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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
Merchant Convicted of Arson

Jackson, Miss. January 14- -(Special.)-T NJ. Henry, state insurance commissioner, has been advised of the conviction of c. c. White, merchant of Water Valley, on the charge of arson. and that sen tence of seven years in the penitentiary was imposed by the court. White carried $lSoo insurance on his stock and $1200 on the fixtures, but after his fire he put in q claim of only $5.35 for damages.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15

time by the Queen of Sheba. The dia- nionds were attached to two emeralds aooat one inch square, he said, forming a large pair of ear rings. The emeralds were purchased by another dealer.
 Collector Malone received information sometime ago that several wealthy deal CTS Tn precious stones had come to this country since the beginning of the war. oiiicers were detailed to investigate all foreign dealers who had arrived In this country and to report upon conditions in the diamond and jewelry districts in this and other large cities in the United states, Todays seizure, made when An pikadjian was offering the diamonds for sale to diamond dealer. resulted from that investigation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
LIBELED
 BY EXPORT COMPANY

Savannah, January 1s.-rhs steamship 'Aeuila- now at this port. has besn libsled hy tho New Ovisaus Export company for .eeoo For falling to tEansport q cargo ce cotton seod oa]Ee to- Stockholm, ewe- den. It is claimed tho ownern of the steamer have demanded m Axorbitant because of the new war risks.
 The collector of customs here has been directed by wire not to grant clearance pepers to the ship pending tho serving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
Barbour County Banner Suspends

Eufaula, January 14.-(Special.) 1.-The Barbour County Banner, which has been published weekly at Clayton for the past year by J. W. Mapoles has sus- pended publication, the current issue be- ing the last to appear. In it's announce ment of suspension the Banner stated that it would resume publication as soon as there Is improvement in general financial conditions MT Mapoles Is now connected with local neMspaper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
Germans Court martialed

Casa Blanca, Morocco, January l4.--tvia Paris, 1925 a. m.)--Three Germans. Karl Ficke, Neprekorn and Grunier. charged with having been instrumental In or ganizing recent revolts of natives, are being tried by court-martial. They are ac- cused of espionage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
Weeds Prince

Berlin, January H.-(Vias London 0:sO p. nl.)-Miss Elizabeth Rogers, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Richard Reid Rogers of Washington, D. C., was married today in Trinity church to Prince Christian of Hesse. The prince is a nephew of the German Empress and is a captain in the German navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
WITH SMUGGLING
 VALUABLE DIAMONDS
treasury Officials Seize Two Gems of More Than Eighteen carats Each From Turk in New York-Claims
 Queen of Sheba Once Wore Them

New York. January 14.-Treasury off cials today seized from A. Anpikadjian. a resident of Constantinople. two egg shaped diamonds of more than IS carats each which they said he had failed to declare to customs officials when he ar- rived here October l9. Anpixadjian de- clared the diamonds were artistic an uques, free from duty, but that he had shown them to the customs officers and they had passed them.
 Anpikadjian said he had purchased the diamonds in the jewelry market at Con- stantiople from an Egyptian princess who declared they had been in her family for centuries and had been worn at one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15
Mines Opened

Houshton, Mich, January A.--The Cop per Range Consolidate mines, operated on half time since the beginning of the war. resumed full time today. The order af- fects 25O0 men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15

Merrill, NJ. NJ. Beringer and II. Schloss. A. H. Merrill was reelected president and A M. Brown cashier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15

Former Mayor C. $. Mcdowell, Jr., has been appointed by the governor as trus- tee for the Third congressional dis trlct for the Alabama Polytechnic school, at Auburn Colonel Mcdowell is now trustee of the normal school board of the state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15

J. T. Watt of Auburn state farm demonstrator, and A F. Whitehead of Greenville. district demonstrator, arc spending several days in the city with the view of appointing, a demonstrator for Barbour county. A number of young men, who have both theoretical and practical qualifications, are seeking the position, which has been vacant since the resignation of D. Lingo some months ago.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29
HEARD AT HEMINGWAY.
Mr.. r. N. Speigner to be Schoo
Supt.- New Telephone Company

A special" to the News & Courier
from Hemingway, under date Of
April "a, says:
Mr. R N Speigner, the present
Superintendent of Education of
Williamsburg county, has accepted
the superintendency of the school
here for next term. Serving in the
official capacity that he has for the
past four years, Mr. Speigner has
won for himself an enviable reputa-
ton, not only in this county, but
throughout the State. The trustees,
as we'll as the patrons, feel that they
are very fortunate in obtaining the
services of man of this type, and
believe that under his supervision.
the school will make marked pro-
press, thus to become one of the best
high schools in the State.
Bonds have slready been voted
for the erection cf a $4,000 school
building, and it has been reported
that work yvill begin in short time.
as the plans are now in the hands OF
the State authorities at Columbia
for approval.
"A movement is now on foot for
the establishment of telephone
system at Hemingway and a stock
company has beer organized with
capital of $4,000 for this purpose.
1t is believed that in a few weeks
the people of this community will
have available all necessary tele-
phone conveniences. The directors
of the company are J M G Eaddy, l.
G Day, H L Baker and c L Creel. >
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29
their tobacco, as Mr. Merritt's letter
intimates, to certain extent.

their tobacco, as MIR Merritt's letter
intimates, to a certain extent.
In regard to my assertion to change
the re-drying plants of the State
would entail a cost of about S1OO, 900,
but which Mr. Merritt says would be
a matter of nothing, l am under the
impression that the men who own the
steam re-drying plants know more
about the cost of overhauling and
changing the plants in the State than
does Mr. Merritt.
The average price of the 1914 crop
of tobacco in the States of North Car
olina, Virginia and South Carolina, up
to February 1,was s10.85. Note that
the North Carolina and Virginia crops
were all graded and tied, (which means
a lot of expense and hard work to the
farmer, yet they got only 54 cents per
hundred more on the average of the
three States than l averaged at John
sonville withoutany grading or tying.
Now as to Mr. Tyler Gaskins and
the advice l gave him, will say I did
not solicit Mr. Gaskins' business in
person or by letter, as | had all |
could do and did not get to solicit
scarcely any of my old customers dur
ing the whole season, but about two
or three days before the Johnsonville
market closed MIR Gaskins drove up
in front of my place of business un-
solicited and said to me: Are you in
position to handle my tobacco?" | told
him our market was virtually closed
and | could not handle same salts
factorily at that time. Then he re-
marked that he had his crop on
hand; also he said Mr. Covington had
his tobacco, and he wanted me to
come to .heir homes and look at their
tobacco, and either buy it or advise
them best what to do. told him If
got the chance | would come, but did
not think | could, as | was going to
leave for home in a few days. Then
Mr. Gaskins said: If you can't come
we have got to grade and tie our to-
bacco and ship it somewhere tol
sale, as the prices are so low at Lake
City and other markets we will MOI
sell it." In fact, he said they coulc
not sell it then as the markets were
virtually closed. Then | told hin
there was nothing else to do but tt
grade and ship it and to ship it tt
either Wilson or Winston-Salem, ant
that if he shipped it to Winston
Salem that would do all | could fol
him and Mr. Covington without any
charge on my part. Now, after MI
Gaskins telling me that all the mar
kets were virtually closed and the!
could not sell their tobacco on ths
home markets, it was then | gave
him my best advice on the cours'
for them to pursue, and any mai
! Concluded on psgsO
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29

lit at all. then packed it in hogsheads
and shipped it to Danville, Va, and
instructed the warehousemen there to
sell il for anything it brought. The
remaining forty-two thousandpounds
| sold at Winston Salem from 2 to So
cents in it's loose state. While have
answered your pertinent question, |
will say that it was none OF yours or
any other mans business to ask such
a question. know, sir, you have a
very valuable farm, but if you should
agree to pay all the losses on tobacco
that l have bought in South Carolina
itwould take several farms like yours
to meet it.
Again, you ask why l bought to-
bacco every year. buy it in protec-
ton to my customers, by giving more
for it than would the buyers, and no
warehouseman can protect his Gus
toners unless he buys. Now, in re-
gard to grading tobacco, Mr. Merritt,
from what you say, you can get from
81 to Sc per hundred more for your
tobacco by simply grading and tying
it. If you really believe what you say
along this line, why don't you grade
and ship your tobacco, as it costs only
80 cents per hundred to ship to any
point in North Carolina or Virginia.
and as you don't want the ware
houseman to buy your tobacco,I can
locate you several good warehouse
men who won't buy leaf of it.
You say | am mixed up in my asser-
tions regarding the grading of tobac-
co, but | am more convinced than ev-
er before that it is largely to the in
terest of every tobacco grower in
South Carolina to sell his tobacco in
the loose leafstate- just as they have
been doing. You ask why | say this.
The main reason is that all the buy
ers from the different States are on
the South Carolina markets up to
about the goth of September, ,and the
time to sell tobacco is when you have
the buyers to buy it. By selling it in
! the loose leaf state you are able to
sell it while competition is strong
buyers all on the market. Suppose
the farmershad graded the last crop.
How much would they have lost by
reason of the big drop in prices that
occurred just about the time they
would have been about half through
selling?
| Now, to makeit palmer to the farm
ers of South Carolina about my busi'
ness: The State of South Carolina
averaged 1898, but J d Kings av'
erage at Johnsonville was $l0.31. Sc
if all the warehousemen of the State
had gotten the farmers as much as
did they would have received over
S25, 900 more than they did for last
years crop. This should also show
the farmers that l am not stealing
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29
Mr.. King Replies to Mr.. Merritt.
Editor County Record

Editor County Record
In reply to the communication,
over the signature of Mr. H N Mer-
ritt, which appeared in your columns
some weeks ago, which he claims to
be in answer to my letter to Mr. j W
Ragsdale. The communication of Mr.
Merritt, | claim, is no answer to the
letter, but a very damaging attack
upon me, in that | am a warehouse
man of the community in which this
letter was published. The full intent
of Mr. Merritt's letter (or so claimed
to he his) is to damage my business
as a warehouseman of the State. He
not only asks personal questions, but
he also answers them himself in his
letter. And why should he pick me
out in particular, q warehouse
man away down in Johnsonville?
There are warehousemen at his very
door who have bought and handled
! much more tobacco than | have, snd
then why did he not commence at
home. if the purchasing of tobacco
by the warehouseman was such q
! terrible thing? There is a motive
behind this letter of Mr. Merritt, and
this motive is most despicable.
| The letter of Mr. Merritt is very
personal, inquiring directly into my
personal affairs. l deny his right to
this privilege, but his statements hav-
ing been published, l deem it only
right and proper that they should be
answered in so far as they relate to
i the relations between me and my
customers.
In the first place, Mr. Merritt, you
make the assertion that have been
buying tobacco here lat Lake City,
every year and at the close of the
season having it graded and tied
and shipped to North Carolina for re,
sale and made a killing" This is alb.
solutely false, as | have not shipped
tobacco to North Carolina every year
In fact, | never shipped a hogshead
of tobacco to Winston, N C,with the
exception of two or three hogsheads
that would accumulate in the ware.
houses after the market had closed
But l did ship from Johnsonvllle, S
C.sixty-odd hogsheads of tobacco the
past season, but not hundred, as you
assert. Not one would l have ship.
ped had l been able to get the tobac'
co on the warehouse floors at John.
sonville before the market closed
Why, Mr. Merritt even wants to know
how much | lost on this tobacco
shipped from Johnsonville. Well,
just to satisfy you | will tell you as
near as know how: l had about ter
thousand pounds graded and tied ur
nicely and put on the warehouse
! floors at Winston, and could not sell
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29
ToId That There Was No Cure For Him.

After suffering for over twenty
years with indigestion and having
some of the best doctors here tell
me there was no cure for me, |
think it only right to tell you for the
sake of other sufferers as we'll as
your own satisfaction that % cent
bottle of Chamberlain's Tablets not
only relieved me but cured me with
in two months, although am man
of 65 years." writes Jul Grobien,
Houston, Texas. Obtainable every
where.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29

Every town has two classes of
people-builders and destroyers. Of
which class are YOU?
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-04-29

Concluded On sage %
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22
VICE PROBE SURPRISE!
REV: A: D: Shaw QUITS
SOCIAL SERVICE BOARD

Der OF the board. Ii out Of the
city. E
Surprise To Mayor.
Rumors at the city hall Of 3
general split and resignation Of
the social service board are grow
ing stronger. Charges have been
made that the police department.
has refused OF cooperate with the
board in it's efforts to clean no
vice In Tacoma. Il
II was distinctly surprised to
hear that Rev. Shaw had resign
ed" said Mayor Fawcett today.
"IIe sent me his police star, and
completely severed his relations
with the board. but gave no rea-
son. Rev. Shaw has not been un-
der fire, and thought that he
was just beginning to get we'll In
terested In his work."
Other members of the social
service board are Rev. r. II. Nc.
Ginnis, w. +. Jurisch, Mrs. &. s.
Bowie, Mrs, 8. A. Crandall, Mrs.
Leonard Crasweller, Mrs. J. A.
Hayes, Mrs. Ida w. Healey, CONF
missioner Mills and Mayor raw-
cett. !,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22
INHERIT
MILLION
DOLLARS

A million dollars will come
to two fortunate Tacomans soon
from the estate of John X. Bell, a
multimillionaire commission mer-
chant of Manchester, England,
who died recently.
The two are Mrs. r. B. Hoyt,
wife of DR.. r. b. Hoyt, 1902
South 18th, and Mrs. G. b. Ball,
also Of South 18th.
The two women returned last
night from Portland, where they
established their identity to the
legal representatives of the Bell
estate and their right OF inheri-
lance.
Each will receive sixth share
of an estate which is estimated at
$4,000, 900.
The new fortune will make not
the slightest change in the mode
of living of the Hoyts, so DR..
Hoyt said today. Both he and his
wife are agreed that he is to con-
tinue his profession, and that
they are to live, as now, in their
present home in Tacoma.
All the heirs of the estate live
In the Northwest. They are:
Thomas Bell, Fairfax, Ore; Fred
Bell, Portland, Ore; and Brenton
Bell, Pantages circuit.
John X. Bell was an uncle OF
all of them.
The estate is somewhat compli-
Gated and it may take little
time to settle It completely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22
DISTRICT
ALREADY
DONS HAT

Prosecutor Remain personally
Investigated immoral houses on ID
street Saturday night with the
result, he said today, that he
found the district comparatively
free of women.
I'm one house where l positive
ly know 10 women were inmates
a few nights ago, ! found but two
Saturday night, and these two had
their hats on ready to make a
getaway" he said. However,
/ have the names OF former in
mates for use when the case
comes to trial."
Says Owners Protest.
Many property owners, Remain
said today, had come to him In
dignantly protesting against their
places being Investigated and as
surfing him that no vestige Of vice
might be found on their premises.
Remain said he knew nothing
of internal affairs in the police
department. He would not COM
NIT himself as to whether he be-
lieved Mayor Fawcett's recent
charges of graft founded on rea-
sonable grounds. but said he In
tended giving the police a chance
to work hand in hand with him
in the vice cleanup.
To File One Suit Soon.
"1f ! find any indication that
l am being double-crossed. how
ever, or that there is reluctance
on the part OF the public safety
department to make arrests when
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22

Sketch idea Of attractive
FIJI out the blank and mail Editor The Times
Another picture will succeeding
day OF the week. 80 --T 49, <.s
The contest will close The hest single d.
sign In by that time will he selected
sfene for the Fioece Millinery shop Ola Boaway.
lon editor
Eaoraece shop Will ~ once make hat along the lines ~ th
winning design and will exhibit in its display
That night Il will be handed free Of charge the
her TO Easter Sunday
SEND IN YOUR DESIGNS, many Is YOU choose. rs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22

Another surprise In the
Tacoma vice probe came to-
day when the Rev. A. ID.
Shaw, pastor Of the First
Congregational church and n
member of the social service
board, rendered his reslgna-
ton to Mayor Fawcctt.
The note accompanying
Rev. Shaw's resignation was
dated last Saturday, and tho
document specified that the
pastors duties as q member
Of the board had ended ON
the night Of March 20. The
note contained only a formal
resignation, with brief ex-
preston of good wishes TO
the mayor.
Rev. Shaw's resignation Ii be
lieved to have resulted directll
from conclusions expressed IN hi
interview In The Times FrIda,
night, In which the minister de
,lared himself disgusted with tn,
police method of handling vice IL
Tacoma.
Refuses TO Talk.
The resigned board member
refused utterly today to announce
his reason for quitting.
Rev. j, A. Sutton OF the First
Baptist church, one of the most
prominent members of the social
service board, who threatened las,
week to resign. refused to make 8
statement today.
He intimated. that his resIgna
ion would be sent soon to thu
mayor, but refused to make an,
lublic statement. Rev. Il. G.
Bloomquist, the third man mem
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22
The Little Cinderella Of
the Movies will tell her
own wonderful story.
READ 1T in THE TIMES
BEGINNING TOMORROW
DETECTIVES FIX UP GREEN CASE?

Cross examination of states
witnesses at the second trial Of
Fred Green, former Northern Ex-
press agent, charged with embez-
zlement, showed today that prac-
tically the entire case against
Green had been worked out by
N. p. railroad detectives.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22

Night Depot Agent Worth testi-
fled that he had been instructed
by railroad detectives to measure
a small truck which stood on the
depot platform the night of the
supposed robbery. The defense
alleges that thug robbed 8 the
express safe and made off with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22

his loot under cover
- why didn't you measure the
big Jumbo truck as well as the
small one?" asked Attorney Frank
Kelly for the defense.
II wasn't told to measure the
big one," said Worth. so / didn't
think 1t was necessary"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22

the time comes, ] shall drop the
police and depend solely upon my
own resources" he declared.
Remain expects to file his first
abatement suit some time this
week. 1t will be directed against
the owner of hotel which has
been, raided three times within a
month, he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22
Railroad Man Is
Shot and Robbed

Marshal James Hughes OF Te-
nino notified the Tacoma police
Monday that Scott Blair. . rail-
road man, had been shot down ID
the Tenino railroad yards last
night and robbed Of $40. blair
was seriously wounded. The
thugs are believed to have started
toward Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-03-22
The Owners
Opportunity

The owner of an auto, a
house, vacant lot, diamond,
etc., etc, can advertise such
for sale In Times want"
ads without the chance that
the identity of the owner
will become known. The
Times has arrangements
whereby a blind address is
issued to the advertiser and
all answers come in care of
The Times. This plan is by
no means an innovation. 1t
has been followed for some
time, but still there are
many who do not know
about it or do not realize its
possibilities.
ASK FOR A.
"KEYED ADDRESS"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-28


ductors and porters announced by
the Pullman Co.. is taken by labor
union officials to mean any one of
several things. Some say it's a news
paper wage raise" intended to pro-
mote goodwill with the public that
buys stock and influences legislation
touching the sleeping car monopoly.
Others point to the company's long
record in stopping it's workers from
having labor union.
There are so many of these vol
untary wage raises in the newspa-
pers these days." said Victor 0lander,
secretary Illinois Federation of La
Dor after see the figures on the
pay checks raised, then l am ready
to believe a story of a corporation
granting a ten per cent wage raise.
Especially where the corporation has
a policy of keeping spoilers to watch
for labor organizers and discharging
all workers who favor organization.
Chicago members of the commit
tee on industrial relations organized
by Frank Walsh to push the program
of the q. S. industrial relations COM
mittee, point out that the wage pol
icy of the company, since the Amer
lean Railway union strike, was never
jerked out from its darkness and eff
fectively exposed until the Walsh
commission hearings this year. John
Fitzpatrick, president Chicago FEEDER
alton of Labor, and Agnes Nestor,
president Women's Trade Union
league, are the Chicago members of
the committee of which Walsh is the
chairman. Both said that a concern
like the Pullman Co. has everything
to gain and nothing to lose by small
wage raise 1t was shown in the COM
mission hearings that the company
pays regular per cent dividends on
$120,O0O,0O0, though it's actual in
vestment is less than $30,000,000,
and it trims the travelling public with
hinh for hort &c HrybiIo II ovp1oifc