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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
ARBITRARY INCREASES IN INSURANCE
 RATES TO BE CURED BY LEGISLATURE

i mutual fire insurance companies In Ala bama. At the present time, no insur- ance company can he organized with a capital less than Sloo.o0o. Senator Judge takes the position that a handful of friends should be permitted to organize for their own protection If they should desire to do SO
 His fourth bill would prevent insurance companies from declaring without cause a policy null and void. He said yesterday that at the present time insurance com panies notify policyhoders that their policies are reseinded, and that their money will be returned. His position is that when an insurance company enters Into a contract with a citizen that com pany should carry out it's part of the contract as long as the citizen carries out his part.
 Senator Judges fifth bill would require a fire insurance company to pay the face value of its policies. At the present time, he said. the companies settle for half, or three-fourths of the face value Such ae- ton he considers arbitrary and against the best interests of the people.
 He declared that the delegation from Jefferson would give these bills vigorous support, and that he felt confident the legislature as a whole would take posi- tive action toward the reetifeation of what he considers a serious evil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
INCREASE OF RATES TO
 FOLLOW TWO ELECTIONS

While 1t is the information of the com mssioners that Representative Weakley, chairman of the committee which pro- duced the revenue bill and deprived the city, according to the commissioners, of $40,000 or S50000 heretofore received from public utility corporations, and Repre- sentative Copeland, opposes strenuously the effort of the city to increase It's rate of taxation it is believed generally that the legislature will take a step which the governments of a score of cities have declared to be necessary.
 The legislature is asked by Birmingham and other municipalities to permit the peo- pie, first, of the state to pass judgment on proposed constitutional amendment giving cities authority to increase their rate of taxation and the people, second- ly, of the cities in a special election to adopt or reject such amendment as it would apply to them.
 Because of the fact that before Birmlng ham could increase it's rate of taxatios the people of the state and the people O the city must first express their wiiiins ness, it is generally thought that no strenuous effort will be thrown in the way of the passage of the city's bill.
 And there. the commissioners agree. is the one single ray which indicates that behind the clouds which lour is the pro- verbal lining of silver.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
URGES SUPPORT OF ! SCHOOL BOARD BILL
To Introduce Measure AbOl- ishing Body in Towns of
 Less Than 1000

Superintendent of Education McNell has
 urged the Jefferson county legislative dele gation to support a bill to be introduced having for it's object the abolition of school boards in towns of less than 1000 inhabitants.
 Towns of 1000 inhabitants having school
 boards are by law school districts. As such. they cannot share in the benefit ac-
 cruing to other districts. Should one of these small districts take advantage of
 the right to be given to tax itself for edu- cational purposes, it would acquire only a nominal and comparatively valueless sum for school purposes. If school boards in small towns were
 wiped out. the towns would become in- tegral parts of other districts, and as such would be rewarded handsomely in the event that local taxation for educational purposes be voted.
 The bill will be introduced by Senator Judge and will be enacted into law if the
 local delegations support counts for any
 thing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
ID RELIEVE ALL OF COUNTY ROAD WORK Judge Will Introduce Bill Providing for This at
 Coming Session

Senator Judge will introduce in the legis- lature next week a bill relieving all per sons in Jefferson county of the necessity of road work.
 A bill to the same effect was introduced last session by Walker Percy. but did not get through the senate. Its purpose is to protect the negro, practically the only individual who Is compelled actually to labor.
 The amount of money secured by this county from provision making every body subject to road duty Is comparative ly little, and is not needed by the county, it Is said. on account of the wealth of the county.
 The bill has the support of the delega- tion and as 1t is local measure will very probably. it is indicated. be enacted Into law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
TENTATIVELY AGREE
 ON REMUNERATION .OF COUNTY OFFICIALS
Jefferson Delegation Would Pay Sheriff S6OO0, Pro- bate Judge S5000, and
 Others in Proportion

The Jefferson county delegation has tentatively agreed to put the officials of Jefferson county on salary basis at the conclusion of the present terms, and to pay as follows:
 Sheriff, s600O.
 Probate judge, s5O00.
 Tax assessor. $40O0.
 Tax collector. S4000
 Clerks, $3600
 Senator Judge will introduce a bill put ting Sheriff Batson on a salary basis I'm mediately after the passage of the bill He takes the ground that whereas he would not make the proposed change re- troactive on officials elected prior to the submission of the constitutional amend ment regarding the fee system, he would effect the sheriff because of the fact that he ran for and was elected to office fol lowing the peoples action in overwhelm- ingly voting the amendment into effect He will permit the senate committee or judiciary to pass on the constitutlonalitS of such proposed step. there being af the time differences of opinion in this respect on the part of several eminent constitutional lawyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
ELECTION BOARD FOR CITY ADVOCATED BY COUNTY DELEGATION
Unanimous on Bill-Would Consist of Probate Judge, Sheriff and Circuit
 Court Clerk

An election commission for the city of Birmingham will be created by the legis- lature if the Jefferson county delegation has it's way.
 Certain of the members of the delegation take the position that the city commis- sion should not be in charge of all cleo tions held in Birmingham, especially those in which the fate of the commission CTS themselves are at stake.
 As a result they have conceived the idea of an election commission. This com mission would consist of the probate judge the sheriff, and the clerk of the cir cult court of the county. This commits sion would serve without pay. would have charge of every municipal election, would name managers, clerks and returning of ficers, and canvass the votes
 It Is said that the delegation is practi- cally a unit on this bill and that its pas sage is regarded as certain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
MUST REDUCE EXPENSES
 HALF MILLION PER ANNUM

Should the legislature concur in the report of the Weakley committee on finance, and fail at the same time to grant the citys petition that 1t be given the right to increase It's rate of taxation. the income of the next ensuing year will be approximately saco.oo0 less than the cur rent fiscal year.
 The municipal authorities estimate, therefore that instead of running hebnd at the rate of s3oo.0O0 per annum as cus- tomary. the city, unless granted relief. will run behind In a sum approximatins s5O0,0o0.
 The subcommittee of the special com mlttee of 100 prominent citizens which in- auired Into the status of municipal af- fairs, reported that the government was being conducted honestly and economical ly and recommended that the legislature give Birmingham the right to increase It's rate of taxation, has demanded in formal resolution that the expenditures of the ensuing fiscal year be decreased to such an extent that the ''outgo'' will not ex- ceed the income.
 The problem Is. therefore. according to the members of the commission:
 How can We reduce our expenditures in the sum of $50ooo0 and stil maintain a government worthy of the name?''
 The commissioners have not as yet been ble 10 solve the riddle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
bR0OKE'S SPIRIT
 STILL ELI HERE Bill for Uniform System of Bookkeeping to be
 Reintroduced

Although Col. H. Y. Brooke Is dead, his spirit goes marching on."
 In the last legislature, at the instance of the former state accountant meas ure was introduced requiring the state in all of its departments and the several counties to adopt for use uniform sys- tenn of bookkeeping, this system to require books of uniform nature.
 Despite what Is considered the apparent merits of the bill, it failed of passage. The same bill will be introduced next week upon the legislature reconvening. The local delegation will act as its sponsor, and as it is supported by the several examiners of public accounts, will. 1t is thought. be favorably considered.
 Colonel Brooke was one of the best known men of the state. He died some weeks ago under an operation in St. Louis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
FOLLOW THE LUMBER
 THROUGH THE PLANT

The visitors followed the lumber along
 it's entire route-to the stacking sheds Of the rough stuff to the dry lSlns for se- lected pieces, then to the planning mill where 1t is dressed into all sorts Of forms, caught by other conveyors which carry
 t to the sorting sheds where sorters shove the pierces into boxes which look like a
 huge postoffice. then take them out on the other side and tie them ready for shipment.
 Everyone was impressed with the CT flciency shown everywhere. Not lost motion, not an idle moment was apparent anywhere.
 They were also taken through the machine shop where repairs on cars and engines of the company's logging road are made; to the boiler rooms; to the engine rooms where the big en- zines made by the Hardie-Tynes com pany of Birmingham generate the pow CT for the entire plant.
 They were shown the company com niissary. a model of neatness and clean liness; the Kaulton club building with its assembly hall, moving picture ar- paratus, billiard tables, reading rooms and all the things that help to make a contented and happy people.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
BIG PLANT IS THE PREMIER
 ATTRACTION FOR VISITORS

But the visit to the big plant itself was the premier attraction. The party saw 26 carloads of logs ranged around the log pond dumped into the water by gravity. They saw the huge conveyor take the logs from the water into the saws. They saw how four sides are taken from log in less time than it takes to tell 1t; saw the rectangle sent through a series of saws which cut a dozen boards at the same time; saw the boards carried by mysterious belts, arms and conveyors in all sorts of directions where each board could be made to yield a maximum of finished product.
 If an end Is cut off the short piece may go to the lath mill. the shingle ma chine or wherever it be made the most of. Sawdust. bark and refuse are taken by conveyors to the furnace 10 be burned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

Fire insurance companies. members of the Southeastern Tariff association. which, according to the general allega- tion periodically increase their rates in Alabama cities, Brming ham especially. are to be dealt with by the legislature in the second half of the session which will begin Tuesday
 Senator Judge of Jefferson announced yesterday that he had prepared series of bills which if enacted into law would rectify a condition which he considers highly unfavorable to thef people
 The most important of these bills follow
 1. Providing for the regulation of rates by the insurance commission of the state.
 2. Providing for the assessment of a penalty of % per cent of the face of the policy in the event of fire. provid- ing the company carrying the in srrance is a member of tariff asso- citation.
 3, Providing ground for the forma- tion of mutual fire insurance companies in Alabama
 4. Providing means of forcing insur-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Prohibition Deprives City of $40, ,000-Revenue Bill
 Cuts Off $5O,00O
OPPOSITION TO
 CITY'S TAX BILL
Two Members of Local Delegation Oppose Measure Allowing Cities to Increase Rate of
 Taxation

The silver lining behind the cloud which hangs over the municipal gov ernment is not apparent to the naked eye.
 The commissioners make the above admission, and declare further, that the most serious problem which has ever confronted them is standing out at the present time insisting on solu- tion.
 The problem Is one of finances and is presented in the following manner
 The government spends s1Ooo per day more than it accumuates.
 The legislature. by eliminating the saloon, has deprived the municipal treasury of approximately sl40,ooo
 The legislative recess committee on finance and taxation is preparing to recommend the adoption by the legisla- ture of license schedule which will reduce the municipal income from local corporations between s40,0o0 and s50,ooo.
 Two members of the local delegation have failed to espouse the city's cause as expressed in it's effort to obtain the right to increase its rate of taxa ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

ance companies to carry out their con
 tracts with their policy holders.
 5. Providing means of requiring com
 panies to pay the face value of their
 policies.
 Before preparing these bills Senator Judge studied the insurance laws of the sconservative-progre states of the union His first bill would prevent com panies from arbitrarily increasing their rates. would put the companies as a mat tel of fact, under the insurance com mission of the state as the railroads are under the railroad commission of the state. This bill provides that the com panies will have the right of appeal to juries
 The second bill simply renders void the action of the legislature of 1911 From time immemorial, according to Senator Judge, there had been an Alabama law giving policyholders the right to collect in the event of fire a penalty of 25 Der cent of the fact value of their policies in the event the companies carrying the in- surance were members of a tariff asso- citation. The legislature of 1911 put this law out of commission. Senator Judge would restore it.
 His third bill would remove the ob- stacles in the way of the formation of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Homely, Yet Admired
 and Envied; Her Secret

The convention crowd made path for her, cast .admiring side glances. then with longing eyes followed her to the elevator. It was at the Ponchartrain in Detroit The incident was recalled when I chanced to sit across table from the woman. What was 1t about her that caused all that commotion? Her com pIexion. Really, I've never beheld it's equal. Venturing to pick up acquaint- arceship. learned the secret.
 i've tried to make the most of my one charm" she said 'I know men abhor make-ups and artificia1ity. I bar cos metics there are two things I use to promote natural loveliness and youthful appearance. When my complexion begins to age I get an ounce of mercolized wax at the drug store, apply at night like cold cream. wash 1t off in the morning. This gradually flakes off the outer skin then have a brand new complexion, magnetical1y beautiful. as you see.
 '.Wrinkles never bother me At their inception I bathe my face in a solution made by dissolying an ounce of pow hazel. It works like magic. .'-Mona Nor row in Tattler-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
PERSONAL

The Rev Dwight S. Bayley. who re- gently came to Birmingham from one of the suburbs of St Louis to be the pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational church has taken house at 1412 Fiji teenth street. south. MT. Bayley and his family will move into the house as soon as their household goods arrive. They are at present being entertained at the home of AIr and Mrs ID. B. Dimick 1913 Fourteenth avenue south.
 Grover rilden Davis, the well known concert pianist and teacher. has gone to Cincinnati for visit of few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
To Serve Dinner

The ladies of the East Birmingham Baptist church. of which the Rev. Wal ter S. Brown is pastor, will serve din ner and lunch on the fourth floor of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power companys building every day this week, beginning tomorrow and con tinuing on until Saturday. Everything served will be home cooked and the ladies bespeak a generous patronage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11

of the convict bureau the highway com
 mission and the tax commission. If the plan agreed upon Is carried out the leg islature will so act that these appoint ments will be nulliied. If the dis gruntled' members are incensed to the point of rebellion against the leaders delay may be the result, although it is evident that the 'nonmember lobby" is as firmly entrenched in the saddle as when the legislature adjourned last February. Another possible check against the pro gress of the machine lies in the fact that there has been no peace during the summer among the members of the recess committee on judiciary. While the mem- bers of the other committees have unani- mously agreed on their report, it is un- derstood that from at least one mem-
 Der of the judiciary committee a minority
 report might ensue. And 1t is common
 gossip that the subcommittee of the ju-
 dietary committee named for the purpose
 of preparing a workingman's compensa-
 ton act has failed to agree, and has re-
 ported back to the committee not one bill,
 but two.
 But unless indications go awry, the leg
 islature will put through legislation of a
 revolutionary character with more rapid
 ity and spectacular dash than any other
 law-making body in. the history of the
 nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
CALLS COMMITTEE
 ID MEET TUESDAY Further Preparations for Merchants Convention
 Will Be Made

Interest in the approaching merchants convention, which will be held in the city next month. is growing rapidly and indica- Alabama merchants in Birmingham than ever before. Murray Brown, general chairman, has called a meeting of the chairman of the several subcommittees, which have in charge the preparations for the convention, and the wholesale trade committee for Tuesday at II o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce. to discuss plans for the entertainment and cars of the merchants who will come to Birming- ham to attend the convention. MT. Brown urges every one actively connected with the movement to be on hand Tuesday as some of the final arrangements will be made.
 In order to do more effective work in pl esenting the value of the approaching convention to the merchants of Alabama Secretary Radcliffe of the Chamber Of Commerce is mailing to the members of the trade extension bureau, composed of about 100 wholesale dealers of Brming- ham, return slip on which they are asked to write the name and address of each of their customers in order to eliminate the merchants who have re- tired from business or who have moved away.
 The committee is endeavoring to present the benefits of the convention to the Ala bama merchants. To do this requires the sending out of much literature, and it is to make every shot tell" that the committee desire the names of the mer- chants who are active in business, so as to inform them as to the convention and it's advantages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Tornado in Illinois

Decatur. H., July 1o.-A tornado swept this section of central Illinois today. causing much damage to build ings and crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
UNEXPECTED FIRE DRILL
 BRINGS NO CONFUSION

Just as the party was returning to the Inn from the plant a fire alarm was turned in without warning from one ol the big lumber sheds. Everything sud denly stopped, every man knew his place and duty. hose wagons were manned and within 60 seconds the bis streams of water were playing on the roof of the great shed.
 Examples of efficiency were appar- ent everywhere.
 Safety first directions are found around every piece of machinery
 A machine with an emery wheel sharpens the big band saws while the attendant is doing something else These saws can run but four hours when they are resharpened.
 All lumber is automatically stacked with mathematical exactness to pre- vent warping.
 The sawyers make all signals to the men with their fingers to save time A contraption called steam nig- ger' turns the logs they are be- ing cut. doing work that used to re- quire three men. They turn logs over so qlickly the eye can scarcely follow them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Deadline for Tobacco

A dead line" before the plant is reached shows the point beyond which no smoking or matches are allowed. The $50 men at the plant never smoke on duty.
 Logs are dumped into the water be
 (COntinued ou page Eievenj
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-11
Pitches May 0 eur

Of course "hitches" may occur. It is known that one or more members of the dominant faction consider with disfavor the plan of that faction to deprive Gov ernor Henderson of the appointive power conferred by the constitution. The gov ernor has already appointed the members
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-08-06
New Principal

AS a result of a fortunate COM
bination Of circumstances our
school district gets this year for
the principalship at Roman an
exceptionally strong man, DR.. G.
F. Becker. Doctor Becker is at
present professor of Psychology
in Western Reserve University.
For two years he was professor
of philosophy at the University
of Illinois. He received his Phi.
D. from Columbia University and
studied in German universities.
He has had much practical ex-
perience and is enthusiastic over
the possibilities of rural educa-
ton.
Doctor Becker has taken a
homestead adjoining Superinten-
dent Logan's farm, near Leon,
and will look after it's develop
ment while carrying on his school
work.
The acquisition Of Doctor
Becker is only another case Illus
trating the drawing power of
this new country in it's making,
with it's mountains and climate,
it's advanced school organization,
it freedom and possibilities for
constructive work. These fac
tors induce a selective process
which attracts the strong in every
field and assures the rapid devel-
opment of an improved ciyiliza-
ton here.
The country welcomes Doctor
Becker, as it welcomes his con-
temporaries in the various
branches of it's life, with the
challenge of virgin soil, and with
the comradeship of pioneer men
and women who have been SIM
ilarly attracted.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-08-06
NO ONE INDISPENSABLE.

What a great thing it would be
could all of the pomrous Of the world.
In this endeavor or that, be brought
once for all to understand that they
have understudies. 1t is not neces-
sary that we understand ourselves to
be clothed with a little brief i'm
portance.' What we need to under
stand is that what we are doing is,
indeed, important, but that we carry
no destinies along with us. The
sooner we all appreciate this fact,
the better. 1t is an old fact, but many
do not live up to it. Some strut be-
fore their fellows as though eternity
were long ways off. Some lead in
prayer" Some make a parade of
few dollars. What cares the philos-
opher for these things, or hundreds
like them. Work is an admirable
thing. 1t is the one thing which does
not depend on inheritance. It is born
In the man himself. 1t is his capital.
BY it he lives. In it he has his be-
ing. It is true that the understudy
stands in the wings ready to take it
up when he lays it down. But for
that reason there is no occasion for
a let-up in the work itself. All Of
JUS ought to learn the lesson Of our
own inconsequence in the scheme of
things-and then let that realization
temper our moods as they interfere
with others.