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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
COMMUNITY CLUB
 HEARS ROGERS Charity Institutions and Their Needs Are Subject Under
 Discussion

Cleon B. Rogers, chairman of the state board of control and economy made brief talk to the members of the Community Club yesterday after neon at their meeting at the Southern Club. He spoke of the splendid work being done at the Boys Industrial School, the Mercy Home and the other eleemosynary institutions under the board of control
 He commended the club for the part ! had taken in boys work and de- clared these institutions were taking an important part in building up tue characters of many of the future citi- zens of the city community. county and state
 Resolutions favoring demonstration for the national guardsmen when they return from service in the coal fields were unanimously adopted by the club
 The work of the children's hospital was indorsed by the club and the ,yAsmbers were called on to respond re the appeal of this institution which ts kes care of helpless and homeless ciildren-S
 Arthur Adams was appointed com- nTittee of one to meet with the Amer ican Legion and to cooperate with that organization in celebrating Ar fnistice Day. He will report back to the club next week
 Sterling Edwards and Claude Estes. members of the committee on boys work. who represented the Community Club at the boys work council re- ported that 65 per cent of the members who had been seen had subscribed to t:4is work.
 The registration committee appoint cd to take canvass of the membership of the club reported that out of the l25 members only two were not auah- fled electors. These had not been here long enough, but would qualify a soon as they could possibly do so. it was stated.
 X letter from the Belgian attache was read, thanking the club for the hospitality extended to him while in Birmingham to attend the internation- al balloon races.
 Raymond Jones, of the Long Dis tance Spark Plug Company John Cole man of TIllman, Bradley and Morrow, and Wayne Nelson were introduced as new members. They made short talks expressing pleasure at being mem bers of the club and assured the other mem bers of their support and cooperation in all things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03

cents pound has been noted.
 The biggest cut in prices has been in the poultry market. Ten days aEo fryers were being quoted on Morris avenue at from 55 to 62 cents per pound.-Jhcre are now being sold by the produce mer- chants Ut 35 and 40 cents pound. Hens are quoted at 30 cents. A ten- cent decrease In the price of eggs has also been made during the past ten days and they arc now being quoted nt 52 to A cents dozen. storage eggs now being sold along Morris avenue at from IS to Al cents per dozen.
 Onions. in hundred pound lots. hay dropped from s3.50 to $3. Cocoanut have dropped from sS to $7.50 a hun dred and are now being quoted at cents each.
 POINT DOWN
 The price of bananas has droppe to cents a pound. Grapefruit. so { 125 to crate, has dropped from $6.50 { s4 and S5 crate. English walnut have dropped off cents per pound an are now being quoted at 27 cents pc pound Mixed nuts are also bein quoted at 26 and 27 cents a pound. new supply of raisins has arrived O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
BULLETIN CROWDS 4 NEWER VARIETY DeC0rum and Poise Apparent, Instead of 0ld-'Time
 RoWdyiSm

The crowd which gathered in front of The Age-Herald last night was Of a different tempo to any that has gathered here in years The tension was not so great, but there was an air of hopeful expectancy apparent. and the interest of the newly enfranchised women was higher than It had ever been. Voices of women could be heard occasionally. as they applauded the flashing of a return pleasing to them. and there was less of a boisterous spirit prevalent.
 The raucous shout of the bitter partisan as with expletive, punctgated with ex- clamation points, he sought to divert the waiting crowds was noticeablS absent That one feature of an election night crowd just wasn't abroad last night. Many declared the ladies were respon- slble. He of the throaty voice felt the air of ''respectability. if one might use that word. in the opinion of many oh servers. and feeling it was permeated with desire to uphold the traditional gent eness with which southern men treat their womenfolk.
 Notwithstanding the practical certainty of the result of the election in Jeffer- son county and Alabama yesterday, many were guests of The Age Herald last night at an election returns party. The silver sheet carried the news to theSwait- ing hundreds and Jerry Gwin's friends on the street cheered as the. country boxes indicated substantial lead for the democrat.
 Scores of women were in the throng that watched the bulletins. and they evinced the keenest interest in the re- turns being flashed. aa~
 The crowd did not cheer so VociferouslN when returns from the east began to iu- dicate that the republican, presidential nominee had swept that section. And tae New York Worlds concession of de- mocracy's defeat was greeted with groanS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
STREET CAR WRECKED

A North Bessemer car was wrecked yesterday morning about o'clock when il jumped the track al Church street, Brighton. The car left the track and with a good deal Of force was criven into an em mbankment.
 $ E. Henry was doubtless the most
 seriously injured person on the car, though all of the passengers were con, siderably shaken. Mr. Henry was taken to a local infirmary where his condition was said to be not serious.
 One hand was rather badly cut. At tcndants at the hospital said last night
 that MT. Henry would soon be able to return to his work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
Orderliness EUerywhere Marks Initial Appearance OF Women
 Al Polls In National Election
Booth After Booth Calls for More Ballot Approxi matey 53,O00 Men and Women Exercise Franchise Yesterday in Jefferson Couny-Indications
 Are That Much Scratching Is Done

The election held in Jefferson county yesterday tingushed by three clements
 One was the vote, and large The women had registered 23000 strong eary both voters and when serving clerks
 The other the of scratching was done Per haps most of this done by the newly Who not having taken part in the primary did not feel bound by it. and voted their personal choice Num- ber of also scratched the ticket More scratching was done than has taken place election where there were democratic nominees is the general belief
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
EVENTS OF TODAY
 IN BIRMINGHAM

Rotary Club luncheon at l o'clock al the TutwiIer.
 Humane Society meets at city hall at 2 50 o'clock.
 ADJUSTMENTS Jefferson Theatre--CarlyIe Black well in ssMy Lady Friends" Lyric--Keith vaudeville and pictures Loew's BijOu--Vaudevfiie and pie lures.
 strand-Fafty Arbuckle in ''rhe Round-up.. North.,
 Alcazar--s1Frivolous Wives Rialto---House Peters in s.The Great Redeemer.. f<rincess--"Hidden Dangers" Odeon--"Moonriders." Edgewood Parix--MountaiB View Inn and cabaret.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03


 or the vote. This is accounted for by the newIy-enfranehised woman.
 The total vote cast this election Is
 estimated twice the number ever
 east before. Not only did all the
 women seem to be voting, but the men appeared to be interested more
 than usual.
 The day opened with drizzle, but this did deter the women. They were in line when the polls opened. This was not only the case in the suburbs and in the smaller outlying towns as well as the heart of the city, but was equally true of the choice residential sections of the city. Women voted without regard to social position oI any other kind of distinction.
 IDEAL WEATHER
 Later in the day the skles clearaa and the weather was ideal. The en- tire electorate seems to have respond cd There were lines at Five Points that stretched a block and the same was the case at the courthouse.
 As far as could be judged from ob- scrvation. there appeared to be very little opposition to the seaport amend ment, the amendment allowing Jeffer- son county to devote it's resources to the development of the Warrior river and the highway amendment If there was real opposition it was not nani- fested in remarks or any other man ner and should the returns show, that there was, it will surprise the on lockers.
 There appeared to be difference ot opinion with regard to increasing the salaries of the circuit clerk and reg ister in chancery The majority ap- parently seemed to favor the increases in salary at number of polls.
 Scratching the democratic board of revenue ticket was much in evidence How this was done in each case re- mains to be seen in the final count, hut any onlooker at many polls could see that men and women alike took some time at that point on the ballot There was some open admission of voting for T. H. Aldrich, republican nominee for the board of revenue, and scratching the name of Jerry Gwin in his favor. How much of this was done on the quiet remains for the final returns to disclose, but that there was a lot of scratching of the board of revenue ticket was evident to anyone who visited any of the city polls.
 EXTRA BOXES
 ioOIue Ol tue DO&e5 were pdGkeQ De- yond capacity and additional ones had ito be secured. This was the case at one of the Five Points voting places The three separate tickets voted on made a large -sized accumulation in short order.
 So far as is known there was not eveu an approach to rough stuff. In fact, nc demonstration of any nature appears to have occurred Men and women voted quietly and went about their business. Tr the polling places there was as muck decorum as in the parlors at home. The presence of the women both as clerks ot elecion and voters, was accepted as q matter Of course and the same amenities prevailed as on the streets. in street cars, in elevators and wherever else mer and women have heretofore met and mixed,
 53,500 VOTERS
 The total voting strength of the county with the women added. is about 5, 300 Indications are that eighty per cent o1 the electorate took part in the election The count will be q long and laboriou one, both, on account Of the number O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
T. P. A. MEETING

meeting of the Post B, of the T. r. A., will be held this evening at clock at the auditorium of the Cham Der of Commerce. building. F. Q. liar Ali members are urged to be presen. as several items of importance will rec eive the attention of the body Among other things will be The arr engagements for ihe part Post E will take in the parade Armistice Day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03

church, faithful and efficient worker who made himself felt wherever he un- dertook to help. and that, as many peo- pie testify, was many places"
 When MT. Gilreath's s health failed, Bir- mingham lost citizen who will be hard to replace, said John R. Hornady His work as builder. organizer and Ian up- litter helped greatly to make Birming- ham what 1t is. He was great sympa- thzer with tue under dog. and his purse was always open to the man who needed help. His work and his money did much for the education and uplift of the ne- groeS of the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03

the market and are being quoted at 2s cents per pound. -t1
 Monday the union stock yards Issued their regular weekly list of prices that would be paid for livestock. Almost every item was cut at least cents a pound.
 As result. buyers report, stock their hogs and cattle at this season of the year are now holding them with the expectation of an early increase in the quotations.
 BEEF CATTLE i1t
 According to the latest lists. the fof- lowing prices are now being paid for local cattle against higher prices quoted less than week ago
 Fed steers. good to choice SSd9 against the price of sl0M12.50 paid by local buyers less than week ago. Good to medium, s7ms against $S@ lo. Common 10 medium $5@6 against s6 MS. The above prices are by the hun Swift and Company announce the following decrease in prices: D. $. clear bellies, 201s to 23 cents against 23 to 26 cents as quoted sin5 days ago. D, $. rib bellies. 23 cents. was 26 cents. Pure lard, 23 cents. cent decrease. Compound lard, r cents 1 cent decrease. Pork Joins, 36 cents. was 39 cents. Hams 39 cents. was VI i cents. Bacon, 3S cents, was 4S cents. Above prices are by the pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
ENGINEERS TO MEET

The BTmingham chapter of the Amer ican Association of Engineers will hold business meeting at the rooms of ths Civic Association at X o'clock Friday evening. The special business will be a vote on the proposed change in the na- tional by laws and the appointment ot committee to nominate officers > for next year. X report will be made of the results of the recent menbershpi cam,
 paign by R. $. Major. drive commander. ''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
NEW $25, ,0OO FIRM
 IS INCORPORATED

Papers of incorporation were filed in the office of the probate judge yesterday by the Ross Transfer and Supply Com panv, with an authorized capital stock of s25 900. The officers are Philip Ross president: Joseph R, Dixon. secretary, and Rosa l.. Ross treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
Mrs. Derr's Will Filed

The will of Mary F Derr was filed
 il the office of J. r. Stiles, judge of probate. yesterday The entire estase,
 the value of which was not given, was left 70 her daughter. Grace $. Sponsier. who was made executrix without bonl.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
MERCHANTS FARE REbAT|NG STARTS Chamber of Commerce to Re- fund Personal Transporta-
 ton Costs to Buyers

The Wholesalers and Manufacturers Association of the Chamber of Com merce begins business today
 This association will today inaugu- rate the practice of relating to out of town merchants who come here to ppr- chase goods. their transportation to and from ,home. The distance will not count. The rebate will be made accord ing to the amount of goods purchased hare
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
DESIGNATED MEMBERS

About seventy five of the leading wholesalers, jobbers and manufacturers have already joined and will partici- pate in the refund system. Many more are expected to line up and share the benefit of the plan.
 The visiting merchant, on going to a firm which is a member of the asSocia tion and making a purchase there. will receive card bearing the names of all the member merchants. The first mer- chant will certify the amount of his purchase and the visitor will carry the card to the other merchants. Each in turn will make certification of the amount purchased When the visitor has completed his business and is ready to return home. he will bring the card to the secretary of the chamber and his refund will be promptly made in cash.
 The Birmingham system is planned after that of Memphis, which has been
 in vogue many years and has proven a great success. It has served to bring a lot of out of-town trade to that city and the merchant members have been deliphted with tie nnerations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
Birmingham's Food Prices
 Considerably Lower Than
 Figures Quoted Last Week
Poultry Drops From 55 PoundEggs Drop Fron 54 to A Cents Dozen-Other Produce, Including v Meat, Is Showing Sharp Decline-Al Along
 the the Cut Is In Evidence

All local markets been the of decrease in In particular has the local live stock been effected and instances cut of from to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
BIRMINGHAM TRADE

The association will not content it. self with the rebates to visiting mer- chants, but will. from time to time. is- sue literature showing the advantag ges of trading in Birming ham. A special study will be given to freight rates and the outsider will ke shown when and how it will be to his advantage to pur- chase goods in this city
 It has been felt long time that Bir- mingham was not getting the trade that it should from territory naturally situated for trading advantageously here The rebate plan is intended to reach out for that trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
E1TVfCI bIffs7 UT IlUIII Ss REDUCED DEMAND


 The further effect of the reduced ce- mand for steam coal has been in the price for spot coal, which has been re- Iduced from $S50 f. o. b. mines serving to s4.50 per ton.
 There is some shortage of dom sstic lcoal, but this is rapidly disappea-ings
 The reduced demand for steam coal has been caused by several things. among which may be mentioned the Cuban moratorium and the impending declarati tion of moratoriums in some South American countrieS the shutting down of several blast furnaces in Ma bama and Tennessee and the reduced operations at cotton mills and Jumper plants The moratoriums have served to pile up coal for export at Mobile and Pensacola and stop that business
 IL Is significant fact that not a single call has been made for steam coal by the state fuel administrator. terests needing steam coal are supplied or feel safe in. that direction.
 COAL LEFT OVER
 One large operator who mined sever al cars more of steam coal than ne lad contracted for failed to find a spot GUS toner.
 At headquarters of the United Mine ] Workers it is reported that new con- tracts with the holders of Blue Book contracts are being signed up every day but no list of these sigma. ori es has been furnished. The adjourned meeting of the oint conference of operators and inion miners. at which the uniform or ael- tona contract was hroached, is sched- uled for Friday. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
Alamo Farm light Plant

MT. Farmer-your opportunity the one you have been waiting for. Here ia greatest bargain ever offered We are going to sell at distributors cost, "a limited nq mber of Alamo Farm Light Plants.
 If you have been contemplat- ing buying light plant for eoun- try home get in touch with us The Alamo is nationally known" The plants (never uncrated) and carry the regular factory guarantee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-03
COAL OUTPUT FOR WEEK270,000 TONS Largest In Several Months. Orders Are Not So Plen-
 tifuI Now

Indications are that the coal prod ,c- l,tion for the week ending october 30 will be over 270,000 tons, which will be an increase of 5000 tons over the eff : icially reported tonnage of the pr4cad- ling week.
 This will be the largest production tsince the general strike began Septem- Der and for several weeks prior to that
 Monday was the biggest Monday isince the strike was called. Operators point to the record of last week as all the more remarkable in face of 'he lstrikes at Brookwood, Searles. Railway Fuel and other Blue Creek mines. The spot demand for steam coal las shown decided letting up. This is so much the case that eighty ears of coal
 mined on Monday failed to find pur- chasers and were not moved from the mines under bills of IadinR
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-02-20
EDI TOR IAL
BARON EDMUND DE ROTHS-
CHILD

Entire Jewry moi1rns the death of one
of its noblest sons, Baron Edmond de
Rothschi1d Of Paris. The world knew
of Rothschild as one of the richest Jews
if not the richest Jew, of modern times.
We knew of him as one of the nob1est
Jews, one who was known among us as
"hannadiv hayadua," "the well-known
philanthropist," Jew who devoted a
large portion of his great fortune to the
cause of his brethren and who, with
statesmanlike vision, saw the true solu-
ton of the Jewish problem, namely, the
restoration of the Jews to the soil of
their ancestors And so the Baron poured
forth his millions to support Jewish col
onization in Palestine. He was one of
the pioneers in that movement, believing
in Palestinian colonization with heart
and soul at time when most Jewish
fnanciers and philanthropsts, only SCOT
fed at such an idea.
His untimely death is an irreparable
loss to Jewry in general and to the Zion
ist movement in particular. 1t is mat
ter of gratitude, however, that he lived
to see the beginning of the realization
of his great hopes, the establishment of
the Jewish homeland in Palestine Like
Moses of old, he saw the Promised Land
from the Pisgah-height of his noble vi
sion, though he was not permitted to
enter it. His memory will ever be a
blessing among his grateful brethren
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-02-20
THE JEW-BAITING PRESS.

The public press, like every other
power welded by man, may be an in
strument for good or evil, according to
the character of the one welding it.
For us Jews-such is our tragic fate-it
has been largely a power for evil 1t
has been the press more than any other
agency that hassfanned the smou1dering
embers of Jew-hatred into flame in every
European country 1t kept anti-Semit-
ism alive in Germany and Austria. 1t
fed the confagration of the Dreyfus af-
fair in France. And according to the
reports of all the investigators in Pol
and, it is the Polish press that is carry
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-02-20
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

ClOuS propaganda against lllC jews VI
that country, melting the populace to
boycott and massacre. The press, by its
very nature, is a partisan affair. 1t can
never be unbiased and fair to all. Or
ganized anti-Jewish propaganda has
found it very useful weapon. Partisan
ship has never shown itself more bitter
and vindictive than in it's journalistic
onslaughts on the Jews.
Even in the freest, most liberal and
most progressive of all countries, Eng
land, and the United States, there are
newspapers and periodicals that are de-
voting a considerable portion of their
space to insidious attacks on the Jews.
We have fine journalistic specimen of
that kind in one of the daily papers of
Minneapolis. If it has no occasion for a
fling at the Jews in its news or editorial
columns, it will have malicious joke or
funny story about Jews, the kind that
you hear on the stage of a second or
third rate vaudeville house, among it's
humorous tid-bits. 1t is an old offender.
1t has been many times called to account
for it, but it seems to have made Jew
batting one of its steadily pursued poll
cies.
In the last few weeks it has outdone
itself, and surpassed its previous record
in anti-J Jewish propaganda. In its Sun
day editions it has published series
of articles on Russian Bo1shevism writ
ten by one Robert Davis, Major Red
Cross Commission, to South Russia We
don't know what the animus of the
"Major" is, or how such bird" hap
pened to get into the service of the Red
Cross, an organization that is supposed
to stand for mercy he1pfulness and char
ity. Surely these virtues ought to be as
sociated with justice and fair play. How
an organization like the Red Cross could
entrust a fellow like the major" with
its labors of mercy in South Russia pass
es our understanding. What his griev-
ance against the Jews of Russia, or the
cause of such grievance may be, we do
not know. Old Hannah of ancient Per-
STA, the prototype of the MAJOR" had
a real grievance against the Jews of Per-
STA, whom he s1andered and sought to
exterminate. The Jew Mordecai refused
to bow down to him, and do him hon.
age. Similar grievances have led other
Hamans since that time to plot the de-
struction of the Jews. May not the
majors" grudge he due to similar
offense on the part of some Jew?
At any rate, the ''Major" describes the
ruin wrought by the Bo1sheviki in Rus
sia. He cata1ogs their hideous crimes,
heir butcheries, their robberies and CON
iscations. The Bo1sheviki are devils in
and Russia has been turned into
| hell by them. And these Bo1sheviki,
mind you, are Jews. Bo1shevism in
Russia is the diabolic offspring of the
ynagog: Here and there non-Jew may
lave stolen into the devilish crowd; but
lie is a rare bird, an exception The Boil
heviki are the Jews of Russia, who, in