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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
NEW TITLE FOR
 INSURANCE FIRM

Ed $. Moore and Lee McGriff. Inc. is the new title of the we'll known insur- ance firm that formerly was Ed S. Moore, incorporated, Nothing hut in surance.Y
 MT. Moore will retain his position as president of the company and Mir. Nc Griff will be vice president The staff of men who have been with Mir Moore for so many years will not be changed.
 It was on January 1, 1911, that MT Moore started the firm that has since known such pronounced success This was after Mir Moore had returned from years sojourn in Atlanta, to Birming ram. bringing with him the agency of the United States Fidelity and Guaran- tee company.
 The business volume increased SC rapidly that it was not long before MT McGriff was called from the local man agement of the Bradstreet office to take over d part of the business on a partnership basis.
 From the start the partners held to the policy of nothing but insurance, and in this way drew to their offices the agencies of great institutions of inter- national standing. and the company is now recognized as one of the leading insurance concerns of the south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
FLYING PARSON"
 ID VISIT THE c|TY
Lieut.. Maynard Making Tour in Interest of Re-
 cruiting Campaign

lLieut B. W. Maynard, the Flying |Parson," is expected to arrive in Bir-
 bingham the first of next week, accord |ng to information received at the local |army recruiting station. He is making g
 Ia flight from Mitchell Field, Long Island,
 Eo each main recruiting station along the Atlantic seaboard, and as far west as New Orleans, Little Rock, Louisville, |lien through Tennessee to Washington.
 He will fly from Savannah to Birming- ham, using the same plane in which he made his transcontinental flight. It has been recommended by the Birmingham
 Flying Club, which is composed or avi- |Ators, that he land on the field of the Dixie Flying Corporation at West End. |rhe flight of Lieutenant Maynard is in he interest of the recruiting campaign
 Maj. Fl. B. May, assistant recruiting officer, returned yesterday from Botnan, where he has been in the interest of the recruiting campaign. He reports splen- Did results during the first month of the Drive. The main party with Captain |rruxes of the Sixth cavalry in charge, consists of thirty men, and will proceed |lext to Opelika and then to Tuscaloosa. Captain Gordon of the Twentieth field frtillery of Camp Bragg, N. C., carrying v NM gun and the necessary trucks [nd tractors is in Anniston this wexk Ewing exhibitions and endeavoring to lecture recruits with fine results, 1t is itated This party will visit all towns IE the northern part of the state, and in ] few days the Eleventh Infantry Band i nd a platoon will join the main party.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
EX-SOLDIER GIVEN
 JOB IN POSTOFFICE
Assigned By Federal Vocational Board for Training to Become
 Supervising Architect

J. w Palmer, an eX-soldier, has been assigned to duty on the new postoffice and federal building on Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street by the vocational board. and here will have the practical experience necessary to become a super vising architect
 This young soldier was a member of the Eleventh engineers and was among the first 25,oo0 men going overseas. He has had experience that would make the hair rise on persons head, and he even admits that his stood up on several oe- casions. With the exception of being wounded twice and gassed once he is back home after twenty-five months service overseas.
 Before entering the service Mir. Palmer was structural iron worker, but since being discharged is unable to follow his trade, and is now taking the federal vo- cational training offered by the govern ment. He was ordered to Birmng ngham for a year and will have the opportu- nty of getting the practical experiences in this line as well as the technical train ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
COUNTY |NSTALLS
 bERT|LLON SYSTEM
Begin Taking Pictures and Measurements of Prison
 CTS This Morning

Criminals in the county jail will un- dergo a new experience tomorrow morn when. when several of their number will be marched before the camera under the Bertiilon system put in operation at the courthouse yesterday
 For over a year the plan has been thought out by the sheriff and other county officials, and yesterday special camera and all the paraphernalia con nected with a first-class Bertillon office were set up in the jury commission room on the fourth floor of the courthouse.
 A M, Bivins, for some time connected has been placed in charge of the county's system, and yesterday had erected screens and backgrounds for mugging" the various criminals whose pictures be- sides their records, will be kept by the sheriff.
 w. S. Brannon, head of the city Ser t.llon office, with whom Mir. Bivins has worked, assisted the new county officer rl starting the system and W. C. Wilson, local photographer. gave instructions in the opera tion of the camera to be used in the work
 The camera for this work is a very powerful instrument and capable of re- producing every facial mark of the man who sits in front of it.
 The new Bertillon system is expected to add greatly to the wor,S of the sher- ifs department in keeping a minute record of every criminal that is brought to the county jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
REALTORS DISCUSS k CLASSIFIED ADS AT
 WEEKLY MEETING
John c. Henley Speaks on Various Forms of Advertising, Advo- eating Display Form

A short but snappy meeting of the Birmingham Real Estate Exchange was |eld at the Southern Club yesterday aft |rnoon Various forms of advertising |-ere discussed by John c. Henley, Jr., Ind members of the Exchange.
 Display and direct forms of advertis- hg were advocated by MT. Henley in reference to the use of classified ad- |ertising. He also advocated more ad- Iertising for real estate men and said hat in his opinion their business war bnted a large advertising programme The classified page as an advertising hedium was strongly defended by sev- ral members of the exchange and H. L. farrish5 MT. Parrish told Of the begin inc of the classified advertising and aid in his opinion it was much prefer |hle for real estate advertising than the |isplay. ssWhen you run big display ad in the |undav paper and sit around listening
 br the telephone call of your client hondav morning and the phone doesn | Inc and you run a small classified ad. Iuesday and receive numerous answers
 if during the day you are pretty sure
 become convinced that the classified a( ia the most effective in advertising keaI estate" Jerome Tucker told mem
 ars If the exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
FUND FOR SUNDAY
 SCHOOLS GROWING
Encouraging Reports Received From Canvassers at Luncheon of
 Workers Yesterday

At the close of the second day of the Birmingham Sunday School Association campaign yesterday, the total of sub scriptions to the $3o,0oo fund needed for the next two years budget had been ma tcrially increased, but renewed effort will be necessary during the remainder or the campaign. it was declared.
 Encouraging reports were receiyed however. at the monday luncheon held at the Hillman. where the canvassers gath cred to compare notes. Interesting talks were made, and it was reported that great public interest is being manifested in the work of the association. Camp Win nataska. on which $7,0o0 is to be spent is one of the most popular items Of the budget.
 w, II. Stockham, president of the as- socfation. emphasized the importance Of tbe organization's activities. Dr. J. M Proady gave an nspirational talk. saying that the Sunday school was second to no institution in the making of democracy, and that it was the very foundation on which all movements for good are founed.
 The canvass will be continued through tomorrow, and owing to Hines of some of the workers, may not be completed until next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
Journeyn1en Plumbers
 Ask Reconsideration Of
 Repeal Of Section Ten
Commissioner Burruss Opposed to Reconsideration of Measure and States It Has Nothing to Do With Scale of Wages Paid Plumbers, But Is Aimed to Pre-
 vent Combination to Destroy Competition

A. Barrett president of the board of commissioners, turned to Commissioner Burruss. under whose department the matter comes. and asked him for an expression of opinion from the city's and the citizens standpoine.
 In part Mir Burruss said;
 q recommended the repeal of Sec tion 10 of the ordinance concerning plumbing, and which repeal has been made, because it had become the con viction of many citizens. as well as my self that this examination tended to foster grinding monopoly on plumbing in Birmingham. It is matter of uni Nersal notoriety, and has been for many years, that this business charges exorbitant prices for it's work, There is a combination, in the belief of the people of Birmingham, in this ely that has destroyed competition and not only kept prices high, but has been forcing them higher and higher, until today they have reached intolerable heights" !"
 At this point of MT. Burruss re- marks the journeymen plumbers dis claimed any connection with the so- called plumbers trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
ART LEAGUE OFFERS
 "CIVIC ART" LECTURE
Interesting Programme Arranged
 For Meeting Tonight at the Tutwiler Hotel

The Alabama Art League will hold a meeting tonight in the ballroom of the Tutwiler hotel at 8 o'clock, for which an interesting programme and business meeting has been arranged
 pr. J. H. Phillips will be one of the speakers of the evening and d most un- usual lecture has been arranged by D. O. Whildin on Civic Art" Dr. N. R. Baker will talk on the value of an art organizatio for Jefferson county in the Birmingham district. Hugh Martin will act as president and after the pro- gramme there will be a business meet ing for the purpose of the adoption of a constitution.
 The Art League is new organiza- tion but Miss Margaret McAdory. who is secretary, believes that its utility will cause it to grow and prosper.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
GOAL PRODUCTION OFF 4O,OO0 TONS By-PrOduct Ovens at BOyles Are About Ready for
 Operation

Influenza and car shortage together caused a decrease in coal production in the Birmingham district last week Of about 10000 tons under the previous week, according to reports made to the Alabama Coal Operators Association. The output for the week ended Febru- ary fl was S2o.so5 tons, compared to about S6o,0o0 tons the preceding week. The car situation is getting worse, the operators report, and railroad men say there is no immediate prospect of improvement. The railroads haven't the cars nor the motive power to move them if they had them.
 No new cars have been bought by the roads in a year or more and until the private owners get control and as certain their financial condition none will be ordered Even after orders for cars are placed it will be many months before deliveries can be made, it is stated.
 At some of the mines in the Bir- mingham district, the operators report, as high 30 per cent of their em ployes are out of service on account Of influenza. and as some of the men recover and return to work others are taken down with the disease.
 Normal production is not expected for some time. is the view of a mum Der of operators. and some of them even predict still lower production for a few weeks. The output for the present week may not exceed 900 900 tons. whereas the requirements of the dis trict and of the zone usually supplied by Birmingham are something like 100000 tons week
 The by-product ovens of the Bir- mingham Coke and By-Products Com pany near Boyles will be ready to go in operation probably next week President Morris aV. Bush of the com pany stated that everything is about ready for work to begin. This com pany has already contracte for tho disposal of large amount of the gas made at the ovens to the rivet com pany and other industries in that vicinity, and arrangements have been made for the disposal of the other by products.
 Work on the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company's by-product ovens at North Birmingham is progressing satisfactorily and they will probably be ready to go in operation by the first of April. Delays in the delivery of materials retarded construction work at this plant which officials of the company expected to have completed by last November.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20

In fact, the depar tment is getting relatively small number of reports The reason for this, it is believed, is that the doctors of the city are now too busy to bother with making reports.
 There has been a moderate increase in the number of deaths reported, which also indicates to the city health author ities a wider prevalence of the malady than the reports received would show.
 Calls for nurses have been made from day to day, but of late in most in stances, the department has been able to put the callers in touch with nurses
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
HORACE CHISOLM TRIAL POSTPONED

rhe case of Horace Chisolm. a
 o at one time condemned to hang br robbery, and whose case was re- sersed by the supreme court, was AIled again yesterday, hut continued The action was taken on the motion
 the solicitor who informed the court bat the state had applied to the SUI %eme court for rehearing in the bse Until decree is rendered by the krher court the case will remain Iending.
 The case should it not have been ssed by the state for the above +sason would have gone over for the bsence of Mrs. Lois Brus. the main fitness for the state, and one of the ttorneys in the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
.,ANE TO ADDRESS
 FATHERS AND SONS

IT. Charles Lane, southern humorist Ind lecturer, will be the princlpal beaker tonight at 7.so o'clock at the ] nouet to be given at the Southern kuh it was announced by the Birming-
 M C. A.. under whose auspices rane is appearing in the city. The banouet tonight is being held in Lonnection with Father and son keek." and the speaker will address l I,a gathering of fathers and sons on I,hiect appropriate of the occasion. EDr Lane will remain over in Birming- ], r, through the weekend, and will ad- Irass the gathering Sunday afternoon
 inc strand theatre at o'clock at the seular Sunday afternoon services TOT on conducted by the Young Mems
 IriStian Association.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
Free Instructions to
 Auto Truck Owners

Free1nstruction for auto truck drlV- CTS will be given under the ausplces or the Ffrestone- Ship -by-Truck Bureau recently established here. Kelly t. Spencer, manager of the local bureau stated yesterday that his company would open a free night school next week at which experts representing the varnous truck companies will ex- plain the care, maintenance and opera tion of trucks.
 All drivers of auto trucks in BIT mingham and Jefferson cowrry will be invited to attend these night schools and the truck owners, also, will be welcomed to them.
 As there will be no charge whatever for these instructions MT. Spencer ex- poets every truck driver and every truck owner in the city and the county to take advantage of the offer to learn all about trucks and their care. main tenance and operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
BIBLE LECTURES AT
 HIGHLANDS CHURCH

This morning at Highlands Methodist Church Miss Augie Manning Taylor will speak on "The Condition of the world at the Time of Christ"
 The series of 10 Bible lessons under the general topic Gods plan for the Ages, was begun by Miss Taylor last Tuesday morning and will be continued at II O clock each morning through next Fri day.
 The lessons are given in the auditorium of the church when people of all denoni- nations gather for the benefit of the spiritual truths so clearly presented by this consecrated teacher. The subjec' tomorrow morning will be The Mission of Christ"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
SPENCER GIVEN
 LIFE SENTENCE
Negro, Fugitive for Ten Years, Con yicted of Murder of Capt. Byrd
 Young In 1910

Fred Spencer. negro. was found guilty of the murder or capt bsru Young yesterday morning and sentenced to life term in the penitentiary.
 The case had been given to the jury in Judge Dan A. Greenes division Of the civil court early Wednesday afternoon
 The crime for which Spencer was con- victed was committed in April, 1910, near Dolonite. Spencer at the time was in Hiding after having wounded negro woman in that vicinity. Captain Young. deputy sheriff, was riding on road near Dolomite and Spencer. seeing the deputy approaching. is alleged to have shot and killed him.
 Following the shooting the negro was a. large until captured about month ago by officers of the Philadelphia police department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
DESTROY COMBINATION

Continuing, Mir. Burruss said: Then. if you have no connection with t>@ trust, it is your duty to help the peo- pie of this city to destroy that trust and combination, and in doing this you will be rendering your town and it's people a great service and at the same time pave the way to place the plumbing business on a better and more legitimate basis.
 Not only harassed citizens, but many plumbers have called my atten- tion. from time to time. to this mo- nopoly.
 'The city has never interfered with the wages the journeymen plumbers have made, therefore you should not attempt to interfere with the city in its effort to cure this evil. And it is up to you men who work at the trade to cooperate to that end.
 Section 10 stands repealed, and if I have any influence, it will stay re- pealed. I believe the other members of the commission and the citizens are with me in this attitude"
 The plea of the journeymen plumbers will come before the commission later at a regular meeting for official con sideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20

or persons who can do the required work in an influenza case.
 Dr. Bowling says that from the number of deaths listed and the calls for nurses that he would not be surprised if there were not from 2.000 to 5000 cases of flu" in Bir-
 minsham right now.
 Dr. Bowling repeats his former warn ing:
 Keep out of crowds and crowded places Have plenty of fresh air and ventilation. Keep comfortably clothed and avoid exposure to wet and cold weather. Eat plenty of wholesome food"
 These, he says, are among the best preYentiNes that can be utilized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
COMPLIED WITH LAW

While l. also have a letter from the executive officer, of the state se- curities commission setting forth cer- tain particular requirements of the commission to be complied with be- fore a permit to sell or offer for sale in Alabama units of participation in my proposed syndicate in any amount less than one twenty-fifth of the whole to any one person, which requirements would ordinarily. in due course. have been fully complied with. I wished in my advertisements to bring my pro- posed syndicate plan of operations to the attention of several of my friends with view to eniisting their interest. at least to the extent of securing their acceptance of my invitation extended them in person to be my guests on a and particularly to the Kemp Munger Allen field. and with a further view of possibly interesting them sufficiently to form a syndicate among themselves under my proposed syndicate plans or some other and which they fully un- derstood
 This trip was to be made. if possi- ble. at the same time when the execu- tive officer of the securities commis- sion could make the trip required of him under the ruling of the commission for the purpose of confirming my state. ments regarding this field. my Interests in some valuable lease holdings in tha. field, also plans of proposed syndicate operations, thus saving considerable expenses necessary and incident to the trip of the executive officer of the securities commission, and particularly expediting his investigations and to save time for my friends and myself which is most valuable in a rapidly developing oil field"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
TRIAL OF CURRY
 PASSED YESTERDAY

The case of Cliff Curry. charged with murder, was passed yesterday owing to the illness of Roderick Beddow, at torney for the defendant.
 Curry is charged with the murder of Dewitt Flecher, negro chauffeur. on the Jasper road during last summer. and already has had three trials, one resulting in a conviction and the other two being mistrials
 The case was called yesterday in Judge William F. Forts division of the criminal court
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
MAJ. TEBBETTs' STATEMENT

My only purpose in writing the ar ticle on The Great oil Industry of Texas" was to explain or illuminate at least to some extent the subject of oil operations and developments in general and about which there is so much in- terest at present" stated Major Teb- betts. My advertisements were but a means of bringing to the attention of several of my perosnal friends in Birmingham a plan of operations which formulated for the development of some valuable lease holdings which I control in the new Kemp Munger Allen oil field, Wichita county, Texag
 Neither the article nor my advertise ments referred to were ever intended to be in any manner, shape or form an offer for sale of Speculative securities. or any securities of whatever kind or character in any way in conflict with the act of the last state legislature called the blue sky laws. I am not offering nor have I any such securi- ties of any kind or description for sale and even if I had offered for sale or sold units of participation in my proposed syndicates, it was clearly stated to me in person by the mem bers of the state securities commits sion, at recent session of the com mission in Montgomery, also by the executive officer of the commission personally, that under Section ?. sub division ', of the act such offer or sale of interests in leases as contemplated in my syndicate plans. in amounts in excess of one twenty fifth of the whole, to any one person would not
 be a violation of the act and is clear ly and particularly excepted under that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
HELD FORMER POSITIONS

MT. Bum is secretary treasurer of the Birmingham Traffic Bureau and MT. Cobb is manager of the traffic bu- reau of the Mobile Chamber of Com merce. They did not re1inquish these positions while serving on the district freight committee. MT Bum and MT. Pearson are the only members who have been with the district committee continuously since it was created nine- teen month ago.
 The Birmingham operating commit tee, of which Col. H. F. Hutchens is chairman, will wind up it's business early next week, and Colonel Hutchens expects to return to Washington the last of the week, where he will resume his position as special agent of the Southern Railway. The order discon- tinuing the various offices, issued by Regional Director E. L. Wincheli, is as follows:
 "Effective March 1. 1920, by order of the director general of railroads the following offices will be discontinued and all officers and employees thereof will be released from service of the United States railroad administration Regional director, federal managers, general managers (federaD, general superintendents (federaD, terminal managers (federaI, southern freight service bureau, local operating com mittees, southern export committee, car efficiency committees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
CYRENE cOM,t%NDERy

The Sir kuights are requested to speer at she Masonic Temple Friday, 2;f5 D. m.. for th. purpose of conduct- ing the funeral service of sir Knight Thomas H. Dfsfker. The services will be held at the temple.
 J. DIDDLE. mmander.