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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
HARRINGTON MEETS
 WITH HEALTH BOARD
No Definite Plan of Action Out lined to Finance Health
 System

Dr. F. E. Harrington, the government health expert, who has been chosen as all-time health officer for Jefferson county conferred informally late yes terday afternoon with members of the committee of health of the Jefferson County Medical society
 No definite plan of action was outlined at the meeting, but there was a general discussion of the methods of inaugurating the Fox plan for unified health sys- tenn throughout the county. pr. T. D. Parke, president of the board of health, presided In response to queries from a representative of The Age-Herald. Dr. Parke stated last night that the plan of action in case the board of revenue should continue to refuse to appropriate the sum of money estimated as needed for the inauguration of the system was not discussed.
 .'Dr Harrington will appear before the bcal, of revenue Tuesday, said Dr. Parkc and it is anticipated that he will take up his duties at once. The discussion at the meeting yesterday aft ernoon was informal and nothing definite was done. We merely talked over plans for getting the best possible results from the new health system"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
GOOD WILL AND JOVIALITY WERE PREVAILING ELEMENTS
 AT TRAVELLING MEMS DINNER
President Bush Chamber of Commerce Welcomes Guests and Reviewed Some of the Activities of the Chamber-Novel Stunts Introduced By Postmaster Rushton-Dnner
 Was Home Product Affair
By WINNIE FREEMAN

The jovial disposition of the travel ing man is well known quantity.
 But there are people in Birmingham this morning who will admit that they didn't know just how much jovialitF could be injected into one dinner by several hundred traveling men.
 That is, they didn't know till last night
 But now they know that it's whole lot
 As matter of fact, the travelling mems dinner, given as an annual event at the Tutwiler last night by the Chamber of Commerce, was about the merriest dinner that has been given in Birmingham in many moons
 From far and near they came, and they were on time each and everyone Of them.
 When the dinner began at 7:30 o'clock every one of the 39S seats in the banquet hall was taken. And about 10:30. when President Morris w Bush president of the Chamber of Com merce. concluded his remarks in re- gard to the activities of the Chamber of Commerce, they were still there.
 J. Frank Rushton, the toastmaster of the evening, was just one of the funmakers. There was Dr. George Stuart who told some of his best jokes and managed to work in a lit tie sermon" on the side; and there was Harry Preston of the Railway Audit and Inspection company, or erst- while Keith fame. who delighted the diners with several songs. One of them, particularly entitled "The Stein," seemed to appeal particularly to the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
co.
 OPENS OFFICE HERE

E. G. Crowder. formerly assistant secre- tary of the Newspaper club, and we'll known in the Birmingham district, has gone into the adjustment business The concern will be known as the Crowder Adjustment company. Spacious offices have been arranged for in the Empire building.
 T have made a connection with the American Collection Service Cooperative company, which has agencies throughout the United States said MT. Crowder. The Crowder Adjustment agency will be conducted along the most modern and ap proved lines. We will make a speciality in collecting and attending 60 personal af- fairs of clients who are desirous of ob- taining the services of a reputable firm to transact business for them''
 Mr. Crowder is looked upon as a keen business executive. The announcement of his going into business will be received with interest by his numerous friends and acquaintances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
PATCHES

Where is the patch: The dear old-fashiOned patch, the abOmina- ton of the iIIustrious and the pride of the industrious: Is it gone for ever.
 Patches denote industry, not i'm digence. Patches signify thrift, not poverty.
 Only the other day the body of a woman was found floating on the East river. The telling waters had washed off the rouge, the be- draggled finery had lost it's sheen, the once-curIed hair was like mass of tangled seaweed, but the hollow checks and the sunken eyes were there to tell the tale.
 A minister looked on. A use laid away.c But he was wrong this minister of Christ. Twas not a useless life at all. It only needed patching.
 Why. Sing Sing has hundreds of men. They are considered useless garments. Society cannot use them. And so they are put away in musty cells, food for the moths of cor ruption. Yet all they need is patching.
 This is the new year. It is good time to start. Perhaps we have not been quite as honest as we could have been. Perhaps we could have been kinder. Perhaps we have refused to help a brother in distress.
 So. with the needle of honesty and the silvery thread of hope, by the undying and Illuminating rays of the holy lamp of repentance, let us proceed to fill up the rents in our torn souls. And some day we will blossom forth in new gar ments. True, they may be composed entirely of patches, but they will be honest patches.
 To work. Iris mending time! 4
 NELL FREEMAN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
NEW O|L COMPANY IS INCORPORATED Company Will Start Opera tiOns in the Flat Creek
 District

The Banner oil company is in the field.
 Articles of incorporation were filed yes- terday by this independent company that will continue the hunt for oil in the west ern part of Jefferson county. It is capi talized at 5000 and is headed by Reuben B. Watts. R. D. Curry is vice president and J. c. Waldrop is secretary-treasurer.
 The head offices of the company are at Quinton. The new company holds a lease of several hundred acres in the Flat Creek section of Jefferson county.
 The company, while primarily organ ized for the purpose of drilling for oil and gas. reserves the right to engage in mining and other activities
 It is understood that the Banner Oil company will start operations in the Flat Creek section within the next few weeks. Two hundred shares having a par value of s10, were issued. Of this number, 1S0 are held by R. D. Curry. J. c. Waldrop owns 10, R. B. Watts 8, and w. A. Gib- son 2.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31

l travelling men. Maybe it added little
 tang to the Buffalo Rock,' which was the beverage of the dinner; but be that | as it may it was well received as were
 tho other songs of Mir. Preston. LaRose and Mayfield, borrowed from the Majestic especially for the occa- sion, did a cabaret stunt. which made ] the guests wish that there had been
 more numbers by them or else more cabaret stunts by other artists just like those
 When Kitty Hammond started singing, every man present thought she had a mighty pretty voice, and when she had finished her first parody, every man pres ent was convinced that she had plenti- ful supply of humor. Local parodies were sung by her, and the man present who escaped some quip from musical out bursts was lucky one-or unlucky, ac- cording to the point of view Anyway, somebody had put her wise to the why's and wherefores of certain prominent men present at the meeting, and she didn't fail to let them know that she had their numbers" Of course everybody enjoyed the parodies. as they always enjoy To-
 calized parodies; that is, when the joke s on the other fellow.
 C. E. Abrams, president of the United Commercial Travellers, made short talk and was followed by J. A. Robinson
 president of the Travellers Protective association and F. P. Kirkpatrick, pres ident of the Alabama Travellers associa- tion
 Edward I.aSaHe sang several songs, which added much to the programme.
 And now that the speakers, the toast
 master, and the artists have been re- viewed, it might be added that the dinner Was "home products" affair, and that it was some dinner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
NATIONAL LEADER OF
 PROHIBITION PARTY ARRIVES IN THE CITY
States Bryan Will Bring About Nationwide Pro- hibition and Peace to
 Warning Nations

That William J. Bryan will bring the democratic party to favor nation wide
 prohibition by 1920, that the Nebras-
 kan will not himself be a candidate for the nomination of his party four years hence, and that Bryan will be
 the head of the commission which will
 eventually be named to bring about
 peace among the warning nations were statement of Dr. Perler A. Baker of Westerville. O., superintendent of the
 National Anti-Saloon league, who was in Birmingham yesterday
 Dr. Baker was en route to Benton, where he goes to spend sometime on his plantation. He stopped over in Bir-
 mingham yesterday to see Brooks Law renee, superintendent of the Alabama Anti-Saloon league. Among other prom inent prohibitionists with whom he conferred while in the city were L. B. Musgrove of Jasper and Judge Henry Bacon Foster of Tuscaloosa. Dr. Baker went to Montgomery last night on his way to Benton.
 Dr. Baker was enthusiastic in his praise of Bryan, and declared the Ne braskan the greatest international cit izen of today. Bryan is the worlds S greatest advocate of peace and when the time comes for commission to be named by America as the greatest neutral nation to take up plans for ending the war; he must necessarily be the chairman of the peace commission. This is inevitable, no matter when the end comes."
 Bryan will not be a candidate for the democratic nomination for the presidency in 1920, but the man he favors and the
 man in line with Bryan's policies will be the standard bearer of the party, ac- cording to Dr. Baker. T recently con- | ferred with MT. Bryan about this matter and he told me that he would not be the nominee, said the dry leader MT. Bryan declared that the people would not elect him President, but that they would vote for the man who stood for his policies. National prohibition is com ing in the near future and this swil be the policy of the democratic party in the next presidential race. due to the work of MT. Bryan"
 1 Dr. Baker declared that the Anti-Saloon league was a nonpartisan organiza tion and that it supported and opposed men strictly according to their stand on the 1 liquor question and without regard to 1 their political affiliations That the dem- ocrats lost seven congressman and two | senators in Indiana in the recent elec- tions was attributed by the Ohio man to the fact that they were opposed to pro- hibition. The entire nation is aroused | on the prohibition question, he said, and I the recent dry victory in Michigan had been a great shock to its opponents. | Regarding the removal of Hobson from ! Tuxedo Park to Illinois, MT. Baker stated | that he knew little. However, he did i state that in his opinion Hobson would not be the democratic nominee for the presidency in 1920. pr. Baker, who is well known in Birmingham, has not beer | in the city since last spring, a short | time prior to the announcement of Hob son for Congress from the Tenth dis.
 trict
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
ANOTHER CAVE-IN
 ON THE SOUTHSIDE

A mysterious cave-in occurred some time during Friday night at Avenue (, between Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets south, A section of the street 12x20 feet sank to a depth of about % feet. The hole was roped off by the street department yesterday morning. The cave-in did not block the traffic. being on the north side of Avenue c.
 By throwing rock in the hole water can be heard The cause of the sudden cave-in is not known. There have been similar cave-ins on the Southside in the last few years, which have led to the belief that there is a subterranean stream flowing under that part of Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
BANK PUBLICATION
 OF MUCH INTEREST Sixty-One-One, Published by First National Bank,
 Scores a Triumph
sixty-one-one has made good.

Sixty-One-One has made good. This, the monthly publication of the First National bank of Birmingham, be-
 gun some six months ago as an experi-
 ment, and with some misgivings, has and is now an established feature. That it will be continued indefinitely was an- nounced officially in the January issue of the magazine, which was received from the press yesterday.
 Typogra aphically, the New Year num- Der of Sixty-One-One is a classic. The binding and the paper used in the issue are of the finest and most attractive and the half tones are as perfect as the orig inal photographs. From the standpoint of the printers art, it could hardly be surpassed It marks considerable ad- vance in this line over any of it's prede- cesSorS.
 The subject matter is interesting and
 attractive. An illuminating article by
 Littell McClung, an agricultural editor and authority, deals with Mrs. Mathis Work for Alabama" It is comprehen- sive presentation of the accomplishments made by Mrs. Mathis in her work un- der the direction of the state bankers. Splendid photographs are run of J H. Woodward, vice president, and Walker Percy director of the bank, and Lu- cius Frerson, one of the older employees. who is in charge of the safety deposit vaults. Biographical sketches of Mir. Percy and MT. Frierson proved interest ing.
 The publication was replete with hu- morous sketches and contained plenty of instructive matter relating to banking and to the First National bank Sev- eral congratulatory letters from promi- rent bankers in other cities are repro duced, showing that the publication has attracted national attention in banking and financial circles.
 The publication of the magazine, the continuance of which has been author ized by President Wells. is in charge of
 Herbert D. Todd, editor; w. D. Rob-
 ertson and c. P. Hilty, associate edi- tors, and c. F. Holcomb, business man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
SPECIAL NEW YEAR
 SERVICE FOR MEN
Dr. Holmes Will Make Address This {, Afternoon at the Young Mems Christian Association

A special New Years service for men will be held at the Young Mems Chris tian association this afternoon at 3:3O o'clock It will be meeting of unusual interest, and it is believed that large number of men will attend.
 The speaker will be Rev William B. Holmes. His subject will be Pressing Forward" Dr. Holmes is well known to the Birmingham public. He recently re- signed the assistant pastorate of the In- dependent Presbyterian church. and has since engaged in evangelistic work. He is strong, magnetic convincing speaker.
 Special music will be furnished by Mrs. E. B. Heiser the well known soprano so- loist She will be accompanied by her sister, Miss Claude Bowling.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
Annual NeW Years Dance
 dt Motor and Country Club

which this is the fourth is in reality one of the greatest occasions of the year for the entire membership of the club, and it is expected that a larger number than hitherto will be present, cards having been issued to all members in good stand ing, including out-of-town friends" slight departure from the usual in the regulations of this organization.
 Charles F. Rice, president of the Bir- mingham Motor and Country club, will act as toastmaster during the serving of refreshments. which have been planned for at intervals in the dancing.
 By special arrangements the last bus and last car will not leave the club sta ton until 2:15 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31

The handsome club house of the Bir- mingham Motor and Country club, in Edgewood, has been beautifully decorated for the New Years dance which will be held Monday night under the auspices of the board of governors, and their wives, of the club.
 Evergreens holly, mistletoe and smilax have been used lavishly to carry out an unique decorative scheme planned by the house secretary, D. K. Lindsay, and extra lights have been advantageously arranged to enhance the merriment of the occasion.
 The annual New Years dance of the Birmingham Motor and Country club. Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
MEETING OF
 SONS OF VETERANS

A meeting of Camp Henry D. Clayton, Sons of Confederate Veterans, has been called by Commandant Thomas Dozier to be held at his offices at I0I9-20 First Ma tional Bank building, on next Tuesday evening, January ?. at o'clock. Plans for the coming reunion to be held at Washington will be formulated, and com- mittees appointed for the annual ball to be given by the camp early in January. A full attendance of the members is urged by the commandant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
SCHEME OF THE CITY

A strong appeal is being made in some of the rural sections of the coun- ty with letters declaring that "the
 whole plan is merely a scheme of the
 city and the corporations to make the
 country people, who need no health
 system, pay for the needs of the city
 and the mining camps and towns of the
 big companies"
 Another attack is directed at the
 Jefferson County Medical society in some of the letters which declare that lover 40 corporation doctors were voted as unit for the plan, and that out of the 150 men who took part in the society's action only about 25 were free and untrammeled so far as the taint of corporationism was con cerned.'
 Those in charge of the various peti- i tions declared that the True Ameri- | cans, the Guardians of Liberty and | other similar organizations, which are known to have voted almost solidly for l the present board of revenue, and which were said to oppose pr. Harring- I ton. were not officially waging the campaign. However, it is known that some of the men active in these or
 panizations are circulating petitions | and that a large number of the signers are those supposed to be affiliated with these organizations,
 | Members of the board of revenue in- iteryiewed regarding the matter last night declared that they know little about it. F. A. Hewitt and Rufe Bivens 1 stated that some letters had been re- l ceived indorsing the action of the board
 and urging that the appropriations be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
SUDDEN CALL COMES
 ID JONES |. MOORE
Was Prominent in Indus trial Circles of the Dis
 trict for 30 Years
FUNERAL ON MONDAY
Bishop Mccoy to Officiate at Funeral Exercises-Deceased Was Ac- tive in Civic and Public
 Affairs
Jones G. Moore is dead.

Jones G. Moore is dead.
 This announcement was received with deep sorrow and grief in Birmingham yesterday morning. For more than 90 years Mir. Moore had been prominent figure in coal mining and railroad cir cles and a substantial citizen interested in the welfare and development of Bir- mingham. For the past 10 years he had served as general superintendent of the mines of the Sloss-Sheffied Steel and Iron company.
 His death was sudden and untimely. He died sometime during the early
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Photoplay Houses

Strand: Henry Walthall in The Truant t Soul.' Triangle: Douglas Fairbanks in Mat rimoniac."
 odeon One: Mignon Anderson in "The City of Illusion
 Colonial Edna Mayo in "The Chap eron."
 Trianon: Emily Stevens in "The Wa- ger"
 Rialto: Olga Petrova in "The Black But terf1y."
 Majestic: Charles Chaplin in Charlie Picnic"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
TRANSFERRED TO BLOCTON

His keen knowledge of mining and his magnetic personality won for him the position of superintendent of the mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company at Pratt City in 1885. He re- mained at this station for several years and was later transferred to Blocton.
 During his experience in mining, he ac- quired an intimate knowledge of railroad ing. Subsequently, he was offered the post of president of the Birmingham South ern railway and accepted. On July 1, 1906, he identified himself with the Soss- Sheffield Steel and Iron company as gen eral superintendent of mines and held that position until his death yesterday.
 Though MT. Moore was prominent in mining circles, he took a substantial in terest in civic and public affairs. He held public office only once, being a state sem ator from Bbb county. He was a candi- date for sheriff of Jefferson county few years ago. He was a member of the Ma sonic order and belonged to the Highland Methodist church.
 He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lula Townsend Moore; three daughters. Mrs. Reid Lawson of Birmingham, Mrs. F. o. Denson of Buffalo, Mrs. Guy D. Anderson of New York city, and one son. Howard Moore of Flat Top.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
PROMINENT FIGURE

Since 1SSO MT. Moore has been promi- nent figure in the industrial world.
 Tuskegee was the site of his birth He was born on August 16. 1857. and spent his childhood in Macon county as the son of a farmer. When 10 years old he entered the public schools in Macon county and was in attendance until he was 15. For four years he worked on his father S farm, but in 1879 started to operate a steam grist mill at Tuskegee
 In 1880 he obtained his first experience in mining. In this year he obtained po- sition with the Newcastle Coal and Iron company at Newcastle. Shortly after ward he was transferred to Coalburg. While working there the Coalburg Iron and Coal company purchased the Coal burg properties. He remained with the new cnrnoration until late in lSS4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
Many Sign Petition Urging Board to Set Aside Fox
 Health System
"OUTSIDE EXPERTS"
 AMONG OBJECTIONS
Attack Made on Jefferson County Medical Society-Members of Board of Revenue Deny Knowledge of
 Men Behind the Movement

| The board of revenue is not without
 defenders in it's refusal to appropriate
 the $3O,0OO asked by the board of health for the inauguration of the Fox plan for a unified health system in Jeffer- son county.
 Petitions, more than 100 in number, are being circulated in every precinct in the county commenting the mem-
 bers of the board for their stand and urging them not to accede to the re- quest of the advocates of the Fox plan.
 Letters are likewise being received by
 the board setting forth various argu-
 ments against spending this money.
 Those behind the movement who have just now begun to circulate the petitions within the city limits, declare that they already have the signatures
 of more than 5000 names of voters or
 property owners indorsing the board of revenue for it's stand and insisting that no money be appropriated for the
 health system
 The greatest secrecy has surrounded the plans of those working in opposi- tion to the health appropriation, but it is declared by those who claim to be on the inside that systematic cam paign has been conducted throughout the county and that such strong op- position has been built up that the money will never be appropriated. Let ters are being written by the leaders in the opposition to the health plans to voters all over the county appealing to them to rally to the support of the board of revenue and to sign petitions and write letters to the members of
 that body setting forth their views on he sllhient
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-31
DIR. IRA M. HOLLIS
 HERE NEXT MONTH
New President American Society of Mechanical Engineers to Visit Birmingham

pr. Ira M. Hollis, one of the most prom inent mechanical engineers in the United States will be in Birmingham Monday January b.
 Dr. Hollis is president of Worcester Polytenchnic institute of Worcester, Mass, and is the newly elected president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. During his visit here Dr. Hol- lis will be entertained by the Birmingham section of the American Society or Me chanical Engineers and an extensive pro- gramme is being arranged.
 not made Both MT. Hewitt and MT. Bivens stated that they had heard that some petitions were being circulated, but that they had not seen them ana knew nothing as to the number or signatures secured nor the men behind the movement.