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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
Victory Contention Of
 ". C. 7. U. Opens Tuesday
Crusaders Who First Launched Fight for Temperance
 Take Part in Programme Wednesday-Dr Brans- comb to Preside at Opening of Convention

The Vootory convention of the Ala q hama. Women's Christian Temperance
 Union Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs : day at the First Methodist church, will be the greatest ever held by this or -ganization, according to the reports be- ing received by the homes committee
 from the state delegates Fifty or more had answered affirmatively xate
 yesterday and it is expected that this will be greatly swelled before the I opening session Tuesday night Mrs. Frances E, Beacham vial arrive from Lexington, Ky. Tuesday morning and will be a guest al the Tutwiler during her stay.
 .t The victory praise service to be held
 Tuesday night, following the executive
 session in the afternoon, will mark the
 formal opening of the convention. this
 being the first held by the Alabama temperance workers sinde the ratifi- 10 cation of the national prohibition amendment by Congress- The Tuesday 10 evening meeting will be a public af + fair and it is the desire on the part of
 fhose making the programme that this {, will prove great occasion. It will -a be conducted by the ministers of the
 city, with Dr. L. C. Branscomb presid- ing. Short addresses will be made by Il Dr John MoNeiu pastor of the High II lands Presbyterian church. pr. ]. k. ii Dillard pastor of the Southside Bap- Il tist church. pr. Brooks Lawrence and II Mrs. Beacham The vested choir from l the Highlands Presbyterian church, II directed by Forrest Dabney Carr will l furnish the musical programme.
 II Beginning at 9 o'clock Wednesday | morning, the first hour will be given II over to the Crusaders when all of | the original crusaders at the meeting | will be invited to occupy seats on the II platform. Responsive reading from the II Crusade Psalm will be led by Mrs. l., l c Woodliff, Mrs. W. C. Sibley, Mrs. { Ellen Peter Bryce, Mrs Andrew Half j finer and Mrs. X. J. Massey. The roll | call will be read by Mrs. F M. Jackson.
 Following reports from the state of-
 ficials memorial service will, accord
 11g to the custom of the convention be
 held at noon, led by Mrs. Lamar Smith \ of Attalla Mrs. Chappel Cerey, Mrs. 2 Wesley Jones and Mrs J. w. ,Broughton I will conclude the morning programme q with short addresses in the subjects per < taining to temperance after which the 5 body will adjourn to luncheon to be T served in the church lunch rooms
 ! A feature of the Wednesday afternoon z session will be the Mercy Home Indus < trial school chorus following an ad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
EFFORTS OF ALIENS
 ID ENTER COUNTRY
 CAUSING ALARM
Abercrombie Surprises Sen ate Committee With Fig
 ures on Numbers Now ~> Entering U. s.
Bx HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington, october 11--(SpeciaL) The administration is alarmed regard ing the efforts of aliens to break into this country. irrespective of the dc sires of this country. The report that 10, 900, 900 Germans are preparing an exodus to America startled the House committee on immigration yesterday John w. Abercrombie. assistant sec-e- tary of labor. an Alabamian. gave the Senate committee surprising informa- tion today.
 According to pr. Abercrombie, large numbers of aliens. including Japanese and Chinese, are evading the immigra- tion laws to secure entrance into this country. He. added that in the year ending June 30. 1919, 1878 entered H. legally, were apprehended and de- ported. On the Mexican border 10t4 aliens were apprehended
 The number apprehended is under stood to have been small percent age of those who entered and escaped detection. Drastic legislation more extensive than was ever dreamed by the late Representative Burnett of AlabamaAi is now contemplated by both houses of Congress.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12

Albany, October 11.-(Special)-E. A. Henry of Birmingham, general superin- tendent of the Alabama Water company, has arrived here and temporarily will be in charge of the local operations of the company, succeeding E. R. Whitten, who resigned several days ago after long service as superintendent here. MT. Whitten will leave October 15 for Flori- da to make his home.
 No announcement of changes in policy was made by the company today, and it is not known just how long MT. Henry will remain in charge of the companys s service in Albany Decatur.
 The campaign organization for the Young Mems Christian association exten- sion drive, october 20 to 30, is practi- cally completed in Morgan county. The following committee has been named to promote tn ework: Rev. w. P. Wilks, Albany, chairman; H. L. Spencer, Al bany; J. F. Blair, Albany; Rev. l.. w. Young, Albany; L. C. Carawah, Hart selle; E. F. Carley, Falkville
 Baptist ministers of Alabama are plan hing a general exchange of pulpits dur ing the next few weeks to promote the drive for $75, ,0O0, ,0O0 The first of the ex- changes to affect loca! churches is set for Sunday night, when Rev. w, F.
 Wilks. pastor of the Central Baptist | church. will preach in Cullman, while Rev. Clay l. Hutson of Cullman will fill
 the local pulpit Hey. Hutson Is wei l known here having formerly been pastor
 of the First Baptist church of Decatur.
 Funeral services were held at 10 o'clocl this morning for Miss Jessie Price Slv Iley. who died Friday morning at o'cloci
 at the home of her brother, Eugene SlV' lev. 1S11 Sixth avenue, south. Survivint relatives are: Two brothers, Eusen' sivlev of Albany, J. M. Sivley of Somer vile: three sisters, Mrs Elizabeti I Stephenson of Danville; Mrs. Danni Dess of Utah, Mrs. N. D. Waddel Of Al
 bany.
 IT K. Blankenship and Bud Grayson
 the latter a negro, were taken Tn custou
 bv Sheriff May early Friday in connec tion with an alleged attempt to rob tn lcotton field of Will Humphries or , large quantity of the fleecy staple. m defendants were arrested by several GU izens of the Fairview section. E. A. fe, nell one of the men who stopped blaih : enship and Grayson, declared today Una the men came to the field in an autome P ibile running without lights, about
 Io' clock Friday morning Blanhehshi later was released on bond.
 Il The campaign for consolidation or A Ihanv and Decatur will begin in earneS next week when petitions for an electlo 5 on the merger of the two cities Will II circulated. The election is sought unde the nrovisiOns of the Lynne bill, passe . lbv the recent legislature and Wnich pr' vides for the consolidation of citles ha'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12

This important notice is intended for every druggist in this state.
 We want them all to know that there will be splendid and instant demand for Begy's Mustarine.
 The original and best substitut for Grand mother's old fashioned Mustard plaster.
 And we want them to stock this remark able remedy that subdues inflammation. breaks up congestion. stops aches and ban ishes pains
 And best of all it does it in half the most people have been using.
 We don't ask you to Toad up." but we do sincerely urge you to have enough on hand right away so that the brisk demand our advertising will create will prove of benefit to you as we'll ourselves.
 Please understand that in asking you to cooperate with us that we are not asking for anything unreasonable. ! we have opened new territory before and have seen apparently live druggists lose many sales because the first demand swept the inhhev's stock clean. 1t won't take the people of this commu- nifty many days to find out that Bssy's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12

dress by Mrs. c. E. Spencer on "Voca- tional Training for Girls Others to appear on the afternoon programme are Mrs. o. L, Stewart of Piedmont, Mrs. E. H. Newsome Mrs. T. E. Callen, Mrs J. B. Chatfield, Mrs. W. P, Mo Adory. Mrs. F. M. Jackson, Mrs. Frances E. Beacham. Mrs Ralph Barrow, and Mrs. J. F. Moore.
 Mrs. F. E. Beacham, for 25 years president of the Kentucky temperance union, will address the Wednesday evening session. Mrs. Chappell Cory will preside at the meeting. A chorus will furnish the music.
 Committees reports will take up the greater part of the Thursday morning session M edical Temperance, "Tem perance and Labor Women in In- dustry," etc, will call for addresses from Mrs Y. A. Dyer, Mrs. M. J. Lenoir, Mrs. A. J. Massey. Mrs. H. N. Maloney, Mrs. C. B. Spencer Mrs. L. S. Vann Mrs John A. Myatt, and Mrs. l.. H Maxwell.
 The Thursday afternoon session will bring the convention to close, the chief business for the afternoon being the election of delegates to the na- tional convention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
MEN CONVICTED IN CRIMINAL { COURT
 GIVEN SENTENCE
Prisoners Convicted Before Judge Fort Will Be Sentenced
 Tomorrow

Yesterday was motion and sentence day in the criminal division Of the circuit court, but owing to the absen of Judge w. E. Fort sentences in his court will be passed tomorrow morn ing In Judge H. P. Heflln's dlvls1on two capital cases were passed on. Henry Mays, negro. being sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitenh- ary for murder and George Smitner- man, negro. was sentenced to ID years imprisonment for manslauehter. About 15 sentences will be given by Judge Fort tomorrow, among them being that of Will Rochester. convicted of the murder of c. w. Teer at Mineral Springs It was understood that the life sentence in this case would be ap- pealed but so far no steps have been taken by the defense.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
NEW SCHOOL CODE IS INTERPRETED BY
 ATTORNEY GENERAL

Dr.. R. N. Baker, county superintend- ent of education, returned yesterday from the state meeting of superintendents held m Montgomery Thursday and Friday. The four sessions of the meeting were taken up with a study and interpretation of the new school code. It was desired to have a uniform understanding of the recently made changes in the school laws throughout the state.
 Attorney General J. O. Smith Id- dressed the meeting, explaining the legal nature of the changes made Sixty-four of the total 69 superintendents in the state were present. After discussing the reforms and answering all questions brought up, the members present got to- gether and revived the almost defunct Superintendents association. S.. R. But Ter of Calhoun county was selected as president for the coming year and Dr R. N. Baker secretary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
BIRMINGHAM DRUGGISTSn!! All Jobbers Can Supply
 Beqy'S MuStarine
Advertising of Quickest Pain Killer on Earth Will Appear Soon in Most Every Good News paper in the State Guaranteed to You
 and Satisfaction to Your Customers

Mustarine is the quickest acting remedy ih the world for ailments mentioned below.
 You know. MT. Druggist, that heat eases pain, and you might as well know right now that there is More Concentrated Non Blis- tering heat in box of Mustarine than in any box the same size made.
 Druggists who want to best serve their customers will not hesitate to recommend Begy's Mustarine in the Yellow Box for Rheumatism: it relieves the sharp twinges and gnawing pain and reduces swollen joints.
 Chest Colds. bronchitis, pleurisy. tons ilitis and sore throat disappear over night while you restfully sleep.
 Gout, Lumbago, neuritis. neuralgia. head ache. earache, toothache.
 Lame back. sore muscles. stiff joints. stiff neck, cramps in leg.
 Strains, sprains, sore infamed feet or where any ache. pain or inflammation exists. Begy's Mustarine retails for 60 cents a large box and 80 cents for a generous size box. and is guaranteed to druggists and con- sumers by s. c. Wells & Co. of Le Roy, New York. manufacturer of Celery King. Dr. Car | ter's K. S& B. Tea. Shiloh. etc. | All iobbers are now ready 70 supply you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
SHEFFIELD

Sbaffield october 11.-(Special)- )-W eeh-
 Ii, hrllet;ns summarizing the progress Of
 the construction work on the Wlisoh
 dam. the unmatched enterprise or the
 south which the government IS oulidlns
 at Muscle Shoals to meet a pressing
 nost-war need. show that rapid progress
 is heinz made on the great monohth
 structure Marvellous. indeed, are the
 changes being wrought by the forces ot
 Col I.ytle Brown and his highly effl-
 cient corps of engineers. Although Tn
 supreme command of the forces at Mus
 cle Shoals. Colonel Brown is being ably assisted in his role of great responsibil- ity by Colonel Butler, Colonel Godfrey and Major Watt, all of whom are engl- neers of undisputed repute.
 Colone, Brown returned this weekend from a visit of inspection which he made at the Keokuk dam at Keo}Suk, Ia. It is a mighty dam that spans the Mlssls- sippi river at Keokuk and it has cer- | tain features of similarity to the Muscle l Shoals hydro electric development. The Keokuk developments however, is not SC vast, but is surpassed by the Tennessee l river project
 | When the preliminary work was ini- tiated last year incident to building the l Wilson dam work was first started or the north side of the Tennessee river opposite Sheffield, where the govern ments two great nitrate plants were erected During the past month forces | of workers have been established on the | Sheffield side, where it is plannd to soor
 have aOO men engaged. Railroad lines | -..;,. z1o+i fr4 hn da | site to nitrate plant No. in east Shef- | field These lines will provide the dan with main line service from the Shef- 1 field railroad yards. where huge quanti- | ties of materials will be received. Ownis | to the scarcity of laborers in this sectior
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
NEW COTTON CROP
 REPORT IS ASKED
Complaint of Cotton Asso-
 citation Officials Finds Ex- pression in Congress
ex Associated Press

Washington. october 11--Complaih's of officials of the American Cotton as- sociation questioning the accuracy oi the last government report on the cot ton crop today found legislatlVe eN nression in Congress. At the reauos' of I. S. Wanamaker of St MRtne"s' S. C.. president of the associatlon' hep- resentatives Byrnes, s. C.. lntroauceu a resolution directing the Agriculture Department to issue a new crop report by November 2, next, showing the cot ton crop condition as of October 2'-
 Immediately after introduction ol his measure MT Byrnes arrahsea hoi a hearing on it by the Honse asricut- ture committee next Tuesday. at whicn southern growers. congressman anu government officials are expected to appear as witnesses.
 MT. Byrnes said the complaint or .ne cotton association officials was Una the last report failed to show partla, abandonment. which if included woulo reduce the crop estimate, placed a' 10, 50, ,0o0 bales this year by the Asri- culture Department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
RAIL WAY ACCIDENT
 PREVENTION DRIVE

From october IS to s1 the railroads of this country will put on national railroad accident prevention drive dur ing which every employe will be urged to use the greatest care in.his work
 In somilar drive last January the railroads in the south set the pace for the whole country and since then through their safety organizations the number of accidents has been material ly reduced. II
 C. M. Anderson, regional supervisor of safety with headquarters in At- lanta- after a five weeks trip through the south, announced that the roads of the south were prepared for the new drive. officers and employees are on their metal" he said, "and anxious for the campaign to start. They are con- fident that the south, which originated this method of demonstrating how lives can be saved and injuries prevented is going to lead the way in the nation wide campaign
 Since the southern region held it's no accident week last January, similar campaigns have been conducted in other regions, but the record then set for re- duction in personal injuries never has been equailed No effort will be spared to keep first place for the southern lines in the list of safe railroads Three hundred and forty-eight safety com mittees on the various railroads with the cooperation of officers and em- ployes generally, are lending their energies to that end. Practically every man on the road, in shop, roundhouses, station and office, has expressed in- dividua1ly his intention to let no one be killed or injured through an avoidable accident
 Through the work of safety organ izations on railroads under government control during the first six months of this year, as compared with the same period last year, before such organiza- tions were formed, there was reduc- tion of so lives lost and of 2,507 in- iurieS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
Netus ofAlbany

ingapopulations between 4000 and $500 The bill provides for government of the com solidated cities pending the next general election. Under the provisions of the act, Albany would have eight aldermen on the consolidated council, Decatur 5; AL bany the president of the council and Decatur the mayor. It requires two- thirds vote of the council to pass any act The petitions must have 2o per cent of the qualified voters of each city signed to it before the election can be called by the probate judge, to whom the petl- tions will be sent. The probate judge is required to canvass the signatures to the petition and pass upon tnelr rlshl to vote
 Pro-conssolidationists, who are pushing the campaign, desire an election at an early date in order to effect the merger of the cities as soon as possible, In case the issue carries, so that the new clty may have it's population listed in the next government report. Advocates of the retention of the name of Decatur declare the city would be widely advertised be- cause of the remarkable increase in pop ulation. Albany now being much larger | than Decatur.
 | Ordinances providing for the paving Of l eight more streets in Decatur were passed by the city council at it's regular l
 authorized the laying of sidewalks on
 four streets and will immediately adver-
 tise for bids for the paving ot three
 tboroughfares which already have been provided for in ordinances made flnal | The streets to be improved immediately are; Railroad, Vine and Church The 1 streets to be paved under the ordinances inst passed include practically every ,.thoroughfare in the city *south of Mar ket street. 4a Court officials here are issuing warn
 ings to business people to pay the new
 state privilege tax imposed by the receh ilegislatlIre and which went into effec October l. The people generally do no
 seem to be familiar with the new law
 which places a state license on barpe
 shops, pressing shops. saw mills, Vul canizing plants. ice cream manufactur
 CTS. lumber mills bottle drinks and clga , dealers in cities of more than 50oo
 A measure passed by the soons a , their recent session places a revenue ta
 of $3 on all cases filed in all courts
 The Decatur Athletic club Thursda I afternoon defeated the Albany Hlg : schools football warriors 13 to in tn ? initial gridiron contest of the seaso , here Carr. former University of Mir
 nesota star, was the shining light of tn
 battleA being a consistent ground game : for Decatur Tuesday the Albany teal f plays Huntsville high school at the pa i mark in Albany and Friday goes to flol e ence for contest with the Florence nol r nal Efforts are being made to arrans l La game with Central High school Of Bli . mingham for the early part of Noven . ber
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12

practically sold at cost
 NO PROFIT IN STAPLES
 You must take into consideration, also that q grocer's profit is really | made not on staple articles of food, but | on fancy groeeries. During the war there was so much household retrench- 1 ment that the sale of fancy groceries fell off tremendously. The grocer at tempted to <eke out a profit on staple lines, where the margin of profit was very much restricted.
 "The retail grocers are, least of all factors, responsible for the high cost of living. The margin of profit is small Whereas a merchant in another line perhaps will add fifty per cent to the wholesale price of his goods in fixing the retail price the grocer adds from per cent to Is Der cent"
 Thomas Grimes of Grimes Brothers Grocery Co.,, one of the Birmingham grocers who furnished prices to the federal department of labor for status tical purposes, explained that the dlt- | ference in some prices probably was due to confusion arising from the | nature of the quotations. The prices | quoted by the government. he said, ap- l parently were averages struck between l the highest prices and the lowest prices of certain. items, and some grocers who furnished prices perhaps did not under I l be quoted, or the lowest or middnng grade.
 During the month of May I sent to l the department of labor prices on meat that vary greatly with the figures quoted in this table recently published, l said MT. Grimes. q quoted round steak | for instance, at from 25 to 4o cents a pound The table quotes round steak prices as APT cents in Birmingham and sS2 cents in Atlanta. As a matter Of fact round steak was being sold in Birmingham at 25 cents for certain grades, and 45 cents for the best grade. The best grade of chuck roast, my du- plfcate figures show, was sold at So cents. yet the price quoted in Birming ham as for May is 31.3 cents, and in Atlanta 263 cents. Ham was selling at 30 to 65 cents, yet the Tat price quoted is 55.4 cents, Birmingham, ana 54.S cents. Atlanta
 Tt seems to me that there has been confusion among the grocers furnishing prices to the government as to the quality of the commodity
 NOT GETTING RICH
 But whether Birmingham and At lanta prices vary or not, according to Secretary Shropshire, the fact remains
 that Birmingham retail grocers arc asking only a small margin of profit.
 contrary to the popular suspicion that grocers are getting rich" said MT Shropshire, q can point to numerous cases of failure in business, especially during and since the war. It is 2 notorious fact that failures always are numerous among retail grocers. Many a man has been ruined by bad credits who with the same capital invested II another line, would have had mucf better chance of recovering.'
 Here is the table of comparativ' wholesale and retail prices, submitted
 as a fair average of prices paid Il
 Birmingham on groceries most com
 monly used: .,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued by the probate clerk yesterday; A. H. Saxton and Miss Mae Stack. T. M. Hendricks and Miss Juliette Reddle.
 M. Lesley and Miss Irene Barnett. J. T. Owens and iMssLula Gaddis. Lee O. Brooks and Miss Cordie Jack son.
 Edgar Sharritt and Miss Ada Keith. F R. Hill and Miss Hazel Danill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12

the requisite number of men are peihs
 recruited from various sections or the south The maximum number requireo
 for the work on both sides Of the rlVer
 will approximate 60Oo. :, Construction of cofferdam No. IS wen
 under way It will take in the whole oi Jackson island and part of the river bed toward the south side. The weather during the past month has been eScep- tionably favorable for the prosecution ol the cofferdam work The river is at 2 very Now stage
 That the building of the Wilson dan at Muscle Shoals is being prosecuted II an energetic and aggressive fashlon is naturally very gratifying to the people of this section. No one hereabout feels any anxiety lest the vast enterprise fai of completion. It is a great government enterprise, whose potential results art
 impossible to hazard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-12

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