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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

and Oklahoma. both of which states had gone through two years of drouth, had had plenty of rains recently and if no more falls this spring or summer big cotton crops are assured in those states
 BIG CROP PREDICTED
 He said the farmers are holding 4,0oo,- O0o bales which must go over and be added to the 1919 crop, which, based on an average yield of 12.6o0,0o0 will make almost n 1000, ,0CO-bale stock next fall. Based on this he predicted lower prices next winter.
 He appealed to the bankers to dis- courage farmers from planting large acreage of cotton and to encourage them in planting other crops.
 He said the use of poisons had not been effective against boil weevis Tn Alabama. and advised blowing the ground as long as it can be done With out iniuring the branches where the ln- sects are in the cotton fields.
 Dr. Hines called attention to the corn weevil which, he says. destroys from (. .O0OOoO to 7OOO. GOO bushels of corn year in Alabama, and urged that measures be taken to get rid of 1t.
 He requested the bankers to use their influence in securing the passage by the legislature of greater appropriations TOT the experiment station at Auburn, say ing that 1t was badly handicapped now by the lack of funds.
 James D. Dickson made brief talk on War Savngs, after which the nomi- hating committee. consisting of Thomas Rcwron of Birmingham, w. $. Nichols of Livingston and A. H. Dabbs of Car rollton recommended James T. Gardner of Anniston for chairman, and he was accordingly elected.
 V,ha resOlIltiOna committed. consisting of Sam King of Ensley, B. z. Henry of Anniston and J. T. Ward of Cuba, re- ported resolutions thanking the Birming- ham clearing house for the entertain ment provided.
 The visitors were the guests of the Birmingham clearing house last night at the Lyric theatre.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
MILK ORDINANCE
 POSTPONED WEEK

The much heralded milk ordinace which was to have been taken up at the city hall today for discussion by members of the Jefferson County Dairymen's asso- citation and pr. J. D. Bowling, city and county health officer, who has sponsored the ordinance, will only be introduced formally, the arguments to be heard next Friday.
 w. F. Mathews, one of the prominent members of the dairymen's association appeared at the city hall yesterday and announced that S. J. Bowie, attorney for the dairymen, was out of the city and would not be back in time for the meet ing today, and asked for a postponement of the hearing on the proposed ordinance until he returns, and until the member ship of the dairymen's association could read the ordinance and become conver- sant with it's requirements.
 The commission agreed to allow an other week for the dairymen to get ready for the hearing and set the date for Fri day, April 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
BIDS FOR COUNTY SCHOOL ID BE ASKED
Board of Education Author izes Erection of School
 at Maxine

The county board Of education held & meeting yesterday afternoon in the office of MT. N. R. Baker, county super intendent of education. Plans for the new 4-room school building to be erected at Maxine mines were presented to the board and accepted, and D. O. Whildin, the architect, was authorized to ask for bids
 Several petitions from residents in the southern part of the county, asking that a new high school be erected, were read, but action on the matter was deferred until the board com pletes the work of redistricting the en- tire county.
 1t was decided to make temporary repairs on the Huffman school build ing in order that it may be used until a new one can be erected.
 Newton Vines was appointed a trus- tee of the Concord school Bills were ordered paid and much routine business was disposed of, while matters of in- terest to the county schools were dis cuSsed at length.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
SUITS FILED

Suit was filed in the circuit court yesterday by Mrs. Minnie Hutcheson, administratrix of the estate of w. Hutcheson, deceased, against A. J. Norwood. for $10,00o damages for al- legged personal injuries received when w. F. Hutcheson was struck by an automobile of the defendant and as result of which he is alleged to have died.
 B. P Harris filed suit yesterday against L. J. Cocolo for $3000 damages, it being alleged that the. defendant wrongfully took an automobile of the plaintiff in June. 1elI
 Suit was filed by J. H. Lott vs the Union Cotton Oil company for $250o damages for alleged personal injuries A. H. Case has filed suit against w D. Hines, director general of the rail road and of the Southern Railway com pany for 5000 damages for. alleged per sonaI injuries.
 M. A. Geis filed suit against the city of Birmingham for 5000 for, alleged personal injuries received when the plaintiff fell in a hole at Ninth avenue and Twenty eighth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
NEGROES GIVEN LIMIT
 IN MUNICIPAL COURT
Judge Abernethy Holds Busy Session. Prisoners Bound Over to the
 Grand Jury

Fred Mechanism and Dave Washing ton, negroes, were tried in the muni- cipal court yesterday afternoon before Judge H. B. Abernethy on charge of grand larceny and the former was fined $25O and costs and given an ad- ditional sentence of 30 days. Washing ton was discharged. The case grew out of the alleged theft of two rolls of wire fencing from Sim Jenkins.
 Sam Long was bound over to the grand jury under 5000 bond on a charge of buying, receiving and con- cealing stolen property. It is alleged that the defendant had in his posses sion shoes and clothing valued at $1S.50, which belong to J. D. Love.
 Henry Irwin was given a hearing on a charge of grand larceny and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury under bond in the amount of 5000. He is alleged to have stolen 10 suits of overalls, five pairs of shoes, three hats and some clothing, valued at STA, from J. D. Love.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Social Meeting of
 Members. Old and New, at Civic Association
Open House Will Be Held Monday Night and Minute Men Expected to Put Over Objective

Music, movies and soft drinks. Mon- day night March 31. Come and bring a new member is the headlines of the invitation being sent out by the Civic as- sociation to all members According to the committee nothing serious will be brool,ed; nothing formal. only extem- poraneous fun and social meeting of new members and old.
 ''The Minute Men of the Civic associa- tion will take advantage of Monday nigh. meeting to put over the objective of 100 new members for March," said Chair man F. M. Echoff yesterday. Not only the minute men are being urged to bring new members, but the other members likewise"
 A special drive is being waged to en- roll the returning soldiers as members. TheSclub facilities are to be shown to the soldiers and other prospects Monday night; in fact, it will be "open house according. to the invitation. The twenty mark was reached yesterday in the Civic association record which means that the association is headquarters for 20 differ ent groups in the civic and commercial life of the city Among the latter are the Writers club, the Chemists club, the Dairymen's association and the span ish classes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
CIVITANS WILL
 DISCUSS SHOES

Civitan R. P. McCowan is going to have a day all to himself today at the regular meeting of the Civitan club at the Southern club at 1 o'clock. when he "toplines' the conversation menu with a talk on "Shoes," and he is expected to give the membership the inside on both the high and low cut pedal pro- tectors.
 Today is Shoe Dealers Day. with pr. "Co-Operation" Shropshire's clubmen, ans the enterprising proxy predicts flor ms man McCowan a ''walk-over with all corners in the shoe trade. Each member is expected to bring the shoe dealer who allows him to buy his shoes on credit which under prevailing prices is quite an intiucement--as his guest to the luncheon: Every local shoe dealer has been invited by some Civitan to lunch with him to- day, and the prediction is that there will be considerable rawhiding. Un- dressed kids' may be discussed and there is possibility of the meeting getting down to patent leather" standard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

who sells it at less than 26is cents
 per gallon, the present local price
 and pays the wholesale price we
 now have to pay won't stay in busi-
 ness very long.
 ''This fight in Tennessee is the
 second that the Gulf Refining com
 pany and the Standard oil company
 have staged in that state in the.
 last three years. If they can run
 the independent dealers out of busi-
 ness by selling gas at half what 1t
 costs. then when he is down and
 out they can put the price up as
 high as they see fit and the gain
 in the long run is greater than the
 loss. That's the whole story in .
 nutshell
 Local automobile owners and opera tors of commercial motor vehicles were in high hopes yesterday over the pos- sibility of a drop in the price of gaso- line, and 1t was naturally expected that local consumers would be benefited by the decline in other cities, but the local companies in the business here say that there is absolutely nothing doing so far as they have heard, and that they have no official advices from their companies of even contemplated cut in prices.
 Dispatches from Memphis yesterday stated that the price dropped in the Blum City at noon from 13 cents to II cents to filling stations and private consum- CTS from tank wagons. The Gulf Re fining company and the Standard Oil company in that city are waging the merry war" The Gulf Refining com pany is charging 13 cents at filling sta tions and 12 cents to proprietors of independent stations there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
LYONS TO BECOME
 ADDITIONAL RECORDER

'In order to facilitate the operation of the purity squad in it's campaign against personal immortality and the 'bootlegger,' 1 have been given author ity to employ an additional recorder. It will be the duty of this additional recorder to serve from 1 o'clock in the afternoon until 12 o'clock at night and later. He will issue warrants for search and seizure and arrest whenever there is evidence that such warrants are necessary. In addition he will serve in any other respects the occasion might demand.
 "I will appoint as additional re-
 corder E. A. Lyons, sergeant of pO-
 lice. He is an exceedingly prOmis-
 ing young man. and will soon be
 admitted to the bar. He will have
 Headquarters in the office of the
 chief of detectives.
 T feel confident that under the policy as outlined the 'bootlegger will be put out of business, and the citizens pro- tected at the same time, not only in their legal rights, but in the possession of their goods and lives"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
1OOTH ANNIVERSARY
 OF JEWISH LEADER
Dr. Newfield to Speak Tonight on
 Life of Dr. Isaac M. Wise

Rabbi NJ. Newfield at the weekly serv- ices at Temple Emanu-El tonight will speak on the life and work of Isaac M. Wise the great Jewish leader who Is regarded as the founder of American Judaism. Tomorrow will be the one hundredth anniversary of Dr. Wise, and rabbis throughout the nation will pay tribute to his memory at tonight's serv- ices.
 Next week the conference of Ameri- can rabbs will hold special session in Cincinnati the home city of Dr. Wise, and pr. Newfield will attend this conference. Dr. Newfield was pupil under Dr. Wise and was also member of the faculty of the same institution while he was president
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
NEGRO PREACHER DEMANDS EXTRACTION

J. H. Kelley, a negro preacher. through his attorney. Hugo l.. Black. has filed an affidavit in the municipal court in which Oscar w. Adams, edi- tor and manager of the Birmingham Reporter, negro newspaper, and T. \. w. Coffee, assistant editor, are charged with publishing malicious and libelous matter. .
 It is claimed by the minister that the Birmingham Reporter carried car toon of malicious nature on March 1, which was aimed at him. referring to him as Doc" rtfe s,.
 Retraction of insinuations contained in the cartoon and statements accom- panying same regarding the handling of a fund by the minister is demanded in the affidavit. While no suit has been filed as yet, a copy of the affidavit has been handed to the editor and pub fisher of the paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
NEW ILLUSTRATIONS
 FOR NAVY RECRUITS

Two additional substations of the local United States navy recruiting station have been opened at Florence and Dothan by Lieut. Con- J. T.. Meredith. who has charge of the Birmingham station. w. J. Benefield, chief gunners mate, has charge of the former. while Noble R. Beale. chief carpenters mate, has charge of the latter.
 the local station this week, as follows: William F. Mims, Ozark; Henry Lewis. Montgomery: Goodwin o. Stubbs. Bir- mingham; Arthur M. Black, Montgomery: Orlando l.. Dickerson. Mobile; Joseph A. Hale. Montgomery. and Clarence Steph- ems, Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
TAYLOR EXPLAINS THE
 EFFECT OF PROGRAMME

"We are going to enforce to the best of our ability the liquor laws of the state. There will be no let up in our determination to capture and destroy the 'bootlegger' in Bir- mingham. We are after the liquor criminal
 At the same time We do not in tend to exert our activity in sin gle direction. There are other laws equally as important. I am con- vinced and other commissioners are convinced that the purity squad, as presently constituted. is suf- ficiently strong and active to cope with the liquor evil. Therefore, the number of that squad-six, two on duty in the day and four at night-will not be increased.
 q have been given authority to employ six additional detectives. I will do so at once. This addf- tional strength will be thrown into campaign against general law lessness-burglary, highway rob- horu r,,,y.dar f0rgarv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28

The fight that is being waged Memphis, Chattahooga, Knoxville ana New Orleans seems to be price-cutting contest between the Gulf Refining com pany and the Standard Oil company or Louisiana, their territory being Ten nessee and Louisiana only Alabama is operated under the jurisdiction of the Standard Oil company of Kentucky, and local dealers predict that this state Will not be affected by the slashing Of prices inaugurated in the Louisiana and Ten nessee cities.
 The Gulf Refining company's and
 the Standard Oil cOmpnny's local
 offices stated last night that they
 knew nothing of a proposed cut In
 the price of gasoline here. The
 Texas company's office made the
 same statement, and then ndded'
 If this war continues In the two
 adjoining states the only effect that
 it will have here will he to boost
 prices to about 30 cents in BirniinE-
 ham in order to make up what they
 are losing in other cities by selling
 gasoline far below the cost of pro-
 duction in the oil fields.
 This fight was brought on," said George T. Wofford of the Wofford oil company, Birmingham con cern, flor the purpose of squeez- ing the little fellow out of business. You have to pay IS cents for B grade gas and 19 cents for "A grade gas f. 0. b. the refinery, loaded in tanks, and you pay cash for 1t, too, every car coming bill of lading at tached to the draft. It costs cents
 gallon to handle gas, and any man
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Officers Seize Four
 Quarts of Whisky

J. o. Adkins was arrested at the Ter minal Station yesterday by Officers Ellard, Patton, McGill. Alexander and Milliean on a charge of violating the prohibition laws According to the off cers, four quarts of whisky was found in his possession. He was released on bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Fire in Mill Village

House number 5. of the Avondale Mi: village, occupied by G. w. Wallace, was practically destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon at o'clock, and the adJoin- ing house badly damaged. The damages to the Wallace house are estimated. at $500. The origin of the fire is unknown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Winchell Goes Through

B. L., Winchell, reglonaI dfrector or the United States railroad administra- ton with headquarters in Atlanta. was in Birmingham for a few hours yester- day morning en route to Chicago.
 He came in on an early train and with a number of friends took an automobile trip through the city and the industrial district. leaving at noon on the Seminole limited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Old Clothes Collection

The Red Cross announces that it will collect old clothes for the distressed people of Europe in North Birmingham and Norwood today.
 It is requested that all who have old clothes prepared for delivery hang white streamers from their. residences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
BANKERSOF STATE HEAR LIVE TALKS
 ON VITAL TOPICS
Senator Underwood States During Reconstruction the Bankers Will Be Com
 pelled to Show Nerve

How to win south American trade problems of reconstruction, cotton acre age reduction and controlling the boil weeviI were subjects of three addresses before the bankers of the second group of the Alabama Bankers association yesterday.
 The meeting was called to order as 2;30 o'clock in the afternoon by Chair man Letcher Melton of Centeryfllc, att CT the local and visiting bankers had lunched together in the private dining room of the TutwiIer hotel.
 Arthur Rosenfeld, an American who has made his home in Argen- tina the past several years, told of trade conditions in South America and the methods necessary Tor Americans to get part of their bus mess. Senator Underwood dis cussed .after-war" problems and pr. w. E. Kinds. entomologist at the Alabama experiment station at Auburn talked about cotton and the boil weeVil
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued in the probate office yesterday:
 J. C. Ridgeway of Ensley to Miss Ethel Acuff
 Charles Edward Hoelm to Miss May Breedlove.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Birmingham Gas Remains
 At Present Prices Despite
 Rate Cutting Elsewhere
Hone of Auto Drivers Dashed Cround-All Local Dea- CTS Unanimous -Wofford Says "War" Due to Desire of Big Fellow to Force Little
 Fellow Out of Business

taking slide in Birmngharn of Woff"rd company So
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
COMMISSION SESSION
 FINDS ALL HARMONIOUS

Following his return from Florida Commissioner Taylor made close study of the situation which developed during his absence-a situation made sensational through the arrest of John Bradley with attendant indignation or all citizens. Very calmly he discussed every phase with the chief of police, chief of detectives, other commissions CTS, and others in authority. When his conclusions were reached--and they are expressed above-he carried them to the commission as whole.
 From IF o'clock until i o'clock
 yesterday the conference continued.
 At its conclusion every commissions
 CT was in agreement and in perfect
 accord. There was no friction.
 MT. Taylor expressed satisfaction with the action taken by the commis- sion during his absence, that action which instructed the purity squad to resort to warrants before searching a suspects effects, and the other com missioners agreed with MT. Taylor that his programme of deficiency without an abandonment of sanity" was prop CT and judicious.
 Here is what MT. Taylor said to the renresentatiye of The Age-Herald:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
Diuision Still Acute
 Among the Churchmen
Some Continue Indorse and Others Criticize Declara- ton That Church Is Out of Touch With World. Dr. Elsom Grieved at Departure of
 "His SchooImate, Dickinson"

of churches their radical all Birmingham A. Dickinson to religious conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
ITO CRUSH ''BOOTLEGGERS' WITHOUT IGNORING THE BIGGER CRIMINALS
 NEW PROGRAMME OF COMMISSION
Lyons Additional Recorder. Purity Squad Not In-
 creased-Six New Detec-
 tives for Other Crimes
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Efficiency-sanity.
 That is the policy of the city commission respecting the en- forcement of the antiliquor and all other laws.
 The programme adopted and sealed by the commissioners Tn a session lasting from 12 to l o'clock yesterday is, according to Commissioner Taylor, in charge of the department ot public safety, as follows: THE NEW PROGRAMME
 ADOPTED BY THE CITY
 A ruthless warfare against the liquor criminal conducted with re- gard to law and the necessity of se- curing warrants for search and seizure The present purity squad will not be increased in number.
 The appointment of an additional recorder to serve from o'clock in the afternoon to 12 o'clock, and later, at night. He will have head quarters in the office of the chief of detectives, and will issue war rants whenever necessary. E. A. Lyons. present sergeant of police, will be made additional recorder.
 Increased activity having for it's object the suppression of all crime. |. To this end six additional men will be elected to membership on the force of detectives. This additional strength will not be thrown into the fight against "bootleggers,' but into the fight against burglars, hfghwaymen and big crooks" of all rie
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-28
THE BOIL WEEvIL

Dr. w. E. Hinds, ,entomologist at the Auburn experiment station, reviewed the cotton industry and the fight against the boll weevil the last few years. He ex- hibited a chart showing cotton acreage average production per acre and price, over a period of 10 years. and conditions that had influenced yield and price III those years. e ,,
 He said he did not consider. the boil weeyil calamity in that it had taught the farmers to raise other things than cotton, reduced the crop averages and advanced the price. He predicted that there would be more boil. weeyils this year than in 1918. explaining that severe cold in winter and dry. hit weather in summer are the best weapons with which to fight that insect; that the winter of 1911-lels was the severest Alabama had experienced since the advent of the boil weevil, and the early part Of last sum mer, when the squares were on the stalks, was hot and dry, whereas the past winter was mild. and seasonable rains may be expected during the sum- mer. bama be decreased, saying that Texas
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-10-30
Dancing Important as a
Factor in Education

The Importance of dancing
as a factor in education is al
most universally conceded not
withstanding that many per-
sons of unquestionable learn
ing and good intention unhesi-
! tatingly condemn and seek to
substitute gymnastic in its
place.
1t is true that gymnastics de
velop the physical power, in
crease courage and endurance
improve health and render one
more robust, but they tend to-
ward coarseness and impress
one with a certain recklessness
and lack of delicacy unless
taught by persons who are pro
perly informed as to the true
art of movement.
Still, those who are opposed
to dancing are not wholly
wrong, for if we contemplate
the salon and the theatrical
dance of today, we are compel
led to admit that with few ex-
ceptions, we find them object
ionable to good taste. We
have retained but little of
that exquisite deIicacy which
marked the dance of the 18th
century and we frequently wit
ness upon our stage indecencies
of a most fragrant character
which are so earnestly ap-
plauded by the majority of the
spectators that the ARTISTS"
are led to believe that they
have done something highly
commendable while the less
scrupulous managers and di-
rectors encourage such exhibit
tons on account of the returns
which they guarantee,
The same state of affairs ex-
hists in the dance hall, for GUS
tom has SO shortened the Wis
ion of the majority that even
the least criticism of this ma
ture is astonishing to them true
though it is.