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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
SUPPLIES STILL ON HAND HERE City Has S6000 Worth of Government Food for
 Disposal

More government surplus supplies prob ably will be brought here for distribution to the residents of the city during this week, according to James NJ, Jones, city he said, to have additional supplies ot canned meats and vegetables. and sugar if possible sent here, which are expected to be sold at the stations heretofore used by the city in selling the food supplies
 There is at present a supply of about 60s0o worth of these foods on hand, ln cludng flour. canned vegetables and meats, which will be sold MT. Jones said that investigation will be made m reference to the distribution Of other sur plus supplies than foods and that gov ernment blankets may be bought and sold by the city to the people.
 .We do not yet know wether we will get the blankets or not" he said. "lt depends upon the price and our ability to get them. We are trying to give the people every help tn thei' fight against the high cost of necessities" l If large quantity of supplies are re- l ceived it is probable that they will ue | sold from the various fire stations. f | not the supplies now on hand probably ! will be sold from some downtown vacant store to be announced la -er some time | this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
Alabama Not Loyal To Her Own Food Products
Consumers Insist on "Western Cattle and Corn Fed Hogs, Instead of Buying the Livestock Which Alabama Is Producing in Increas-
 ing Quantities Every Year

just as good and wholesome as that or a corn fed It is softer and perhaps not quite so attractive in appearance but it tastes just as good. Alabama raises more peanuts than any other state in the union. The crop this year will be nearly 20,000,0o0 bushels. The government has encouraged Ala peanuts and yet Alabamians will not buy the meat.
 Even the state convict department insists on corn fed hogs for it's men. Alabamians everywhere seem to have the idea that western and northern meat is superior to our own product.
 For instance l am today in receipt of letter from the purchasing agens of the largest schools of Alabama lA which he asks for quotations for the seasons supply of meat and he speei- fies western, meat. Why should our own people and our own educators go out of their way to play into the hands of the western stock raisers in stead of our own industry? Alabama s hogs and cattle are just as good as those of the west
 conflict. The farmer is always object ing because he cannot sell his products in Alabama and then the man who sells goods to the farmer andi everybody else in Alabama comes along and Will not buy Alabama products from the packer and manufacturer. It is one of the things about which our people need to be educated The government has done lot in encouraging us to produce food crops in the state but the next step is to get the people of Ala bama to eat those food products ln- stead of continually sending out ol
 the state for what they consume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
 TO OPEN AT Y. M. c. A.

Tho educational department of the Y. Y. c. A. is rearranging the entire fourth noor in order to make room for the ed- bcational classes which will be held this rear.
 There win be a faculty of fifteen teach ars and classes in about twenty different ubjects. A great many inquiries have llready been received, and from present indications the school will be filled to It's capacity. One of the most impor- ant features of the educational work, will be the vocational interviews. Great rare and consideration will be given to this phase of the work in order that the young men may not make the mistake of aking up the vocation for which he has no desire. and for which he is not fitted.
 The school for the employed boy is planned to meet the needs of the boy who must work through the day. The subjects of arithmetic, penmanship spelling, applied English typewriting and stenographic work will be offered ir the boys school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
CENSORSHIP BILL INCL LUDES SOME
 DRASTIC MEASURES
Bill Would Destroy Motion Picture Business, States ArrOwoOd-CensOrship
 Already Provided

The proposed motion picture censor- ship bill now before the legislature is so unjust that do not believe it will get a serious hearing" said Marvin Wise. owner of the Alcazar and Odeon One theatres, yesterday.
 Much local interest has been mani fested in the proposed bill which has been sent to a legislative committee and is expected to get hearing soon. The bill is said to be very similar to the one now in effect in Pennsylvania.
 It provides for a system of examina- tion. approval and regulation of all films and slides to be exhibited in Ala bama and for a board of censors.
 The bill further provides that the board shall disapprove such films ''as are sacreIigious. obscene, vulgar, in decent or immoral, together with the presentation or showing of the human body in the nude state, domestic or conjugal infdelity of an immoral na- ture. child birth or maternity scene, the seduction of women or girls. as- saults upon women with immoral in tent. the procuration or prostitution in all forms of girls, and their confine- ment for immoral purposes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
NEW COUNTY TOPIC
 AT CIVIC FORUM Senator West to Discuss "Pettus" County From
 Legislators Vewpont

The new county of Pettus, which 1t is proposed to be carved out of Jefier- son county. will be discussed from the legislators standpoint tonight by State Senator Charles R. West, who will ad- dress the Birmingham civic forum at the Civic association. beginning at S.1o o'clock. Under the forum rules the speaker will submit to questions from anyone in the audience for 20 minutes after the 30 minutes allotted to the main address, Then will follow 30 minutes of three minute talks from the floor by members of the audience who care to make a contribution 70 one of the live questions of the hour in Birmingham.
 It is said that Senator West is not in favor of creating the new county unless the people of Jefferson county desire q split of her territory. How ever. under the constitution the peo- pie Of the entire state would be en- titled to vote upon the question of this or any other new county. Some method may be proposed by the speaker which might enable the issue to be decided by the people of the ter ritory only which is affected by the proposal.
 Assurance is given by pr. c. B Glenn chairman of the forum commit tee, that the meeting tonight will not exceed the time limit. Beginning at SIS o'clock sharp, the proceedings will be adjourned at $40 o'clock and there will be music The froum will on this occasion be conducted in the lounge on the twenty-third floor of the Jeffer- son County Bank building and the public. including the ladies, is invited to attend. This gathering will not in- terfere with the regular weekly social of the Civic association. which will be held on the roof" as heretofore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25

Lack of loyalty to Alabama pro- ducts is a decided factor in marketing difficulties according to some of Bir- mingham's buyers.
 As an example the Age-Herald has received communication from J. A. Wade of Vincent in which he says that he got higher prices for his hogs in Nashville than he was offered in Birmingham in spite of the fact that Vincent is so much closer to Birming- ham.
 Officials of the Birmingham Pack ing company point out that this state ment is misleading. While the quota tion in Birmingham is less than Nash vile it is made in this way: All prices are based on the Chicago market. Mont gomerys price is less than Birming hams by the amount of the freight rate from Montgomery to Birmingham. Birmingham is less than Nashville by the amount of the freight from Bir- mingham to Nashville. Nashville is less than Louisville by the freight to Louisville while Louisville market quotations are as much under Chicago as the amount of the freight from Louisville to Chicago.
 The man in the Birmingham district according to these officials when he allows for freight and shrinkage in in transit will find that he has received less for his hogs hN
 Nashville than he would have received had he sent them to Birmingham.
 "A thing that is hard to understand said F. N. Phillips secretary and treas urer of the Birmingh ham Packing com pany lis that Alabamians will not eat peanut fed hogs.
 "The meat of a peanut fed hog is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
Right Living Profitable, Sermon by Dr. McNeill
 at Highland Church

Rev Joseph McNeiil delivered the morning sermon at the South Highland Presbyterian church yesterday, discuss- ing values in life and comparing various values During his discourse, Rev. Me
 Neill brought out the point that life of right living, while incompatible in value to anything else in the world. pe- cause of it's eternal reward. is profitable within itself and during mortals' lives lives
 He pointed out in comparison os Caesar and Paul that while the formers 2
 glory is fading, the life and work ot
 Paul always will live and exert good in-
 fluences Rev. McNeill added illustra-
 tions to show that a life of good workt and Christian endeavor is more profit
 able, even in this world. than a selfish
 and sinful life. And whatever be the
 conditions and consequences in the
 world. the greater reward and the future life is enough to make us live right. he said.
 In speaking of values in life he gave the example of the advice given by Rus sell Sage to the man who. in adverse circumstances and seeking advice. was asked if he drank. and replied that he did moderately. Russell Sage told him to go on his way and stop drinking and return in year" Rev. McNeill said. This he did and reported that his con dition was only slightly better. Then he was simply asked if he smoked and he said that he did occasionally. He was then sent away for another year an1 told to stop smoking. When he return- ed he declared his condition better but still bad, and Russell Sage asked him If he gambled "Only occasionally with my friends he said. Go back. gam hle no more and return, to me in a year. he was told And when he returned, he
 said: You need not ask me my condi- tion for it is all right" It was genuine Sage advice.
 Rev. McNeills sermon was brief and
 clear and led up to the final point that to follow Christ's life and live the right life is the most profitable in every way. | Forrest Dabney Carr rendered the mus
 teal feature of the service, which was 2
 vocal solo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
LABOR CELEBRATION ID BE BIG AFFAIR Enthusiastic Meeting of the Trades Council Transacts
 Much Business

Further plans for the big Victory La bor Day celebration were made yester- day at one of the largest and most en- thusiastic meetings of the Birmingham Trades Council held in years. The sew eral committees on the celebration made reports showing much progress and every indication points to the af- fair being a glowing success. Announce ment was made that the parade and celebration, which will be held at East Lake Park, will be carried out in every detail notwithstanding any conditions that may arise.
 Among the other business transacted was the indorsement of the proposed CO cooperative store, and committee was appointed to look into the matter and to make a report at the next meet ing of the council.
 Another matter of interest was in reference to the bill pending before the legislature. as to the marking of cost and selling prices on commodities and the secretary was instructed to write to the local representatives and sena- tor, to the effect that the council was unanimously in favor of it's adoption.
 In reference to the fair price board. recently appointed to investigate pre- vailing prices on commodities, it was stated that the trades council had not selected a representative on the board.
 Many other matters of interest was brought up and referred to proper com mittees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
.B|G CEREMONIAL
 ! l0F PANDORA TEMPLE

A big ceremonial session of Zamora Temple, Nobes of the Mystic Shrine Is scheduled for September second at the Jefferson theatre, and class of @V candidates is the goal set by the officers of the temple.
 business meeting of the temple wilt be held at 500 O clock Saturday. August 30. at the Masonic temple at which ac- ton will be taken on the proposed amendment to the by-laws, to raise thS' initiation fee to $100. The developments of the new temple proposition will also be discussed
 Potentate J. H. Heineke has issued call to 'Nobles' to get busy and bring in one or more candidates, as this WI probably be the last ceremonial at whic'' candidates will be admitted at the pres ent rate of initiation fee, namely Sio-
 The ceremonial session will commence at 730 o'clock, and refreshments. con. ssting of sandwiches and cold drinks will be served during the evening. Pres- ent indications are that the desired num- , Der of candidates will be on hand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
POLICE MAKE LARGE
 HAUL OF ALLEGED I
 SUNDAY GAMERS

Rolling the bones" seems to still hold sway as the Sunday pastime of a portion of the colored gentry of the city and yesterday 25 violators of the Sunday gaming law were lodged in the city Jail
 The largest number brought into the jail at one time was the raid made on house in Alley D. between Twentieth and Tw enty first streets by Officers Newb and Cartwright early Sunday morning, when 12 were brought to the city stockade. .E
 Another fair sized raid was made by Officers Sandifer and Sandifer in the viciity of Tenth avenue and Thirty second street, where six were cautln and received a free ride to the down town section. stopping at the city jail. Most of the other arrests were in small groups of twos and threes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
ARMY RAIN ITS TN EVIDENC ON
 DOWNTOWN STREETS

Clothes do not always make the man.. as some writers may say. hut 1t Is easy to determine the recent employment of n large per cent of yOnng men seen on the downtown streets on rainy days like Saturday and yesterday. These men, seen going to the TutwiIer and other places of the elite, denoted their service in the army by the rnincoat they wear.
 Most service men are glad to doff the Q. ID. and get back into "cits" at the first possible moment. hut some whose luck are against them after the final "pay dny" reach home almost penniless md cannot afford to buy complete outfit nt once. As n consequence some of them are seen wearing civilian clothes complete except n hat, while others don n complete suit of "cits" except an army shirt, md still others retain the army trousers and legins.
 Hut no matter how well n former soldier Is fitted out in "civvies," he keeps the raineOnt that has shel- tered him from the rain of two or three countries, on perhaps as many cOntine utx, for ns n Inatter of fact, 1t Is better than the ordinary rain- coat bought at n medium price and is well suited to civilian wear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
THE SCOTTISH RITE
 SUMMER REUNION i. ID START TONIGHT
Registration of Class at the Masonic Temple Degrees
 From 4th to 32d Will / Be Conferred

Regfstration of the class for the sum- her reunion of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Valley of Birmingham, will commence tonight at loo o'clock at the Masonic Temple, and III candidates are urged to be on hand promptly and will be required to present roper credentials, or be vouched for. according to c. B. Glenn, assistant direc- pr of work. and A. M. Reeves, class di- ector.
 The reunion will commence tonight and Fin continue until Friday noon. The he ,32nd inclusive, will be conferred. It B understood that a large class of can- Iidates are in waiting and the work will le conferred with all the elaborate cere- monies of the rite.
 The committee of entertainment com posed of Simon Klotz, Arthur Greenwood, snd w. R. venables. assisted by the lad es of the local chapters of the Eastern star. will serve the usual luncheon and timers during the reunion.
 The conferring of the degrees will De- ,in tonight promptly at 500 o'clock when he fourth or secret Master degree will De given. Frank Means will be King Solomon and the team will be we'll form .d The fifth degree, or Perfect Master, will follow at 8:45, and pr. w. P. Mo Adory will appear as King Solomon, and mother well informed team will be 1T charge of the work. This work will De inder the auspices of Birmingham lodge .f of xrr1,ir irI, T "nnlUprl on is venerable master. The sixth seventh, eighth and ninth degrees wil ,e conferred and the tenth degree com nunicated on Tuesday morning.. Luncf will follow and the work will be resumed 1t 500 D. m., when the eleventh degree will be conferred, and the next two de srees communicated before dinner.
 In the evening, Tuesday, the fourteenth degree, Perfect Flu, will be given witt Dr. J. H. Phillips appearing as venerable master and splendid team. The quar lette will render a musical program dur ng the conferring of this degree.
 Birmingham Chapter of Rose Croix, H swedlaw, wise master, will be in charge If the work which confers the fifteenth Iegree, communicate the sixteenth ant confer the seventeenth degree. The Bir ningham Council of Kadash, Dr. Fl. c crelly, commander, will take up the worl Wednesday evening at 500 o'clock. ant liter communicating the nineteenth ant twentieth degrees. will confer the twen H-first degree.
 . The next five degrees will be commun eated Thursday morning and the twen w-seventh degree will be communicated md twenty-eighth communicated befor hnch The twenty-ninth degree will b. siven at 500 p. m., after which dime rill be served. The thirtieth degree wil be conferred in all it's splendor Thursday evening Alabama Consistory, Arthu Barton. master of Kahosh, will confe he thirty-first degree Friday morning beginning at S:30 a. m., and in the even ng wi'l give the thirty-second degree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
TONNAGE TAX UNJUST AND DISCRIMINATORY
 SAYS w P. COPELAND
Commended for Fight Against Tax-Measure Will Seri- ously Affect Birmingham
 District, It Is Stated

"The passing of the revenue biii' ih- cluding the tonnage tax, by the legis- lature, will certainly be serious blow to the Birmingham district said w. P. Copeland. member of the board or education. "The tax on coal IS the most discriminatory and unjust measure to raise revenue that have ever heard I admire the action of The Age-Herald in fighting the tax and endeavorinS to enlighten the public what the inn posing the tax would mean to this district.
 Why, my father. who is farmer. holds numbers of bales of cotton and large amount of corn yearly, and not cent is taxed either of these com modities which can be converted into cash as readily as coal.
 The income from his farm, as well as thousands of others in Alabama, net him large sums every year, and still the farmers have no income tax to pay.
 And again, the Alabama power com pany and other companies from which we derive power, are exempt from fran chise tax. Anyone can note the dis crimination."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
Deputy Constables
 to Answer Charges

R. E. Tarver and Red Sherrod, dep- uty constables, charged with petty lar ceny, will be given hearing this aft ernoon in Judge H. B. Abernethy's di- vision of the municipal court.
 Following the raiding of an alleged crap game in North Birmingham, four negroes appeared at the courthouse and had warrants sworn out for the dep- uties, charging them with taking $l0 each from them on the pretext that the money was to pay their fines for gam bling. The negroes alleged that the dep- uties held kangaroo court and that the above fines were imposed on them.
 The officers deny the charges against them and declare 1t ''frame-ups'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
PERSONAL

George R. Calvert, former local man ager of the Western Union in Birming- ham and now a practicing attorney in the executive offices of the Western Union in New York. is in Birmingham en route to Asheville on his vacation. MT Calvert resigned as local manager of the Western Union six years ago to take up the study of law.
 General and Mrs Gearge McCieery and neice, Miss Helen McCleery. have returned from two weeks visit to Sig nal Mountain. Tenn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
SEARCHING PARTIES
 LOOK FOR AVIATORS

San Diego. Cal, August 24.-Four military airplanes left Rockwell field today for reconnaissance of lower Cal ifornia as far south as San Felipe, at the head of the Gulf of California, in search of Iieuts Frederick B. Water house and Cecil H. Connolly. army avia- tors, missing since Wednesday. The airplanes will have a base at Yuma, Ariz Army officials believe the story of o. c. J. Adams. a mining man em- ployed 40 miles south of Campo, Cal, that last Wednesday he saw an army airplane flying southward toward the Gulf of California.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
DEATH OF MINER TO BE INVESTIGATED
 BY CORONER ASKEW

Assistant Coroner R. E. Askew will make investigation this morning of the death of Alexander Kerr, aged 27 of Eayview, who was instantly killed Sat urday afternoon while working in the mines at that point.
 According to information reaching Bir- mingham, the deceased was loading some cars when a large rock fell from the roof of the mine, striking MT. Kerr and inflicting injuries from which he died within a few minutes. The deceased was married and had been employed at the mines for some time. Funeral arrange ments will be announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
WOULD INJECT POLITICS

But one of the greatest objections to be raised is the fact that the bill would throw moving pictures into poll ties The. governor is to appoint the board and the jobs are to be state positions.
 We do not object to pictures being censored. We >are as anxious as any one to have the vulgar, obscene and un- worthy removed from pictures But 1t already is provided for and there Is no use in creating board-where poll tical influence may come in-when the matter can be taken care of by laws.
 There is still one more point to be mentioned That is that the public looks with disapproval upon pictures that are not clean and consequently their display hurts business"
 It has been pointed out that there is not today one picture in every ten made that could not be denied showing in the state by the proposed board on the ground that it included some one or more of the things prohibited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
Grand Jury Cases

Sixty new. cases have been set on the grand jury docket for consideration of that body when it reconvenes Sep tember after a recess of two weeks The rev cases have been set for Sep tember and 4, inclusive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
Cholera Threatens Tokio

Honolulu, August 24.-A Tokio cable to the Hawaii Sbinpo says an epi- demic of cholera is threatening Tokio. Several cases have been reported. The infection, the cable said. was brought to Tokio from Shanghai
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-25
SCENES PROHIBITED

All films, reels or views depicting the use of morphine, cocaine. opium or other habit forming drugs, together with traffic in same; robbing. murder. poisoning, pocket picking, the lighting or wiring of bombs, the use of chloro- form, ether or drugs to render a per son unconscious; binding, gagging. accompanied by profuse bleed- flashing. whipping and torturing, hang ing. flashing. whipping and torturing, or persons in delirium or insanme, abor- tion or malpractice, counterfeiting. in- cendiarism; provided. however, that nothing in this act is ment to prohibit or make unlawful the presentation of any reel. film or view that represents the work. inquiry, investigation orereports on any inquisitorial or Investigating committee. board or organization ex- pressly provided by the laws of the United States or any municipality in the United States. which such reel film or view is ordered-and provided furth- CT that nothing in this act shall pre- vent the board from approving any reel. film Or view which they do not deem harmful to human welfare"