. But l believe in his pardonable
zeal to make of paramount Importance
the comfort and pleasure of the popnlace,
he cverlooks or brushes aside the sunda .
mental axiom of law, that "he who de-
| mands equity must grant equity He
has always insisted upon the binding OBJ
legation of solemn contract, when maue
by the city or state with .4is own clients,
and WILL of course, admit the street rail-
way company is entitled to full protec-
ton of the franchises granted to them
over the streets of the city, SO long as
they faithfully perform their part of the
contract.
OF course, when these contract were
made many years ago, the idea of the
| jitney bus had not been conceived and no
express mention was made of them. But
| in all the franchises granted to the street
| railways a stipulation was put in the con-
| tract that they would have to pay for
the cost of paving and maintaining the
roadway between their rails and for a
| foot and a half outside the rail, and no
other street railway could use their
| tracks jointly without assuming rropor-
| tionate part of said paving and the main
tenance of same.
Halnod Pit STRAITS in Shane
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
FORMER MEMBERS OF
CABINET ORGANIZE

London, April 17.-C:55 p. m)-Former
members of the Grecian cabinet of which
Eleutherios Venizelos was premier, today
organized themselves into a committee to
conduct the affairs of the liberal or Vent
zelos party in view of the forthcoming
elections to Parliament, says Reuter- dis
patch from Athens.
In a manifesto to the Greek people, the
committee says the first duty of the party
will be to aid in a solution of the great
problem in accord with the Pan-Hellenic
desire and to show united front in the
electoral campaign.
M. Zavitzianos who presided. said the
retirement of Venizelos had caused a
great gap which could only be remedied
by the people.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers were
recorded yesterday in the office of the
probate judge:
$SN0-Mabry Realty company to Robert
A. Schneider lot is, survey of 7. F. Snedi-
cor's addition of Birmingham.
$1500-Fairfied Development company to
George and Louise Piscor, lot 4, block 81
survey of Interurban Heights.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
BOTH WRITE VIEWS
ON J|TNEY PROBLEM
ID. s. Anderson and John W.
Sibley Take Up Question
THE WORLD do MOVE"
Anderson Says Chief Objection
Comes From Automobile Owners
Who Rarely Use the
Street Cars
THE WORLD do MOVE"

Two open letters on the jitney question
were submitted to The Age-Herald YES
terday. One was from David S. Ander-
son and the other from John w Slbey
and both were addressed to Chairman
John B. Weakley of the legislative COM
mittee on finance and taxation. Mr.. An
derson's letter is as follows
Dear Mr.. Weakley-Tax the iitney?
Sure. Regulate the jitney? Sure, but
pray, do not regulate and tax the jitney
with the end In view solely of putting
him out of business Nothing will ele-
Vate the iitney business more than reason
able regulation. and just taxation. and
as a sincere friend and patron Of the
jitney / urge your honorable body to fix
a reasonable, graduated rate of taxa
ton, in accordance with the population
of the cities wherein It operates Nothing
stimulates the responsibility of man to
himself, and the public, more than for
him to know that he is engaged in a
lawful business, and that the privilege of
carrying it on is duly paid for and pro-
tected by the license which the authori-
ties vest him with. The payment of a
license fee stimulates regular and con-
slant occupation. which Is promotive of
success and regular patronage. Rather
than put a prohibitive tax on the jitneys
il would be far better and more con-
sstent to declare them outlaws and pro-
hibit them altogether.
No Logic i'll Argument
There is no logic in the argument tina
they are pirates and unfair to the
street car company. They seem to be
considered pirates because they charge
only cents. which, coincidentally, Is the
same price per person that is charged by
the street car company for a ride. The
taxicab, which charges so cents to 81 for
the same service that the jitney charges
cents for, has been extolled by some
who revile the jitney as a pirate, and
the reason is obvious-one completes and
the other does not To say the jitney is
unfair is puerile. Unfair TO what. or to
whom? II you say to the street car COM
pany, we will reply that you might just
as well say that prohibition of the sale
of liquor is unfair to the saloon keeper
How can competitor be unfair in his
charges when the charges are identical?
Under our system, whatever is not pro-
hibited by law is permitted, and If you
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~, VI az ou' u s.'e ~
- 1888 $3.50 ne ma 80 : Nehss pei l,ue'
=, it'e.ueil'@hs ooiilpetes win ANIME,
80 ~ ~ . ~ eliou,.'
90 o"SiS'eiiuy piohipi' VI 'aN oue
'iie 1 aNi'ap' anu where woui"
i - otop = S 'a pa Gu me game Vi coh-
- ~, 80 . ne,o is ~ ~
o- a''U ~, ia .s,.' aeainsl lne Jitles ;
eAcept ny d con,pe.i.or, ana some super
'ot.,, ~ "no reaiis seluoill
ol4iAe ,i,e s'iee' Sa., put ri'e apou,
=, - u .en o~n' User O.
1885, ~ 'nal say circumstances iol mos.
~ tiese Soou e,.iNeis' who are SO oeepls
-, 'ain pay lor .ne Stree, ca,
soi'.p''i5s, slii' 'ne senqrai pupiiu welfare
sess from one to several cars of their
own, and are really only affected by the
1ltney When 1t happens to throw dust
ihto theif biased eyes, Tor IN TINS instance
Their bias In favor OF the street car COM
pany is obvious to all, and their interest
IN the general puphc welfare is either
sincerely misJudged, or else is mere
colclusloh' OF CLOAK Tor the purpose or
extending AID to the street car company
by advocating the legalizing of Jitneys in
one breath, ana prohibitiVe taxation,
ana unpearaeie regulation In another
pfeath' y, consistency thou art jewel!
10 this special pleading of the general
puohc Weliare, we lawyers Tor the peo-
pie Will flle dummy demurrer and in
slst at the par or pubic opinion that 1t
states but the mere conclusion OF the
pleader' ana that 1t 1s too vague, 1ndefl-
mite ana uncertain. The saloon man who
gives up MS business whimpers not OF
unfalrness over the changes In political
sentiment and SOCIOLOGICAL phenomena, and
neither should the street car company
whlmper. for pontlcal sentiment and So
ciologlcal changes make all things falr,
reasonable men realize that the business
they engage III, OF Whatever kind or char
acter, must give way to progressive In
chahges'
Tho World Movas
rho nla a.
- s4e - i l. anu .he suo-
~ 49, 81. " ~ Ji.ues i'seii Is apou'
Dao,,Ia oois ei1S recent example.
to,s,oiei, 't ", liG - III Tue Jthey au-
dort;n - as.ounueu US ny It's
-. "ppyi 49, INA. never set ia
t, au ,.' pelore. mas st'mu-
go ,'iany ~ sieatei ueslres 10 pos
go, "a az" iiotniHs mas contrlp-
, 80 iaore 70 reileVe tne strain OF
$1,000 =, IN tne iiinus OF many ara
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18
FREE NEGRO HELD
IN BARTON CASE

Balos Swinger, the negro miner held
in connection with the death of M. Q.
Barton, who was killed on the Mulga
road about week ago has been released
from custody upon the order of Chief
Eagan and Detectives Eubank and Cren-
shaw. The police said that they did not
have sufficient evidence against the ne
gro 10 hold him longer.
The coroner's inquest will be held to-
morrow. The preliminary trial of Wall
ton and Mason. the two men held for
the Barton killing will be held Tuesday.
The public will be excluded from the
inquest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-04-18

interpretations
$24,000-Ginners Utility company, T. H
Spencer, president; w. NJ. Spencer, Jr.s
vice president, and G. c. Stacy, secretary
and treasurer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-12-31
y u N n u II x
THANK CHINESE FOR CALLS"
They Originated That Manner Of Cole
bratinq New Years Coming.

They Originated That Manner Of Cole
brating New Years Coming.
The custom Of making New Years
calls, which had long run In America
and is still extant in some places. came
originally from China. where such
calls are one Of the main features Of
the brilliant and lengthy New Years
celebration.
Every Chinaman pays a visit to each
of his superiOrs and receives one from
each of his interiors. Images Of gods
are carried In procession to the beating
Of a deafening gong. The younger
people call upon the elder. Children
call upon their parents; pupils pay their
respects to their teachers. A light col
lation is offered every visitor, but. it
is to be noted, no wine Is served.
Tea takes the place Of any strong
drink. In China gentlemen never call
upon the ladies. but upon each other.
and the women also make social visits
among themselves.
Nor Is one obliged. happily. to make
all his calls on one day. for all calls
made before the 10Th Of the month
are considered correct. These calling
customs have Obtained in China from
earliest ages.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-12-31
Mr.. PeriWinkle'S
Fiddle
Brought Old Time
Memories of Past
Christmas Ewes
By ANNETTE M. GADE

Jonas Periwinkle had come home
from his dingy little Office downtown
to his dismal lodging house apartment
on this bright Christmas eve weary of
foot and heavy of heart. Although
not one of those unfortunate individ-
uals who, paradoxical as it may seem,
take a pleasure in feeling miserable,
yet it was not an unusual thing for
him to fall into melancholy frame OF
mind when approaching his cherries
abode in Lodging House row, for there
were no happy faces of merry children
nor kindly voice of loving wife to well
come him there. No; only his land
lady with her cold, hard smile and
the dreary little housemaid, Susan,
whom he occasionally met on the mar
row carpetless stairs.
So on this particular evening, coming
out of the brightly lighted streets gay
in their holiday attire, filed with a
joyous, jostling multitude, his somber
little apartment looked especially COM
fortress and empty, while the deep
stiffness of it all oppressed him as
with a nightmare.
Better off would you be. Jonas Peri
winkle," soliloquized he, were you
dead than to live to be the miserable,
forlorn old bachelor that you are. with
neither kith nor kin nor any living
creature to care a jot for your exist
ence."
With this he accumulated the asper-
ity Of his feelings by giving the fire
a vigorous stir with the poker. 1t shot
out a sudden glow of light into the
dark recess Of an opposite corner.
There, hanging upon the wall In the
last stage Of decrepitude. was an an
tiquated fiddle which had long since
outlived its usefulness, blackened by
age and disfigured by many crack.
All. many year had gone by since
those worn strings had been respon-
sive to the touch Of the old bow be-
side It'll Jonas Periwinkle's gaze,
caught by the sudden flash. fastened
upon this relic Of departed joys. His
eyes became misty, while his voice sof.
tened into tenderness.
"Ah. there's my old fiddle. my old,
WORKOUT fiddle. companion Of my youth
full days! Could you but speak. old
friend, how many tale you might tell
Of the good old days down In Bram-
BILE Hollow! But you are worn out now.
like my forlorn self. fit only for the
grave-yes. ready for the grave"
He rose and lifted the object OF his
soliloquy from its resting place on the
wall. An old rusty nail fell to the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-12-31

floor with jingle, while little cloud
of dust, like incense. assembled into
the air. 1t was truly incense upon the
altar of devotion, for never had he al
lowed his landlady or the dreary Su-
san to disturb this object of his affec-
ton. He tepderly brushed away the
spiders silver web across its bosom
and sat down again in his chair before
the fire, fondling it upon his knees as
a mother would her babe.
Master" said queer little voice,
somewhat akin to the quick. sharp
chirp Of a cricket, Master" Jonas
Periwinkle drew himself erect in his
chair with q sudden start and peered
an1iously around into all the corners
of the room in search Of the intruder.
81 thought l heard n voice." mutter-
ed he, but twas only the creaking Of
the shutters or the wind in the chin
ney. 1t often plays queer tricks on
these December nights. Jonas Perl
winlsle. you are an old fool. frightened
by your own shadow like any child.'
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-12-31
An Ancient New Year Prediction.

When men shall fly
Twelve kings will so to war:
The women will do the harvest;
The men will miss the vintage.
This is the translation of quaint
old French prophecy made more than
so years ago on New Years day.
In the French district of Aries this
prophecy has been repeated every year
since that time. The year Of the be-
ginning Of the great war saw men fly
ing, of course, and the women Of Eu-
rope, as far as they were able. did the
harvest. As for the vintage. the men
from the vineyards did indeed miss 1t
since they were either shooting or
lodging grapeshot instead Of prepa7-
lug grape juice.-Boston Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-12-31
The New Year.

I drew the lacy curtains by
And looked upon the night.
Above a white and frozen world
The moon was shining bright.
I heard a Ginning faint and far
OF silver bells. and. 10.
Before my door rosy boy
Was playing In the snow!
His dimpled arms were full Of flowers
Sweet violets. darkly blue.
And arbutus and crocuses,
All wet with diamond dew.
He planted them beneath the snow.
Each tender. fragrant thing.
Behold. he was the glad New Year
With promises Of spring
Nina Irving
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-12-31
Police at Door, Ends Life,

San Francisco, Dec. 2S.-Dr. Cary
Montgomery, formerly of Columbus.
Ohio. put bullet through her head
while police were at the door tryins
TO gain an entrance to prevent her car.
rying out her threat.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-12-31
x x " X n II X
HAIL AND FAREWELL!
old YEAR, you're dead.
" It's just as we'll.

LD fEAN, you Tc ucdu.
" It's just as we'll.
You put our
Patience to the test;
You added only to our cares.
That you should die
Was for the best.
We've older grown
And wiser, too,
And we are glad
We're through with you.
New year, come in.
You're but a child,
Yet what you bring
We must accept.
1t may be JOY or death, per.
haps;
We have no choice;
It must be kept.
We only pray
And anxious wait
To know what may be
Our new fate.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19
THE SHIP PURCHASE BILL.

In last Sundays New York World there ap-
peared a discussion by Congressman John H.
Small, of the First North Carolina District, Of
the administration ship purchase bill, a measure
intended to relieve the situation which exists
of there being an insuficiency of ships to trans
port the products Of this country across the seas
to foreign ports.
Since the breaking out Of the war ocean
freightS have gone up at a tremendous rate, in
some instances the advance having been as
much as three hundred per cent. This state Of
affairs has affected no portion of the country so
disastrously as it has the South. Cotton has
been kept low, in net results to the grower, be-
cause of the great expense in delivering the
cotton to the manufacturers in Germany and
elsewhere abroad. Cotton is not contraband of
war and the only difficulty in selling it abroad
is the scarcity of transportation facilities. And
if cotton could be sent to Germany and the
other foreign countries there would be higher
prices offered by American spinners.
But the passage Of the ship purchase bill
would not only meet a grave emergency. It
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19

would also help this country 70 seize an orrs-.
tunity. There never was a time when thu.
the possibility of extending the CONNER.
this country that exists at this time uhe~ -A.
foreign countries are too busy warning an -r.
another 20 give attention 10 commerce ara
when in fact, owing to the absorption q II
rean countries in the great war, NM
actually languishing from neglect.
These and other convincing arguments
set forth in Representative SmaI's article +,
is printed in full elsewhere in the pauer -rs
any one having doubts as TO the wisdom q -a.
shipping bill is likely TO have such doubts dis
PEELED by reading Mr.. SmalIs clear-cut DIS
sion of the subject.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-19
SAVE MONEY AND TIME.

There are people who are prodigal with THEN
money and their time. This is a matter of dis
sipation which hurts when you are using your
own money and time, and which hurts also
when you are using the time and money of
others.
These are matters to which the attention Of
the General Assembly is invited. The members
of that body are entrusted with the money and
the time of the people, they are sent to the
Legislature as the servants Of the people; they
are stewards with a mission to perform.
There has been a knockout given to the bill
of representative Page, of Moore, to eliminate
what have been designated as 'junketing trips
the visiting of this institution and that by
various committees of the General Assembly.
Here is a matter in which money can be saved,
time also, by just putting an end to this visiting
at the expense of the State.
Another measure which deserved a better fate
than to be put to death in the House was the
bin of Senator McRae, Of Mecklenburg, which
provided for the consolidation of local and pri-
vate bills. The Senate very properly adopted
the proposed measure, but the House said
may The State would have been helped by
the adoption Of the Constitutional Amendment
which had for its purpose the handling of these
local and private measures in the various towns
and counties, and with a chance to lessen the
number and length Of bills presented the House
would have done the right thing in agreeing to
a bill which would have helped along this line.
The House would be doing the wise thing to
reverse itself in these matters. The people of
the State want time and money saved. The two
measures which have been defeated tended in
this direction. Let's blow the breath of life
into them and make them laws of the State.