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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Winter Term of Night
 School at Y. M. c. A.
 Opens Wednesday Jan. 3

The winter term of the Y. M. c. A. night school opens on Wednes lay, Jaau- ary 3 All former students are expect ed to return at this time and many new ones are expected to take up the work.
 The courses are varied in order to &C., commodate every ambitious man or boy whQ wishes to prepare himself for a larger place in life. Some of the best instructors in the city have been secured to promote the night school work.
 The courses offered are: Law. effici- ency, salesmanship, stenography. book keeping, arithmetic. English. penman- ship. spelling, electricity. blue print reading. mechanical drawing, machine design. strength of materials. shop arith- metic and mechanics. algebra, course in public speaking. the automobile. Eng fish for foreigners. first aid to the in jured. and an elementary course for en- ployed boys.
 Those wishing to enter at this time will please enroll at once. Anyone desiring further information may get same by calling at the Y. M c. A.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
CHIEF SHIRLEY WILL
 PLACE MEN UNDER MILITARY INSTRUCTOR
Older Men of Force Will Be Excused
 From Training-Idea Is to Im- \ prove Forces Appearance

Birmingham's police department will he put through several weeks of mili- tary training, according to an announce ment yesterday morning by Chief of Po- lice Tom Shirley. Practically every member of the department will be forced to take the training, which will be started at an early date.
 Chief Shirley, in making the announce ment, stated that it was his desire to have the police department make a more impressive showing in parades, and tho like, in the future. Tn the past few years" he said, ''the police department has participated in numbers of parades, and the showing they made was nothing to be proud of. I am anxious to in- crease the efficiency in this line."
 The older men of the force will be ex- cused from the training. unless they de- sire to participate. Chief Shirley has not decided who will have charge of the training. It is probable that some plan will be worked out whereby several classes will be formed to accommodate the men on the various shifts. M
 The announcement met with unusual favor among the officers, and the plan will be put into operation as soon as ar engagements can be completed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Birmingham Southern Handled $40 Cars of Raw
 Materials in November
Releasing of Some of Embargoes to East Yesterday Will Relieve
 Situation Some

At meeting of the car service com mission, the Birmingham Southern rail- road reported having handled in Novem Der 5440 cars of raw matter to and from the furnaces. in an average time of 24 hours as against g hours for November, 1916, showing a saving of 1713 car days, and for the year, 76019 cars in an aver. age of 21 hours and 26 minutes, or sav- ing of 3200 car days.
 The committee also developed the fact that for the month all raw material loading was supplied with practically td00 per cent of needed equipment.
 H'Embargoes to the north and east of this territory has brought about an &C., emulation here that seriously retards the district movement of cars, but a re- lease of some of the embargoes through Cincinnati and Louisville yesterday will ease up the situation somewhat said Chairman H. E. Hutchens of the subcommittee yesterday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
PRESBYTERIAN
 MEETING AT Y. M. c. A.

At recent meeting held at the Y. M c. A., Presbyterians of the district for mulated tentative plans to raise their quota of the $3,o00,0OO asked for by the general Presbyterian assembly for church benevolencies. Practically every church in the district was represented.
 Those present were: c. T. Sibley, Rev, I. F. Swallow, Rev. F. D. Washburn, N w. Shannon, Dr. A. s. Johnson, Dr. IT. P. Hay, Rev. J. A. Brown. Rev. J. w. Hickman, Rev. w c. Clark, F. W. Dix on, Russell c. Booth, Charles R. Plosser, John H. Frye, w. F. Miller, w. E. Pat terson, A. C. Decker. James Walker, H. F. Patterson. c. l.. Odell R. D. Johnston. Jr., J. A. Lovan, Rev. R. l.. Walkup, Rev. H. G. Kegley, Rev. S. G. Harris, H. l.. Morrow, M. L. McNeill and M. L. McAllister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
DAMAGE SUITS

Suit for s10o,0O0 damages has been filed in the circuit court by Elizabeth Mo Cauley against S. F. McCauley. The plaintiff alleges that on November the defendant by deceit and misrepresenta- ton induced her to sign an instrument waiving her right as administratrix of her late husbands estate, that in this manner she has been defrauded of the right to settle the estate and been de- prived of large sums of money that could have been put to her personal use.
 Two other damage suits were also filed, as follows:
 s1O00--Thomas Means vs. the Crescent News and Hotel company, for alleged personal injuries received December g.
 s1000-I. N. Varnon vs. the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad company, for alleged personal injuries sustained by his minor son on August 2S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
PRESIDENT CROWDER
 WILL SPEAK AT THE
 ROTARY LUNCHEON

Arthur c. Crowder. president-elect of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. will address the Rotarians at their lunch con Wednesday at o'clock at the Tut wiler hotel. taking as his subject Things We Hope to Accomplish in 1913 for the City of Birmingham.
 There will also be other features at the luncheon, including stunts. but Sec retary Clarence Lloyd declines to say just what the nature of these stunts will be, but he infers that the "stunt" com mittee will put over some of the best pulled in some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
MEN
 ID SPEAK FOR BABY
 BONDS AT THEATRES
Chairman Johnson to Tour State in Interest of the Campaign-Descriptive
 Literature Received

The four minute men who have been speaking at the various theatres in the interest of the Red Cross campaign will continue their work in the in terest of the baby bond and war sav- ings stamps, beginning tomorrow.
 The programme for the week, be- Sginning tomorrow, is as follows: ( Bijou. R. A. l>rown; Lyric, 7:3o. i>r. H. NJ. Edmonds; Majestic, 7:30, w J. Wynn; g, pr. M. s. Barnwell; Strand, w. V. M. Robertson. Jr.; Odeon No. i, Roderick Beddow; Odeon No. 2, Ralph Quinn: Best, Frank Spain; Alca- gar, Dr. Percy Woodall; Rialto, A. Leo Oberd orfer: Colonial, Frank Dominick; Triaron, White Gibson; Princess, w. P. McCrossin. Colored theatres: Cham pion, Crawford Johnson; Savoy. Col. T. o. Smith; Elite, H. M Abercrom- bic; New Queen, Judge w. E. Fort
 The subject will be "War Savings Stamps" each speaker using the same topic.
 To aid the several county chairmen of Alabama to give the real facts of the baby bond campaign to the peo- DIG III tHCtI tillihCoiosO eSitAeSASS Sie~ ford Johnson, state director for Ala .s ma, will make complete tour of state during January. which will
 N a visit to the headquarters of
 D Sunty chairman.
 Y exact dates and full particulars ye tour have not been announced,
 .s it Is understood that it will be- gin as soon as the distribution of the literature is completed and the local organization is we'll launched.
 Extracts of the speeches of Frank A. Vanderlip will be given and ar- engagements will be completed where by MT. Johnson will address mass meetings in the several towns in- cluded.
 T think that 1t will assist mate- rially in the work of the local com mittees to have the facts brought to the attention of the people and the real issue at stake explained to them," said MT. Johnson yesterday. "When the need is made apparent to the people few are going to lag and. in my opin- s ian, this is the most forcible and effi- cient method to pursue"
 Great shipments of posters and other pamphlets and literature descriptive of the campaign are being received at headquarters and are rapidly being distributed to the county organizations The posters are in reality works of art and many have already found room in many points of vantage in this city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
FAREWELL SERVICE
 AT WEST END CHURCH

A service will be held this ev. u the West End Baptist church At the regular hour of worship to honor pr. w. M. Blackw elder. who will leave January l for Huntsville. where he will assume the duties of pastor of the First Baptist church. The Methodist and Presbyterian conA gregations will join with the Bap- lists in the service.
 In leaving the West End church pr. Blackwelder carries the good wishes of scores of friends. His successor has not yet been chosen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

naganda is the best thing that ever happened to Alabama. Instead of send. ing north and west and to other parts of tie south for building materials of all sorts, the builder in concrete can get everything from within a radius Of 50 miles of the Terminal station and most of 1t is manufactured inside the corporate limits of Birmingham.
 WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL
 Birmingham needs new schools and needs them badly. One of the first that should be built according to the data I have, is a high school at Wood- lawn. Central high is terribly over crowded. It has always been a mystery to me how the high school authorities handle so many pupils so efficiently.
 "Our work in connection with these schools, while it does not take long, is quite important. As engineers, we are retained by some of the architects to design the concrete framework in order that it will be strong enough to carry the loads safely. The classrooms will be designed for a live load of 60 pounds to the square foot, while the corridors will support 75. This dif- ference is on account of the pupils marching from recitation to recitation. If we were sure they would always walk route step 50 pounds would be perfectly safe for the halls"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Bakers Association of
 Tri-States to Meet

Spier Whitaker. food administrator of Jefferson county. received 8 message yes- terday from Richard M. Hobbie. state food administrator, stating that there would be meeting of the Bankers asso- citation of Alabama, Georgia and Florida in Atlanta on January 4, to which del- egates from every county organization in 1 the various states will be present.
 l IT. A. McGough, president of the local ,Bankers' association, announces that delegates will attend from Jefferson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

company, this firm having engineered the deal for me from the very beginning. I will bake no change for the present. all the property now being occupied by tenants, two-story building being lo- cated on the lot,'' said MT. Johnson last night.
 This is one of the first deals that has been made recently tending towards the development of the part of the city im- mediately adjacent to Fifth avenue, from the Tutwiler hotel to the Terminal sta- ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

Mr. Johnson would not state what his intentions were for the present, with ref erence to the use he expects to make of the property, but 1t is intimated that he will sometime in the near future use the location for the large dry goods busi- ness that the firm now conducts in Bir- mingham on First avenue.
 T am not in position to state just now what I am going to do with the property, but I am happy to state that think I have secured bargain, and this was done through the Messer Realty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
PERSONAL

P A. HoIley, who has been confined at St. Vincents hospital for several days with bronchial pneumonia, was reported yesterday as greatly inn proved.
 pr. J. Ross Snyder has been called to Pennsylvanian by the serious illness of his father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday:
 o, F. Bush of Birmingham and Miss Ethel May Martin. T.
 John H. Sheppard of Birmingham and Miss Nellie Jones.
 H. E. Taylor of strafford. Tex. and Miss E. Durham.
 T. W. Trawick of Birmingham and Miss Ella Wilson.
 Hubert L. Crumley of Pratt City and Miss Mary Williams.
 w. c, Dozier of Tuscaloosa and Miss James E. Foster.
 Hoyt Metts of Adamsville and Miss Willie Hayes.
 Thomas J. Florey of Vincent and Misa Lynda Embry,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
$40, 900 Paid By Johnson For Twenty-Grst Street Property
Messer Realty Company Consummates Deal That May Re suit in Location of Johnson Bros. Dry Goods Co.,,
 Wholesale, at 412-414-416 N. Twenty-frst Street

Johnson, of Johnson Brothers wholesale goods merchants,
  412 North Twentyfirst in consideration of .af$ $A0 0nnn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
Within 12 Months Local School System VIII Be
 One of the Best m South
Material for All Concrete Construction Can Be Bought Within 50 Miles of Terminal Station" Says William o. Sell, Local Structural Concrete Engineer.
 Reviews the Prospective School Buildings

Wh Birmingham will have the most complete said O. Se
  will all nlan hnlf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
For Nursing Mothers and Pale, Sickly
 Children

The Old Standard general strength ening tonic, GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. arouses the liver. drives out Malaria and builds up the system. A sure Appetizer and aid to digestion. COG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
REFUSES TO TAKE POSITION

With these facts before us and with utmost respect for any who may hold opposite views l should not care to as sume the responsibility involved in recommendation to abolish or to dis continue any utility we may have for the control of smallpox .or other con tagious disease until substitute of equal efficiency n found or other pro- vision of 8 more practical nature made.
 Strictly speaking from the stand point of a public health official I see no reason for making distinction as between smallpox and methods for it's control and those appliei to other con tagious and communicable diseases. though in the minds of many people the occurrence of smallpox in their midst is just cause for much alarm. Equal alarm on their part in regard to other contagious diseases known to be much more dangerous to human life would operate as valuable aid in the application of measures for their con- trol.
 l believe that any permanent pro- visions of hospital facilities for con- tagious diseases should be broad enough in it's scope to include the whole category of contagious and com municable diseases. Yours very truly J. D. BOWLING, NJ D.. Health Officer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30

T have been intimately connected with permanent construction work of all sorts throughout the south ana central states in the past few years Birmingham is going to have the latest and best that can be built. Prac- tically everyone will be built of re- inforced concrete and will be strict ly fireproof. In fact, any other type of construction is hardly ever used in these days, even the small red schoolhouse' of the crossroads is now being built of this cheap and perma- nent material. On this account. sani- tary conditions will be under com plete control, the buildings will be evenly heated with a minimum of fuel and plenty of light and ventilation will be provided for.
 BUY MATERIAL HERE
 'I have just finished the structural plans for one of these schools. In the course of the designing, in accordance with our custom, we phoned to all the local dealers for prices on the different materials. It was gratifying to note that everything necessary to carry on the work can be bought right here in Birmingham.
 This buy-the-material- at-home pro
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
500 CASES SMALLPOX

In 1914 there occurred in the city of Birmingham and Jefferson county some 500 cases. large proportion of which were cared for at the pest house and in this way many other cases were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-30
BLAGHS .I!!I ;: Ii:
 CASH 4HZpR& 4AixsSAAsMAse

prevented Since that unusual out
 break the occurrence of the disease has been unusually small, and no cases have occurred or been reported at in- tervals of several successive months. For the past three months spasmodic cases have occurred in various parts of the county, mostly in the mining sections, and at the present time, ac- cordiag to records in the health office. there are three cases in isolation at the pest house.
 It is but fair to state that at the time of observation of the last grand
 jury, to the effect that the pest house was empty, according to our records.
 there were at least two cases in de-
 tention there. This discrepancy could occur in two ways: Our records could
 be in error as they are received from physicians and others in various parts
 of the county or the grand jury could have been misinformed.
 There are two methods of known eff ficiency for the prevention and con- trol of communicable diseases: First isolation of infected individuals and quarantine of exposed nonimmune per- sons. Second, immunization by in oculation or injection of serum. Either will be successful if done on an exten- sive scale. In actual practice it is the opinion of most authorities that
 the two methods should be used coin-
 cidently. Certainly the maximum pro- lection from either will only be de- rived where both methods are applied.
 For example, in regard to inoculation
 or vaccination against smallpox. it's eff ficiency as a means of control is an
 uncertain and unknown quantity be- cause of the well known large pro- portion of nontakes to the total mum Der of inoculations. Again there is
 known to be very large number of persons who have never been inocu- lated at all, and many will not sub init to such encroachment upon their personal liberty however we'll estab- lished the theory of immunization by inoculation or vaccination may be in the minds of those better informed among us.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-30
Eggs and Poultry, Wanted by

Alpaugh. E. S & Co.. W. Wash. Mkt.
Boehm. Daniel P. 2O4 Wallabout Mkt
iGleichmann. RS Co. 1l3 Wallabout Mkt.
Greenspan & Brenner 35S Greenwich
Lewis H. 4 Co.. Inc. 1873 Duane
Rosenfeld, S. Co. ..... 1877 Duane
ShOrr, AdOlph. .153 Reade
Trachtenberg, George $50 Greenwich
Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Wanted by
Balfour Bros. .S5O-2 Washington
Coughlan, F. NJ. & Son, Inc. 172 Duane
] Long, S. S. & Bro, Inc. 18th & Wash.
Eggs, Butter, Poultry, Wanted by
Fleischl. Emil&son 514 weschester av
Meierfeld, Samuel.......3-5 Harrison
Mersel. Alex; .....a.....;;c; :ls1 Duane
Fish, Wanted by
Cornelius, R. J. -. 80 Fulton Fish Mkt.
Dais, John CoInc. I07 Fulton Fish Mkt
LOckwood&Winant Fulton Fish Mkt
Minugh, ]. M. Co. 19 Fulton Fish Mkt
Schnaud, Francis L. 110 Full. Fish Mkt |
Zeller. Chas. & Son 1O9 Fulton Fish Mkt |
Fish and Soft Crabs, Wam ID by
Baldauf & Mccarthy Sc Fulton Fish Mt !
Burnett & Kenney, Inc. Fulton Mkt.
Haley, Caleb & Co. IA Fulton Fish Mkt .
Hall. r. F. & Co. 81 Fulton Fish Mkt I
H. NJ. & Co. IL Fulton st. Mkt |
Rogers, H. NJ. & Co. IL Fulton Fish Mkt
& Keeney. 10 Fulton Fish Mkt
Fish, CLANS and Crabs, Wanted by
Ackerly. Chas. S.. Fulton Fish Mkt
Cole, Robert W. 20 Fulton Fish Mkt
Fish, Oysters, CLAIMS, Wanted by
J. & Nv Co.. .212 South
Reid, Thos. M.&Co. 1Os Fulton Fish Mt
Furs, Wanted by
3ossak, L. & z. ..........374 7th Av. \
4ewis, Samuel ......147-53 W. 29th
lyman, H. & Co. .....1O6 W. 2Sth
& Friedman. =. 1873 W. 27th
'tempel, NJ. Inc. .....155 W. 29th {
steiner Jos. & Bro. .115-25 W. 3Oth
Sol & Co. Inc. ..169 W. 25th /
Furs and Genslng, Wanted by
'oehner, VIM. J. & Co. 159-163 W. 25th
)orman, S. ........269 7th Ave.
oAt GeO. /. ........ElS llu ave.
'faelzer, NJ. f. e Co.. .119 W. 29th
Furs and Hides, Wanted by :
aver, NJ. & Co. .........2 269 7th Ave. :,
uineas, Pigeons, Squads, Wanted by -.
Ieineman Bros. 217-21 Washington
lein. }. M............311 Washington
rakaur Poultry Co., Inc. 1924 13 Ave
Ginseng 6 Golden Seal, Wanted by p
oehner, VIM. J. & Co., 159-163 W 25th
Poultry Dressed, Wanted by :
eineman Bros. ..217-21 Washington
urley, William c.. .664 Hudson
Dultry DresseO and Calves, Wanted {
inrichs. W. J. Co., Inc. .428 W. 14th
Poultry Live, Wanted by
asset, David c.. .16-17-18 18th Ave. -
rakaur Poultry Co. Inc. 1924 18th az
olowitz, NJ. B. Inc. 1872 18th Av. N,
Poultry and Rabbits, Wanted
'sta & Biggio .......199 Chambers
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-30
ANDREwVILLE.

Mrs. George Cannon and Miss Addie
Booth have returned from an extended
visit in Wilmington and Philadelphia.
James Thomas was wilmington and
Philadelphia visitor last week and Mrs.
Thomas and Robert Thomas were guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thomas at
Harrington.
Mrs, Frank Griffiths has been the
guest Of her parents at Easton, Nd.
Mrs. Charles COLLISION is on the sick
list suffering with lagrippe.
Charles Bullock, who has been sick for
the last few days. is slowly improving. i,
but is still under the care Of a physician.
Misses Alice Thompson and Elizabeth
Bradley spent the week end with their
school teacher. Miss Sara Wyatt, near
Hollinsville.
Mrs. William Galloway is but little
improved.
Mrs. John Bradley and children have
been guests Of her sister at StaytonsviIle.
Raymond Barney, recently employed
in New Haven, Conn, has returned to
Andrewville.
Milford chronicle., 1917-03-30
GREENWOOD.
Cooking Class Exhibits Work.

! cooking Class Exhibits Work.
The girls of the Domestic Science
Glass of the Greenwood Schools who
have been undergoing instruction in the
art Of cooking from Miss jefferson Of the
/ College for Women at Newark, Della
ware, exhibited some Of their cooking
/ last week, this exhibition consisting Of
yeast bread. puddings and work biscuit.
Anon gthe prizes awarded We're: Yeast
bread baked in loaves. 1st prize, Miss
Rae Owens; 2nd. Miss Hazel Long: 3rd,
Lulu Tucker; 4th, Della Adamcheck
Rolls, 1st prize. Hazel Torbert. Work
Biscuit, 1st prize. Ruth Carlisle; 2nd.
Miss Sadie. The class will hold a bake
tomorrow Saturday evening on the
vacant lot adjoining the store Of Emory
Wiley Cakes, pies. cookies, etc, win
be for sale, as well as cut flowers
Richard Wiley, Horace Lynch. Alex
ander Jones, Horace Wiley and Frank
Richards went to Wilmington in an au-
tomobile on Monday.
Rev. +. b. Taylor preached his last
sermon before conference at the NJ. f.
Church last Sunday evening.
Annie Day. of Wilmington, visited her
'i0i' o I>H@aDetu l@ohB' Last sun
day.
The roads in the vicinity of Green
wood have come through the winter in
a miserable condition. It IS to be hoped
that the million dollar bond issue win
soon be made and that work on the
roads will be started in the near future.
James Morgan has returned to work
after having been i'll with pneumonia.
Herring are selling at five cents each,
while shad are selling at prices ranging
from Csc to 75c each.
T. p. Rust is recovering from his re-
cent illness.
Clinton Bennett is recovering from an |
attack Of pneumonia.
For your Easter and Wedding Gifts. |
see Stokes, the jeweler