Tuscaloosa News from Tuscaloosa, Alabama • 1

NEWS JL Ji.Ji.Ji- Ji VOLUME 4, NUMBER 92, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS EVERY WHEEL STOPS IN 00 EH mm '13 FOOTBALL SEASON DRAWING TO A CLOSE HONOR OF W. W. FINLEY IT i supremely happy. It has been a time of bright colors and femininity, pennants, ribbons and brass horns; 'it has been a time when college spirit went abroad in the land and captured and captivated all.

The spirit was all compelling, and hardworked alumni abruptly stoppei their work to obey the Insistent call of their college. College towns werj transformed In a day from Bleep? villages to a maelstrom of enthusiastic and riotous rivalry. But after all it Is a great game, it game in which to make men and the dying of the season can bring nothing else but regret to every heart. Washington yesterday, and were carried out in detail. The death of Mr.

Finey, who wa3 beloved by every man In the employ of the lines with which he was connected, has cast a gloom over local railroad circles. Another man of his calibre will be hard to find, is thj opinion of all. Mr. Finley, who was born and reared in Mississippi, always seemed to have a peculiar interest in the south, and never let pass an opportunity to do something to promote its Interest. He was a man of remarkable business aibility, and brought, order out of chaos in the complicated and unwielling Southern system ir such a manner as astounded his business associates.

SI FIELD OPENED-- UP TO TUSCALOOSA New M. 0. Trains Offers Great Opportunities To Business Men. CAN COME IN THE MORNING AND RETURN IN AFTERNOON Business Men Speak Enthusiastically of the New Arrangc- ment. Several thousand youngsters living between Northport and Artesia will wake up w.

morning and find In their stockings something they have never seen before goods bought in Tuscaloosa. kids will not be the only members of the family enjoying Tuscaloosa goods. Their fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters will be wearing for the first time in their lives clothing from Tuscaloosa. Their fields be sultivated with imiplo-ments from Tuscaloosa. And soon, whenever they think of any need the village store cannot supply, they wl.l think of Tuscaioosa.

But his is not the case now. There are peopte living this side of the Pickens county line who have never here, and to whom Tuscaloosa is as vague a as Shanghai or Ragoon. Go into their homes, and you could find nothing that had come from the stores of Tuscaloosa. The reason is simple the train service between Tuscaloosa and points to the west, making it impossible one to come and go by rail without speni-ing the night here. The New Service.

But this condition of affairs will last but a few days longer. The M. O. railroad announces that on or about December 1 it will put on a train between Artesia and Tuscaloosa that will arrive here in the morning and return in the after noon. will give the ipeople living along the M.

O. opportunity to come to Tuscaloosa and do their shopping, returning in the afternoon. This extra train will bring here much. trade that has heretofore igone to Columbus, to which town they have had better train service than to Tus caloosa. Talking with several merchants and business men this morning in re gard to the new train, a News re jjorter found them most enthusiastic over the announcement.

They were unanimous in the opinion that it will briag much tbusines3 here. "It is of vast importance to the city, especially to the merchants," said one merchant. Another pointed out that Atlanta's prestage as a shopping center is duj almost entirely to the train facilities offered those wishing to come to Atlanta and return to homes in the same day. "We can depend on the merchants to please the 9hoippers from the west and make customers of them, and soon they will be depositing their money in our banks, buying their insurance from us and investing in real estate here," was another expression beard. Just when the new train will arrive and depart has not been definite-ly decided.

The company suggestea 10:50 for "the time of arrival and 3:30 for the time of departure, but it is believed this will give too short a time in the city. Effort will be made to have this tentative schedule changed so that shopjiers can arrive at 10 in the morning and leave at 4 in the afternoon. It is believed the railroad will consent to this change Thanks to Mr. Taylor. The new train was arranged for by a committee of citizens who attended the Southern Commercial congress In Mobile, a month ago, and who secured the promise of" R.

Taylor, vice president and general manager of the Moibile and Ohio railway company, to put on this train if he could possibly do so. The announcement that he would put it on December 1, or as soon as a schedule can be worked out, was made by The News last Friday. Speaking of the matter this morning, a member of the committee that called on Mr. Taylor recalled th3 courtesy with which they were received by Mr. Taylor.

The committee, he said, asked only fifteen minutes of his time, but he entertained them in his office far an hour or longor, asking many questions about Tuscaloosa and its wellfare, besides showing them many other courtesies while in 'Mobile. IHe that Tuscaloosa has a great future, and (promised to do everything with- HI Ki miuii OF AT ADVANCED AGE Judge R. W. Cobb Passes Away at the Home of His Daughter. OCTOGENARIAN WAS ONE OF STATE'S LEADING CITIZENS Suffered Fractured Hip from Fall Re-' ceived Last Week and Died from Shock.

i Birmingham, 28. Judge R. W. Cobb, governor of Alabama two terms, died Wednesday morning at 7:30 o'clock at the residence of bis daughter, Mrs. C.

M. Campbell, 6230 First Avenue, Wood- lawn. Jiid fff 'fVvl'Bri rl ho on ill sometime, and his death was not mexpected. In a fall a few days ago he suffered a fractured hip and he did not recover from the shock of this injury. Funeral services were conducted from the residence at 2:30 Thursday afternoon.

Rev. W. C. Clark, of the Woodlawn Presbyterian church, and Rev. Preston of the Souta Highlands Baptist, will conduct the services at the home The Alabama Grand Lodge of IMasons, of which.

Judge Cobb was a past grand master, will have charge of the services at Woodlawn cemetery, Grand Master Judge Dan Greene conducting. The subordinate lodges of Birmingham assisted in the ceremonies. Tha pallbearers were Past Grand Master George W. Morrow, Past Grand Master R. M.

Cunningham, Past Grand Master Ben iM. Jacobs, Eugene Fie3, Col. T. O. Smith, George W.

Armstrong, W. W. Whittaker and oJe C. Hall. I H.

C. HDWARD Y.M.C1 SPEAK The local Y. M. C. A.

has securel the Rev. H. C. Howard to speak at the men's meetings to be held at tho Diamond theater next Sunday afternoon. is well known in the city being the presiding elder for this district in the IMethodist church and tha association is fortunate in getting him it being his ISunday in Tuscaloosa, The meetings are growing in interest and attendance and are proving a big factor in the religious work among the men in Tuscaloosa A series of Bible talks has been, arranged to take place at the Y.

Mu C. A. building prior to the meeting at the theater. The subject of series will ibe "Men of the Bible" and a character of the Bible will be taken up at each meetnig. Next Sunday Mr.

E. L. Dodson will talk to the class on the life of Joseph. Other-speakers will deliver lectures on tha same line later. HUNTERS MUST HATE LICENSES TO HTJH1 Montgomery, dens and deputy wardens have beea warned to arrest every person who appears in the field without a hunters' license and permits on Thanksgiving Day.

Orders were sent to ail counties by John H. Wallace, state game and fish commissioner, and the officials were instructed to place under arrest every hunter whi is unaible to show that he has the owner's permission to hunt on property. Wardens and deputies will be ia every section of the state Thursday. Commissioner Wallace believes iman persons will attempt to hunt without licenses. "The Count of Luzembourg" is being withdrawn by its Klaw Erlanger, because, they sa; it is so costly, mainly by reason of high salaries, that they cannot maks even when the receipts are $10,000 a week.

jiMVvnjvxruxnjij'j large crowds bot'a this afternoon an.I tonight. nnn MM ES ONE no KILLED i i Water Pumped Into Dry Boiler With Disastrous Results; Boiler Thrown 75 Yards SEVERAL OTHERS BADLY SCALDED, ONE MAY DIE One Man Leaves Widowed Mother Who Was Dependent Upon Him. Two white men, Joe Walker and John Duncan, and one negro, John Montgomery were instantly killed Thursday morning by a boiler explosion at the old Price saw mill near Rue, two miles off the Morris 'Bridge road about eight miles from Tuscaloosa. Two other negroes whose names could not be learned were very badly scalded at the same time and one of these is not expected to live. The accident was caused it is said by the filling of the boiler with water when it was almost empty.

The saw mill was demolished and the boiler itself was carried for more than 75 yards into the swamp. Walker was engineer and Duncan was sawyer at the mill. Funeral services over the remains of Joe Walker will be conducted Saturday afternoon at the family home. Interment will follow in the Sip.5ey burying ground. Definite funeral arrangements over the remains of Mr Duncan have not been Walker is survived by his parents and several brothers and sisters.

Duncan is survived by a widowed mother. ASK WILSON STOP DISSOLUTION SUIT A petition asking President Wilson to stop the pending dissolution proceedings against 'the United States Steel corporation is being circulated in Tuscaloosa. C. H. Watt is in charge of the movement here, and reports that the petition is receiving many signatures.

It is being circulated all over Alabama and has already received over 30,000 signatures, most of them in Birmingham. The of Birmingham who signed the petition state that they fear that if the government persists in its suit against the steel corporation that business of the Birmingham district will Ibe seriously disturbed. They are appealing to Ala-bamaians to sign the petition and urge the president to stop the suit. Advertisements As Salesmen By HOLLAND. YOUR advertisement is just as much a salesman as any clerk you employ or as you are yourself.

But the salesman can talk and show goods only to the possible customer who enters your, store. The advertisement talks to possible customers in their homes. Let your advertisements use the arguments that a good salesman would use. Let them talk frankly and honestly about the quality of the goods and the price. Don't let them say any more or any less than you would want a clerk to say, than you would say yourself.

There is a demand for cheap goods. The cheap, unpolished kitchen table has its place in human life the same as solid mahogany. There are uses to which a cheap quality of calico can be put for which the best broadcloth would lie unsatisfactory. The man who has only a dime to spimd can't buy the dollar article. All he want3 Is something for his 10 cents that is worth 10 cents.

Convince him that you will give him the worth of his money and you get his trade. The swan song of he 1913 season or football Is now being sung throughout the length and breadth of the land. The big east elevens have already disbanded and only one more Important game in the east remains to bs played, the Army-Navy game. Since the beginning of the game no season has been a greater success than the ohe Just closing. Never has the game been marred with fewer accidents; never before blessed with more propitious Weather.

Record breaking crowds have been In attendance everywhere. Rah rah-dom has had most ipalmy days in which to assert its right and privileges and bs THE HIGH SCHOOL Local Aggregation Wins Over Mississippi Boys in Fast Game. In one of the most exciting exhibitions of prep school football ever witnessed, the Tuscaloosa school football team defeated the elevea representing the Franklin academy in Columbus, yesterday by the score of 13 to 12. rom the (beginning when Columbus made a brilliant lead by scoring a touchdown in the first three minutes of the game the nerves of the spectators were kept thrilled, and at times the suppressed excitement became intense. The Tuscaloosa team defeated Columbus here earlier in the season, and this defeat caused the Columbus boys to enter the gamo with a determination to win.

Thj forward pass proved the salvation of Tuscaloosa aggregation, while Columbus resorted to straight football. The hosts had the advantage in weight, but the visiting team' showed superior coaching. Eugene Alston 'or Tuscaloosa was one of the stars of the game, making the first touchdown after a spectacular forward pass. The second touchdown was made by Nat Rogers, who also kicked goal. Atkins and (Bass for Columbus did splendid work, the former frequently making heavy gains through the line while the latter shattered the nerves of his opponents with dashing end runs.

The entire Tuscaloosa team did excellent work despite the fact that the bunch was badly crippled and the absence of Plyer as quarterback. J. Foster as quarterback, made a most pleasing substitute. The game yesterday brought the season of 1913 to a close. The record for the season haslbeen a remarkable one, and is a distinct tribute to the coaching ability of Everett Wilkinson and to the loyalty of the boys who have been working for the high school.

Only one of the five game3 played this year was lost and that was given to a second team of one oi the state colleges. From very up-promising material and an unorganized state of affairs Mr. Wilkinson, assisted by the strong support of the high school boys, has succeeded in producing a team that was fast, able and unafraid. As coach, "Mr. Wilkinson has not only served efficiently as a master of the game of football, but in his close association with the boys he has been a strong factor in developing a spirit of co-operation in the school that has (been a great gain for the school and an asset for the boys working under his direction.

in his power to assist in its upbuilding. Get Paper in Afternoon. The train will put the Tuscaloosa News into every town ibetween Tus-loosa and Artesia from one to thre3 hours after publication. It will b3 the only afternoon in the state that can be delivered in this territory on the day of publication. The has many subscribers In this territory, who will'- appreciate receiving their paper so promptly.

1 A signal honor was paid the late W. Flnley, president of the iM. A. O. and Southern railways and affiliated lines this morning when on the stroke of 10 o'clock, the hour at which the body was carried into St.

John's church, in Washington, all work on the 7,000 mile? of the roads which Mr. Flnley headed came to a standstill for five minutes. a wheel turned, not a telegraph instrument clicked and everv employe of the companies, from the vice presidents down to the humblest employe, paused in their work for five minutes to do honor to the memory of their great chieftan. Orders for this suspension were received here from headquarters in SS SELLING GAMPA 50,000 Seals Are Received in Tuscaloosa Plans Are Being Arranged. Preliminary shipments of Red Cross Christmas seals to points in the state have put 340,000 seals in the hands of the committees who ar going to handle them.

They were all carried by the southern Express company without charge, and the company will continue to distribute the seals for the anti-tuberculosis committee. The distribution of the Red Cross Christmas seals to date is as follows: Camden, Snow Hill, Columbiana, (Montgomery, Mobile, Decatur, Tuscaloosa, Haleyville, Athens, Eutaw, Florala, Andalusia, 2,000. This in no way represents the totals that will be received in the vari-our communities. The anti-tuberculosis committee is prepared to furnish more seals as soon as needed, and these are merely to cover the initial sales. The workers against tuberculosis are hoping to find the support of the teachers in other counties as strong as that in Jefferson county.

The teachers of Jefferson county have made arrangements to sell the for the committee to the pupils in the school. A similar movement on the part of the other teachers in the state woud be a great aid to the efforts of the committee In increasing the sale of stamps. I K. OF AT PAGE'S III I A number of Tuscaloosa Knights of Pythias will go to Birmingham this afternoon to be present for "Page's Night" this evening when the rank of page will be conferred on about 500 candidates by the famous degree team of Dayton, Ohio. Among those who will go from here are: J.

A. Duckworth, chancellor commander; E. L. Dodson, vice chancellor; L. Smith, prelate; Prof.

Montgomery, master work; J. W. McCarson, Victor Friedman, George Jordon and Joe Herman. Among the noted K. of who will be present for the exercises, which will be held at the Jefferson theater are: Supreme Chancellor Thomas J.

Carling of Macon, Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal Fred J. Wheaton of Minneapolis, Supreme Vice Chancellor Toung of Colorado, Grand Chancellor Patterson of (Decatur, Grand Vice Chancellor IWaldrop of iAnniston, Granl Keeper of Records and Seal Donne'l'." of Montgomery and Grand Inner Guard Gwin of Gadsden. illoraer Miles, who won vaudeville fame in his own little Dlavet, "On a Side Street," has found anotho.d vehicle in "From the Housetop." RED SEALS KELLY NOT YET AT HISJW'S END Pardoned in South Carolina, Will Be Brought to Alabama to Serve Time. James P. Kelly, arrested in Montgomery in 1902 for rablbing the post-office at Marion, and who for several years has been serving a sen-' tence in South Carolina, may be returned to Alabama shortly.

Kelly while serving a sentence for an offense against the United States law was pardoned by Governor Cole Blease of ISouth Carolina. Immediately after he had walked from the prison in South Carolina a free man, negotiations were begui to re-arrest him. The history 0f 'Kelly's career and his escape from jail would a headliner for a sensational magazine story. When arrested near Montgomery in 1902 he gave his name as James (Kelly, and has passed since then as Oakland Sammy" and iSamuel K. Williams.

IHe was brought to the Montgomery jail and bound over by the United States grand jury to await a hearing (before the district court. Just a few days before his case was considered, with a steel instrument, sawed the bars of his cell and made his escape from the Montgomery jai'. Arrested in Florida. Several months later he was arrested in a small town in Florida, near Tallahassee, and again prove! himself a genius at jail breaking While a United States officer was on his way from Montgomery to Florida to bring the prisoner back to this city, the jail in which Kelly was incarcerated was wiped off the map by a big fire, the origin of which was traced to Kelly's cell. Not only Kelly ibut every other prisoner in the jail escaped.

officers lost tack of Kelly after chasing him for some time, and until he was arrested in South Carolina for the robbery 0f a postoffice, was never heard of again. Aud thus 11 years after he had committed an alleged crime in Ala-gama he will be brought across the borlers of three states to answer to a federal grand jury. Kelly escaped from the Montgomery jail during a heavy rainstorm. CAROLINA TEACHERS MEET IN RALEIGH Raleigh, N. Nov.

28. North Carolina school teachers took Raleigh by storm today and practically every accommodation in the city is taxed to places for them. The occasion of the gathering is the thirtieth annual meeting of the state Teachers' assembly, the sessions of which will continue until the end of the week. The program is considered the best ever prepared for a meeting of the organization. The improvement of the rural schools is to receive particular attention In the.

addresses and discussions. On the lUt of speakers are Governor Locke Craig, iPresident J. D. Eggleston of the Virginia Polytechnic institute, President E. C.

Branson of the Georgia State Normal school, and Dr. William H. Kilpatrick of the Teachers' College of Columbia university. ALABAMA LOSES TO HISS. A.

In Hard Fought Battle i'eam Triumphs O- ana Outweighed and minus the services of Capt. Van de Graaff, the Crimsoa and White Warriors went down in defeat Thanksgiving Day in Birmingham before the Mississippi A. M. The Alabama team fought desperately throughout the game nd twice seemed just aDout to score but each time lost the ball on The result was not a surprise as everything pointed to the closest kin-j of score. Mississippi put up a different kind of game from that displayed with Auburn.

Their defense was fierce and sure; their, tackling. of tha highest order. The A. heavier line enabled them to make big gains through Alabama's line, through which the Aggies plowed time and again for substantial gains. There was no doubt about the fact that Bully Van de 'Graaff was the shining star for the Crimson and White.

His work at defense was nothing short of wonderful. The entire Alabama team played great football, and after the first quarter, they played the heavier Mississippi team to a standstill. Lis indicated by the score 7 to 0, the game was close and hard fought neither team having much advantage after the first quarter, the ball remaining in midfield throughout the three remaining quarters. SEE YOURSELF II THE HIES As usual the Diamond comes to the front today with the pictures that the citizens of Tuscaloosa bav been waiting for several weeks, these pictures were made in Tuscaloosa during the recent barge celebration at Lock 10, and show Miss Blair as she christened the barge also, the speakers and the crowds both at the lock and on the streets. This picture will appear in the regular Pathe Weekly, which will be shown all over the country and with its twenty million readers it will prove of inestible advertising value to this city.

In addition to this Manager 'Howell has arranged a very strong regular propram which will be shown la conjunction with the barge pictures. "The Dangling Noose" is a great western drama by the Selig company the scenes of which are laid In the Rocky Mountains. Another good drama by the Palhe company Is "The Smuggler" and i'. an excellent production. The Edison company present "A wilfull Colleen's Way" another o' the great Irish plays for which the Edison company are famous.

This is a very interesting program and will no doubt be shown to.