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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
RED CROSS EXTENDS HELPING HAND TO
 MANY FAMILIES

Comparison of the monthly report of the Jefferson County Red Cross for July with the report for the same month in 1919 shows that the work of the Red Cross has grown since that time.
 The report just compiled shows that during the month the Red Cross dealt with 3,754 families. In 1919, 2,26S fam flies were called to the attention of the chapter. In July, 1920. 2.611 of the families were given direct relief. In 1919, 1,237 were rendered some form of service.
 Families that were given money re- lief this month amounted to "A. Red Cross nurses made 200 visits. In the office in the Jefferson County Bank building, 1,05S letters were written, 5S telegrams were sent and 172 new cases entered. During the month, 2,039 peo- pie visited the office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
DEPUTIES DESTROY
 TWO LARGE STILLS

Two large copper stills were destroyed and 140o0 gallons of mash was poured out by Fred McDuf. chief deputy, and Deputies White, Burge and Woody Standifer yesterday afternoon near Lock r. Both stills had capacity of seventy five gallons each and were equipped with steam boilers and steam gages.
 They were located about two miles miles apart. One was under an over hanging rock in a cave near big spring. There was coal shaft near, according to the officers, and the opera tors could dig their own coal to fire the boilers. No liquor was found near the stills and no arrests were made, as they were not in operation at the time of the raid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
PULLMAN CARS ARE
 DAMAGED BY FIRE

Downtown fire stations did n record summer business yesterday and eleven alarms In different parts of the city were answered during the day.
 Two Pullman cars on the Iouis- vile and Nashville railroad tracks nt Powell avenue and South Eigh- teenth street caught fire about 1 o'clock. yesterday afternoon, and 1t is estimated that about $500 dam age wAs done before the fire could be extinguished.
 Bremen had to lay hose for nearly two blocks to he nbIe to reach the fire, and the fire had Enined considerable headway be- fore the alarm was turned In. The Pullman. ears hnd just been brought into the yards md 1t is believed that one of the pas- sengers had left burning cig- arette in one of the berths.
 Later in the afternoon another alarm was answered mt Fifth ave- nue and North Fifth street. Chief Akin stated that it looked as If the whole of thnt part Of the country was on fire when he ar- rived on the scene, hut 1t turned out to he only n wOOdshed filled with sawdust md shavings. It was owned by the Birmingham Rail- way, Light and Power Company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

fected of operators by this so-called strike running as do the mines in which l am interested upon a normal scale today, and insistently rejecting overtures made upon me for a recog- hilton of the miners union, l cannot decline to give answer to the question propounded me, because my observation T is based upon many years experience as a mine operator and careful study of the relations existing between miners and operators in this district for nearly forty years.
 .'In the strike of 19O0, which wss
 jed by MT. Fairly, he never went so
 far as to advise or permit a vio-
 lntion of contract between miner
 and operator. That. too, was n gem
 erni strike. In the present partial
 strike the paid ngitators feastinG
 upon the misled men. require m nb-
 solute abrogntion of all agree
 ments nnd contracts and lead the
 men through the false Idea that
 individual contracts are in no wise
 binding.
 The whole thing is repetition of that spirit of disorder which existed in the south following the Civil war baggers from the north and scalawags in the south. feeding upon the ignorance and prejudices of men who gain their bread by the sweat of the brow. The social equality idea too Is not without evidence in this indus trial disturbance. Ignorant negroes ara given high office in the striking or ganization, with instructions as to ths by white men on the floor, at their secret meetings, most dangerous precedent in any deliberative body, but a bid for adherence to an unjust cause
 T must not forget to say, too, that certain laboR agents, in this district have been overly active in inducing negro labor to leave this district in this season of agitation. The furnish ing of transportation by the operators of the central competitive field Gin many cases with Pullman cars), would that there is collision between the labor agents, whom we have here tofore employed, the agitators and the operators north of us to inspire unrest here and to draw from this district and other sections of the south many thousa nds of valuable laborers, who, if let alone. would yield abundantly for themselves and their employers, in this their native heath.
 Tt is for the officers of the law to execute their functions, for the coal operators of Alabama to stand square ly upon their rights and for the intelli- gent public to study and reasonably consider the condition which confront them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
INTERESTS ID PUT S3,OO0,0OO
 AT WORK IN CITY
Bush and Hammond Secure Southern Plant of Huge Corporation for Bir-
 mingham

Dirt will be broken at an early date on the site of the LOGO, ,000-barrel Portlan n d cement plant of the Lehigh Portland Cement Company at Tarrant City on the northeast ern outskirts of Birmingham.
 The tract secured by the Lehigh Company through Morris Bush, Horace Hammond and their associates con nected with the Alabama By-products hood of 400 acres. The desposits of limestone and dolomite are inex- haustible
 The Birmingham location was
 chosen largely on account of its ad-
 vnntages from Q distribution stand
 point. The difficulty in securing
 adequate ransportat ton is regarded
 the principal industrial problem
 during the next five years. This
 problem is least acute at terminals
 like Birmingham and in a place sn
 well situated for distribution as is
 
 eastern and export business.
 The Lehigh Company is the largest cement producer in the United States Its mills are scattered from Pennsyl- vania to Spokane, the present southern most mill being in Virginia. There are fifteen of these mills on the active list and another building. Birmingham plant will be the seventeenth.
 The Birmingham plant will cost Tn the neighborhood of s3,000,000. Being in a continuously expanding situation. the Lehigh Company has orders already placed for machinery and the ike which will be applied to the Birming- ham works.
 The 1000, ,o00- barrel capacity Is that of the initial until of the local plant, It is intended to add other units from time to time.
 One reason for locating at Tar
 rant City is the fuel gas supply of
 the Alabama By-products Company
 in juxtaposition with the raw ma-
 teriaIs. Another is the vicinage of
 the transmission lines of the As
 bama Power Company. The Louis-
 ville and Nashville railroad (Bir-
 mingham MineraD runs through
 the property.
 F. c. Fiske, representing the presi-  Birmingham, having come here to close details of the deal with Messrs Bush and Hammond.
 The coming of the largest cement producer in the United states to Bir- mingham is regarded as just such an- other recognition of it's strategical po- sition with reference to the cement in dustry as the coming of the United States Steel Corporation was recogni- ton of the districts strategic position with regard to iron and steel.
 Messrs. Bush and Hammond have To- cated a cluster of plants at Tarrant City and fostered others. Among them are those of the Alabama By-products Company, the National Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company, Vulcan Rivert Works, Cadenhead Auto Rim Works and now the Lehigh Portland Cement plant The total capital inc vested in these plants will have been more than $7,000,00o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
CENSUS FIGURES TO
 REACH 18O,O00 MARK

Between 3,o00 and 400 names of per sons omitted from the Birmingham census returns will DC sent into the census bureau at Washington some time this week About 6b1 other names were turned into the joint committee of the city commission, Civic Association and the Civitan Club yesterday afternoon.
 These names were gathered from the territory already covered by the school enumerators when the check of the federal census begun. The Joint committee will begin Monday to classify these names according to the census zones into which Birmingham was divided.
 As soon as properly classified, they will be sent into the census bureau. The director of the census has already given assurance that all names found to have been omitted from the federal count will promptly be added to the figures an- nounced some time ago.
 Commissioner John R. Hornady is sat isfed that sufficient hona s'de o-.'~sio~s from the census will be found to in- crease Birmingham's population to the 900 mark. If we can do this. says Mfr. Hornady. i've will feel that our efforts have been repaid"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
YOUTH SENTENCED
 TO PENITENTIARY

Hugh Braswell. 19 years of age, plead ed guilty to the charge of burglary and grand larceny yesterday and was sen tenced to from two to five years in the penitentiary by Judge Horace Wilkin- son. The boy is alleged to have entered store at Blossburg, together with sew eral other boys, and to have stolen . large quantity of clothing. John Ligon, a negro. pleaded guilty to the charge of grand larceny and was sentenced to from two to five years in the peniten- tiary. He was charged with stealing q horse and buggy. Both were indicted by the grand jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
 65 MEN ACCEPTED FOR ARMY SERVICE

Col William R. Sample, inspector of the southeastern recruiting district of the army, was a visitor in Birmingham yesterday. The colonel was on trip of inspection over the district.
 During the week sixty-fve men enlist ed in the army in Alabama. This mum Der has seldom been surpassed until re- gently, when the army recruiting In the district has become very active.
 Those who enlisted and were sent off yesterday were:
 Bryan Sullivan, Florence; M. l.. Chesh- ire Dothan; Ody J. .Gatlin, Decatur Henry c. Holland. Dothan Robert D. Evens, Montgomery; John E. Thomas, Dothan, and Jarius F.. Wilson Birmng- ham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
Community Sing at
 West End Tabernacle
ID. U. Williams to Direct Singing.
 Popular Programme Arranged

The regular Sunday sing will be held at the West End Tabernacle this after noon at o'clock, with D. U. Williams directing the songs The sings in that section of the city are growing In in- terest each week, and the people are supporting them heartily. Over 300 peo- pie attended the sing last Sunday, which was pronounced a grand success.
 Among the special features at last Sun days affair was a vocal solo by Mrs. s. A. Townsend, which was well re- ceived; also the rendition of the we'll known negro spiritual. Swing Low. Sweet Chariot" by the audience. The audience at first was a little slow In getting into the swing of this old negro melody, but after few attempts the large crowd entered into it with enthu- siasm and 1t could be heard for several blocks around the tabernacle.
 The sings at West End are becoming very popular with the people. having a; ideal place to meet. The seating ca pacity of the tabernacle is 1,5o0 and is well ventilated.
 feature of this afternoons sing will be a selection by the West End Meth. odist Church quartet The sing will be- gin promptly at o'clock and will las! one hour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
BUSINESS BLOCKS REPLACE HOUSES
 ON FIFTH AVENUE
Many Business Houses Un- der Construction and Others Contemplated.
 Landmarks Going
Statement June 3oth.
 RESOURCES

Giving assurance to the future of Fifth avenue as a business street, Mcconnell, Arglin & White Real Estate Company is planning a series. of stores on that ave- nue from Twenty-third to Nineteenth streets, and many landmarks are to dis appear.
 The first of these buildings is now under construction on the southwest cor ner of Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street. This lot, which extends 100 by 100, will be occupied by a large one-story brick building containing room for eight stores. Work or this building is being rushed and is expected to be completed by the first of October.
 The second of these buildings is also under construction. This will be a large, modern steam-heated garage on the northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty-second street. This building when completed will be the most up-to- date garage in the city. It will be oc- cupied by the P. r. Whitman Taxi Com pany
 The third building has not yet been Started. It will be located on the south east corner of Fifth avenue and Twenty second street. The contemplated build ing will be a one-story structure and win be occupied by the Gilchrist-Tarrant Drug Company.
 On the northwest corner of Fifth ave- nue and Twenty-third street there will be erected a large building similar to the one on Fifth avenue and Nineteenth street. It will be occupied by several stores.
 Plans for the fifth building have not yet been given out, but it is understood that it will be the largest of the five and will be built for a large corporatoin. Details will be announced later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
ARE POST DATED
 COUNTY WARRANTS WITHIN THE LAW?
Question of Exceeding Le- gal Rate of Interest Is Raised By Attorneys.
 Law Is Cited

Is the Jefferson county board of revenue violating the stat utes of Alabama in issuing post-dated county warrants bearing eight per cent interest? :? This question is being asked by a number of prominent attorneys and business men. It is pointed out that the legal rate of interest in Alabama is per cent per annum and rate higher than this is usurious and can not be enforced either at law or in equity except as to the principal
 In the opinion of several prominent attorneys the courts look to the sub stance rather than the form to deter mine whether or not contract is usurious.
 According to these lawyers, the
 board of revenue has the right to
 issue warrants and pay per cent
 interest. However. they state that
 if the warrants are post-dnted then
 the rate of interest is in excess of
 that allowed by law.
 For instance, one man said if the warrants were issued on July l and post dated six months. then the inter est collected will be twice as much as the man is entitled to collect.
 Section 4619 of the code of Alabama regarding the rate of interest to be charged is as follows: Rate of inte- money, goods or things in action is Ss upon $100 for one year; and at that rate for greater or less sum or for longer or shorter time"
 Section 1923 of the code is as fol- lows: All contracts for the payment of interest upon the loan or forbear- ance of goods. money. things in action or upon any contract whatever at a higher rate than is prescribed in this chapter, are usurious and cannot be en- forced either at law or in equity, ex- cept as to the principal Nor shall the borrower of money at usurious rate of interest ever in any case in law or equity be required to pay more than the principal sum borrowed, and if any interest has been paid the same must be deducted from the principal and judgment rendered for the balance only
 Motion to issue post-dated warrants bearing per cent interest was passed by the board of revenue at meeting Thursday morning, This action was taken as the only means whereby the road work of the county now under construction could be completed.
 The county bond situation was brought about by the failure of the county to dispose of $1,50o,O00 worth of road bonds. These bonds were already contracted for, but the point of whu should sign them, the president of the board of revenue and treasurer, or the probate judge and county treasurer was raised by the proposed purchasers. While this matter was pending in court the bottom dropped out of the bond market and the brokers declared they were unable to sell the bonds at par required by law.
 The issuance of warrants is the only way in which the road work can be completed, according to members of the board In their opinion. 1t is better to pay an increase of 3 per cent in- terest over the 5 per cent allowed by the state and continue the work rather than discontinue it and lose approxi- mateIy $500, 900
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
RETAIL MERCHANTS WELL REPRESENTED
 AT BIG CONVENTION

Retail merchants of Birmin gham will have several representatives in at tendance at the convention of the Re- tail Credit Mems National Association, which will meet in Detroit tomorrow.
 Members of the Birmingham delega- ton who left the city last night at 8 o'clock are w. V. Trammell. one of the sixteen directors of the national asso- citation. and secretary-treasurer of the Birmingham Merchants Credit Asso- ciation: W. E. Cooper, credit manager of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, and Leo Karpeles, of the Burger Dry Goods Company.
 On the return trip Mir. Thammell will visit a number of the largest cities in the east In order to gain new ideas of how the credit associations of those cities are conducted as well as busi- ness conditions in general.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
BODIES OF SOLDIER BOYS ARRIVE TODAY

Two bodies of soldier boys who died in France during the world war will be received In Birming- ham today.
 This announcement was made by officials of the Johns Undertaking Company, who are in receipt of telegram from government off cials stating that the relatives of the two soldiers live in Birmine- ham.
 The bodies thnt will arrive in the city today are Privates Ern- est Holden and Ivy W. Smith. Members of the Johns Undertaking Company have located step father of Private Smith, Charles F. Hilton. who lives at Boyles. But at late hour last night no information of the whereabouts of the relatives of Private Holden could be found. It is believed that the government officials will for ward additional information and further details at an early date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

In letter to Dr. N A. Barrett yes terday Senator William NJ. Calder, chairman of the committee, stated the committee had not vet decided on the cities to be visited in connection with the housing investigation. He promised to consider Birmingham when the itinerary is beinb mapped out.
 Senator Calder's letter is as follows.
 ''Tbnnk you for your letter of
 July 2S. The committee has not yet
 decided what cities of the coun-
 try will be visited iu connection
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

This compares with I5I,Io2 tons produced in July. 1919, and is an in- crease of more than 10 per cent.
 The June production was 200,0S7 tons. compared with f39. 15o tons in June. 1919. more than 90 per cent increase.
 Apparently, as difficulties of pro- ductiOn count for lower output and banked furnaces in the east they count for greater production and continued activity of Alabama fur naces.
 The iron production for the seven months of the year in Alabnma has been 1,423,3O4 tons. compared with I,135,94S tons in the same period
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
AUTO RIM PLANT IS
 NEAR COMPLETION

Just across the way from the plant of the National Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Company in Tarrant City the plant of the Cadenhead Automobile Rim Com pany is in process of erection
 This plant will manufacture a special rim for automobile wheels. The build ings have reached point of near com pletion and the machinery is next to be installed.
 The plant is in close proximity to other industries that are clustering around the plant of the Alabama Bly, Products Company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

with the housing inyestigatiOn. hut
 we appreciate your invitation and
 you may he assured it will he
 given consideration when prepar-
 ing our itinerary"
 The committee is composed of the following senators: William M. Calder New York chairman; William g. KeE- yon, Iowa; Walter F. Edge, New Jer- sey; Jesse O. Wolcott. Delaware, and Edward J. Gay, Louisiana.
 The invitation to visit Birmingham was extended by the City Commission about ten days ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
Walter Moore Giues Real Cause of Disturbance in
 Alabama Coal Industry
Says Paid Agators, With Their False Teachings, Are Trying to Stir Unrest and Insist That the Miners Shall Abrogate All Previous Agreements
 Urges Public to Study Question

50 many people have asked me, as a coal operator, why this disturbance in the coal industry of this district; whats the matter?' Is the upermost question" said Walter Moore. promi- nent coal operator
 The question is very natural one in this city and section which recog nizes the coal industry as the basis of our community wealth-the sine qua non in the mercantile. manufacturing and general business interests of Bir- mingham. and the interest manifested is not at all unnatural.
 'It requires no deep philosophy,
 no special mathematical genius to
 solve the problem. In fact, 1t is
 unworthy to be called a problem
 It Is alI the result of unrest caused
 by paid agitators at home and
 abroad, by emissaries, better known
 as carpet-bagEers, sent from fields
 north of us. and by scaIawags at
 home, who feed upon the ignorance of some of the white and negro
 miners and awaken prejudice of
 some foreigners who have come
 among us with . tendency toward
 socialism, nnarchism nnd boIshev-
 ism, and are looking around for
 some basis of complaint and dfs-
 order.
 Naturally the negro miner of the south is subservient to the general conditions of the south, but many of them are susceptible to the charms of social equality inculcated in their minds by false teachers from the north and from foreign lands. Left alone. the negro miner would prove a most valu- able asset to himself, as well as to the industrial south.
 Much has been said of insstency of contracts between the miners and the companies, and much more can be said of violation of every contract entered into by the men and the com between operators and miners that Is demanded, but contract between op- orators and paid agitators at home and from abroad, who seek to enslave the Alabama miner to pay tribute to this disturbing element for their misguid- ance, a demand which will never be ac- ceded by any thoughtful operator in this district who recognizes his own rights and the best interests of the business community.
 While l may be among the least af-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08

of 1919, m increase of more than a per cent. The years production k headed tO n minimum of 2.5O0,- O0O tons.
 Production by months in the seven months of 1920 and 1919 was ns follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
July's Iron Output
 Sn1ashes the Record
Despite Car Shortage, Brmingham's Great Industry Surges Forward With 218227 Tons-lndicated
 Record for Year Is 2,500,OOO

The Alabama industry mastered the shortage stua- ton in July by producing 28227 tons of pig ron the largest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-08
Senatorial Committee Is
 to Consider Birmingham

Birmnghams request for investigation of housing and business conditions here will be careful consd eraton by the special senatorial committee reconstruction
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-11
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR sALE-Modern room house
new paper and paint-Phone 53S-W
or call at 4O5 Lewis st.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-11
MAN PLEADS GUILTY;
JUDGE ATTACKS PAY
CBy Associated Press)

CHICAGO. May iI--Judge Kenesaw
Mountain I5antiis attacked salaries
paid by the Chicago federal reserve
Friday when Homer b. Whitehead,
manager of publicity and in charge Of
the banks mailing department, APP
peared in court to plead guilty to
padding his departmental payrolls.
Whitehead told the court he recelv-
ed $50 a week.
That's an outrage" Judge Landis
declared. Here Is a man, manager of
a department that has more than 60
men in It. The salary Is a disgrace
1 want the cashier Of the bank brought
into this court to explain why this man
il not better paid"
Sterling B. Kramer, cashier Of the
bank, was summoned. In response to
questioning BY the judge. Mr.. Kramer
said his salary was $4,000 year and
that OF the governor OF the bank ss5.-
600.
Judge Lands deferred sentence on
Whitehead until May Is.