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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
CIVIC ASSOCIATION
 BUYS LIBERTY BONDS
Board of Directors Author ize S25,O0O Purchase of
 Second Issue

The board of directors of the Birming- ham Civic association held their weekly meeting yesterday in the association S rooms and voted a subscription of $25,- 0Oo,OO0 to the second liberty loan. James Weatherly was in the chair, and Direc- tors A. Ash, Joseph Beitman, F. E But Ter. R. E. l.. Connellv. Alvin Dolg- las, Dr. H. A. Elkourie, William E. Fort, J. H. Ward, Henry J. Martin, John E. Shelby, w. H. Staton, James Weatherly and Frank s. White were present.
 A. Ash, chairman of the committee on new members, reported 37 taken in during the week Dr. N. A. Barrett was e. elected as a member of the board of di- rectors, he having withdrawn to enter the commission race. A committee of five on the production of live stock and agri- culture was appointed in response to the request for food conservation by Pres- dent Wilson Several livewre members are to be put on this committee, and much is expected of it, according to the announcement given out yesterday. Frank s. White was appointed to receive the monster flag to be presented to the association today by the l5oN scouts ol the city, to fly on the pole erected some time ago in Capitol park.
 A vote of thanks was rendered pr. El- kourie for the manner in which he ana his committee handled the recent con yention of Confederate Veterans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
CAMP RECREATION
 WORK IS TAKEN UP Chambers of Commerce Di- rectOrs Get Letter From
 Chairman Willys

War camp community recreation work will be pushed throughout the United States. according to announcement of John N. Willys airplane and automobile manufacturer of Toledo, O., who has been named chairman of the war camp recrea-
 ton fund jointly by Secretary Daniel of
 the navy and Secretary Baker of the
 war department. The local Chamber of
 Commerce is interesting it's members in
 the work, following letter from MT.
 Willys to each of the directors of the or
 ganization.
 will be hastened by the way the men are treated in America before they are sent
 abroad to bleed and die for their country, it is shown, that they must help to win the war. Three dollars for each sailor and soldier is required to carry on this among the public as to the work being done by the Young Mems Christian asso- work, and there should be no confusion citation. The Young Mems Hebrew asso- | citation, the Knights of Columbus or any | other society or organization for the : pleasure, comfort and recreation of the | men in camp for the work proposed by l the war camp community recreation l fund.
 l The directors of the Chamber of Com
 merce receiving the letters from Chair
 man Willys are: Joseph Loveman, M. w
 Bush, w. J. Adams, George Gordor | Crawford, J. s. Pevear, Robert Jemison I Jr., Herman H. Beck J. Chapline Hodges l J. Frank Rushton, Crawford Johnson | Sol Caheen, J. w. Donnelly, R. A. Por' 1 ter, J. H. Eddy, w. Carson Adams, Ma l than l.. Miller, J. D. Moore, l.. Sevier 1 Frank P. Glass and w. w. Crawford.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
FLAG PRESENTATION AT CAPITOL PARK Boy Scouts to Give Flag to Civic AssOciatiOn-Judge
 Grubb to Present
 Emblems

An event of importance today will be the flag raising at Capitol park l;y the Boy Scouts of the city and the
 Civic association, and the parade through the downtown section of the city, when the scouts will do their bit in advertising the second liberey loan floated by the government
 At the scoutmasters meeting last Monday evening it was decided to buy
 a flag to adorn the flagpole erected
 sometime ago by the Civic association
 in Capitol park for the monster flag
 donated by Loveman, Joseph & Loeb,
 which has since been destroyed by the
 clements. An assessment of 10 cents
 was placed on each troop in the city and in this way enough money was realized to purchase flag 1SxS6. which they will present to the city
 The flag will be presented at l o'clock. The presentation. speech is to be made by H. W. Wester, local scout executive, and Capt. Frank s. White will make the response Other speak CTS will be Rev M. s. Barnwell and Frank Rushton E. J. Rowe will read letters of President Wilson and Secre- tary McAdoo relative to the liberts | loan Judge w. I. Grubb. on behalf oi the government, will present war serN l ice emblems to the scout winning then | in the last campaign. The emblems will be distributed by B. k Fisk, president of the court of honci I for the Birmingham scouts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20

Second liberty loan subscriptions amounted last night to $9.25O,ooo.
 An individual subscription-shro ed up to the present in anonymity through the Birmingham Trust and Savings bank, accounted for bonds in the sum of s120,0O0. Another large subscription yesterday was that of she Traders National bank, which agreed to underwrite s100,000.
 The feature of the days work IS announced by w. c. Adams, chairman of the liberty loan committee, was the hearty and patriotic response of sal aried people whose purchasing power is limited to $50 or sf00.
 The details of the liberty loan pa rade Wednesday were completed but not made public. The orator of the oc- casion will be ex-Gox. Emmet O'Neal. Seantor Underwood accepted an invi- tation to participate in the parade and be present at the speaking, Senator Bankhead, on account of a previous ly arranged engagement, reluctantly declined. Representative Huddleston announced that he would lend his pres ence
 All banks agreed to close at noon Wednesday in honor of the celebra- tion Chairman Adams called upon the merchants also to close their doors. The majority of them will agree to do so
 SMALL CONTRIBUTORS The inspiring feature of the day yesterday, according to Mr Adams,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
CIVIC ASSOCIATION ID AID IN RAISING
 FUND FOR CONCERTS
Directors Take Action on Campaign for Funds for Philharmonic
 Orchestra

The Birmingham Civic association has
 gotten behind the community music
 movement and will undertake to raise
 the balance of the money needed to
 finance the Philharmonic orchestra for
 the 30 Sundays for which the Bijou has
 been rented; and the best of it is the
 association directors are enthusiastic about it and confident that their can vass will be successful.
 Robert Lawrence. who directs the com
 munity singing, appeared before the Civic
 association board yesterday and asked its cooperation in promoting the com-
 munity cause. He explained how es- sential an orchestra was to an enter prise of the magnitude of the one re- ferred to.
 Those of the board who made speeches showing their hearty appreciation of the work that MT. Lawrence was doing were President James Weatherly, ex- Senator Frank s. White, F. F. Butler, and John E. Shelby. They all agreed
 that the Sunday sing" together with the
 orchestra. was great civic as well as l musical asset of Birmingham and that it was right in line with the associa- tion's policy-to help every cultural thing that reflects credit upon this city Not less than $30O0 will be required tc continue the orchestra until the end of
 the 30-Yeek period. Of this sum some 1 thing like SLIGO has been raised, leaving $500 for the Civic association to canvass | for. Committees will start on the asso- | citation campaign today.
 Now that business men and citizens ir ] general are realizing what humanizine i institution the community organization l is, Secretary c. H. Harold predicts thu 1 it will require only few days to raise 5000 or more.
 1 Mr Lawrence stated to a representa-
 tive of The Age Herald last night tha I he was most grateful to the Civic as i sociation board for the spirit in whicf l it took hold of the matter. He Wal convinced, he said, that the association I was properly named It is turly civic
 and it is full of snap and determination
 to benefit this entire community. ! If the association brings the orches | tra fund up to S5000 every dollar can b' expended most proftably. It would mean more players and more rehearsals. I A delightful treat Is in store for all wh, I attend the community sing" which vii be held tomorrow afternoon at o'clock l A fine programme has been prepared I which will give everybody a chance t I participate in the singing of hymns, ol' | favorite songs. and one or two of tn popular songs of the present day.
 l Two soloists will appear--Mrs Norl Hughes Toensfeldt. soprano. and Philil l Memoli, cornetist. The orchestra vii present four numbers as usual It ' T showing such marked improvement iron T Sunday to Sunday that it has be I come the talk of the city. It is doini 4 much. 1t is believed, toward educatiai
 the masses in musical appreciation,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
For Information
 on Any Unexpected
 Change in Weather

E. c. Horton, Birmingham weather observer, has prepared and mailed to farmers, truckers and fruit growers giving an interesting summary of the work his department is doing in get ting out prompt information on sudden weather changes. His letter, which will be of general interest, reads as fol- lows:
 Sir: The weather bureau desires to aid farmers and truckers as much as possible in the production and harvest ing of farm products and protecting them from injury caused by severe or sudden weather changes. and it is thought that better service might be rendered if there were better under standing of the nature of the service and how to secure it.
 The weather bureau issues daily fore casts of weather and temperature, and warnings of cold waves frosts, freezes, etc, whenever these conditions are ex- |pected. These data are published daily on the weather maps and forecast cards Issued at the weather bureau stations, printed in the daily newspapers, and distributed by the telephone companies to their rural subscribers. The rail- road telegraph offices are given the special warnings for the benefit of growers and shippers. special tele- phone list Is kept at the weather bu- reau offices, on which are entered the names of those desiring to be notified by telephone of unusual or sudden weather changes whenever they are ex- lpected to occur.
 In many cases. information sent by mail reaches the farmer too late to be of benefit. as the forecast period does not lextend beyond the day following that I on which the forecasts are issued. The telephone is the surest in such cases Whether a farmer has telephone or | not, he can obtain the forecasts at any public telephone without cost, by ask ling the telephone operator. This does | not apply to those within the free tele- lphone limit of weather bureau office K Such persons should call the weather bureau office for the information. !! A weekly weather forecast issued 1T 1 Washington is published in the daily papers on Sunday. and mailed out or ] Monday from the local offices of the bureau to those making application flor it.
 shall thank you to bring the con. \ tents of this letter to the attention ol Individuals and organizations in youl locality, and should like to hear iron \ you or any one else that is interested with view to improving our servic; in any of the ways suggested. our truly D, c. HOTON.
 Local Forecaster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
The District Exemption
 Board Has Clean Slate

The district exemption board has ao- journed until next Thursday, following a general cleaning up of all papers be- fore that body, and today clean docket is before the secretary.
 The work of certifying back to the local boards the names of all men held will engage the clerical forces attention for sometime. A number of cases were handled on Thursday and Friday, re sulting in several men being held for service.
 The negro men awaiting orders to go to the front are in all readiness to entrain now. there being about 6UO or 700 from the local boards, and they Will all be sent to Des Moines, la, where they will be trained at Fort Dodge. Just as soon as the final orders are received the men will start forward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
R0TAR|ANS ID SELL WAR BONDS IN LEEDS Liberty Loan Committee Will Make Trip in
 Automobile

Birmingham Rotarians will rotate over to Leeds today and sell liberty bonds for the day. The committee is strong one. being team No. G. H. M Dozier, captain A big mass meeting has been arranged for the occasion, and the Rotarians say Leeds will do her part manfuliy.
 The team will leave Birmingham at o'clock today in automobiles and they will reach Leeds shortly thereafter, pro- viding the speed cops do not interfere and squad of two men and a Red Cross nurse will go together to call upon Leeds citizens. There will be thorough canvass of the city before the party turns homeward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Sunday School Canvass
 for Funds Completed

The Alabama, Sunday School associa- ton completed Tuesday the $Sv.UOu financial canvass for the Sunday school work of Alabama. 1t was announced here yesterday. The prompt response made by the various county financial organi- zations and the general interest with which the announcement of the canvass was received by the Sunday school work CTS enabled the state Organization to complete their plans earlier than was anticipated.
 Literature explaining the new work to be undertaken is being prepared ana is expected to be sent out next week.
 The central finance committee of the state association in general charge of the campaign is composed as follows:
 T. R. McGill chairman, of Selma; Michael Cody, treasurer, president Ex- change National bank, Montgomery; w. H. Stockham, Birmingham; John W. Bowers, Troy; H. c. Armstrong, Selma; N. P. Renfro, Opelika; B. w. Truet. Gadsden; w. H. Weatherly, Anniston; Clyde Hendrix, Decatur; James H. Iyey, Talladega; J. c. Wright, Roanoke; George H. Malone. Dothan; J. T. Horne. Tuscaloosa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
IS Honor C0nvicts Attend North Carolina State
 Fair, and All Return

Raleigh, N. C., October l9-Eighteen honor convicts of the stase prison here were allowed the privileges of the North Carolina State fair, which was held this week. and according to State Prison Su- perintendent J. R. Collie, not man vi plated the faith imposed upon him. The men were released, six each day, for
 three successive days, given a pass to the grounds and spending money ant instructed to return to the prison by , O clock in the afternoon. The men re- leased included. several life-termers and Q. 30-year man. who has served z years M his sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Soil Improvement

The closing session of the soil Improve ment association was held yesterday aft ernoon at the Tutwiler hotel. when talks more and Col. J. Rice Smith of Augusta. Ga. Culpepper Exum acted as chairns n of the session. A prominent feature of the sessions held here has been the talks of Harry N. Tolles of Chicago. who made some very interesting talks on Sales manship.''
 The members of the committee on soil Improvement and salesmanship will go from here to New Orleans. where they will conduct the last of the series of lee tures held in the principal southern cities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Local Mans Trade Mark
 Device Used by So. Pacific

c. M Evans, local representative of the Southern Pacific Railroad company. Is receiving the hearty congratulations of his friends upon the receipt of let ter from the president of the Southern Pacific Railroad company wherein MT. Evans Is informed that his suggestion relative to the changing of the trade mark of the road had been adopted. and that in the future every piece of litera- ture and rolling stock of the company would bear the trademark suggested by MT. Evans.
 MT Evans suggestion was a photo graphic reproduction of two lines of railroad in the center of circle. with the words, Southern Pacific bordering the circle, the railroad tracks in the center being substituted for the word slines."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
High School Teachers
 Are Needed in Chicago

Announcement was received in Bir- mingham yesterday from the Mobile branch of the United States employment service that there is an extreme short age in Chicago of high school teachers particularly manual training. science and mathematics. Salaries range from $to to sl25 per month, with ss0 as the maln average. Practically all available quah- fled high school teachers having bach elor's. degree -four years of college work) can be used.
 Persons desiring to be considered in conriection with this employment should communicate with F. l.. Prentis, acting director, United States employment service, No. s45 South Wabash avenue, Chicago. III.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Car Smashes Bakery
 Wagon, Hurting Driver

wagon of the Excelsior Bakery com pany and contents were destroyed Fri day morning about o'clock and w. Il. Mack, driver, was slightly injured when the wagon was struck by Tidewatel car, westhound, at Fifth avenue and Forty-third street The car was in charge of Motorman l. M. Barden and Conductor Will Ozley. No arrests were made the accident being considered un- ayoidable. Mack was only slightly in jured He was rushed to a local infirm- ary in Shaw's ambulance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
NEW JERSEY MANS CASE
Home Paper Had Him Listed as
 Among the Slackers

Birmingham boys are not the only ones troubled by having Uncle Sam get. his bookkeeping confused and list them as slackers.
 Raymond E. Armstrong of 1162 Broad street, Newark N. J., now in service at Camp Mcclellan. notifies The Age Herald that his home paper published him as a stacker, and asks that he be set right He entered the service at Seagirt, N J.. in June.f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
PATRIOTISM SHOWN l IN THE DINING CARS

Patriotism is now the dominant note in the dining cars of the Southern rail- way. The latest menu cards contain a half-tone engraving of troops marching in a southern state; an interesting list of reasons why cantonments were To- cated in the south Is given, and stamped across tho card in red are the words: ..Help your government win the war; buy liberty bonds now.
 Attached to the menu cara IS pa.rl- otic appeal to s.eat plenty, eat mildly. but without waste" which also contains an extensive bulletin on food conserva- tion issued by the United States food administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Women in Loan Campaign

Columbus. Miss, October l9.-tSpeciai.) Mrs. H. F. simrall has been named as chairman of the ladies auxiliary of the Lowndes county liberty loan copmittee, the appointment having been made py Mrs. D. s. McLaurin of vicksburg, chairman of the state committee. Mrs IS. B. Street. Jr., is chairman of the city committee, and both ladies are doing everything possible to encourage the sale of the securities. Parker Reeves. chairman of the general committee for Lowndes county, is waging a most vig- orous campaign and subscriptions to the loan are coming in rapidly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
DINNER DE LUXE
 AT THE TUTWILER

Beginning tomorrow evening the Tut
 wiier will inaugurate Sunday evening
 dinner de luxe. which will be served be-
 tween the hours of and S:3O o'clock. Manager E. B. Shireman of the Tut wiler announces that during the dinner hour there will be an augmented or chestra and every effort will be made 10 make these Sunday evening dinners thoroughly enjoyable. The dinner de luxe will be $1 5O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Cup for First Score in
 Alabama-Sewanee Game

The Alabama Dancing club will present a sterling silver loving cup to the first player scoring point in the Alabama sewanee football game to be played here on November 8. The club will give q dance at the Tutwiler on the evening following the game. and the cup will De presented at that time by a popular girl of Birmingham.
 Etedham Acker of the university ana president of the Alabama Dancing club, was in the city Thursday and Friday Tn the interests of the Corolla. the university publication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Safety Association
 to Meet at West End

meeting of the Alabama Safety as sociatione will be held this afternoon at i o'clock at the United States bureau of mines station at West End.
 This meeting will be especially interest ing to superintendents, mine foremen. fire bosses, physicians and first aid men, as demonstrations and lectures have been arranged showing the different kind of caps appearing on the several kinds of flame safety lambs for use with the ,a- rious percentages of inflammabe gas found in the mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Nominating Committee
 Is Chosen by Realtors

Jerome Tucker, Frank B. Clark and J. H. McCaw were named yesterday afternoon by the trustees of the Birming- ham Real Estate exchange as nom1- mating committee to select officers for the exchange for the coming year, the same to be placed in nomination at the next meeting.
 Three trustees, three members Of the appraisal committee and the officers or the exchange will be elected next week, following the recommendations of the committee to the exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
TODAY'S EVENTS
A, the Theatre

Jefferson: Farce comedy, Cheating Cheaters." Matinee at 2:30; night per formance S:15.
 Lyric Keith vaudeville. Matinee at 3 o'clock. Night performances. 7:So and 9 o'clock.
 Biiou: Superior vaudeville and fea- ture pictures. Continuous performances 1 to II p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
AnnistOn Men Acquitted

7 Anniston, October ls.-Judge B. M Lewis. formerly of the United States commissioners court and ). NJ Mather were acquitted in circuit court at Annis- ton of charges of running house Of III rerute. They were arrested following d raid by the police on hotel several weeks ago, They were at that time in charge of the hotel during the absence of thc manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
THE WHOLE NEIGHBORH0OD

Mrs. Anna Pelzer, 2526 Jefferson St.. So. Omaha. Neb.. writes: T can rec ommend Foley's Honey and Tar as sure cure for coughs and colds. It cured my daughter of bad cold. My neighbor. Mrs. Benson. cured herself and her whole family with Foleys Honey and Tar. and everyone in our neighborhood speaks highly of It. This reliable family remedy masters scroup. It clears the air passages and cases the gasping, straggling hght Tor breath. Sold everywhers Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
SOME OF THE PURCHASERS


 SOME OF THE PURCHASERS
 Leroy Percy purchased a 5000 bond yesterday for himself and $50 bond for each of his two children, the youngest being only a few months old Crawford Johnson, who purchased S75,000 of bonds of the first issue, made a personal subscription yesterday of $15,000 and a subscription for the Bir- mingham Coca-Cola company of siO,- 900.
 Among other subscriptions were: R.. H. Prick, $500; Montevallo Mining company, $200O0; William L. Shumater Jr, $500; Augustus Benners. sS09, Klothes Shoppe, $500; Prior Plumblee. ham Macaroni company, s2500; w w, Bussey, $500; J. H. Foster for Alice Foster, s75o; A. w Carey, $500; Steel City Lumber company, 5000; Wallac. Caldwell, s10O0 Odum, Bowers S. White, 5000, and the Progressive Farmer company, $500. J. B. Adams, at present in Colorado wired subscription of s5000. WORK OF ITALIAN SOCIETY Chairman Adams stated that the Italian society is doing excellent work The committee of that society is headed by Pete Serio, general chair. man. It's members follow Bessemer Pasquale Schilleci Prat City. Tony Schilleci; Ensley, Charles Ragusa; Thomas, Jos. Schilleci; Bir mingham Frank Arrico, Victor Torina e. A. Firfo. Jos. Maggie, Gaspar' Ianza.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
c. w. Persons Stricken

G. W. Persons. newspaper reporter, suffered a slight attack of heart trou- ble at the courthouse early Friday morning. He fell to the floor, painfully fnjuring his head. and sustaining other bruises. He was removed to local in- firmary. His condition was reported as improved last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20
Football Hero Gets Watch

broken leg a few weeks ago in scrim- mage play at the university. was pre- scented with solid gold watch ard fon Thursday evening at the univerHty py the student body, his friends here ltarned yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-20

Such incidents as these prove that the heart and sinew of the nation IS behind the rovernraent at WAT"