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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
MEETING OF FAIR OFFICIALS
 HAS BEEN CALLED
Reports of the Fair Held Last Year Will Be Made and New Officers
 Chosen for Ensuing Year

The stockholders of the Alabama State fair will hold the annual meeting of the association in the offices at the Cham Der of Commerce building Tuesday at noon. Officers and directors for the en- suing year will be chosen, following the report of the nominating committee.
 The annual report of the fair held last fall will be made to the stockholders will show that the fair last fall was success financially as well as in other ways and it was not necessary for the guarantors to put up any of the money they had pledged.
 Keen interest is taken in this meeting, as it is expected to clear up the ques- tion of who shall head the Business Mems league as well as the fair association. It had been customary until last year for the same man to head both organi- cations. The stockholders and directors are practically the same and the fair was originally conducted by the league. The Business Mems league held its an nual meeting last month and was ex- pected to elect officers at that time, but no action has yet been taken.
 large number of the stockholders and officers of the two bodies contend that the former plan of having one presi- dent for both organizations should be returned to and it is believed that this is what caused the delay. The question is expected to be cleared up at the meet ing Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF AGE-HERALD
 IS COMPLETED

The Age Herald's Classified Business Directory, which will be issued about the 15th will be a complete encyclopedia or the business and professional men in Bir- mingham It will carry the names os every important business man in the city, as well as all of the most promi- nent architects attorneys, physicians, dentists and other professions that are not barred by ethical considerations from printing in such a directory their cards.
 It is the intention of those compiling the data for The .Age-Herald's Classihed Business Directory to make it the most complete edition of it's kind ever pub lished in Birmingham The directory will first be printed in The Age-Herald in the form of a supplement. It then will be printed in book form, and placed in the hands of every resident of Ale' who desires it. It will be placed in all drug stores, hotels, railway stations, telephone booths and other places where people meet or ask information.
 The several businesses and professions will be properly classified, so that it will consume but moments +''--o to locate the name and address of any firm or in dividual in any business or profession in Birmingham The booklet wi'' To ready for distribution shortly after the 18th and can be had for the asking at The Age Herald office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
SENATOR BURTON
 TO LECTURE HERE

Dr. c. A. Brown, principal of the Bir- mingham High school, announced last night that former Senator Theodore E. Burton of Ohio will be in Birming gham for two addresses on Friday and Satur- day of this week. Senator Burton comes as one of the attractions of the Birming- ham Lyceum course. He will speak in the auditorium of the Birmingham High school at S:15 Friday night and will ad- dress the teachers of the Birmingham schools at their semimonthly meeting on Saturday morning.
 Senator Burton is not stranger to the people of Birmingham and the announce ment of his coming will be welcomed by the pecplesgenerally. Subjects for his ad- dresses have not yet been announced.
 The fact that Senator Burton is being prominently mentioned as a presidential possibility will add interest to the an- nouncement of his coming.
 In his addresses here Senator Burton will likely have something to say about the foreign policy of the present admin order of the former lectures of the pres ent course will have nothing to say con- corning the European war, except inci- dentallly in the discussion of the foreign policy of the JTnitetd States as maintained by Secretary Lansing and President Will son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
TAX ORDINANCES BOTH SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TUESDAY Liquor Inspection Is Sure to Pass, But City Service
 Measure Is in
 Doubt

At Tuesday meeting of the city com mission it is now fairly assumed that the liquor inspection and city service ordi- nances with few amendments to the original drafts will be passed.
 There is no doubt about the liquor in- spection ordinance, but the city service measure due to the opposition of Cont missioner Barber is still doubtful of pas sage However, the adherents of the ordinance are confident of it's success in the final vote.
 The city service tax will impose with the amendment of Commissioner Truss tax O fS3 annually on every male citi- zen of Birmingham. The sum derived from this source of taxation will go to the maintenance of the public schoolS which it is claimed are certain to bb closed by the end of March, unless some- thing is done toward raising the neces- sary funds for continuance until June.
 The liquor inspection tax will provide a fee of 50 cents on every package Of liquor that is shipped into the city, and as the express records show an averaHe of about 1760 shipments per day, this will give a considerable sum to the city. The money derived from the liquor in spection will go for the maintenance of an increased police department. It is tho intention to make the police department self-suStalnlng from the funds of tJe
 liquor inspection if possible, that ttlB funds now used for the upkeep of tn police may be directed to the support Of the schools
 News was received yesterday of the progress of the civic equalizers. They are now in the suburbs and it is under- stood their report will increase the val nations of the city at least S100 GOO, ,00o. However, this report has no assurance of being accepted even tentatively by the county board of equalizers. $t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
URGE PROHIBITION
 LAW ON CONGRESS
Alabama Commission Leaves Tomorrow in Interest of
 Anti-Advertising Law

The labama commission, appointed by morrow morning for Washington in the interest of the anti-liquor adver s.'g bill.
 The members of the delegation will speak before the Senate comn''- on postoffices and post roads,s of which Sen ator Bankhead is chairman. R. M. Good all, Judge Samuel D. Weakley, l.. B. Musgrove, F. M. Jackson and L.. Sessions are the members of the com mission and all of them will make the trip. It is announced that several other prominent Alabama prohibitionists who will be in the east next week will ap- pear with the commission before . -.n- ate committee.
 A resolution was passed at the resent session of the state legislature asking Congress to stop the sending of liquor advertising through the mails. A bill providing for this was introduced in the House by Congressman Abercrombie and in the Senate by Senator Bankhead. Con erescman Abercrombie is actively SUD- porting the measure in the House, as is Senator Bankhead in the Senate. The fact that Senator Bankhead is chairman of the committee which has the bill in charge in the Senate is believed by the Alabama men interested in the passage of the bill to augur well for it's success.
 Since the request of the legislature of Alabama for the passage of this bill by Congress the National Antisaloon league and the National Woman's Christian Temperance union have indorsed the measure and both of these organizations will actively cooperate with the Alabama. commission. It is stated that the legisla- lures of Georgia and Mississippi hava also adopted resolutions similar to those previously enacted by the Alabama law makers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
COURT ORGANIZED
 AT Y. M. c. A. SCHOOL

Educational Director Mitchell of the Young Mems Christian association re- ports that a moot court has been or ganized in connection with the as sociation courses in law. As it is in- tended to consolidate and increase the law classes into an organized school and a course extending over a period of three years, it is expected that the students will derive great benefit from the actual presentation of questions of law before some member of the local bar who will preside as judge
 The experience of the educational de- partment of the association institute has to date resulted in many sugges- tions of changes which probably will be effected next year. What is more important, the men who undertake the work chiefly from curiosity have dropped it and the work is now be- ing done by serious students whose purpose is to fit themselves for the legal profession.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
Maximum Amount Expected From Birmingham Is
 Reached
LIST OF DONORS
 TO BE PUBLISHED
People of Sylacauga Send Unsolicited Donation of $75 Through the Mayor of the City to
 Aid the Cause

total of $535S 45 was reported by the committees working to raise total of sl0,OO0 for the relief of Jewish war suf- day. This amount brings the fund well above the $l0,000 expected from Birming ham, and Chairman Robert Jemison Jr, expressed himself as we'll pleased with the result of the five-hours' campaign.
 But few of the committees were work ing yesterday, and $76O was the net result of the mornings work. Something like $500 was received in response to the cir cGlar letters mailed on Friday, and SIS 50 was sent to The Age-Herald to be turned over to the committees. The list of donors to the fund, something like 1900 in number, will be printed ill Tuesdays Age-Herald. Secretary Simon Klotz will work throughout today, listing the names properly, and expects to have a list completed by late Monday afternoon.
 The leading committee in the campaign was that headed by w. B. Fowlkes, which reported $672.5O. The second committee was headed by Solon Jacobs and secured a total of $610 Culpepper EXums com mittee was third in the running with a total amount of $51S50 The Ensley team headed by D. M. Lewis had not reported up to last night, and it is expected the report will be in hand Monday morning.
 Many of the committees working yes- terday stated that they had promises of further donations, to be sent to K. Steiner. Dr. Newfield or MT. Jemison Monday. The Wylam team, headed by the Rev. W. A. McDougall, reported $50 and said that other subscriptions had been promised.
 All of the committees expressed their pleasure in the work. It was repeatedly stated that courtesy was the rule every where they called. and only one commit tee reported refusal to contribute yes terday, MT. Jemison, in speaking of the result of the campaign, said:
 ''It speaks well for Birmingham that we have exceeded the mark set at the beginning of this campaign The civic pride of the city asserted itself, and it is source of great pleasure to me that we passed under the wire winners. The people of Birmingham again have demon strated that brand of generosity for which the city has become famed.''
 One of the pleasing incidents of yester- day was the receipt of s75 from the may or of Sylacauga, who said in his letter to Dr. Newfield that the c,-------- was co"- tributed by the people of Sylacauga, who wanted to aid the cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
MAKES HIMSEI F FAMOUS BY
 SUGGESTING THE LIQUOR TAX
Preston Walker Avondae Druggist Responsible for Idea of Putting Fee Every Shipment of Liquor Re
 ceived in Birmingham

dence in Attalla However. Mr. Walker admits being a generous taxpayer to the county and city.
 To MT. Walker, who was formerly an alderman in Attalla, and who admits having been lobbyist in the legislature that passed the Greater Birmingham bill, has come unique fame.
 A few weeks ago in the midst of his cares of dispensing drugs in Avondale and the reading the newspapers on the financial distress of Birmingham he evolved the theory that as about 800 gal Ions of whisky per day was coming into the city legally, the municipality might as well be deriving some revenue from tnIs traffic He wrote letter to Commits sioner Ward about his idea and the re- suit was the ordinance that will come up for passage at Tuesdays commission meeting, which if favorably acted upon will impose tax of 50 cents on all liquor packages entering the city of Birming- ham.
 T thought that as the city lost the rev. enue of the licenses on the legalized sa- loons," said MT. Walker, they should get some money from the tremendous amount of whisky coming into the city the express and freight of fees.
 But the city should not make the in- spection too rigid and costly. As Com missioner Truss said, it is a revenue bearing scheme, not a moral issue; at least, for any part it isn't. But there is no harm in the city making money off the people who buy whisky, as those per- sons should bear all taxing burdens from the very fact that they are so affluent as to be able to purchase liquors.
 'I am at the present time thinking over some of the other problems of the city, and it is possible that I will have some thing to say on other matters in the near future Operating a drug store in Avon dale gives me plenty of time to ponder on governmental matters
 Mr. Walker is a quaint, mddle-aged gentleman, whose merry twinkle in his deep-set eyes denotes a sense of humor. He said:
 "So I am famous. eh? We'll young fellow that might be your idea of fame, but if the accomplishments of my life rested on the fact that my name was hitched on to a liquor ordinance I'd say that I was in an awful fix. I've done other things"
 But modesty forbade the telling of toe much at one time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
MOVIE ORDINANCE
 IS UP TOMORROW Pastors Union May Decide to Insist on Referendum
 on Sunday Shows

Just as the public in calmness and ease was about to forget that there was such a thing as opposition to Sunday moving pictures, along comes the resurrection of the tentative ordinance that Commission CT Weatherly framed several weeks go for the subcommittee of the Pastor $ union It will come up for official action tomorrow morning at the February meet ing of the ministers.
 This ordinance was frame Commls- soner Weatherly soon after the city commission made Sunday movt-S 2" lures legal Tomorrow the Pastors union will hear the report of thelr sub- committee and it is forecasted that the members will vote to actively start 2 campaign for referendum on the ordi- nance drawn up by Commissioner Wealth erly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
New Road Advocated

The Central Park Civic league at a meeting last week suggested that the county build boulevard from Roebuck Springs to Bessemer, and the highway committee of the league was directed to investigate the matter of construct ing this highway along the route of the survey of the county sewer. It was pointed out at the meeting that the county already possessed the right of way for the sewer and it would be an easy matter to build the road above it.
 Many other matters of interest were discussed and committee reports read
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
Declarations Filed

The following candidates filed their declarations in the clerks office of the probate court yesterday:
 George Huddleston, candidate for re- election to Congress from the Ninth dis trict.
 G. D. Glaze, candidate for justice of the peace of Precinct 5.
 R. H. Franklin, candidate for constable of precinct 49.
 Felix I. Tarrant candidate for member of the board of revenue.
 w. R. Stephens, candidate for justice of the peace of Precinct D.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued at the clerks office of the probate court yesterday:
 l. H. Vowell, Columbia, s. C., and Miss Jamie Eddene Hewer.
 Ira E. Brady and Miss Bessie E. Hur- ley.
 George Schoettlin, Pensacola, and Miss Leo Harvell.
 Frank Gray, Ensey, and Miss Ceilon Held.
 Clyde C. Parker, Ensley, and Miss Kathleen Neal
 T. o. James and Miss Ethel Watson
 Tom Berry, Woodwater. and Miss Vera Dobson.
 Gilbert A. Fallon, wylam, and Mrs. Eba James,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06

Preston L. Walker, the Avondale drug gst, who suggested to Commissioner George B. Ward the liquor inspection ordinance which comes up for passage on Tuesday takes issue with the oppo- nents of the measure and asserts that it will aid the present prohibition laws of the state.
 ''Of course, some people claim that the liquor inspection ordinance is contrary to the policy of the prohibition forces" said MT. Walker yesterday afternoon, but as a practical, hard headed citizen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers were recorded at the probate court yesterday
 $35O0-Don Caverno to Earle Coker, part of lot Il, in block 5, Avondale.
 $2250-A. J. May to WoooIawn Realty and Development company, lot 13 1T block 15
 $1550-Cook Henderson to Mary Strong lot g, in block 260.
 Sl250-American Land corporation tc Bernice H. Clark, lots 5, 6, : and S, in block 8, Rosemont.
 s1250-A. J. Smith to Annie H. Knight lot 6.
 $1100-Henry B. Whitehead to Mittie J Jowers lot 3 in block GA.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
T0DAY'S EVENTS
Statement December 3l. 1918
At the Photoplay I.,rsos

At the Photoplay E?-sos Strand-"The Love Trail" with Agnes Gwynn.
 Colonial-"All Keystone Day." Rialto-"The Heart of the Blue Ridge" with Clara Kimball Young Princess-General Film programme
 Odeon One-Charley Chaplin in "H Prehistoric Past.'
 Alcazar-"The Path of Happiness, '" with Violet Mersereau. Odeon -"Shanghaied'' with Char ley Chaplin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
WANT TO COME SOUTH

"'When can we come to Alabama? We want to attend some of those meetings you are holding among farmers" said Miss Morgan.
 ".Any time I said. Come right along
 "'Well, we are coming, and soon, at that they said.
 And so they are all interested. They are human. They have big hearts. They want to do good in the world, and are delighted when someone shows them how
 "I went to New York to spend two days. l stayed four days, and had in- vitations enough to have kept me 10 days.
 "We are going to hear from those people. They are glad and eager to cooperate.
 But rest assured they are not used to having people come to see them who do not ask for money
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06

l take issue with them, and assert thar the enforcement of the prohibition stat utes is strengthened by the adoption of my modest suggestion.
 MT. Walker further stated that he was an ardent prohibitonist and that he had been resident of Birmingham for the past Il years. He does not vote in Br- mingham. but maintains his legal resi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
WOMEN INTERESTED

Mrs Mathis also met number Of the best known women philanthropists in New York. Miss Anne Morgan sister of J. P. Morgan, gave a tea for me, and when she came to the hotel for me in her car one of the first ques- tions was how much money l would likely need for the worl?' said Mrs. Mathis. "I never saw anything like it. They all thought, as a matter of course, wanted money. She introduced ni2 to Mrs. Van Rensseler, and number of others whose names 1 do not recall, and I guess I told them some things they had never heard of before. It is not fair that the average annual in come of the Kansas farmer should be $3000, and that of the Alabama farmer only $500, when little intelligent di- rection will equalize this difference, and I tO1d them SO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
" v" ] Humphreys Seventy-seven For Colds, Influenza,
 G RIP !

The cumulative effect of advertising good thing in the Sunday and daily papers for many years, created such large sales for "Seventy.seven" dur ing the Grip epidemic that we could not meet the demands and were obliged to stop advertising for time to catch up with the orders.
 To get the best results, take ''Sev. enty-seven" at the first feeling of tho Grip or Cold. {.
 If you wait until you begin to cough and sneeze. have sore throat and in.l fluenza, it may take longer
 e5c and s1.oo, at all druggists OF mailed,
 Humphreys Homeo. Medicine Co. lSo William Street. New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-06
Mrs. C. H. Mathis Tells of Her Talks to Millionaire
 PhilanthrOpists
TAKES HER MESSAGE
 UP FROM ALABAMA
Surprised at Keen Interest They Show in Efforts to Better Con- ditions of the Alabama
 Farmer

Does the wealthy man of New York look upon the average visitor from the south as a mendicant?
 The impressions made upon Mrs. c. H. Mathis of Alabama during her recent visit tend to give an affirma- tive answer to this question:
 When MT. Theodore H. Price put me in his car to take me to the luncheon he had arranged" said Mrs. Mathis upon her return last week, "the first question he asked me was Are you going to ask for money?"
 "I certainly am not I replied
 That seemed to floor MT. Price, but he said he was so glad of it that he hardly knew what to say
 MT Price invited dozen or so of his friends to meet Mrs. Mathis. They included number of we'll known null timillionaires and editors, including the editor of Harpers Magazine, the Amer lean Magazine, and Dr. Lyman Abbott, editor of the Outlook, and the pres ident of the Southern society.
 T had not been speaking to them five minutes.' said Mrs. Mathis, when someone spoke up and wanted to know how much money l wanted to carry on this work. Not a cent I said. I work under the auspices of the Ala bama Bankers association and the agricultural department of Alabama. We have a plan and we can carry 1t out. l was invited up here as a guest. I didn't know what you wanted with me, but here 1 am. l am a practical woman farmer. The average income of the Alabama farmer is $500 a year. have taken some of the most ignor- ant and illiterate men and put them upon my farms and have increased their incomes to $500 a year. If you want to know how we do it. just fire your questions. It is not money we want. It is simply the encouragement |of your good wishes that we desire"
 NOT USED TO IT
 "Well sir,' she continued, those men evidently were not used to such talk. And yet they want places to put their money but they don't like to have peo- pie beg them for it. As wise men, they know that the credit any state is en- titled to really depends upon it's farm CTS and they wanted to find from me whether Alabama was entitled to larger credit. They were impressed, too, by my statement that our cam pagn last year had cut $25,000,000 off the S106, 100000 Alabama has been spending every year for imported food stuffs."
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