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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
PRODUCE EXCHANGE LEASED BY RIETTA
 FOR TERM OF YEARS
Large Sum Involved In New Lease of Old Jefferson County Bank
 Building

The "old Jefferson County Bank build ing" five-story brick structure on the southeast corner of Second avenue and Twenty first street. now known as the Produce Exchange building, has been leaseS by the smith -Throckmorton- Company to Frank Rietta for a long .erm of years. Though the consideration was withheld, 1t is known to exceed 100000 and constitutes one of the largest leases recently consummated here
 The lessee. MT. Rietta, will continue to occupy the ground floor corner. where he has conducted a market for some time. The remainder of the building will be tenanted by it's present occupants, ac- cording to Mr. Rietta
 The old Jefferson County Bank build : ing is located on a lot 50x75 and is the property of J. w. Cooke of Maben. Miss. The newly made lease will date from October l. 1920
 For some time past local realty agents have been angling for this corner. The wonderful improvement noted in Twenty first 7street. and especially in upper Sec ond avenue. has somewhat focused at tention on this spot, and it is not surpris- ing to near that a long lease on it has been signed.
 Smith h-Throckmorton-S Schultz also an- uounce that they will shortly begin work on two large and handsome brick build ings. one two-story store to be located on First avenue between Twenty second and Twenty-third streets. and the other a garage to be located on Twenty-first street between Avenues l. and k.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
CHURCH ID ELECT OFFICERS TODAY Independent Presbyterians to Fill IA Vacancies on
 the Board

The Independent Presbyterian Church will hold it's annual congrega- tional meeting for the election of dea- cons and elders this morning at the close of the regular Sunday morning service and sermon by Dr. Henry M Edmonds, pastor.
 There are 14 vacancies in the board of elders and deacons that are 10 be filled at the meeting by election by the congregation and all members of the church are urged to attend the meet ing. Nine of these are elders and five are deacons.
 The nomination of those proposed for election will be made orally from the floor and everybody desiring to made nominations is requested to have them ready Sunday so as to an nounoe them in open meeting and thereby expedite the election and gen. eral business of the meeting
 Those elders whose terms exnire Sunday include T H Garden. clerk of the session: A. W. Allen. Ralph Bar row, Trenton K. Fiske, H. B. Graves. Dr. Scale Harris, c. P. Orr w. G. Oslin and Dr. D. A. Piatt. Deacons whose terms expire Sunday are W. l.. Beas- ley. George r. Cornell. D. B. Dimiclx F. l.. Scouten and c. NJ Williamson
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
HEALTH OFFICER
 ADVISES PRECAUTION
Over Twenty-Five Cases of Influenza
 Reported to Health Department


 Between twenty-five and thirty cases of influenza have been reported in Birming- ham during the past week. according to l. D. Latham of the health department Though there is no immediate cause for alarm. Mir Latham advises that precau- tionary measures to eliminate the possi- bility of an epidemic be taken wherever practicable.
 Up to the beginning of last week very few cases were coming in. states Mir Latham. but since Monday they have been reported at the rate of four or five a day The disease is well scattered and not of the fatal type, no deaths having resulted thus far
 The health department is optimistic over the smallpox situation, declaring that while thirty cases exist here now that practically all are convalescing Ninety per cent of the smallpox cases are negroes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
City Commission Makes Public Figures Shouting
 Expenditure On Schools
Increase for Education Nearly 50 Per Cent Over 1916 Birmingham Spends Larger Part of Revenue Schools Than Other Southern Cities-Rebut
 Charges of Penuriousness Toward Teachers

In rebutta recently printed charges that they sympathetic and pneurious in their attitude toward Bmnham teachers the city last night issued formal state ment to which appended list of educational expenditures of with previous years and with expend lures for similar purposes other ces contained letter from the comptroller. Other than public
 
  roler J. M Jones' Jr. follows: Birmingham which would indicate hberay the the board
  that the people should made of the funds board different departments the comptroller statement showing of education relation appropriation all other departments bned,
 of total available devoted to educational by other cities Bmngham class. Hon. N. A. Barrett, President, Building Dear Sir: submit expenditures of the expenditures all other the this and the of increase 
 ExPENDITUREs-DEPARTMENT EDUCATION
 Percentage of 1916 1917 1918 1919 Increase 1919 $544 ssO5,318.54 4S7 EXPENDITURES-ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25


 The expenditures for the board of education for the year 1920, which has already been appropriated. will exceed $500, 900. or an increase this year over 1916 of more than 65 per cent.
 In the last financial statistics of cities compiled by the bureau of census of the United States in 1918. the City of Birmingham compares favorably with the other cities of the country in the percentage of it's revenue spent each year on schools. This report shows that in 1918 Birmingham spent 36.5 per cent of it's available revenue on schools. There are 69 cities in the United States with a population of more than 100000. and of these 69 cities there are only 20 that spent larger percentage of their revenue for schools than Birmingham.
 The City of Birmingham spent larger percentage of it's revenue for schools than any other southern city except Fort Worth. Texas. This city, in 1918, spent 37 per cent of it's reve- nue on schools. while the City of Br- mingham spent 36.5 per cent
 As comparison of some of the cities in the south. and in Birming-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
TEMPERATURE ID DROP 30 DEGREES Cold Snap With Weather Down to Freezing Is
 Predicted

Turn off the water-here she comes by excessive use. but still. packing a punch. the cold snap is coming into port at Birmingham.
 The temperature is due to drop 30 degrees in the next ss to 4S hours, it is stated
 Down to freezing. is the prediction and maybe "wusser.r.
 All the gulf coast country has re- ceiyed warnings to start smudge smokes in the orange groves. leave the water running or drain the water pipes, bring in some wood. break out some extra blankets. treat the cook right So she will be sure to show up and take that bath before it gets too cold
 The s.xs. that is expected to get the spear head" of the attack Is south- eastern Mississipi. all of Alabama of course, extreme northwestern Florida and the whole works north of those choice lots.
 The pleasant news. coming on top of the mislaid summer that sneake into Jones valley a few days ago. is to the effect that by Monday morning 1t will be good and cold" and decidedly colder by Monday night.
 Careful housewives reading their goose bones yesterday. were to be seen laying in supplies of canned milk, canned meat. crackers and other things of an impromptu buffet lunch atmos- phere that come in handy when the gas pipe of the stove with water in II, fas gone out with the pipes to the 3afS room.
 Although the weather folk. who claim a first-hand acouaintance with Jack Frest. are not sending out any alarming reports. they say trey are looking for freezing temperaturk to be followed. in all proba ability. by very cold weather
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25


 Therefore, the only sensible plan is to first be absolutely sure you are awake and a really modern, 920 citizen, and then get some good friend who is ac- quainted with the business of furnish ing the1adies with their necessities and will give you the straight tip as to what they sell the articles for. Be sure you are awake, though and don't have your mind soaring back into the good old times when you could buy some thing without an extra penny, and by all means do not confuse the prices, as there is more or less difference, with the accent on the more.
 Furthermore. it is also only fair to the public that when you get these figures, strike happy medium if there can be any such thing in these times, between a fortnight before and fort night after Christmas.
 Following this tip have been snoop- ing around the shops with friend who had the misfortune to have all of her wearing apparel destroyed by fire, and who barely escaped with her life, and the following is the programme, menu, or what not of just how much it will set friend husband back to buy a con- servative wardrobe minus the frills and artu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Ralph Cross Heads
 New Realty Company

Ralph l.. Cross, former member of the Cross-Peak Letter Company, is at tho head of the Cross Realty Company in the First National Bank building, which he has just formed, having withdrawn from the former firm, of which he had been a member for the past two years.l He will remain vice president of the let ter company. Hugh s. Peak and Clif- ford Spencer are successors to MT. Cross.
 MT. Cross has lived in Birmingham for the past fifteen years and was formerly in charge of the market station, United States department of agriculture.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
LONG ISSUES CALL FOR REPUBLICANS
 TO MEET TUESDAY

The recently announced call for meet ing of the republican state executive committee was issued by Pope M. Long Of Cordova, chairman of the committee. calling the meeting for Il o'clock Tues day morning in the Hillman hotel.
 At the meeting four delegates at large from Alabama to attend the republican national convention to be held in Chi cago, commencing June s. will be named. Also the committee will name a state ticket for their party for the coming state elections.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

You will note from the above com parison that Jacksonville. Fla, is the lowest with 22 per cent while the City of Fort Worth. Texas. is highest with S7 per cent. These cities are both smaller than Birmingham, but I espe- ciallv call your attention to the cities of New Orleans. Atlanta. Richmond and Memphis. which are considerably lower percentage than Birmingham.
 Respectfully submitted,
 J. M. JONES, JR.,
 City Comptroller.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

in the meantime and when he came back for 1t, 1t was gone.
 Of course the article in Dr. Ed monds' coat pocket has his name signed to it and his friends were joking him last night because he is so little known in Birming hmm that the man who inadvertently took the cont has not yet been able to find him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Dr. Edn1onds Loses Coat
 Age-Herald Shy Editorial

The editorial page article by Dr. Henry M. Edmonds which appears every Sunday in The Herald is absent today-but there's a reason.
 Dr. EdnOnds prepared his article as usual yesterday. placed it in the pocket of his raincoat and came downtown. He stopped at the Tut wiier for few minutes to greet some friends. hung up his raincoat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
Cupid Is Tottering Under
 Death BLows From 4. C. [.
Popular Fallacy That 'Two Can Live Cheapy One Gets Knockout From Prevailing Costs of Women's Clothes-Figures to Make
 the Sentimental Hesitate
By ETHEL GILLEN

you find how much to dress the average these days of old H. C. L. and everything else there several don't to be observed.
 One of these with the ignorant love sick hood who still believes that old yarn that live cheaply and has already figured how his $150 (which in reality amounts to about $90) will go.
 satisfactory method the of charged dlusS thn nnttn nnnnl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
ANOTHER SHORT LOOP

Another short loop is that about 25 miles out First avenue from Brming- ham, through West End. Powderly, Hillman, Bessemer. out Nineteenth street through Bessemer to Huey Lane. thence up Huey Lane to Dolo- mite, Rutledge Springs. Fairfield, Ems lev and back on Third avenue or Eighth avenue to Birmingham.
 A 25-miie loop e&uld be made, leav- ing Birmingham over Nineteenth street by way of North Haven. Pratt City, Adamsville. Gin Town. thence by Blossburg. Pinkney City. Brookside, Republ,e and back to Birmingham.
 Also there would be a short loop Of about 15 miles. leaving Birmingham by way of Twentv-seventh street. over Milner Heights. through Waddell,
 (Continued on Page ThirteenD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
ROAD PROGRAMME
 FOR COUNTY MADE
 PUBLIC YESTERDAY
Plan Provides for Good Roads to Every Precinct and County if $5,OOO,0O0
 Bond Issue Carries

Every precinct and every community in Jefferson county will be traversed by a good hard road under the $5,000,000 bond proposal which will be voted upon by the people of Jefferson county on Febru- ary 16.
 Half dozen or more roads radiat- ing from Birmingham will reach out In every direction and by means of connecting roads and loops every citi- zen, even in the remotest portions of the county. will be within a short dis tance Qf highway that can be used every day in the year.
 The executive committee in charge of the bond campaign yesterday made public the road programme prepared by the county board of revenue and the advisory committee appointed by the bankers of Birmingham and Bes- semer. The committee states that un- der the plan worked out these roads can be built and maintained. provided the bonds are authorized. without in- creasing the taxes and at the end of 20 years a sufficient sum will have been saved out of the S350,00o now spent annually on the upkeep of the chert roads to retire the bonds after taking care of the interest as it ac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
BIRMINGHAM TO LEwIsBURG

Route No. 4-From Birmingham by Lewisburg, Fulton Springs, Garden dale and Mt. Olive, Partridge Cross road. Robbins cross road where it ir tersects the Jasper road. thence back along Jasper road by Sayre, Lynn's Crossing. Gin Town. Adamsville. San dusky. Pratt City and back to Birming- ham. a distance of about 54 miles.
 Route No. 5-Trom Birmingham by way of Adamsville. Gin Town, thence to Flat Top or Bessie. Palos, Praco, Maxine. back to Por, of Birmingham, Short Creek. Elbo, Ed,fewater, through Vivian, EDsley to Birmingham. dis tance of about 60 miles.
 Route No. 6-Down Possum Valley through Fairview. Enslev. Fairfield Dolomite. along Taylor's Ferry road to Gilmores. thence on cross road by Toadvine. Oak Grove. where there is an intersection with Lock IT, road, thence back along Lock IT road to Hueytown, Bessemer. Hillman, Pow derly and Birmingham. a distance of about 60 miles.
 along South Bessemer road to Pow derly. Hillman to Bessemer thence along Tuscaloosa road near Virginia Mines to Adger. thence on cross road by Mud Creek to intersection of Lock r road. and thence back along Lock IT road by Concord Dolomite. Rutledge Springs, Fairfield. Fairview and Bir- mingham. a distance of about 5S miles.
 There are several other short routes all of which would be on permanent roaGs. For instance. there is the loop, about 22 miles. leaving Birmingham by way of Eighth avenue. through Ensley, out Nineteenth street. to intersection of Docena road. thence around loop by way of Mulea. by Elbo back through Edgewater. Enslev and back on Third ovenue to Rirp1ir1eharn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
The First National Bank of Birmingham, Alabama.
 Statement, December 31, 1919

! Loans and discounts .......s19.5s2.17 .177.ss
 Ov erdrafts ......... 2.11S.14
 I U. s. Bonds (Par) .... 1.500.000.0o
 t tU. S. Treasury Certificates .. 2,69S, ,000.0O
 Liberty Loan Bonds .. 60S.4s2-1 l
 State of Alabama Bonds l27,OoO.O0 zotoek in Federal Reserve Bank 90,oo0.00
 \ Bother Stocks and Bonds. 1.420,769.2l 2l
 zBankinu House ........ 25o, ,O00. %
 Other Real Estate. ........ le,3oO-6O
 1IstT IstteTs of -p Credit 1AuA" 57e.171s4
 Interest Earned not Collected. Sl,oSS.Zz CASH
 1 In Vault. ....s 942,743.7S With Banks. ... 5,796.525.49
 ] With U. s, IT.. To.0oo.o0 With Federal
 s.s4s.OOs.95 sss.55s. .s5es5
 LIABILITIES Capital Stock 1,5oo,0 ,000.00 Surplus and PEpflts ....-.-.. l'esl'si 9-I5
 Reserved for Taxes. -.--..... zo,e 3 ICirculatIon ................. 1.3S6.697.50 Reserve for Dividends. .... 45,000.00
 Reserve for Interest. ...... 130,s0O.OO 3Bills Payable Secured by U. s. Certificates of Indebtedness 700.000.00
 kCustomerss q Letters of Credit 579,I71.64 Interest Collected not Earned. lSS,S32.27 DEPOSITS |sndividual ...S24, ,285, ,Sl5.65 Hank ........ 4.727,9s2.7 IU. s. ........ 209.42S.5l Federal Reserve Bank
 lAtlanta, Fiscal Agent ....,.. 1.19o.0oo.oo 3o.A1s.226 .s3
 
 sss.55s. .s5s.sS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25
No CURVES OR GRADES

The committee states that when tho roads now planned are built it will be possible to travel a hundred miles in several different directions without changing gears. There will be no sharp curves and no grades of greater than 5 per cent.
 Here are some of the loops:
 Route No. 1-Leave Birmingham by way of Gate City Irondale and thence Up the valley by Trussville and then on cross road to Clay. intersecting the Birmingham and Springville road at Clay; thence down the Possom Valley road by way of Chalkvile. Huffman, East Lake and back to Birmingham a distance of about 40 miles.
 Route No. 2--From Birmingham up Possum Valley to Huffman, Chalkville, Clay and Ayers, and thence on cross road through Clayton's Cove, intersect- ing the Mt. Pinson~road at Palmer; thence down the valIey by Mt. Pinson to Greens, Ketona. Norwood and back to Birmingham. distance of about 45 miles
 Route No. 3-From Birmingham to Norwood Tarrant City. and up the val ley to Mt Pinson. thence to Bradford, and from Bradford to Trafford and from Trafford to Warrior and back along old Stouts road to Warrior by Kimberly. Morris. Gardendale Lewis burg and North Birmingham, a dis tance of about 42 miles.
 along old Stouts road to Birmingham by Kimberly. Morris. Gardendale, Iewisburg and North Birmingham. a distance of about 42 miles.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

hams class. I Tist below the percent age of their revenue spent on schools:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-25

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

caused considerable selling of cotton to-
 day. under which the market declined
 until it ran into general profit taking
 on the short side which finally was re- sponsible for a rather decided reaction
 Or the first call prices were to 25
 points down, from which there w>'
 rise on private reports of heavy rains m the eastern belt to levels to Il points
 over the close of yesterday. When the weather map was posted and 1t was found to indicate next to no rain m the belt selling came in again an'l It increased after the posting of the favor- able forecast Prices fell off until they were 42 10 49 points under the close or yesterday with July trading at Sf22c From this point on realizing became heavy and the close was at net declines for the day of but 14 to S4 points.
 Trade reviews for the week were re-
 garded unfavorably for they told Of a | further slowing down in both retail and ] wholesale business and they had some thing to do with the confidence with which bearish traders attacked the mar | ket a 1 The main thing though, was the fact
 that weather conditions appear to he taking a turn for the better and some traders are beginning to wonder If bel ter weather from now on would not go ! far toward balancing the expected pun
 ish May condition report.-Shepard N | Gluck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23

lodged by the police and leniently dealt with. This performance was re- peated in several other of the univer- sity buildings.
 The violence which culminated in the death of student occurred in the College of Medicine when number of striking students attempted to pre- vent other students from taking an examination and rushed into the lee ture room, flourfshing revolvers. Fist fights between the strikers and the orderly students were followed by the firing of about 50 shots and Felix Viera, a youth who had come from Paraguay to take the examination, fell wounded. About 13O students were arrested in police roundup which quickly followed and 120 re- volvers were taken from them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Cooney & Co.'S Letter

New Orleans. May 22-More unfavor- able weather in the interior the past week and liquidation, influenced by the strained financial situation and the price cutting wave sweeping the country, de- pressed speculative values to a level that makes further short selling nadVlsaple unless climatic conditions continue to re- main favorable in the interior, in which case crop accounts would likely show improvement.
 The feeling in Wall street is less pes simistic in anticipation of better bank statements the recovery in Liberty bonds. and because of the impression that the soldier bonus bill wilt be de- feated or vetoed in order to prevent fur' ther taxation.
 Bankers and merchants warn the pup lie against expecting too much in the way of price reductions just now, aho it is probable. since buying by the masses has increased, because of the lower prices for wearing apparel, that stocks of goods will be reduced materially.
 Meanwhile France and German govern ment securities have experienced sharp advance of late, further large l'-l- ports of gold from London are expec-,'l and the peak of high interest rates seems to have been reached.-H. and B. Beer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Owe Private Wires
Shannon & Co.'s Letter

New York, May 22.-Heavy selling by New Orleans and Wall street after the first hour resulted in a fresh break, which carried prices to new low levels for the movement, as demand through spot houses tapered off, leaving the mar ket with little support except for cover- ing by shorts for over the weekend. Some of the local map readers thought the weather might become unsettled in the southwest. but on the whole the out look was considered favorable. Private advices say that northern and eastern Texas fields are very grassy as the re- suit of overflows, and that only about half the cotton is up so that large areas will have to be replanted. Toward s1e close prices rallied quite sharply on GOV erng by ring shorts, with little for sale but the tone was very nervous and fluctuations were irregular, It needs constant pressure to keep prices down and in our opinion the bulk of the pres sure comes from speculative sources and represents operations for short account Post & Flagg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-23
Stewart Letter

New Orleans, May 22-The cotton mar ket opened about 10 points lower than yesterdays close on early reports of fa- vorable weather over the entire cotton belt and selling orders from New Or leans and New York, but soon after wards reacted 20 points above the open ing on some anticipation of unfavorable weather developing over Sunday but on the advance weekend liquidation, cou- pied with considerable local professional selling, together with selling credited to Livermore in New York, gave the mar ket an easier tone until near the close when an order of about 10000 Octobers bought in New York rallied that month from 34. 35c to 34 BOG in but few minutes. This buying was supposed to be for the south July was easier on liquidation. The map and forecast were generally regarded as favorable. The market Is likely to rule irregular awaiting the government report on June ?, and unless the weather gets bad next week we look for a scalping market favoring the long side after good recessions-S. R. Stew art & Co.