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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
C|TYS MILK SUPPLY FULLY PROTECTED White Gibson Tells What Is Being Done by Local
 Dairymen

'In spite of propaganda seeking to be- little the dairymen of the Birmingham district" said White F. Gibson, That fact remains that the people of this city are getting pure and wholesome milk and will continue to get ft.
 There are 125 dairymen in the local association who have pledged themselves to maintain the very highest standard in their product and who have pledged themselves to purge their organization of any member who declines to maintain these standards.
 "The association, at Its own expense has employed E. NJ. Duncan, who was TOT many years the city bacteriologist, anu who is making constant tests of the milk sold to the people of Birmingham. Thsre are no tubercular cattle in the herds or these dairymen, and their live stock IS also being constantly inspected
 "The city's milk laws, which have been in force for long time, are still In force, ana the only thing which has been en- ioined is the new pasteurization law tsirrineham is now operating under ex- ao,lv inc game milk ordinance as the citv of Boston. The people of this city may feel confident that their milk sup nlv is being carefully protected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
REEVES CASE HAS
 GONE TO THE JURY
States Effort to Introduce Alleged
 Confession Overruled

After arguments which consumed th larger part of. sne afternoon session oi the court, the case of Clarence Reeves charged with ropSe'w. went to the 1ur before Judge William E. Fort about o'clock last night
 Efforts of the state to introduce al alleged confession hy Reeves proved up availinS Judge Fort ruled that the alleged confession, vas not admlssapie after a number of witnesses, including Commissioner John H. Taylor. City Re corder Henry J. Martin, Solicitor Tate and most of the members of the detective department, had been examined. The legal battle over the alleged confessioi ended yesterday morning
 A sweeping denial of the charges against him was made by Reeves wher he was placed upon the stand. The stat at the conclusion of the fight to intro duce the alleged confession, put on one O. two more witnesses and rested. Reeves was put on at the opening of the after noon session. He stated that he was il Birmingham at the time of the alege' robbery of H. s. Moore. He denied an! knowledge whatever of the affair, ans stated that he was not present.
 When previously placed on the stan( for the purpose of testifyng in reSart to the alleged confession, which was latel held as inadmissable, he stated that h' was told by a member of the detective department that it would be better fo him to make statement.
 J. Reese Murray made the opening ar gument for the state early in the after noon session. William Vaughn made th' argument for the defense and James G Davis, assistant solicitor, closed the ar guments for the state. Judge Fort begar his charge to the jury about o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
ASK S500,000 FOR
 HOWARD COLLEGE Dr. Williams Going to Inter- view General Educational
 Board of New York

President Charles B. Williams of How ard College will leave for New York this m orning for conference with the off, cials of the general educational board of that city in regard to the raising of a
 fund of $500,O00 which will be used for improvements Of Howard College, at East Lake.
 President Williams stated that to keep the college up to the standard of the other colleges in the south it would be necessary to add several new depart
 ments and new equipment
 Howard College is at the present time
 one of the foremost colleges in the south," said President Williams But
 to maintain this standard additions must
 be made to the school from time to time
 Last week I received check for Slo0,- 0o0 from the general educational board of New York, and this amount has already been the means of several needed addi- tions now ordered
 "The general education board of New York is composed of body of men who are trustees for large sums of money given by the Rockefeller Foundation and other funds and l think that can. con- vince the board of the needs at the pres- ent time of Howard College"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
3. 3, BURTON HEADS
 VICTOR DEALERS Many Delegates Attend Sec ond Annual Convention of
 Southern Dealers

The second annual convention of the Southern Victor Dealers Association came to a close with banauet at the Tutwiler last night. featured by ad-. dresses from Mrs. Francis F, Clark, head of the educational department of the Victory company. and Dr. Frank Willis Barnett of this city.
 More than 200 delegates represent ing practically all the Victor deaiers south of the Mason and Dixon line were in attendance at the two day ses- sion. which was devoted almost en- tirely to discussion of trade mat ters. A delightful feature of the en- tertainment programme for the visit ing dealers was a motor trip over the whole city given by the local repre- sentatives of the Victor company.
 The meetings both Thursday and Friday were taken up with serious and spirited discussions of talking machine problems. while the lsncheon and eve- ming hours were given over to humor7 ous and frivolous entertainment.
 The presence of Mrs. Francis E. Clark was an inspiration to the deal- CTS and wholesalers. who gathered from her talks many valuable poinez CTS TOT the future COnuuct or lnelIl businesses. Mrs. Clark also spoke to the Music Study Club of Birmingham at luncheon in her honor given at tho' Southern Club yesterday at noon. Shs emphasized the importance of cul- tivating the musical instinct in chill dren at very early age.
 Edward Lyman Bill of the Talking Machine World. B. r. Eibinghaus of Atlanta and w. T. Sutherland of Mem phis made most impressive addresses on subjects of particular interest to Victor dealers. The New Orleans and Memphis delegations each made a strong fight for the 1921 convention, the meeting place for which the execu- tive>committee will decide at an early date.
 Two Birmingham men were elected as officers of the association for the ensuing year. the report of the noni- hating committee. which was unanim- ously adopted. being as follows: B B. Burton of Birmingham, president; R. G. Brice of Charlotte. N. C.. vice presi- dent; Robert r. McDavid of Birming- ham, secretary w. H. Cummings ol Huntsville. treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08

Sweeping Financial Growth Shown Throughout District
 Birmingham Bank Reports
Cearings Annual Rate of $1 OOO 900 O0OGain Over Last Year Is 65 Per Cent Represented in $332 426,919 for First Four Months of 1920, With Same Sys-
 tenn and Elements 1919
By R. F. JOHNSTON

Birmingham bank clearings, with the same number of banks reporting and the same method of tabulation and compilation, show a total for the first four months of 1920 of $332,426,- 919, compared with $201,911,-
 541 in the same period of 1919.
 This is an increase for this year of S130 515,3T7, or within fraction of 65 per cent
 Clearings are running at the rate of just about SA0o0. .00o000 per annum, com pared with total in 1918 of $347 ,S06 .00o and a total in 1919 of $7l6 290,o0O.
 The increase of 1919 over 1918 is due, besides natural growth of the community, to the accession of the branch of the federal reserve bank established here in the autumn of 1918, but the increase of 1920 over 1919 is being made under pre- | cisely the same system and with the same elements entering into computation. pronounced feature of the April clear ings is that they are larger than those | of the late autumn and early winter months, which, owing to the holiday 1 trade and the returns from the sale of | farm products, generally mark higher ! peaks than the late spring. and summer l months succeeding. December clearings
 were $S2000,000, those of October $s1, 900, ,0O.
 and those of November like April, were
 only $77,000, GOO.
 | The April clearings show that financial transactions in the district are at the 1 highest autumnal and winter level, and ] in that respect also mark a new record. l Clearings for the first four months of | 1920 and 1919 were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
ALABAMA LEADS WORLD IN CAST
 IRON PIPE WORK
New Plants Being Built and Old Ones Doubling Ca pacity, Still the Demand
 for More Is Incessant

With tUe new sanitary cast iron and placed in commission in Alabama and those that are under construction and will soon be manufacturing pipe, it is estimated by an expert familiar with their every feature of operation that their present monthly capacity of 900 to 1S,OOO tons will be increased loo per cent.
 Whereas the plant capacity, meas ured in pig iron, has been 144,00O to l56,0O0 tons per annum, the estimates that the old and the new will have a total melting and producing capacity Of 2SS,O00 to 3l2,000 tons.
 Alabama manufactures more cast iron pipe than any state in the union. Anniston manufactures more sanitary pipe than any city in the world Among the new plants are these: Anniston Soil Pipe, Emory and East ham in Anniston. The first named is i iE operation. The Emory expects to be making pipe by July 1 and the Eastman plant is being rushed. In Birmingham the kilby Pipe works are being built and the shop of the Birmingham, Pipe and Fittings at Gate | City will be in operation by June l, or shortly thereafter. The Imperial at ! Bessemer is almost ready and the sWil- hite is in course of construction. The Southern Pipe and Fittings Company has been made a practically new shop. 1 The Talladega Pipe and Fittings 1 Company has built a separate and 1 larger pipe shop at a cost of about 1 $150000 and will manufacture around seventy-five tons per diem instead of twenty-five tons. This company has also built thirty model houses for em- ployes.
 1 The Somervlle works at Chatta- nooga, which uses Birmingham iron, is also a new plant and among the larg- est of the newcomers. The Columbus Ga, Truck and Supplies Manufacture ing Company. which manufactured 1 products for textile mills, has gone into the sanitary pipe making line and built pipe shop. It also uses Bir- l mingham iron.
 The Southern Pipe and Fitting: Company, Knoxville, another Birming- ham iron consumer, is among the con- cerns newly engaging in this line. Stringer Brothers of Chicago hav'
 taken over the old plant of the A. & J. Manufacturing Company at Gadsder and will manufacture sanitary fittings
 This 100 per cent increase in sani | tary pipe making capacity is direc reflex of the structural activity of thu
 country and the housing void. Th
 plumbing in every storehouse and resi-
 dence is large item and sanitary pip
 is a large portion of that item.
 All the shops are busy, are behin'
 on deliveries and the product is beinl
 shipped direct to consuming projects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
COMMERCE CHAMBER
 BUSY ON ELECTION
Preparing to Elect New Board of Six
 teen Directors

Owing to the new aspect which the Chamber of Commerce presents since o. l.. Bum was secured as general manager. more than passing Interest ex- ists in the choosing of the sixteen di- rectors to serve during the incoming year.
 Blanks have been mailed out to the members, who will fill them in with the names of the sixteen candidates of their selection. These blanks are to be canvassed not later than May 15. The thirty-two candidates receiving the greatest number of ballots will then constitute the ticket, from which the members are to. choose the final sixteen directors These sixteen will serve a year, beginning June 1.
 The voting will be done individually. Some concerns have a number of mem berships, but unless these extra mem bershps are assigned to individuals, they will not be entitled to a vote. The member may vote by mail or by secret ballot at the chamber in person.
 The greater interest in the chamber pr esages larger vote than usual. both in the primary and in the final election.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
GENERAL PERSH|NG
 APPROVES APPEAL
Writes Commenting Salva- tion Army's Home Serv-
 ice Campaign
OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Statement May 4, 1920.
 RESOI

General Pershing has sent letter commenting to everyone the Salvation Army's plea for home service appeal. The generals communication is ad- dressed to Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army in America.
 This letter is as follows
 Washington, D. c. My Dear Miss Booth:
 Tt has been brought to my attention that the Salvation Army will shortly conduct a campaign for the extension and endowment of the organization That the country may be more fully h. formed of something of the splendid services performed by the representa- lives of the Salvation Army abroad dur ing the war, please permit me to add word of appreciation in addition to that already accorded by the men Of the American expeditionary forces.
 eEarly in 1917 you had a number 0. huts operating in the training area o1 the First division, under group Of de voted men and women who laid the foun dation for the affectionate regard II which the workers of your organization have always been held by the American soldiers All during the war the Worf of the Salvation Army was carried or in the theatres of training and opera tion. rendering invaluable service in min istering to the welfare and comfort O. the soldiers Your organization and lt' individual men and women workers, pl the excellence of their work and then self-sacrifice, endeared the Salvation Army to all these divisions and othe units to which they were attached ah' spread it's good name to every part the American expeditionary forces.
 Ny best wishes go with you for it future success and progress. Very sin carely yours,
 JOHN J. PERSHING."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
.TOCANVASS MONDAY
 FOR STORM RELIEF
Committees Named Which Will Conduct Solicitation
 for $19,125

Canvassing committees for the Jeffer- son county storm relief campaign were organized yesterday under the direction of Jay Smith, recently appointed by Gov ernor Kilby as chairman for this county.
 Districts and businesss classifications will be assigned to committees represent ing the various clubs and civic organiza- tions, and the city will be thoroughly covered The canvass will begin Monday, and it is hoped by one days work to secure the funds of sl9,125, which is Jef- ferson county's quota of the x7.OO0 sum needed Hundreds of homes were de- stroyed by cyclones in Franklin and Ma rion county, and this amount will be nec- lessary. according to American Red Cross figures, to alleviate the suffering of the survivors, many of whom are injured and helpless
 All public schools of the county. as well as the schools of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company will con- tribute to the fund next Wednesday. when the children will be given an op- portunity to help with small donations. All churches of the city will take up special collections Sunday week. May 16. the pastors having agreed to em- phasize the dire need of public assist ance for the storm sufferers. Additional subscriptions of $53.50 were received yes terday.
 Following are the charmen of the com mittees which will undertake the can vass next week:
 Courthouse-D. E. McLendon. chair man.
 First National Bank Building-Frank Dominick. chairman. ..
 American Trust 9ulding-Russell Hunt chairman.
 Jefferson County Bank Building-FuI- ton Clark. chairman.
 Empire Building-W. II. Slattery. chair man.
 Corporations Committee-Ed s. Rowe, I w. Donnelly, Frank E. Fowlkes, Charles DeBardeleben.
 Retail Lumber-Thornton Estes, j.. Mercer Barnett.
 Lumbermen's Club-J. R. Thames. chairman.
 Chamber of Commerce-W. A. Stead man, chairman
 Civitan Club--Ed 6. Moore. chairman.
 Kiwanis Club-Lew Salter. chairman.
 Banks and Bankers and Building and Loan Associations-J. Frank Rushtoa, E. L. Brown. Donald Conner. Woodlawn and East Lake-Guy McKin- ley, chairman. Ensley-Sam King, chairman. Brown Marx Building-B. F. Gladney. chairman. . chairman. Community Club-w wadsworth Wood. chairman. Civic Association-t c. Robinson. chairman. Fairfield-J. NJ P. Otis. chairman. Rotary Club-Fred Underwood, chair man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
SIXTH VETERANS
 HEAR FROM CHIEF
General w. H. Gordon Writes Ap- proving National Organi-
 zatiOn

Former Maj Gen. Walter H. Gordon. who commanded the Sixth Division in overseas service. has written G. Lewis BaiIes, who, with others, established the first post of Sixth Division Veterans. that he is heartily in sympathy with the movement
 General Gordon states in his letter that the division is about s80 per cent demobi- lized and the formation of a veterans organization is the proper thing to do.
 MT. Bailes will have the letter read be- fore the veterans of Post No. ]. at their meeting Sunday afternoon in the cou1- cil chamber in the city hall.
 Al this meeting the matter of nation alzins the organization and opening the roster for the signatures of charter mem hers will be taken up.
 It has been suggested that General Cor don be invited to Birmingham. This mat ter. too, will be discussed at the meet ing.
 Capt Malcolm Ivey, of Geiger. Ala, m aid-de-camp to General Gordon, was in the city yesterday, having come to reg ister his membership in the post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
BOLD CAR ROBBERS MAKE $1,2OO HAUL Motor Truck Used to Haul Away Stolen Merchandise,
 Is Police Opinion

What the police believe to be an
 organized band of freight car thieves,
 in the early hours of yesterday morn ing, broke open and robbed five box cars which were standing on the side-
 tracks in the Frisco and the Central Of Georgia switch yards, and escaped with nearly $1,200 worth of shoes and merchandise.
 Four of the freight cars were robbed , in the Frisco yards at Ninth avenue l and Twenty-sixth street, north, and on 1 account of the large amount of the merchandise that was stolen, police of- | ficials are of the opinion that a motor truck was used to haul away the
 stolen property. The special agent of 1 the Central of Georgia railroad in a letter yesterday to Chief T. J. Shirley | of the police department stated that | three cases of shoes, four suitcases,
 boxes of merchandise probably con l taining overalls was what he thought 1 had been stolen from the four freight | cars.
 l The other car was robbed while standing in the switch yards of the | Central of Georgia railroad at East i Thomas, and the chief clerk of the 1 railroad estimates the amount or prop erty stolen at several boxes of shoes and a number of cases of merchan- disc.
 l Early yesterday morning the South 1 side police scouts discovered ninety
 six pair of overalls lying in the cen l ter of the street near the Frisco yards. Police officials are of the opinion that
 the suits of overalls were dropped fr>.n 1 the rear of the truck when the bold l freight car thieves were fleeing from l the scene of the robbery. Up to a ! late hour last night detectives who have been assigned to the case had | discovered no clues as to the where. 1 ahouts of the midnight robbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
MOTHERS DAY

had special little piece or n verse from the Bible to recite be- fore the members of the church.
 Officials of all the churches In the city are requesting the mem bers to see that all the aged wo- wen in the community in which they live are brought to the serv- ices tomorrow, where elaborate preparations arc being made to gladden. the hearts of the old white-hended women who prob- ably once had n son to call them mother.
 Beautiful thoughts of love and effecti0n for the mother will be featured at the services tOmor- row as many of the churches of the district are planning to take up special donations for a gift to the home for the aged women of the city at wOOdiawn. It Is sug- gested that every one would in- deed feel happier if they made small donation to this worthy cause.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
JUDGE FORT TO TALK
 TO COMMUNITY "Y'

Judge William E. Tort will address the annual meeting of the North Bir- mingham Community f. NJ. c. A. to be held May 13 at the North Birmingham School.
 Resides the main address. the an- nu8l report of the board of managers will be made through T. P. Riddicle and several other interesting features have been planned.
 The North Birmingham Community Y. NJ c. A. is said to have made gI eat progress and the meeting is being an- ticipated with interes, by all the mem bers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08

Birmingham will honor mothers day with special services in all the churches throughout the dis trict. There will he special song services, sermons will be preached along the lines of what the mother means to the world, and the men folks of the churches and the Sum day Schools will wear white carnation in honor of the day.
 By a special act of Congress In 1914, the second Sunday in May was designated as Mothers day. Since then the second Sunday in May of each year has been ob- served by practically everyone in some form or other.
 Last year when the country was just recovering from the effects of the wnr, special services were held in all the churches, the Iit- tie tots in the kindergarten classes were aIl dressed in fluffy white clothes that made them re- sembIe fairies. Each one of them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08


 Election officials report that every thing is in readiness. Ballot boxes have been placed in fifty-four voting places around the city. Ballots which are so printed that the voter has merely to place a check opposite either "yes" or mo" to declare his vote, have been provided. Officials at each poll will open the voting at exactly 8 o'clock and will close at 6:30 o'clock this evening.
 After all the talking and explain ing. some people tell me that they do not yet understand what the tax is, says John R. Hornady. Briefly. 1t is city tax of an additional two mills. The entire amount will be turned over to the city board of education to be used to give increases in the salaries
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
Round Trip Tickets for Baptist Convention

Southern railroads will sell round- trip tickets to the Southern Baptist convention. to be held on May 13-1S, at one and third fares. The regular Pullman space has been taken and eff fort is being made to secure additional Pullmans to meet the demand. The families of delegates. as well as dele gates. are entitled to :ne reduced rates. Change from the ola certificate plan to the straight round-trip rate waa made on account of the large travel that is clearly indicated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08
AMERICAN LEGION
 SMOKER TONIGHT

Members of the Birmingham Post of the American Legion are making prepara- tions this morning for rousing meeting tonight in the club rooms of the Civic Association, when a smoker will be held.
 There are not going to be any windy talks, as the meeting is going to be held purely for good time" says Crampton Harris. commander of the local post "and I hope that every member will be present and have the time of his life smoking the good cigars and telling tales to each other Of old times"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-08

new eras of achievement and accom- plishment in the district, reflects still greater stride industrially and commer- cially.
 The structural activity is one of the ele- ments entering into the larger volume of flowing money. In the matter of sanitary cast iron pipe plants alone, construction completed and under way in 1920 repre- sents 100 per cent increase in that one avenue of expansion.
 The increase in new corporations this year of 279 per cent and the increase in building operations of 143 per cent are also among the items that keep up the flow of money discovering final express sion in bank clearings
 There are in operation in the district today three new by-product works, repre- senting a combined daily output of be- tween 5000 and 6,o00 tons of coke and employing more than 1000 men. These are among the enterprises establishing new pay rolls, that, in turn, count for larger bank clearings.
 This time last year iron production in l Alabama was on the decline for the time being, owing to price uncertainty and a dull market. Today every effort is to a maximum production. That means many hundreds of busy employees and larger pay rolls than were passing through the 1 banks last spring