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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
BARRETT RALLY AT WOODLAND TONIGHT
Rain Interferes With Open Air Meeting-Woodlawn
 School to Be Discussed

The Barrett open air meeting sched- uled for Central park last night was postponed on account of rain. The meeting was to be held outdoors in front of the Baptist church, but the ele- mentS interfered and the meeting was called off until next Thursday night.
 Woodlawn will be the scene of Bar rett rally tonight, and the voters of that section have been invited to come out and hear the truth about the Woodlawn High schol." Speeches will be made by pr. Barrett M. J. Land. James Weatherly and others.
 The schedule of meetings, as partially arranged for next week. is as follows:
 Monday night. East Thomas and Wy lam.
 Tuesday night: East Birmingham. Kingston station.
 Wednesday night: West End.
 Thursday night: Fairview, Central Park and East Lake.
 The week as well as the campaign closes Saturday night of next week. with a jubilation at Capitol park. Plans are on foot, it is said to make this the greatest political rally in the history of the city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
DRAMA LEAGUE WILL
 ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS

Entertainment for soldiers at Camr Mcclellan. Anniston. and Camp Sheri- dan, Montgomery. will ts included in the activities of the Birmingham cen ter of the Drama league this winter
 At the opening meeting to be held by the local center October at the Tutwiler. plans will be discussed for the presentation of progtammes at Camp Mcclellan. in cooperation with the An niston center, and at Camp Sheridan in collaboration with artists of Mont gomery. where there Is no established Drama league center. Lectures. moving pictures, musical programmes and ath- letic events are contemplated for the soldiers in addition to other forms Of amusement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
GOOD REPORTS ON WAR LIBRARY FUND Meeting of Committees Is Postponed on Account
 of Weather

Carl Milan, in charge of the Bfr-
 mission, gives very favorable report of the work being done in this terri tory by the committees. Over $200O has already been reported.
 Although all the reports from the in-
 dividual workers are not in, yet 1t seems that Birminghams quota of the necessary amount will soon be sup piled Of the s50oo asked for s2o0o has already been collected and much more
 promised, although the extent of the promises cannot be known until the last of the week.
 The best reports from individual workers that came in yesterday were:
 E. c. Arms. S220. 50; Mrs. c. Boterweg,
 S210, collected in the Ensley district; Miss Abbie Cambless, $115; Mrs. L.
 w. Robinson and Mrs. J. M. Hankins
 (working together), $111. Mark An drews, S106, and Jim Simpson, s102. A meeting was to be held yesterday
 afternoon, but was postponed on ac-
 count of rain. All members of the commission stated the reports from the
 work over the state are very encour- aging, and Birmingham should soon have several times her allotment col Ilected. Memphis, whose quota was the same as that of Birmingham, agreed to raise five times as much and from re- ports current now may get as much as
 $50, ,O00 Many small towns which have agreed to use one day for the work have raised more than the prescribed amount in that time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
TINFOIL, BILLS AND CHILDREN

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 Might I, through you, most earnestly request the active and prompt renewal of work by the children for our open air school? For the first time we have had to borrow a little money to carry it on with Hitherto the money raised chiefly by children through Red Cross seals and tin foil has paid for this work. I have about one-third shipment of tin foil on hand and I often see bits thrown around in the streets, while the little anaemics need what these would buy.
 I wish some good persuasive soul would take up this matter as her great duty in the tuberculosis fight and keep 1t constantly before the public.
 With regard to the general funds, am glad to acknowledge receipts that have cleared up August accounts but our sanatorium roofs are in bad condi- tion. Our expenses are relatively higher hand to pay our September bills which will presently be due.
 Thanking you for all your many in- stances of helpfulness and generous pub licity and with thanks also to the many friends who have brought help.
 I beg to be excused from a general campaign for funds at this moment. But volunteer giver! Oh. that he would spring up like field of waving corn. Yours gratefully. GEORGE EAvEA Secretary Anti-Tuberculosis Association
 of Jefferson County.
 Birmingham, September 27, 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
Alabama Power Co. Men
 Subscribe to Smoke Fund

Forty-three quarters subscribed by men employed by the Alabama Power company at Anniston, Attalla and Gadsden yesterday boosted The Age Herald's tobacco fund for soldiers to $55405
 Men who know what it means to be without smokes, especially when there Is tension on the nerves, are coming forward with their two-bit donation, each of which means 45 cents worth of tobacco for a soldier in France. Each gift kit contains the following:
 Three pouches Bull Durham
 Two packages Lucky Strike cigar cites.
 One tin Tuxedo tobacco.
 Tree books of Bull Durham cigarette papers.
 Four books Tuxedo cigarette papers.
 One stamped post card addressed to the person whose contribution made the gift possible.
 Amount previously acknowl-
 edged ........ ............. S5 43 30 w. l.. Upton, care Alabama Pow
 CT Co.,, Anniston ........... .25 A. E. Jarvis, care Alabama Pow
 CT Co.,, Anniston ........... .25 c. B. Martin, care Alabama
 Power Co.,, Anniston .... .25 V. B. Snipes, care Alabama Pow
 CT Co., Anniston ......... .25 T. W. Cowden, care Alabama
 Power Co., Anniston ........ .25 John Cooper, care Alabama
 Power Co.,. Anniston .... .25 E. c. Ripley, care Alabama Pow
 CT Co, Anniston ........ .a5 ID. J. Daniels, care Alabama
 Power Co., Anniston ... .25
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
SACRED CONCERT IS ID NAUGURATE FAIR Cavalla's Band Engaged for Alabama's Big
 Exposition

The announcement is made that Ala bama State Fair Week in Birmingham will be inaugurated by sacred concert at the fairgrounds on Sunday before the fair by the famous Cavallos concert band, the musical organization that is to be feature of the fair. This fa- nous organization is one of the best musical organizations of the kind and every member is an artist Cavallo is recognized as the king of bandmasters and he and his band have featured large expositions for several years. A pleas ing programme will be rendered and the admission price will be only 25 cents.
 At some of the past fairs the sacred concert has been held on the Sunday following the fair, but this year the or der has been reversed and the concert will be held Sunday, October ', the day before the fair officially begins.
 This announcement of the fair officials is being received with much enthusiasm and no doubt great crowds will flock to the fairgrounds to be entertained by this famous oncert band.
 There will be plenty of music during the coming fair, and it is the purpose of Secretary Dent to have some music all the time In addition to the.y famous Cavallo band, Memolrs band, Birming- hams crack organization of musicians, will entertain, and on certain days the Boys Industrial School band will be on hand.
 T want some music all the time dur ing and fair. said Secretary Dent, and believe this adds to the enjoyment of the crowds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
ROBERTS & SON SEND
 EIGHTEEN TO ARMY

Among the Birmingham establishments contributing literally their quota of en- listed men for the army is Roberts < Son. from whose establishment IS have gone within the past two months
 The latest to leave was Ray s. Mo Pike. manager of the furniture and fil- ing department, who left Saturday to join his company in his home town Wabash, Ind. whence 1t is understood they will be sent to the national army camps at Louisville.
 Lamar Moffatt, assistant to MT. Mo Pike. volunteered a couple of months ago, and joined the commissary depart ment at Fort Oglethrope, Ga.
 vassar Hamilton, from the lithograph transfer department. and Henry Bailey. from the Autograph press department. also joined the army more than a month ago, as did F or IA others from other departments of Roberts & Son during the past two or three months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
SuccOth Celebration
 at Temple Emanu-El

The next Jewish holiday is soon to be here. "Succoth." or the Feast of the Tabernacle. which comes on the if teenth day of the Jews seventh month, Tishri, which coincides with October 1, lasts eight days. although only two of them are considered sacred. the first and the last The eighth day is known as the Feast of Conclusion.
 Dr. Morris Newfield If Temple Emanu Fl announced the coming of the holiday just before the conclud- ing prayers of the Yom Kippur cele- bration. In order that it may not con flict with the other religious services of the temple. Succoth celebration will begin Sunday evening at 5:45 o'clock. Services will be held in the morning at the usual hour, 10:30
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
REVIVAL OF SIN" IS
 DIR. THACKER'S THEME
Union Revival Services Are Continued at the Southside Presby-
 terian Church

: The union revival at the Southside Presbyterian church Is still In progress and the attendance yesterday was report ed good. with much interest shown.
 pr. J. E. Thacker spoke last night cn "The Revival of Sin" In his address Dr. Thacker made the point plain that the world of today had lost sight of what sin really is, that in the common sins which are committed every day there is a lack of thought of what we are really doing that causes them. The talk was more of common sense appeal tc the people to think more and thereby lead a more Christian life.
 Services will continue at the same hours, 10 a. m and 7:45 p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
CROWDER IN CHARGE
 OF THE PLAZA HOTEL

Effective October 1. the Plaza hotel al Fairfield. with the St. Charles apart ments as an annex, will be in charge of E. G. Crowder. MT. Chowder, who was formerly connected with the Newspaper club and the Tutwiler. has issued the following announcement:
 "Beginning October 1, the Plaza hotel, with the St. Charles apartments as an annex, will be in charge of Mir E. G. Crowder. Under new management, the Plaza and annex will, it is hoped, prove popular with the general public, and es- pecinlly with the officials and empioyes of the great industrial plants in the Fair field district.
 The Plaza Hotel Company,
 "E. G. Crowder. Manager,s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
Ramsay Rotary Dumps Now Being
 Installed Ln Many Large Plants
Contract Youngstown Sheet Company By Br mingham Man-Ramsay Greatly Elated He
 ing in Placing Invention Throughout the Country

Alter g local investigation by its engineers, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company contracted with Erskin., Ramsay yesterday for the construc ton and use of the Ramsay rotary dump in the plant of its subsidiary. the Buckeye Coal company. Greene county, Pennsylvania.
 lne plans of the Buckeye company contemplate mechanical arrange hent Tor the simultaneous dumping of SIX cars of coal. The plant will pro- ouce 60O0 tons of coal every eight hours, and all the production will be transported for use in coke ovens by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube com pany.
 MT. Ramsay is greatly elated at the success he is encountering in placing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28

Locally the following companies are using the dump The Woodward Iron at two plants, the number to be in- creased to five: the Jagger Coal, the Montevallo Mining and the Pratt Con- solidated Coal. In Virginia the dump is in use in two plants of the Stonega Coal and Coke company In Kentucky 1t Is used by the King Harlan com pany and the Blue Diamond Coal com pany
 "In Pennsylvania the dump is used by the H. c. Prick Coke company in three plants. the Chenango Furnace company. the Buckeye Coal company. the Northwestern Mining company and the Mount Pleasant Coke company; in Illinois by the Bell Zoller Coal com pany in Colorado by the McGregor Mining company, and in Washington by the Western Coal company in two plants This is of course, simply par tial list"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28

his invention throughout the country He announced yesterday that in ad- dition to the dumps used by the Woodward Iron company in two plants that company would also use the dump in two new coal and one new ore mine, which it contemplates working in the immediate future.
 MT. Ramsay will leave Birmingham in his automobile Saturday for Penn sylvania. There he will visit the Buck eye plant and also the Wflpen plant of the Shenango Furnace company, the latter of which has recently been re- modelled for the express purpose of installing the Ramsay dump
 T am greatly elated." said MT. Ram say, lat the success the dump is achieving. There is no question but that it is a great Improvement over older arrangements and at the same time a great time and money saver
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
DAVIS TO SPEAK TO
 BIBLE SCHOOL CLASS

Attorney Ben Davis will address the Brotherhood class of the Fountain { Heights Methodist church Sunday morn \ ing, at 9:30 o'clock. Invitations have been sent out by the president of the class, A. L. Reese, and all who can be present are urged to do so.
 At the close of the meeting a welcome service will be held for all the new mem bers who are present. Every old mem Der of the class is urged to bring some man with him. as this Is Rally Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
SAYS ALAbAMAC CAN SAVE S3,0OO,0OO
 BY POTATO CURING
o. w. Barrett, Government Expert, Urges Proper Con- servation of 100000
 Bushel Surplus

Alabama will waste $3000,0O0 worth Of sweet potatoes of this years crop un- less farmers use modern methods of storage and conservation" said O. w. Barrett, special assistant in crop conser- vation of the department of agriculture, upon his return yesterday from trip to Albany and Athens with the local committee of the food preparedness bu- reau.
 "Alabama's crop is 16,000,0 900 bushels. and of this only 100000 bushels will be consumed in the early local market. Of the 100000 bushels remaining, one third will be dead loss, representing [ s, ,00O,000, if the old pit and dugout methods of storage are continued"
 ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS
 The special committee, comprised of T.. F. Hay, manager of the food pre- paredness bureau and William James and s. w. Westbrook of the Louisville and Nashville agricultural department, addressed enthusiastic meetings at AL bany and Athens, and at the latter place 300 farmers who attended called a meeting for Saturday week to organ ize a county marketing association.
 The government has 15 specialists working in the south from Virginia to Texas on potato conservation, MT. Bar rett said, and several hundred potato curing houses have been established These houses are temperature proof, with double walls to protect against sudden changes of weather and a con- tiruous fire to keep the temperature at 80 degrees. This process reduces the moisture content in the potatoes only per cent and prevent soft rot, freezing and fungus diseases. Under this method the loss is about per cent as against 30 to 40 per cent under the old pro- cess.
 GOOD BUSINESS VENTURE
 These houses either are owned pri- vately by individual farmers, under the community plan by a number of farm CTS, or by boards of commission who charge 10 or 15 cents per bushel for storage for the winter. According to MT. Barrett, the latter plan would pay as a business venture in Birmingham, besides being valuable as war measure. Over 100 private storage places have been es- tablished in Cullman county.
 Plans. blueprints and specifications for potato storage houses from the bu- reau of plant industry in Washington are on file at the office of the food pre- paredness bureau here, and farmers may have access to them. Bulletin 54S, deal- ing thoroughly with the subject, also xVil m A campaign to popularize the sweet potato in the north is being fostered by the government, and the local food preparedness bureau is preparing booklet to be distributed for this pur- pose. As
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
Elevator Accident

c. H. Boyd, age 1s. an employe at the Louis Pizitz Dry Goods company was painfully injured Thursday morn ing about 10:30 o'clock while riding the freight elevator. Boyd sustained injuries about the head.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
Marriage license

Virgil Thomas of Birmingham to Miss Ethel Blaikie.
 c. F. Crawford of Birmingham to Miss Ethel A. Jones.
 Mike Grafreo of Pratt City to Miss An- cillehna Cantovespie.
 l.. c. Chisman of Birmingham to Miss Ada Tomlinson.
 w. T. Ross of Birmingham to Miss Mary A. Kassaw.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28

U. c. Mims care Alabama Pow
 | CT Co., Anniston .. 25 Guy Lockridge. care Alabama
 | Power Co.,, Anniston ... .95 H. Tillery, care Alabama Pow
 | CT Co.,, Anniston .... .25 1 J. E. Sifett, care Alabama Pow
 CT Co.,, Anniston ... .25 {, A. H. Hunt, care Alabama Pow
 CT Co.,, Anniston ..... .25 Ed Mims, care Alabama Power
 Co., Anniston .............. 25 R. H. Wilkerson, care Alabama
 Power Co, Anniston ........ 25 G. M. Oldham, Attalla ..... .25 Walter Saxon, Attalla ........ 25 Joe s. Clotfelter, Gadsden ..... .25 J. A. Norton, Attalla ......... .25 Jess Wright, Attalla ........ .25
 D. G. Lee, Attalla ........... .25 I. I. Sparkman, Attalla .. 25 R. s. Easley Attalla .... 25 w. A. McDonough, Attalla .... .25 Ii. B. Copland, Attalla ....... .25 R. D. Brothers, Attalla ...... 25 J. A. Arnold Attalla ....... 25 J. M Guest, Attalla .. .25 J. E. Hood, Attalla ..,.... .25 Walter l.. Hamilton, Attalla ... .25
 F. M. Cox, Attalla .... .25 George P. Walker, Attalla ..... 25
 Frank Manley, Attalla ..... 25
 W. H. Cough, Attalla - .25
 M. J. McClendon, Attalla ..... .25
 w. N. Norton, Attalla ... .95
 H. G. Banks Attalla ...... 25
 Clarence Stovall, Attalla ..... .25
 Hutcherson Bros, Attalla .... .25
 Robert Blacklock, Attalla ..... .25
 MT. Wilkey, Attalla ......... .25 |J. W. Mills, Attalla .... .25 U. D. Burkhalter, Attalla ..... 25
 Total to date .s554 05
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Jefferson: Richard Buhler in Believe Me, Aantippe." Night performance SIS. Lyric: Keith vaudeville. Matinee at o'clock. Night performances, 7:SO and g o'clock
 Rsjou: Superior vaudeville and feature pictures. Continuous performances, to Il Il. m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
Dr. Cabot Lull Assigned to Duty

Dr. Cabot Lull left yesterday for Camp Gordon. near Atlanta, where he has been assigned to duty in the Eighty second division. Dr. Lull has been formally commissioned in the army with the rank of captain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28

Montgomery, September 27.-M. E. Nor ris of Birmingham was appointed regis trar of Jefferson county by the board of registration Thursday afternoon. He will succeed Ben F. Ray, who resigned when he became a candidate for a com mission at Fort Oglethorpe Morris is a candidate for state auditor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
BEN F. RAY RESIGNS
 AS THE REGISTRAR OF
 JEFFERSON COUNTY
Former Official, in Training at Fort Oglethorpe, Urges Immediate Appointment of His
 Successor

Ben F. Ray, registrar for Jefferson county. has rendered his resignation to Governor Henderson to be effective at once. Mr. Ray entered the officers train ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe last August and in his letter of resignation suggests that his successor be appointed at once in order that there may be no delay in the important work of registering the voters.
 The letter of resignation follows:
 Chattanooga, Tenn,
 September 2S 1917. Governor Charles Henderson. Mont gomery, Ala
 Dear Sir: On August 27 I entered the officers training camp at Fort Ogle- thorpe, and am now in training there. It, therefore, becomes my duty to resign as registrar of Jefferson county. to oe- come effective at once. I trust my suc- cessor may be named at an early date. This will be necessary that he may com ply with the law and begin the regis tration of electors on November 15. The acts of 1915 make it almost impossible to accommodate Jefferson county as a whole and hence I resign this early that there may be no delay in this most im- portant work. Yours very truly,
 BEN F. RAY. Registrar"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28

now go little further and tell the people who did this, and why, and how.
 But neither MT. Ward nor MT. Syd- ney. Bowie, his president of the board of education, who, although city official, recently drew from the treasury of the city of Birmingham the sum of $10O0 as ? retainer for losing lawsuit which the city attorney was capable of losing all by himself, will say that the East Lake improvements are not as good as the best in the entire city.
 These improvements were made nearly 10 years ago and are there today, and I don't recall that the city of Birmingham has ever been called upon to expend one stngie dollar in repairs.
 lf George and Syd deny that these im- provements are not as good as can be shown in the city. refer them. without permission. to Maury Nicholson, for many years the excellent and capable city engineer, and now the principal assistant city engineer of the city of Birming- ham.
 "In this comparison of prices paid for certain grades of public improvements in the year 1909, notice that. according to MT. Wards own figures, Birmingham paid substantially higher price than did the city of Ensley. I wonder if MT. George B. Ward and MT. Sydney J. Bowie can tell the people why this was thus"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
Florence Hotel 2d Ave. and 18th St.

Thoroughly remodeled and newly suI. nished. Absolutely modern. Excellent cafe. Rates: Rooms without bath $I.O0 per day. Rooms with private bath $1.50' per day. Whitman taxicabs and garaGo In connection with hotel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-28
HOPE COAL RATES
 WILL BE REVISED Proposed Plan to Give Op- orator Fair Margin Over
 Production Cost

It is understood from telegraphic ad- vices of Morris W. Bush representing in Washington the Alabama Coal Operators association, that by Saturday night the revision of the governments scale of prices will have been announced. From what is believed by MT. Bush, the revision will guarantee the operator of each mine reasonable margin in excess of his production cost. This Is all local operators have asked for. As result they were apparently encouraged yester- day.
 Nevertheless, pending the final an- nouncement. no official statements were authorized. It was stated that nothing definite was known; that the announce ment of the revised scale might be en- tirely satisfactory, and might at the same time be so unsatisfactory that small mines would be compelled to stop opera tions.
 In the coal field as whole better con ditions, it was indicated yesterday, now prevail The announcement by opera tors that on October l.. miners wages would be increased 10 per cent has in dllced many idle men to resume work. 1t was said that as a result the output was rapidly approaching the tonnage for normal times
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-07-24

ordinary revenue receipts, the total be-
ing more than S20,000,000
Baby Bonds Pail in Full
Hundreds of thousands who bought
so called baby bonds, those of $50 and
500 denomination, availed themselves
Of the privilege of paying in full at
once. Purchasers of large allotments
We're required to give two weeks no
tice of their intention to pay in excess
of the departments installment pro-
gram. In hundreds Of instances, ap-
parently purchasers of large allot-
ments also paid in full for their bonds
New High Level
In other respects than those affect
ing the loan, the statement of the
governments financial activities for
the fiscal year is a record breaker To-
tai receipts from all sources touched
the new high level of ,475,159,935, Of
which approximately 10000. 900 was
from the loan and the same of certifi
Gates of Indebtedness.
Panama canal tolls for the year
showed a total of S5,872,244 as COM
pared with s2,554,576 the preceding
year. an increase Of approximately 13O
per cent.