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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
DAY IS DEVOTED ID VARIOUS REPORTS BY CUMBERLANDS Seek S1OO,OOO Endowment for Seminary During the
 Coming Year MEMORIAL FOR THE
 MINISTER'S TODAY Report Shows Sixteen Ministers of the Denomination Have Died Since
 the Last General

The eighty-sixth annual sitting of the general assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian church will come to a close at 10:15 o'clock tonight. The general as- sembly has been in session at the Cum berland Presbyterian church in Norwood since 10 o'clock last Thursday, and the business affairs of the entire chain of Cumberland Presbyterian churches throughout the United States has been discussed and attended to by this assem- by.
 The session yesterday afternoon was considered one of the most important yet held. There was no session in the fore noon, the time being given over to a sightseeing trip over Birmingh ham, but the assembly went into business ses- sion at 2:30 o'clock that lasted until 5 O clock in the afternoon. At this session the reports of the various committees were taken up, discussed and passed upon.
 Probably the most important feature Of yesterdays session was the report and discussion of the committee on the beard of education and seminaries of the Cumberland Presbyterian churches This 5 report occupied the greater part of the afte noon. The report showed the en- doWinent fund of these semnaries to be Sl5,6lO and that approximately $25,000 had been added to the fund in the last F months, or since the last sitting of the general assembly in Memphis More than SoOOO of the amount has been collected, and is now loaned out bearing a good rite of interest. The committee in mak- ing the report recommends that the en- dow Wment fund be raised to $1O0,000 before the next sitting of the general assembly which will be in Lincoln I'll
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
SECRETARY BAKER
 CITES SUCCESS OF CLEVELANO'S PLANT
Tells Why It Became Neces. sary for the City to Manufacture Elec-
 tricity

Secretary of War Newton D. Baker en- tered the fight to establish a municipal electric plant in Birmingham in letter received yesterday by Commissioner James Weatherly. Secretary Baker was formerly mayor of Cleveland, O., and it was under his administration that the structed it's own municipal electric light plant at cost of $3,000,0OO.
 The letter of Secretary of War Baker to Commissioner Weatherly follows:
 War Department
 Washington May 19 1916.
 My Dear MT. Weatherly: 1 have your letter of May 13, asking my opinion as to the success of the electric light and power plant esta blished by the city of Cleveland, and some description of the process through which the city went to secure that publicly-owned utility.
 The duties of this department are such that I find myself unable with justice to them, to take the time to give con sideration to other matters, but my in- terest in the growth and development of American cities is of such long standing and my activities for many years de- voted to that subject, that I cannot be content without saying just word in response to your letter.
 The conditions in Cleveland of fairly cheap coal supply, very adequate water supply and large commercial and indus trial users of electric power were un- favorable to the project of the city. The unfavoramle clements were the existence of a very excellently managed private company, strongly financed and in monopolistic control of the field. I think municipal project would not have been undertaken there had the city been able to secure by regulation what it deemed a just rate for the service and to abolish discrimnations among patrons. AS neither could be done, however, in any other way, Cleveland embarked upon the experiment of building a municipal plant and established, when that plant was opened a maximum rate of cents per K. w. H. For the two years of opera ton, which the plant has had, It's success has been astonishing, and I have not the least doubt that continuation of the careful management with which the plant has been started out VIII make it a con- tinuing success. I think I am entirely conservative when I say that the building of the plant at total cost or less than s, ,000, 900 is saving the people of Cleve- land, directly and indirectly, nearly $1,0O0, O00 a year; that is to say, the direct sav- ing is to those who get lower rate by using current from the municipal plant, while the indirect saving is to those who get a lower rate by the better schedule, which the private company has been obliged to establish to compete with the municipal plant. As yet, the private com pany has not run its rates down to the B cent maximum. but it's power rates have been greatly reduced and the pressure of the city's competition will some day lower the private companys rate to that main tained at the city plant. Yours very truly, NEWTON D. BAKER
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23


 a lot of trouble and the citizens are better off through the withdrawal of the offer.
 However, I cannot agree with the statement of MT. Barber, criticizing the action of the majority of the board for what they were about to do on the by-product question This simply happens to be division of honest and righteous men on a big proposition. Commissioners Ward, Hornady and Truss happened to think that any trade that lowered the rates was better than no reduction at all. while MT. Barber and myself thought differently. But do regard the action of the majority as being that of a commission of three as tomorrow this combination may be all shattered by another division on some other project of public interest in which we cannot all agree.
 But to return to byproduct gas Suppose the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad company cannot supply this gas to the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. I understand that the Woodward Iron company. the Re- public company and the Sloss-S Shef- field company would be glad to sell by-product gas to MT. Pevear at even a lower rate than he could have se- cured from the Tennessee company If MT. Pevear is sincere in desiring to supply Birmingham with cheaper gas he can do so without trouble.
 However in my opinion the with drawal of the by-product offer was be- cause of the possibility of a refer endum. was not going to initiate referendum on the question. but understood and undoubtedly the off cials of the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company also unded- stood that someone would have start ed the ball rolling if the commission had ratified the by-product proposi- tion. The fear of such referendum influenced. in my opinion, the with product"
 It was also indicated last night by the statements of the commissioners that the by-product gas question will be thoroughly discussed at the meeting today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
TAKE THIS FOR DISTRESSING
 BRONCHIAL. COTJGHS

Bronchitis often leaves nervous, hacking, worse on arising and at night fall, that is very wearing to the strength and hard on the nerves. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound spreads healing, soothing coating on the inflamed lining of the throat clear ing it at once of hoarseness and tick ling phlegm and stopping the severe racking cough Refuse any substitute offered in place of Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
TODAY'S EVENTS

General assembly Cumberland Pres byterian church meetings.
 Ad club luncheon at Hotel Hillman at p. m.
 Howard college concert 10:30 a. m. Reception to 6 p. m. Senior class play p. m.
 At the Theatres Majestic-''The March of Empire" !" filmization of the progress of educa- tion.
 Lyric-Vaudeville. Matinee at 230 p. m, and 4:3O p. m. Evenings at 7:S0 and g.
 Hippodrome-Roller skating. Mati nee at 2:3o p. m. Evening at p. m,
 At Photoplay Houses Strand-"The Feud Girl" with Miss Hazel Dawn.
 Trianon-"The Children in the House." with Miss Norma Talmage. Colonial-"Tangled Fates," with Miss Alice Brady.
 Rialto--"The Ordeal of Elizabeth" with Miss Lillian Walker Odeon Two-"Celeste,' with Miss Viola Smith,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Members of the Howard college board of trustees adjourned late yesterday aft ernoon without making any announce- ments, except the election of Dr. J. B. Longwell of the University of Pennsylva- mia, as director of athletes, and the for nal abolishing of the Howard College Higk school.
 Reasons for not making further an- nouncements were given on the ground that there was to be a second meeting of the board in the office of President Shelburne June S. The board was unable to complete several matters of impor- tance and deemed it advisable to hold an adjourned meeting.
 Prof. J. s, Ward, a graduate of How ard college fof the class of 1914, and for the past year teacher of Latin. French and German in the Howard College High school. has been elected principal of the Andalusia City High school. He will take up his work at Andalusia in Sep- tember
 MT. Ward leaves Howard with the closing of the Howard High school, which passed out of existence last week by order of the Howard board of trus- tees. The school was abolished to make room for the expansion of the colle=a A>- partment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
PUTS SOME HUMOR INTO REPLY ID MR. WEATHERLY Thinks Commissioner May Also Have Violated the Corrupt Practice" Act INVITED PEVEAR TO
 TURN ON THE LIGHT Company Announces, However, That "Paid Political Advertisement"
 Will Be Used in Future
 Articles

President J. s. Pevear of the Birming- ham Railway, Light and Power company replied to the interview of Commissioner James Weatherly which appeared in Sundays Age-Herald, and which, among other things, stated that the advertise ments printed by Birmingham Largest Taxpayer were illegal. In his reply MT. Pevear states that if the advertise ments are illegal, then Commissioner Weatherly's statement, which is print ed matter is also illegal
 Commissioner Weatherly's statement ir opening his fight on the light plant bond issue, which appeared in yester- days papers, has several interesting fea- tures,' says I'M. Pevears statement.
 Tn the outset he charges that the articles appearing in the local papers from the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company constitute a violation of the corrupt practice act.
 Section of the corrupt practice act reads; Every bill, programme, poster pamphlet. advertisement, newspaper ad- vertisement, cartoon. or other printed matter. having reference to an election, or to any candidate shall bear upon the fact thereof the name and address of the persons or committee causing the same to ha m bli
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
COMMISSIONERS COMMENT

Commissioners Ward Weatherly and Barber were in their offices when the letter of MT. Pevear arrived, and upon being apprised of the withdrawal of the offer on by-product gas their comments were widely divergent
 Arlie Barber had not read the core spondence but upon being told of it's contents by a reporter stated that the witGrawal of the offer by the Brming- ham Railway, Light and Power company did not especially interest him, as he hal been opposed to accepting the proposi- ten from the start.
 'T do not know what is behind the withdrawal of the by-product proposi- ticn,'' said MT. Barber, "as they were having their own way about the mat ter The proposition, I understand was to be accepted by the votes of Commis sioners Ward. Truss and Hornady, who decided that way in a meeting in which neither Commissioner Weatherly nor myself were present or invited. It ap- pears as if commission of three is back in the saddle.
 In my dealings with the Birmingham Railway Light and Power company I simply requested of MT. Pevear his low est terms for flat rate during the life of the present gas contract. I am still waiting for his answer. I opposed his proposition because it was not an ade- 
 the city. That his offer is now with drawr is an excellent thing for the citi- zens."
 WARD DISAPPOINTED
 When President Ward was advised on the statement of Commissioner Bar Der he said:
 Tt is unfortunate that we do not have more meetings like that, as it is those meetings that we do somethine g. sensible, without verbal pyrotechnics How was it when Commissioner Bar Der formed one of the trio that made Sunday motion pictures possible? Was it a commission of three then?
 AS to the by-product matter I think the situation is most Unfortunate for the people It is blow to the busi- ness uplift that should begin to be materializing about now"
 Commissioner Weatherly stated.
 T am mighty glad of it. It saves us
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were day:
 George Kirker and Miss Ethel Wood. R. C. Camby and Miss Beatrice Tolson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23

before you close any agreement with the city of Birmingham.
 1T trust that this action on our part will not cause your company embarrass- me,it. as the Birmingham Railway. Light and Power company is in no way at fault. for the change in conditions ne cessitatine a refusal to supply the gas, the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company is entirely responsible Yours truly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
Left Over Blankets

R. A. Brown, chairman of the Confed- crate veterans finance committee, is at loss to know what to do with 1900 light weight, mixed wool and cotton blankets which were used three nights at the fair grounds by the Confederate soldiers camped there.
 He is anxious to dispose of these blankets and will be willing to sacrifice them in order to raise a reasonable amount of money. Every blanket has been thoroughly cleaned by the laundry and sterilized. They may be seen at Goodall- Brown company. The blankets will only be sold in lots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
DECLAMATORY CONTEST

Sophomore and junior medals at How ard college were won yesterday morning by J. Rife Simmons of Monroeville, and | Ira D. Harris of Wilsonvlle. Mir. Sim mons won the sophomore declamatory
 medal, with The Stars and Stripes while the subject of MT Harris oration was Joan D'Arc."
 MT. Harris recently won the second prize of $50 in gold in the state intercol- legiate peace oratorical contest, held in Birmingham. He is a divinity student at Howard.
 There were five sophomore speakers
 and three juniors in the oratorical con test.
 The following were the sophomore speakers, with their subjects Thomas L. Bond of Newville "The Soul of the vioin;' Lewis w. Cookery of Northport, "A Vision of War and Vision of Peace;" J. Rifle Simmons of Monroeville, stars and Stripes;" Thomas E. Steeey of Talladega, The
 New South" Charles H. Ferguson of Tuscaloosa "The Burning of Moscow" The juniors, with the subjects of their orations, were
 G. Cody Chance of Thompson. Pre-
 paredness:" Ira D. Harris of Wilsonville, Joan D'Arc;" Howard s McMillan of
 Burnt Corn, Switzerland, An Example of Preparedness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
WORKS BOTH WAYS

The company is advised that neither the articles published by the company, nor those appearing from private citi- zens, nor the statement of Mir Weatherly, are within the terms of this section of the act but it is further advised that, if the presentation of facts, arguments and opinions by the company through the press, without giving the name and ad- dress of the company, constitutes a vio- lation of the act, then that Mir. Weath- erlys statement, being printed matter and having reference to an election and appearing without his name and address, also constitutes a violation of the act
 The company has made as conspicu- ous, as advertising gefuius can suggest. the fact that it was the author of the articles to which MT. Weatherly refers and that it was paying out it's good money to have them published Every reader of the local papers knows this to be true. The law has purpose and a spirit-obviously in this section to afford information Of authorship-and ordinari- ly there cannot be crime without guilty intent The addition to the articles ap- bearing from this company of it's name and address would give the public no more information than it already has in respect to their authorship. The same IS true of MT. Weatherlys statement. If we were not misled into a possible vio- lation of the act by following Mr Weath- erlys s example in giving out statements In the form of printed matter. con cerning an election. there is consolation in the realization that the extreme con- structlon placed on the act by MT Weath- erly in his statement results in the come dy that. when applied to his accusation against us, stablishes equal guilt on his part In the very making of the accusa : ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
GENERAL RECEPTION AT HOWARD COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON Play to Be Presented To- night-Graduating Exer-
 cises Tomorrow BOARD OF TRUSTEES HOLDS BUSY SESSION Dr. Longwell Elected Director of Athletics - Howard College
 High School Is
 Abolished

Members of the faculty of the Howard School of Music will give a concert in the college auditorium at 1o:30 o'clock this morning. Robert Lawrence, Robert Dolejsi, Miss Prudence Neff and the Howard Glee club will take part in the programme.
 From to o'clock this afternoon there will be general reception on the col-
 ege campus, to which all friends of the college have been invited. All fraternity houses. clubrooms and society halls will be thrown open to the public.
 Tonight the senior class will present a play, The Rose of Plymouth Town" with Miss Lois Scandrett of Cordele, Ga, and Garnett NJ. Harris of Birmingham, taking the leading parts. The senior class play always draws about thc, biggest crowd of the commencement sea son. and it is expected a crowded house will greet the players tonight. The play is directed by Miss Lucille Green, teacher of expression.
 1 Graduating exercises will be held to- morrow morning at 10:30 o'clock, at which time IA students will be awarded degrees. Morris w. Bush, president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, ] will deliver the baccalaureate address.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-23
WILL NOT PROSECUTE

MT. Weatherly says that he will not prosecute, but he does emphasize the fact that by his statement he is plac- ing his charge before the public an thorities for their attention, evidently in the hope that his statement will re- suit in prosecution. We will not be outdone by MT. Weatherly in generosi ". Neither will we prosecute him. and so far from inspiring his prosecution we trust that the public authorities will not take cognizance of his of fense even though We all have the right to look to him to set the example of obeying the laws, particularly those those which have become laws of the city by his vote
 MT. Weatherly makes a further charge that the company also violated another section of the act tsection 101 in not having it's articles marked
 paid advertisement" As previously stated, we are advised that these ar ticles are not within the law. and as previously stated, we have made as con- spicuous as possible the fact that they were paid matter However. we Will henceforth mark each article paid political advertisement by Birmin gham Railway Light and Power company. ad dress 2lo0 First avenue, Birmingham Ala. in order that there can be no question of full compliance, although the statement conveys no information which is not presently possessed by the public.
 And then MT. Weatherly charges a further violation of section 13 of the act. which he construes to prohibit all together the articles which the com pany has been publishing. We are def nitely advised by our counsel that this act, properly construed, does not pur- port to prohibit the publication. at the expense of business corporation, of facts. arguments and opinions bearing upon an issue submitted to popular vote. which materially affects the busi- ness interests of such a, corporation. We regret that MT. Weatherly seems
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