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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
BUILDING PERMITS
OVER HALF MILLION
Report of Inspector Shows
Much Building Activity
in August


Building permits ins Birmingham dur
ing the month of August called for the
expenditure of more than half millio
dollars in new houses within the city
limits. The report of the city building
inspector, completed yesterday afternoon,
shows that building here last month was
only 100000 under the preceding month,
which was the largest, from a point of
view of permits issued, in the history
of the city building department.
During August A2 permits were issued
for construction costing s507.64o. OF
these 81 were for frame and brick veneer
buildings, which were to cost s246. 1893. The
cost of business buildings, for which 10
permits were issued. totaled 1924, 275.
Other permits were for repairs and adj
ditions. In July 37S permits were issued
for construction to cost $3.50, us.
During the past two months more than
81 900, 900 900 in new buildings has been
added to Birmingham or is being added
now the report shows. 4Ai
A permit yesterday was issued the Bir-
mingham Chero-Cola company for ST.
600 addition to their present brick buad-
ing at Avenue f and Twenty fourth
street, to be used as bottling plant.
J Gray Hamton was issued a permit to
erect a frame residence to cost $500 on
North Thirty-f first street between Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth avenues.
A total of 26 permits were issued yes
terday. most of them being for smaller
construction or repair Jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
ISSUE INSTRUCTIONS
FOR TAX PAYMENTS
Income Tax for the Third Quarter
Due September IS

John D. Mcneil. collector of internal
revenue, has issued instructions to all
taxpayers in Alabama and Mississippi
regarding the third quarterly payments
of income tax, which falls due on Sep
TENDER Is. He expects that a large
number of payments will be handled
through the mails and to insure proper
credit for each account he calls atten-
to the following Instructions:
1. "Detach remittance slip from your
bin on form 1923 enclosed, write your
name and address plainly and attach
to your remittance.
2. do not mail one check covering
several payments, but make separate
remittance for each separate item.
8. IF your bill enclosed is not cor
rect, please send check. money order
or exchange for an amount which
added TO your former payments, will
make an amount equal to three-quar-
tiers of the total tax due. attaching q
letter of explanation in full"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
SEVEN DAYS. CAMP
FOR BOY SCOUTS
Registering for Camp An
drews Will End
Tonight

Arrangements have been made by th>
Birmingham Scout council to hold anoth-
er week of active camping at Camp An
drews. beginning Monday. September
This camp will be open to any register
ea BOY scout in Birmingham.
Three weeks of camping were held at
the first of the summer, but so many OF
the boys were working and were unable
to get away from their work, that the
scout officials decided to hold this extra
session at Camp Andrews.
The fee win be s. for the week, which
is practically the same as that of the
big camp which was held at the begin
ming of the summer. This fee will cover
all expenses which ma" arise during the
week of camping. Scout officials am
nounce that all registrations for the camp
must be in by tonight, and filed with the
Scout Executive at the Boy Scout office
Fin the Jefferson County Bank building,
The start for camp will be made on
Monday morning from 21st street and
LIST avenue north. Scouts must bring
Their bseeaee with them, and be ready
for the hike to camp. The baggage vii,
be sent ON to CAM on the truck which
was used during the big camp.
A large number of scouts have already
registered for the camp and scout Of
ficials expect many more to register
before the time is up. All remember the
good time of the former outing, and
scout officials are promising just as good
times on next week s camp
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
Censorship of Motion
Pictures UnderPresent
City Ordinance Ample
City officials Make State
ment in Reference to Pro-
posed State Censorship
Bill-City Ordinance Is
Drastic With Heavy Pen
alties for Violations

In answer to the discussions made re-
Gently on the proposed bill for the CEN
soring of all motion pictures and slides
to be shown in Alabama and the creation
of a board of three censors to pass on the
pictures, citizens here who believe the
to members of the legislature in Mont
gomery copies of the city ordinance now
in effect in Birmingham providing for
prohibiting the exhibition of undesirable
pictures here.
BY the terms of city ordinance 469-C,
AN ordinance to further regulate NOV.
ing picture shows, theatres and other
places of amusement" it has been point
ed out, the commission of public safety
may prevent the display in any theatre
in the city of any picture that could be
disapproved by the proposed state board
of censors. The ordinance was drawn
up from the regulations now in force in
Pennsylvania and other states and has
been declared to be sufficient in every
way.
Il believe our ordinance now in effect
is as stringent as needs be- said John
r. Hornady, acting president of the city
commission, yesterday. LAS far as Biz
mingham is concerned it is ample because
it gives the city commission power to
eliminate the showing of any picture here
that the commissioners believe should not
be shown l believe this ordinance suf
fictapt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
Citizens of Leeds Ask
Justice to Community

To the Editor of The Age Herald;
On the front pages of both your aft
ernoon contemporaries of August 20,
ult., there was published a story of
two bandits entering the town OF
Leeds that morning, robbing a number
of houses in the heart of the town
after holding their occupants up at the
point of gun, and terroriZing our
citizens. There was not word of
truth in it, and we feel disinclined to
allow 1t to go unchallenged. The
house of Mr.. Fred Scott, two and one
half miles from Leeds, was robbed dur
ing the absence of the family; also the
house of Mr.. Wideman, 10 or IL miles
from Leeds. But no one was held ZIP
with a gun. This Is the foundation for
the whole sum and substance of the
wild western" show pulled off AZ
Leeds by the two afternoon papers.
Both papers were informed by mail
the following morning of the facts,
the communication being signed by
three responsible citizens. One of
them absolutely ignored it, but came
back at us the next day with a story
making it worse than the day before.
The other made correction" which
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
OPEN MEETING OF
FAIR PRICE BOARD
Ways and Means of Reducing Cost OF
Living to Be Discussed

The fair price committee. of which
Frank Spain is chairman. will hold an
open meeting this afternoon at 3
o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce
auditorium. at which time committees
from all civic organizations and clubs
will be present. This meeting is held
for the purpose of discussing ways and
means of reducing the high cost OF liv-
ing.
This committee was recently organ
lied and includes the wartime food
committee. with representatives of the
various retail dealers, labor organiza-
tions women's clubs and the general
public Few complaints have been re-
ceiveG by the board and anyone having
a matter to be presented to this COM
mittee is urged to send same to Frank
NJ. Dixon, secHetary. in the jefferson
County Bank building.
Interesting discussion is expected at
the meeting this afternoon and anyone
interested is invited to be present
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
JUDGE LOCKE TO
HEAR OBEAR HABEAS
CORPUS CASE TO-DAY
Major Obear Seeks to Gain Custody
and Control of Three Children.
Many Witnesses Summoned

Hearing of habeas corpus proceedings
filed in chancery court a few days ago
by Maj William G. Obear seeking to
gain the custody of William G. Obear,
Julia Obear and Legare Bowles Obear,
the three children of Major and Mrs.
Obear, has been set for . 30 o'clock this
morning before Judge Hugh A. Locke
Many witnesses have been summoned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Obear each wish to gain
possession of their children. Mrs. Obear
having sued for a divorce some weeks
ago.
Litigation between the couple started
two months ago when Major Obear filed
an Injunction in chancery court asking
that l.. A. Fealy. Altrurian leader here
be restrained from exerting undue in
fluence over Mrs. Legare Obear, wife OF
the major
Fealy later filed libel suits against
Major Obear and his brother George S
Cbear. in the circuit court and had q
warrant sworn out for George s. Obear
charging assault. George Obear wa,
fined 81 and costs.
Mrs. Obear then filed divorce proceed
ings and following this Major Obear filed
a writ of habeas corpus seeking to gair
the custody and control of the three
children.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
AMY REQUESTSF0R
RV|NG MADE TO THE
|TY COM MISSION
brnady to Purchase Auto
|lobile for the City-City
LabOrers Are Given
Wage Increase

Requests of property owners of four
provements were made before the
y commission at its regular weekly
betting yesterday. The petitions were
improvements on Burk street from
fferson avenue to Cleburn avenue; on
hrty-second place from Eighth to
pnth avenues; on Tuscaloosa avenue
pm Cedar street to Pearson avenue,
ID on Almeda avenue between Burke
Id DeJarnette streets.
"Paving is on the boom in Birming
I'M and / am glad to see it, said Com
fssioner Hornady. TT shows great
ogress for the city"
Mr.. Hornady. as acting president of
g commission was authorized to buy
d automobile for the use of the city
fministI alton, the car now being used
be turned over to the department of
flblic utilities, to buy five cars for
he use of the department of public
hfety, to buy one Ford for the use
Il the library and to buy a Ford for the
|se of the department of public i'm
The commission directed the acting
resident to execute and deliver to the
Fasonic Temple association the lots in
Hook 26 which have been sold to the
association for S38, 5000. This property
aces on Seventh avenue between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. 1t
Fas bequeathed to the city and county
ointly by Mrs. Emily Hillman.
Tho ron, ~, isS sion dapied the pafitiOn
f Simon Brown, negro, to install and
perate a pool room for negroes at
tuxedo Junction.
The acceptance of Lee C. Bradley, re-
eiver for the Birmingham Railway.
light and Power company, of the reso-
ution adopted by the commission Au-
rust 23, which allows the company to
object Scent farces, has been received
" the commission, and was ordered
inferred into the minutes.
An increase in the wages of laborers
n the street and garbage departments
rom $3.50 to IS was authorized.
Commissioner J. Ellis Brown did not
Lttend the meeting. He is in Montgom
ry looking after the interests of the
ity in regard to proposed laws now be-
ore the legislature which would af
ect Birmingham. He is expected to
eturn today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
Six Cent Car Fare Goes
In Effect At Midnight
Alabama Public Service Commission Authorizes Receiver
Bradley to Increase Street Car Fares
Effective Tonight

, to the publc, the Alabama Public Service
commission after full consideration
makes and enters the following order, TO
wit:
That the receiver of the Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company,
receiver of the Birmingham Tidewatel
Railway company and the Birmingham
Edgewood Electric company, are hereby
authorized to charge a fare of six cents
in lieu of a fare of five cents. schoo,
tickets excepted, throughout their respec-
tive systems and as the joint rate of
fare between said systems wherever the
joint rates apply, excepting that the five
cent fare be continued
"a From the terminus of the Gate City
line to Irondale, and
(2) On that part of the Birmingham
and Edgewood lines which extends from
the city limits at the top of Red Noun
tain to Edgewood.
And the Alabama Public Service COM
mission further orders that the rate for
books of family tickets without transfer
privilege between Bessemer and Birming-
ham heretofore sold at so tickets for 50
be increased to $3.50 for so tickets
This order shall become effective at
midnight, Wednesday, September 8, 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
DAMAGE SUITS FILED
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT

Alexander Burge and his minor son.
Samuel Burge each filed suit against the
the circuit court claiming $4,000 damages.
The plaintiffs allege that Samuel Burse
was riding on wagon when struck by
"A truck owned by the defendant company
and driven by one of it's agents, and Sc
riously hurt. Other suits filed yesterday
were
w. f. Lumpkn vs., the Empire Leatn-
err company, $4,000 damages claimed for
alleged false statements made the defend
ant in letters.
James N. Katrbanes VS.. A. Diniaco and
Brother $1,000 damages claimed The
plaintiff allages that he was employed
by the defendant to paint house. and
while doing so a scaffold gave away
allowing him to fall. seriously injurlns
| him.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03

After Il o'clock tonight street car fares
will be six cents.
J. s. Pevear, general manager, and lie
C. Bradley, receiver for the Birmingham
Railway. Light and Power company, re-
turned from Montgomery last night with
an order from the Alabama Public Ser
vice commission authorizing the six cent
fares, the order becoming effective at
midnight, Wednesday September 5. 1919.
The order was granted by the commits
sion at the hearing held in Montgomer.-
yesterday.
The city already has given its APP
prevail of six cent fares as a temporary
measure, having granted the raise in a
resolution adopted August %, the terms
of which have been accepted by Receiver
Bradley.
The order from the commission follows:
The petition herein coming on this day
to be heard and the petitioners having
appeared and specified the rates, herein
after mentioned as the rates now desired
and having satisfied the Alabama Pub
lie Service commission by legal advice
that said rates are just and reasonable
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
WAR PRICE LAWS
STILL IN EFFECT
Judge Grubb Charges Grand
Jury to Investigate All
Profiteering

The federal grand jury for the fall term
the United States district court for the
northern district of Alabama yesterday
afternoon at o'clock. A general charge
was delivered by him dealing on routine
matters and this was followed by spec
ial charge in which he declared that war
price laws were still in effect as the
United States was technically at war.
He spoke of the regulation of the prices
of food, fuel and feed and stated the
excessive prices could be prevente
laws. The government has charge of
these commodities and will supervise
charging for them although it has nc
general juridicton of prices, according
to Judge Grub.
He spoke at length on the Sherman anti.
trust act and the national defense act
regarding the power of the latter in the
regulation of food, fuel and feed prices.
regardless of interstate commerce laws.
This act covers the boarding of these
commodities with the intention of fore
ing the prices up, he said.
There are large number OF cases to
be taken up by this inquisitorial body,
ii is stated, and Immediately following
the charge they went behind closed doors
and started their work of Investigation.
A large number of witnesses had been
summoned to appear before the grand
jury yesterday afternoon and the halls
of the federal building were crowded with
witnesses waiting to give their testimony.
The personnel of the grand jury is as
follows: F. Y. Anderson. Birmingham.
foreman; F. ]. Gilbert Chelsea; f. =.
Smith Route 1, Liberty; J. Ed. Bynum,
Route |. Liberty; w. W. Richardson, Co
lumbiana; o. f. Cox Route !, Helena :;
B. H. Saddler, Fairfield C. H. Hill, Route
/, Shelby; Thomas Ray. Brighton; G. L..
Mcdaniel, Shelby; T. r. Weaver. Route
3. Oneonta: A. G. Burns. Birmingham
w. H. Page, Columbiana; J. Hezzie Vines
Bessemer: NJ. NJ. Johnson, Ensley; Jo-
seph B. Gibson, Birmingham; and Cecil
Crawson. Route 2. Columbiana
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03

/, left the impression ON us that they
preferred to believe their informant
who furnished them the news. Such
occurrences as that published by the
afternoon papers, if true, would dis
credit the manhood OF any self-re-
speeding community, and as both your
afternoon contemporaries seem disin-
clineG to publish the facts we ask you
to kindly give us space in The Age
Herald for this communication, in or
der that the public may be appraised of
the truth. Respectfully yours,
Shsrp-Cason Furniture company, Il.
r. Perdue. cashier Leeds state bank,
Lee & kinclaid Leeds Drug company.
p. c. Sindon. w. 4. Cochran, r.. s.
Bass, V. l.. Spruiell, Leeds Furniture
company, l.. e w. Cash store. The JET
ferson company, Butts Grocery cont
pany, Cooper Department store, w. G.
Crawford, c. W. Hurst e Son, f. r.
! Hurst, A. G. Moody, Charles r. Row.
T. J. Cason. NJ J. Sharp, }. r. Kincaid.
| DR.. John l. Mitchell. j. Nj Spruieii, ..
S Whitmire, D. a. Martin. Fl. r. CAT
| fey. Mr.. |, Levy. T. b. Whitmire, A..
| Whitmire II. NJ. Judge, j.. w. Butts,
| |. l.. Cooper. w. n. Lee, r. p. Mckib-
| bon, r. M. Cannon. w. +. Cooke, Frank
! Little.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
Marketing Committee
Continues Activities

T. p Hay, Jr., secretary of the COM
mittee of agriculture and marketing and
IT, H. Phillips of the Central of Georgia
railroad will leave this morning for Al
exander City and Dadeville, where they
will give a demonstration of the charts
prepared by this committee for the pur-
poses of increasing marketing facilities
in Alabama
Mr.. Hay returned from Alfalfa yester-
day where he made a talk and explained
his chart
Committees are being organized to Wis
1t Haleyville and Russellville tomorrow
and Friday in the interest of this cam
paign which is being conducted under
the auspices of the committee of agricul-
ture and marketing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
NEGRO DISCHARGED
ON LARCENY CHARGE

Joe Henry Inge, 1S-year-old negro was
discharged following preliminary hear
Ting before Kenneth Charlton. United
States commissioner yesterday on
charge of larceny of mail matter. The
boy was alleged to have stolen letters
from the local postoffice when they failed
to fall into the basket. The boy denied
the charge and there was not sufficient
evidence to hold him. according to Com
missioner Charlton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were
issued in probate court yesterday:
George H Millstead, Bessemer, to Miss
Lucy Rowe.
John l. Chambers. Key West. Fla, 10
Miss Lucy w. McRae
Clifford Evans. Dallas. Tex. to Mrs.
Pearl w. Smith.
Arthur Sherbert, Pratt City, to Miss
Annie Bell Devine.
John Carrette, Bessemer. to Miss Lucy
Roberts
r. f. Eubanks, Edgewater. to Miss
Ethel Gladys Smith.
Edward f. Sawyer. Majestic. to Miss
Mabel HDIsy
A. B. Powell, Birmingham, to Miss
Ethel Inez Clark.
Fively Pokrovsky. Birmingham, to Miss
Estelle Heldman
Ira A. Harmon, Birmingham. to Miss
Leoha Reynolds.
Eugene jefferson Miller. Ensley. to Miss
Corrintha Rayfield.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
POSTMASTER CAUGHT
NO FISH ON TRIP

Postmaster r. B. Smyer returned yes
terday from two weeks stay in the
mountains of North Carolina, He visited
Asheviile, Charlotte and spartanburg, hav
ing spent the greater portion Of his time
at Asheyille. He reported a splendid va
cation, the only objection there was no
fishing. He stated that he didn't even
unite his fishing tackle as he was told
the fishing there was very poor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
WOMAN STABBED TO
DEATH BY NEGRO
FOLLOWING QUARREL

Savannah Battle, negro of Tweny-fifth
avenue and TwentSthird street, was
stabbed to death with knife by Henry
Hunter, negro. at the home of the former
yesterday morning. ~ .ts.a
difficulty over domestic affairs IS
said to have led to the killing. Hunter
stabbed the woman in the back several
times and one time in the breast. the
knife piercing her heart.
Acting coroner r. e. Askew, held post
norton over the body and ordered the
arrest of Hunter who is in the city jail
charged with the murder. Investigation
will be completed tomorrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
TWO DEFENDANTS ARE
HELD FOR GRAND JURY

Tom Fields, charged with burglary was
given preliminary hearing yesterda'
afternoon in Judge H. B. Abernathy's
division of the municipal court and bound
over on bond fixed at $500 to await the
action of the grand jury. Fields is
charged with entering the home Of Leo
pold Loeb with the intent to steal.
Quinnie Grssett. negro charged with
assault with intent to MAIN, was given
a preliminary hearing and bound over on
bond fixed at $500 to await the action
of the grand jury.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03

Only four recruits were accepted at
the local army recruiting station in the
Clark building yesterday. All of them
enlisted in the infantry and were sent
to Fort Oglethorpe for training Those
leaving yesterday were: William M.
Britton, Girard; Joe Hays. Scottsboro;
Sam p. Judge, Scottsboro. and James
l.. Heflin Dothan.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
PERSONAL

Miss Isabel Black who has been in
Greenville, Miss, for the past two
weeks, where she spent her vacation.
has returned to the city.
Miss Susie Norment is recovering
rapidly from a recent operation.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
Negroes Bound Over

Tom Tanksley and Jim Williams, ne
groes. were bound over to the grand
Jury Yesterday afternoon by Kenneth
Charlton, United States commissioner.
following a preliminary hearing on a
charge of receiving and concealing
property stolen from Interstate freight.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-03
Glass Reunion

A reunion of the class of 1915, Cen
trail High school, Will be held TINS art
ernoon from to o'clock at the resi-
dence of Mrs. John Mcneil. Milne
Heights All members invited.