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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
HAROLD APPOINTED .CAMPA|GN MANAGER l. FOR b|G BOND ISSUE
Constitutional Amendment for S25,00O,0O0 Highway Bond Issue to Be
 Voted On

Charles L. Harold has been appoint ed campaign manager for Jefferson county for the $25,OOo,Oo0 highway bond issue constitutional amendment, which is to be submitted to the voters of Alabama at special election to be held on February 6.
 Announcement of the selection of Mir, Harold to manage the campaign in. Jet ferson county was made yesterday by State Campaign Manager w. F. Fea- gin, who came up from Montgomery to start the local eampHgn.
 Mr Harold will select central com mittee for the county and special com mittees in Birmingham and Bessemer and each precinct in the county. He will announce these committees in q day or two.
 Mr Feagin stated last night that or ganizations had been perfected in near ly every county in the state and that the campaign is getting under good headway with every indication that the bond proposition will be approved by the voters.
 "The people of Alabama are enthu- siastic over the pros poets of having good roads" said Mir. Feagin, and l am sure they will authorize the bond issue. All that is necessary to put the matter over is to ma ke the voters un- derstand the proposition and that they will get good roads without additional taxation"
 MT. Feagin announced county cam paign ehairmen a S follows
 Tuscaloosa. Judge ~. w. Brandon Etowah, yudge l.. l.. Herzberg; Mont gomery, Henry N. Hughes; Bullock, pr Sam Cowan. Chambers John A. Hines Choctaw. J. H. Edgar; Cieburne J, A owens: Cullman. George Steiffelmeyer, Escambia Q. M. Gordon: Franklin John E. Orman; Lauderdale, R. T Simpson Limestone, C. w. Sarveri Lowndes, Joe Bell asiacon, Dick Light footi Talladega, H. l.. McKelvey ot Talladega. and $. T, Mcdonald of Syla- cauga Washington, Joe Rehbon, Jr. Wilcox, John Miller Sumter, William c. Little
 Other counties arb being organized and chairmen will be announced just as soon as the organizations are com pleted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
|"b|G SISTERS" START MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Movement to Build Home
 Like Hotel for Business Girls Meeting Success

The membership drive of the Big Sis tetrs organization is making splendid progress. according to report of the committee of which Mrs. J, D. kirkpat- rick is chairman, which was made to the board of directors at it's meeting yes- terday morning in the rooms of the Busi- ness and Professional Women's club.
 Mrs. J. E. Fries, the chairman, presided and the reports of the various standing committees were made. Mrs. Kirkpatrick stated that both men and women are join- ing and seem most anxious to take part in this big movement, which Will mean so much to Birmingham, and are eager to see it actually started
 The organization expects to raise suf- ficient amount of money to buy. home through voluntary contributions and membership fees, and already has severa sites under consideration. As soon as Il sufficient sum is raised to make the firS payment the site will be purchased an [ the movement launched. All checks fo membership fees or donations should b. made payable to Mrs. H. F. Pearce, the secretary, and should be mailed to Mrs Kirkpatrick, 1913 1roquois street
 Mrs. Frank Thurman. chairman of the finance committee, made splendid re- port. which was most gratifying to the l-members of the board. A number of talks have been made to the various clubs, and several requests for speakers have been received by the
 board from clubs and organizations who are most anxious to have the plan ex- plained to the members in order that they may join the organization and help
 the Big Sisters. Mrs. J. E. Fries will speak to the Ciyitan club Friday after noon at 1 O clock in an effort to interest
 the members of this club and ask them to become members of this organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
HOWARD STUDENTS
 PLEDGE S11,00O IN
 S75,0OO,O00 CAMPAIGN
Total Expected to Go To Fifteen Thousand Dollars, Despite Fact That Many Work Way in
 the College

Eleven thousand dollars was pledged by inc students of Howard college in five minutes in the campaign for the ,oo0 which the Baptists of the south are 10 raise beginning, next Sunday, according to announcement made last night by Dr. I. C. Williams. president of the college.
 Due to the fact that quite number of the students weer not present at the meeting held in the auditorium, itsis ex- pectea that additional contributions will rln the total to not less than $i5,ooo at the college No quota had been assigned the students ana the large sum pledged was Highly gratifying, said pr. Williams
 oIu view os the fact that we have q larea number cf students at the college who are working their way through col |lege the libera'i1 of the student body is very pleasing 10 all of us," he said. Man men made contributions who are having to econc mize to the utmost to remain in college but they did not want to be left out of the great work which is planned with the raising of this fund by the Southern Raptists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
MINERS DECL|NE ID
 SIGN AGREEMENT OR TAKE EXAMINATION
Officials of Mine Workers Report 250 Men Refused Employment at Sayre
 for These Reasons

It was reported at the district head quarters of the United Mine Workers yesterday that 250 men responded to the whistle at Sayre yesterday morning ready to work, and were informed that they would have to sign an agreement to va cate the company houses on fve-days' no tice and stand the physical examination required by the company. The men re- fused to sign the agreement or stand the examination, and thereupon were in- formed that they would not be permitted to work in the mine, it was stated The Sayre mine has not been operated since the strike began, it was stated.
 Election suits against a number of strikers at two or three camps will be tried Friday. it was stated. The union is assisting the strikers in their resis- tance to the ejeetment suits.
 The mines in the Cahaba field, with few exceptions, are still idle, the strikers at some of these having refused to return to work, and at others no effort having been made to resume operations
 Else where in the district operations are said to be normal
 William L. Harrison, international or ganizer of the miners union, returned yesterday from Washington, where he went last week to confer with the depart ment of justice officials.
 MT Harrison said it was impossible to foretell the outcome of the confer ences now being held in Washington De tween miners, mine operators and gov ernmsnt officials, and that there seemed to he sharp division of opinion between Secretsry of Labor Wilson and Fuel Ad- minstrator Garfield.
 Secretary Wilson, he said had recom- mended an advance in wages that would amount to 2S cents per ton Tor psqH anu machine mining and Sl.5S day TOT oay workers, with 9l per cent increase on dead work and yardage
 Secretary Wilson sticks to hls recom- mendation, MT. Harrison said, while Fuel Administrator Garfield apepars to lean towards the proposition of the operators, who offered an advance of about zo per cent. He said the attitude of the President cabinet was not definitely known at the time he left Washington, but that the miners believed a majority of the mem bers thereof favored the miners, Whle inc operators claimed that a majority were with them.
 Referring to the statement telegraphed from Washington to the effect that only [ K strikers had been shown to have been refused their old jobs when they ap- piled for reinstatement, MT. Harrison said he gave Judge Ames, assistant attorney general. the affidavits of 1sS men, read some of them to Judge Ames and ex- pIained the contents of the others.
 He said Judge Ames attached no m nortance to A statement made by him and nublished in the pirnin~ham papers at the beginning of the strike, in which he expressed surprise at the action Of the Attorney General in seeking an inJunc- tion to compel a cancellation Of the strike order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
SUGAR IS PLENTIFUL | AT LOUISIANA PRICE: Retail GrOcers Report They
 Are Paying 1885 Cents a Pound

Sugar is plentiful in Birmingham-at the Louisiana price-it was reported at a meeting of the Retail Groeers and Butchers association, held last night at the rooms of the Civic association. Dealers said they were paying a min imum of 1895 cents a pound for Lou isiana sugar. and that they were add cent. in accordance with instructions received from the fair price board.
 Many grocers said they had bought sugar direct from New Orleans dealers, and the price was about equivalent to the 1885 price in Birmingham.
 w, M Goodwin. president of the as- sociation. reported he had been in- formed that regulation will go into effect in Montana on December sim liar to the proposed law which was de- feated at the recent Session of the leg islature, which would have required retail dealers in every line to tag their goods with the wholesale and retail price.
 A committed of the grocers' associa' ton joined the general committee sen' from Birmingham to the capital to pro test against the measure. those repre- senting the grocers being J. Il. Frost Robert Emond and w. M Goodwin The secretary of the association, Pau Shropshire. was instructed last nign' to secure information from Montana regarding the working of the regula- tion in that state.
 The association considered register ing a protest with the city commi sslon regarding the license charged those grocers dealing occasionally in fish and oysters. It was stated that a gro cer who handled fish or oysters once a week for four months was required to pay a, $15 license whereas the genera grocery license was only s12.5o for the year The association will meet again next Tuesday week and refreshments VIII he provided.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
Musical Programme
 For Dinner Tonight
Eighty Second Division Men Plan for Gathering of War Veterans at Tutwiler Hotel

An attractive musical programme has bean arranged for the dinner which the ,,ambers of the sgd division will give to- night a: o'clock at the Tutwiier hotel
 Miss Elizabesh Jordan will sing. com adv sketch will be given by Abe Williams and tle singing will be led by Director Noland, who leads all the community sings for the war camp community serv- ;cs string orchestra will play during the evening and number or interesting talks have been arranged for
 Tn addition to the members or the as, sociation, every man who was m .hs os'' divisiov during the war is invited to De 'nrasent at the dinner and to bring lady
 Those expecting to attend are requested to notify Tom Estes. e14 Woodward build ing. or telephone Main 9o5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26

ited citizens who are interested in this home which cares for little children who would otherwise have no home al all
 "The people of Birmingham should indeed be proud of the Mercy home" said Mrs. W. l.. Murdoch. in speaking of the campaign for funds. and should be willing to make a subscription to this worthy institution. be it large or small. It is indeed credit to the city and has a splendid record during it's 2T years of existence. We want the people to remember these little ehil- dren who are less fortunate than their own on this Thanksgiving and as a way of expressing thanks give a dona- ton to this cause. The amount asked for at this time is not large and the public has been most liberal so far so we expect to reach the s15.0o0 mark by tonight. If this is done the cam paign will be closed and we will en- joy Thanksgiving more than usual"
 All checks should be mailed 10 E. J. Rowe. Brown-M Marx building. immedt- ately fn order that the goal may be reached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
SUFFRAG|STS ID
 DISCUSS PARTY VOTE
Leaders in WOman's Move ment to Present Claims
 of Big Parties

The course in citizenship to be given by the Birmingham Equal Suffrage as- sociation, will be opened Friday even ing when a suffrage supper will be held at o'clock in the cafe of the Civic association Both men and wom- en will attend this supper and will take part in the discussion.
 A serious presentation of the claims of each party will be made by prom- nent speakers. the democratic ticket to be sponsored by Mrs. Solon Jacobs. who will tell something of the history of the democratic party and why she will vote this particular way. Mrs. Neal Wal lace will speak on the claims of the so- cialist party. while strong effort is being made to secure the services of a prominent republican speaker from an- other section of the country in order to present the claims of this party. to the prospective woman voter.
 'It has generally been argued by most anti-suffragists that if women ob- tain the right to vote they will all be of the Me too. variety" said Mrs. H. H. Shell, "and cast their ballots just as their husbands or men friends desire. Individuality and independence of thought will be the keynote of this big suffrage meeting Friday evening
 Many prominent local politicians have signified their intention of being present and taking part in the discus sion. and this promises to be one of the most interesting meetings held by the suffrage association in some time.''
 Enrolment in the course in citizen ship will take place at this time under the leadership of Mrs. c. H. Ohme and the first textbook 70 be used will be, Your Vote and How to Use It." The classes will be led by Mrs, H. H. Shell, Mrs Conrad Fl. Ohme and Miss Emily Miller Mrs. Give Richardson is chair man of the ticket committee for the super and persons wishing to attend should call her at once and make reser- walton, as the number to De served on this occasion Is limited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
FORTUNE TELLERS
 PLACED IN JAIL
Strong Arm Methods Used Tn Deal
 ing With Defendants

Ten Gypsy women will be arralgneo before Recorded Henry Martin today on 2, charge of violating city ordi- nance No. 904, which prohibits palmis- try, hypnotism and fortune telllns on the streets within the city limits or Birmingham The women had been operating here. for several weeks, on temporary injunction obtained by Attorney Hugo Black and issued by Judge Locke, permitting them to carry on the work.
 After the arrest of the women four Gypsy men came to the city hall to enter a protest before Commissioner Taylor, and while waiting for him tc show, they were arrested on chargs of vagrancy and placed in the city jail, together with the women. All will appear before Judge Martin today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
INCREASE IN RATES

In addition, the resolutions plan an in crease in subscription rates to cover
 the most of paper and delivery to the subscriber
 Through this action the publishers pro- pose and agree to reduce the use of white paper throughout next year by at l least 10 per cent.
 1 The sole aim of th> extraordinary ses- sion of southern publishers was to af- feet conservation and the entire discus sion hinged upon this idea solely. l The resolutions were drafted by com mittee composed of Charles |. Stewart, chairman; E. K. Gaylord, NJ E. Foster,
 F. G. Bell, Charles D. Atkinson, Victor H. Hanson, James L Finney and Col. | Luke Lea. MT Atkinson presented d combined with some elimination and adopted as whole.
 Another important phase of the news paper situation developed in legislation before Congress affecting the postal rates, placing an additional burden upon
 the newspaper industry through pro- posal to quadruple the cost of mailing l second-c -class matter
 1 President James H. Allison appofn ed 1 a committee to take under advsen1ent ! this matter in the interest of the news l papers and subscribers. The committee includes, NJ. E. Foster, chairman; c. H. l Allen, Charles T. Atkinson R. L. Me ! Kenney. Fred Thompson. V H. Hanson 1 and E. w Carroll The committee will
 make recommendations at another meet | ing of the association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
PUBLISHERS END MEETING HERE AND
 DEPART FOR HOME
Drastic Regulations to Con serve Print Paper to Be Put Into Effect at Once.
 Name Committees

More than 75 newspaper eX- ecutives members of the South ern Newspaper Publishers as- sociation, left for their homes in various cities throughout the south late yesterday and last night to put into immediate eff feet drastic regulations to con- Serve white print paper.
 By unanimous agreement methods will be put into operation to offset both the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
IUNION THANKSGIVING
 SERVICE AT EAST LAKE

union Manufacturing service will be held in the East Lake Methodist church which all the churches in that pars Of the city will participate An excellent musical programme will be rendered. The Rev J. C. Stivender, pastor of Ruhama Baptist churcn. will preach the sermon. The public is cordially invited to attend this seryice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
THE COST OF PRODUCTION

'" The above figures are the totals for the central competitive field for the year 1918. For the last quarter of the year however. while the realization remained the same the average cost of the field rose tc s2l0, leaving margin of S5 cents per ton for that quarter The last quarter of 1918 more nearly ap- breaches normal conditions than the yearly average.
 While the fuel administrator pre- sented no estimate on the southern coal fields the averages In Alabama about equally tally with the above figures"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
Chiropractor Charged
 With Violation of Law

upon complaint of R. w. Perkins, ipsnector attached to the board of health. pr. Charles finders. chiro- / nractor with offices in the Title Guar Snty Trust building, was placed under bond yesterday, charged with violation of the medical practice law The board of health alleged the chiropractor was nracticing without state license The hearing will come up December 1.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
|POSTOFFICE TO CLOSE
 THANKSGIVING DAY

The local postoffice will be closed to- morrow in celebration of Thanksgiving day with the exception of two hours pe tween and 10 clock, when all windows will Ee open. There will be no deliveries of mall during the day and this is as near as the office has ever been to being closed up tight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
COMMITTEES NAMED

A committee also was named on com ciliation and conservation. including Col. Luke Lea, chairman; " H. Hanson, M. E. Foster, Curtis Johnson and w. A. Elliott A similar committee for the American Newspaper Publishers associa- tion includes Elmer E. Clarke for Arkansas and Louisiana, W. l.. Ander- son, Georgia and Florida; Charles l. Stewart Kentucky and Tennessee; E. B. Jeffress, North and South Carolina V. H. Hanson, Alabama and Mississppi Col. IL. J. Wortham, Texas and Oklahoma, and Fleming Newbold, Virginia and Maryland.
 A vote of thanks wassextended to Mir. Stewart for his work in preparing reso- utons and compiling data and to the Birmingham newspaper publishers for courtesies to the visitors.
 The session adjourned at 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon to meet again on call of the president. considered likely to be set for some time in January or Feb ruary The meeting place will be desig mated also by the president.
 Letters and telegrams from publishers in many sections were received. while the conference was in progress, including a telegram from the International Paper company, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26

shortage of print paper and the almost prohibitive prices that menace the news paper industry of the nation.
 Resolutions were adopted cutting down the size of daily newspapers through space limitations, including the reduc- tion of reading matter, boiling down news, features and illustrations to a
 The resolutions further contemplate d reduction in advertising space, pyramid ing of advertisements and an increase in rates to meet the soaring price of white paper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses wer, issued from the probate court yesterday Albert w Miller and Ida Charles c. N Garmon and Lillian Thomas J. N. Bryant and Maymie F. Bar T. l. Goodwin and Agnes Morden. David W Jasper and Lottie Evans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
Dr. Simnson to, Lecture

The Rev Robert N. Simpson will con tinue his lecture course at the Birmins- ham Graded union this morning a; 10 O clock at the First Methodist church. sBy request his subject will be Forget Me Nots From the Field of Honor The hour will be 10 to 1u:45 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-11-26
Law Partnership Formed

Victor smith. prominent attorney who was only recently discharged from the service of his country. has formed . par tnership with z T. Rudolph for the practice ot law. The frm will be known as Rudolrii & saith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
MARION TEAM HAS
 BIG TRACK MEET

Marion, October 1O.-(SpecinI. )--In the game on the Marion institute campus today the Marion team de- feateG Meridian college by score of so to 0. The team work of Marion as q whole was excellent. Marion used 24 men in the game. The lineup follows:
 Mari9n-Depre. quarterback: Aiken. right halfback; Reeder, left halfback; i; lives, fullbaciS; J. NJ. Argo. center; 'Ollinger, left guard; Wilcox, right guard; W. A. Argo. left tackle; Dyer, right tackle; Huddleston, right end; Oliver. left end
 Meridian ollege-Fischer, quarter back. Hogan. right .halfback; Carmen, left halfback; Carnagie, rullback, Kay center; Boney, left guard Portef right guard; Bennett, left tackle Boswell, right tackle; Barnett. right end Nor gan, left end.
 The following substitutes were used by Marion Albert for J. NJ Argo, Ford for Wilcox. Vann for Ollinger, Curry for Dyer. Bradford for w A. Argo, Carruth for Huddleston, Stevens for Carruth. Riley for Oliver, Harris for Dupre. Campbell for Harris. Hud- dleston for Allen. W. A. Argo for Ives Anderson for Reeder.
 Tho following substitutes were used by Meridian college: Callahan, Coombes and Stanton.
 Referee, Parks; umpire. Kinnear; headlinesman Allen; time of quarters 12 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-11
COLONIES ID HAVE
 A STRONG DEFENSE

Lexington, Va. October 10.-tSpeciaD making at Washington and Lee was evinced here last Saturday in the game with Randolph Macon college, in which, at no time. were the Yellow Jackets able to penetrate the Generals line for more than five yards. As a result of the show ing of the team in this game, it is gen orally agreed by followers of the Gen erals that Coach Bill Raftery and his as- sistart, Ted Schultz, have ample reason to be satisfied with the work accom- plished during the first two weeks of training.
 Many minor defects were shown the coaches in the Randolph Macon game, and these defects are being smoothed out this week in preparation for Da- vidson college next Saturday. It is con- ceded that the North Carolinians have formidable eleven, and the Generals are eXerting every bit of energy to get their machine in smooth running order for the coming contest Wilson field. With Dawes, freshman end from Memphis, Captain Bethel, Bailey, Collins, veteran Lindsey Moore, Sanford and Corbett forming the line, it is believed the Tar Heels will find it exceedingly difficult t6<preak through. Although this line is somewhat lighter than that of 19l6 the loss in weight is offset by a gain in speed and the reliable support of a fast, heavy back field
 In Stevens of Canada. Watson. the Roa- = noke star; Raines of Memphis. McDon- ald of Arkansas and Jim Mattox from Fishburne, Coach Raftery has I wealth of back field material. These men are developing into splendid line plungers and end runners, while their defensive work is highly gratifying. Another fast set of backs is available in Cobb of Blackstone, sinclair of Georgia, Cogbill and Riggs. Richmond lads, and Marshall of Tennessee. In addition to their fleet ness, these players possess marked abil- ty as broken field runners.