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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
PALMER PRAISED BY
 CHILEAN MAGAZINE
Former Birmingham Attor- ney Makes Fine Impress
 sion on Chileans

The following clipping taken from the Chilean magazine. "Pacfico," publlshel at Santiago, Chile, vii be of great interest to the numerous friends in this city Of J. w. Palmer, Jr. Birmingham and Ala bama have every reason to be proud ot their gifted son who is occupying so &C., ceptably such a high position in the serv- ice Of his country in our sister republic of the south. The article published in the magazine "Pacifco'' was in connection with q description of the plant of the Chile Exploration Company, and where he also is employed IS general counsel of the exploration company.
 While in Birmingham MT. Palmer was connected with the law firm of Percy, Benners & Barr. When war threatened with Mexico M-. Palmer left the city with Battery c for the Mexican border. He remained in tue service until after the close of the World war. He rose rapidly in rank, and was major for some time prior to being mustered out. That he has been most cordially received, and has made a most agreeable impression III Chile is shown by the article aforemen- toned, which translated. follows:
 This young American. who is a lawyer. army man and author, is an exceedingly interesting person. He is the lawyer of his company and is also consul of the United States in Chuqui. He has been over most of the countries of Europe m the interest of his government. and is the author of very interesting work re- garding American judicial practice. He was a rajor in the army at compara lively youthful age. and now that his country is free from the gruesome spectre of war he practices his profession as a lawyer without leaving the service or the government, serving in one of the mos' important branches, as is that of diplo- macy.
 "He is greatly interestd in a more com pleta and better understanding of the country and above all of the Chilians with whom he wishes to have very cordia rela tion, with ,he view of bringing about an "Eutente Cordiale" between Gillian and North Americans. With his endow menfs as an able writer and man of the world. we believe that it will be easy foi him to open he road throughout oul country and into the hearts of our grow | ing generation, and it Is hoped that Mr Palmer will. De one of Chile's bes friends
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
NEGROES TO SEEK LARGER QUARTERS
 COMMUNITY SING

For the fifth time the community sing held by the negroes of Birmfng- ham proved big success. The Cham nion theatre was crowded yesterday afternoon.
 Solos duets, auartets. quintets and general singing followed one after the other in the programme in bewilder- ing success .r~n. and all were pro- nounced good.
 Because of the ever-increaslne at tendance 1t has been found desirable to seek larger auarte~s and. very prob ably. next Sunday will find the song service held in some more commodlous building.
 Those in charge of the week enter tainment say 1t has taken firm holo on the negroes of the district and tha the community sing for them has come to stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
MAJ. MAYS ID OPEN PUBLICITY DRIVE FOR REGULAR ARMY Recruiting Party to Have Truck Load of Arms,
 Equipment and Ger
 man Souvenirs

Tn connection with the organization and perfection of the American regular army, now practically a new army. the war de- partment being its campaign today, which is nation wide ir it's scope, to insure the fact that the regular army is not only theoretical army but an actual army; live and vital part of the nation and not a thing apart from it.
 The campaign has been mapped out and is of a nature applicable to representative bodies and to all classes of citizens. for the United States army is one, perhaps the one institution of our country i'm which they are intimately, vitally and per- sonaliy concerned every day of their lives, and upon whose welfare and main- ten3uce at full strength, their own wei fare and liberty as Americans may ar any time depend.
 The campaign will be carried on in the main by newspaper publicity throushou- the country from January 19 until March 31 During this period the center of ac.lV- ity in each of the 56 army recruiting dls' tricts will shift from city to city, where the substations are located.
 In the Alabama district the campaign will be under the direct supervision or Mai. Herbert P. May, who will open the publicity campaign in Montgomery today' continuing next at Mobile. The work VIII he aided and made more interesting ny the presence at the center of activities of a recruiting party having truchloaa of ;ntoresting articles on exhibitin, in- cludIng American arms and equipment and German souvenirs. They will also have a searchiight mounted on trucN and a tank each with suitable operating personnel.
 The object of this campaign is to bring the army closer to the people or our country by showing them something ot what if really is and what it really does. If is a wonderfully efficient and invincloie fighting machine in time of war, and ih time uf peace a great school TOT the up building of the character of our. young men. and for their education and tralntlg in the many useful vacations of CIVIL lite.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
PROPOSED SALE OF SHIPS VOTED DOWN
 BY LOCAL CHAMBER

Complying with the request of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States to vote on the proposal Of the United States shipping board selling the steel ships of 5000 tons and under acquired for war purposes, the Bir- mingham Chamber of Commerce, by 8 unanimous vote. went on record against the sale.
 The result of the vote compiled for The Nations Business, shows that the Chambers of Commers of Brming- ham, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa voted against the proposed sale, while the civic bodies of Florence. Huntsville Mobile and Selman took no action whatever.
 Birmingham and Tuscaloosa voted against the proposal to sell govern ment owned vessels to regional asso- citations for transfer at cost to private individuals and corporations of the several regions. Montgomery voted for the proposal.
 Nine propositions were submitted by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, but the Birmingham chamber took no action on any but the first two.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
COOPERATIVE PLAN
 DECIDED SUCCESS
Practical Plan of Morris Bank and Furniture
 House Outlined

Immediate success has attended the cooperative plan entered into by the Morris Plan Bank of Birmingham and the Strickland Green Furniture Com pany.
 "The Morris Plan Bank has estab- lished branch at the Strickland Green store" stated MT. Green. "and arranged to finance all deferred pay
 nent purchases. The bank pays the store in full for each purchase. and the purchaser then arranges to defer pay ment to the bank. paying $10 down. for instance, and the remainder in monthly intsalments for year. if de- sired This credit i sextended by the hank at per cent interest, but no notes and no endorsements are neces- sary.
 If purchase of sioo is made. for example. the purchaser may pay $10 ir cash and arrange to pay the remaining seo at the rate of s10 month for nine
 months. The bank is paid per cent interest or $4.05. for extending credit. and thus the entire purchase of $100 or time payments only costs the buyer s104.05
 "It means a distinct saving to pur- chasers on the time payment plan over the old method of easy payments. for if makes every one of our sales strictly cash. With ready cash to buy our stocks we can buy better and secure advantages which in turn are trans ferred to the public. This plan elimi- mates every penny of unnecessary ex- pense. including collections. yet re- tains all the convenience. of the easy payment plan. It gives the purchaser ,ba onportunity to furnish his home just as he has long wanted it. and as economically as though he had all the ready cash to get the advantage oi spot cash prices. The plan is by nc means an experiment, for it has beer l employed successfully for the pas | several years in the bfg cities of th' north and east"
 | The Strick and-Green company hai been in business in Birmingham for 1 years, having been established in Jan
 uary, 1907.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
NOTED DRAMAT|ST ID LECTURE HERE Granville Barker of British
 Drama League to Lee
 ture At Tutwiler

Granville Barker, the noted English dramatist and playwright who is making a tour of the United States will lecture to the Birmingham Drama League Fri day afternoon at 3:SO o'clock in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel using as his subject, "The Artist as Vital Member of the Community.
 MT. Barker is president of the British Drama League and was one of the or- ganizers and is acknowledged to be remarkable entertaining speaker.
 This is the most important programme of the local Drama league this year and was postponed from Thursday until Fri day afternoon to allow all members to attend the Cincinnati Symphony Orches- tra being here Thursday. At this time MT. Barker will speak on the considera- l tion of the artist in his relation to his | fellow citizens. He is a believer in the social responsibilities and duties of the artist, and his lecture is stimulating appeal to the community for the CO., operation of all it's democratic activities with those artistic directors who will have charge of the civic recreation of the immediate future.
 | In speaking of Mir Barker, Montrose j..
  | of the theatre Granville Barker is just l the type of man we need to listen to 1 these days. He brings to us a vrile
 enthusiasm, a right-minded attitude to- wards tradition, and human under
 standing of audiences-all of which we
 need in this transition moment, when
 theatre is recoiling from the effects of
 war. and taking an inventory of itself l "Of all recent English visitors to America he seems to have gauged cor rectly our real national lfe-the life l lived between great cities; he knows
 and is in sympathy with our democratic aspirations; and having himself been an 1 actual producer under commercial cons ditions confronting the American theatre, 1 he is best able to assume a sympa- | thetic attitude towards those pioneer ef- | forts, upheld by the insurgent groups
 throughout the land organized for the
 widespread purpose of supporting the l better drama"
 Mrs w. D. Smith. president of the Birmingham league states this is an op- portunity the members should not miss 1 for they are assured of treat in hear ing this noted speaker. All members are urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
Paintings of Foremost
 Artists On Exhibition
By GORDON M'kINLEY

MI mhANGGA
 is by far the best example of it's kind submitted in generations.
 It is hard for one who is a layman merely to try to draw attention to the work of Thomas Moran. Possibly Leon ardo de Vinci, author and artist might tell of Thomas Moran. no one else could. Moran, the dean of American art. sS years old now, still paints with the ex- quisite daintiness. sympathy and 9ppre- citation of color values that marked his work twenty years ago. Two of his mas terpieces. "A glimpse of the Blue Grand Canyon" and Conway Castle" are in MT Meinhard's collection.
 Conway castle is seen through a gar in the Scottish hills, somhre hay and massive. like great breeding beinx surrounded by rolling lands kissed rosy with prairie flowers.
 The picture of the canyon is a nat ural minearet bathed in sunlight trough rifts in a gathering storm. Looked al from far or near it's detail suggests the work of the Venetian cameo cutter the coloring that of the old painters of the Mediterranean basin of six hundred years ago. Literally the picture is a flawless gem.
 Henry, Ranger is we'll represented in the collection as is F. Ballard Williams There are a number of foreign pictures from England. Holland and France Oi these but one needs further mention possibly the most daringly original con- ception in art of today Marie Joseph Iwill the celebrated Frenchman who caused all the discussion in the Paris solon at the last exhibition Scorning precedent, laughing at tradi. tion, the F'renchman painted Venice from a distance of mile, by half moonlight Color. as we laymen understand it. is not there; architectural detail that has been the theme of Venetian scenery, Is absent from the picture, just moonbean shot silver-gray, clouds, a lead coIoret ocean without a ripple or mark save the radiance of the moonlight across +ee water. and between them the silen sleeping city, recognize ble only Nv the dome of St. Marks, the Campanle ant the entrance to the Grand Canal On, does not realize the wealth of cobalt vermllion, citron and ochre that ha: gone to get the effect until a long scru tiny discloses the almost ind istinguish. able opalescence.
 Straight in the face of all the master. and all the schools of all art has flowr
 Marie Joseph Twill, the Frenchman, witr puissant audacity he has drawn the thine as he sees it, for the God of thing. they are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
BIC CROWD ENJOYS
 COMMUNITY SING
The Several Members on Programme Given En-
 thusiastic Approval

Not since war times has there been such a community sing as that of yes terday.
 Hardly had the music began when men were outside the building turn ing away visitors. Quickly the bal cony and the lower floor filled, then the gallery alone was left. Soon the doors tLere were closed.
 The male quartet from Birmingham
 Southern College might be said to
 have been the feature yesterday. Their
 numbers were received with an en-
 tnusiasm that was marked. The violin solo by Miss Grace Regg
 was pronounced one of the best rendi- tions of good music heard in the com munity sing service since it's incep- tion.
 Mrs. Milton Smith, the soprano, also received encore after encore. A plea sing feature was the singing with illustrated slides of "I am Forever Thinking of You" by J. R. Stevens ol the Stormy Music House. New York. If is the opinion of Mrs. w J Adams one of the leaders of the sone service being held every Sunday, that if Is doing more to create interest ir music locally than any other feature 1 in the citys ire.
 Bands are StdrtihS up III seNerd parts of the city, more people are talk | ing vocal music lessoiis than has evel heen the case heretofore in Birming l ham and of late some exceptionally fine ouartets have been organized. 1 Perhaps one of the best features 1 says Mrs Adams. is the communit, sing itself. where people. regardless o 1 the culture of their voices. can conn and sing to their hearts content. hea
 good music and spend most enjoy
 able Sunday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
LEES BIRTHDAY WILL BE CELEBRATED HERE
Local Camp Confederate Veterans to Honor Mem
 Ory of Commander

Birmingham lik, many Of the other
 cities and towns of the seven states that
 have declared today legal holiday. will
 pay tribute to one of the Souths most
 illustrious citizens, most famed of mili-
 tary men, it's idol and hero, General
 Robert E. Lee.
 Fifty one years span the time since
 the leader of the Lost Cause was laid
 to rest. Never was hero more mourned
 as was the beloved Robert E. Lee. Sach
 year solemn tribute has been paid by the
 Southern states, and the emnity having
 long been swept away between the two divisions of the country commemora- ton of his birth is noted among many in the northern sections of the country. Personal glimpses of Robert r. Lee s life, gathered from histories show him to be the soul of honor, although mas | ter of meneauvre; intrepid, but gentle and humane.
 | It has been told that on one occa- | sion when the general was riding along | a country road, one of the old slaves, raised his hat, bidding good morning to | "Marse Robert he was known to | most of them. General Lee tipped his l hat in return to the darkie's greeting stating to his companion of the morning that politeness was a thing that could 1 hurt no one.
 ] There is no more touching scene in the worlds history than General Lees sur render at Appomattox With the last I hopes of the Confectionery shattered. and | his heart full. of compassion for the | Lost Cause" he turns his sword over | to General Grant
 l Two great soldiers had met, and both | showed their greatness at the meeting Lee with resignation at the outcome, l and Grant with his respect for his for | mer foe in refusing his sword l General Lee was beloved by his sol diers, who tell of his going among the troops during the hardest of their trials and personally encouraging and com 1 forting them
 l It has been said of Lees troops Tit was plain that the fighting spirit of his ragged troops remained unbroken, and
 the welcome with which they received | him indicated that unwavering confi-
 dence in him despite the untoward con l dition of affairs"
 1 Some of those same men will gather today when Camp Hardee and CamT | Wilcox of the Confederate Veterans vii meet and appropriate ceremonies held ob l serving the birthday of thier leader. | The banks of the city observing the day as legal holiday will remain closed tho entire day and generally people wil | commemorate the anniversary of theii greatest of heroes and most loved o men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
QUALIFIED VOTERS MAY VOTE, THOUGH
 ABSENT FROM STATE
Act of 1919 Provides for Citizens Casting Vote Who Are Away From
 Home Election Day

] Even If you are not in town on cleo | tion day. still you may vote In 1919 the legislature enacted law covering absentee voting, The act pro- viding for the casting of votes by citi- i zens who are away from home when | the day comes to express their sover- eign right is as follows:
 Under the absent voter act passed by
 the 1919 legislature. any qualified voter of this state whose name at the time of any general, special or municipal cleo 1 ton appears on the official list of qual- l flied voters in any county in the state | of Alabama and who may at the time ! of holding any general special or mu- nicipal election hereafter held pursu ant to law by reason of his regular | business and in the performance of his 1 regular duties be absent from the state or from the county in which he is a | qualified voter, may vote in such gen eral, special or municipal election as | if he were casting his vote in person at
 his regular and proper polling place by
 complying with the following regula- i tions:
 1 First-He must request an official
 ballot from the judge of probate of the
 county of his residence.
 l Second--He must make and subscribe 1 the required oath or affidavit and at
 tach the same to his ballot
 Third-He must then forward the said ballot and affidavit in a sealed en l velope by mail, postage prepaid of
 otherwise to the judge of probate of the I county in which said voter resides 1 Fourth-The request for the official | ballot to the judge of probate must be ] filed not more than 30 days and not less than five days before the election at which the voter desires to vote. | Fifth-Upon such request being | made 1t is the duty of the judge of pro- l bate to deliver or forward immediately l to such applicant such official ballot I and printed form of oath as provided ! for use in such election together with an envelope addressed to the judge Of probate of the county in which said ab- ! sent or contemplated absent voter is a l qualified elector.
 Sixth-The envelope containing the | oath and the ballot. after being made l out by the voter, must be addressed tc the judge of probate and shall have in 1 dorsed on it in the left hand uppel corner thereof substantially the follow ing:
 "Absent voters ballot election (state county municipal or general, as tn
 case may bel to be held on the - da!
 of -, 19-. From (name of voter)
 elector of precinct or district----
 County of --- State of Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
ROLAND TO SPEAK ON RED GOVERNMENT AT
 K INV A MS LUNCHEON

What happened at Winnipeg. Can ada. during the famous strike last May will be told the Kiwanians at their regular meeting tomorrow al the Tut wiler
 The Inside of the Red Governmen nt' is the text of an address that will be delivered by w. s. Roland who was in Winnipeg at the time of the strike, and who was among those who helped keep the city government going when practically everybody else had struck
 Mir. Roland drove a fire truck at one time and was also driver of a garbage wagon during the tims of strife.
 The attendance priA for the meet ing today will be donated by Joe Loveman and will consist of s pair of silk hose, The regular luncheon will precede the entertainment and business part of the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
SEVERAL CANDIDATES
 ARE INITIA T E D AT
 IB'NAI BIRTH MEETING

Members of The Birmingham Furnture Dealers Association will hold their semi- annual meeting next Wednesday at 12'~ o'clock at the Southern Club in the form of luncheon.
 President Ira F. Randall will preside There will be q special feature by L|osw < Bitou artists. ". R. Rawson will be the principal speaker and will speak In his ,always optimistic vein.
 o. L. Bum will set forth the adsan- tages of the Birmingham traffic bureau' and there will be impromptu talks not exceeding four minutes by other mem bers.
 All Bessemer, E,nsley, Pratt City WY lam and Birmingham dealers are urgently invited to attend the big semi-annuai meeting and pledge anew ther co-opera- ton 10 the organization's president. who has been most active during his term Ter the upbuilding of the association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-19
ALABAMA DAIRY
 DAY AT EUFAULA
T. P Hay, IT,, Will Speak on Mar. keting Milk Products in Alabama
 Will They Give Him Up?

Alabama's second dairy day, to be
 held at Eufaula next Thursday is at
 tracting considerable attention from
 cattle raisers and dairymen all over
 the country. according to reports
 brought back to Birmingham yester-
 day by Executive Secretary T. Park Hay, Jr.. of the Chamber of Commerce agriculture and marketing committee MT. Hay and l.. c. Jenkins of the Southern Bell Telephone Company , were in Eufaula Thursday and accom- panied the committee of that city to
 Midway to work up local Interest in the dairy day programme.
 In addition to dairy and creamery l demonstrations. an airplane exhibl- tion will be put on for the entertain ment of the visitors. T Park Hay Jra of Birmingham is one of the speakers and will make an address on market 1 ing milk products in Alabama.