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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28

Expectation is that it will be paid before that time. A substantial sum tas been deposited as part payment and to bind the bargain. There is ah- solutely no doubt in the minds of any one familiar with the purchasers that the deal win not be fully consum mated
 J. L. Yancey, head of the J. l.. fancey Real Estate and Insura nee Company. who conducted this deal, the largest real estate transaction, by the way. ever put, over in Birmingham, mad this to say yesterday about the purchasers and their plans:
 The deal will he carried to con-
 summation on or before January I.
 II will probably be prior to that
 date. There is no doubt that 1t
 will be cOnsummnted. We made
 thorough investigation of the abii-
 ity of the finnnciers who have con
 trncted to buy the property and are
 more than satisfied with their nbil-
 ity to swing this and much larger
 deals.
 "The sale of the Jefferson County Bank building means much to Birming ham, not only because the depositors and creditors of the bank will receive their money and on account of the stockholders, but also because the plans of the purchasers contemplate an institution that will be of bene- fit to this section and to the entire south.
 NEXT TO T. C. I. DEAL
 Tn fact and with cold blood I will say that the transaction is fraught with more significan to Birmingham than anything that has transpired since the United States Steel Corporation took over the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.
 "The purchasers are among the most prominent financiers in Newark and New York city. We were many months in coming to terms, but in the round up we have succeeded in obtaining price far above that which has sev- eral times been offered for the prop erty. The price obtained is well nigh on a parity with the cost of the build ing.
 "As chairman of the stockholders committee of the Jefferson County Bank feel that all interests havs been well cared for and that the in. stitution which this deal will bring to Birmingham is going to have q far reaching effect for good"
 Those who know C. A. Seaman, wno owns controlling interest in tte Realty Improvement Company of New York say he is in intimate touch with some of, the largest and most con- servative financial interests in the east He has qualified as q real estate and mortgage expert in a large way
 The general purpose of the in-
 stttutiOn to be founded In Bir-
 rninghnm K to bring the big money
 or the east closer to the man in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28
CANCEL BURGLARY
 |NSURANCE-POL|CE
 PROTECTION WEAK
Companies Raising Rates or Refusing to Issue Such Pol
 icies-Say They Have Been Losing Money

Alleging inadequate police protection in Birmingham, sev- eral insurance companies have cancelled residence policies covering burglary losses.
 Other companies who are continuing to handle this class of insurance here are raising the rate. notifying the in7 sured to this effect during the past few days.
 In a recent letter to a householder of the Birmingham district from the local representative of Baltimore insurance company, there was the fol- lowing paragraph:
 It is necessary for us to advise
 you that all companies have found
 it necessary to increase the rate
 on this insurance. You. no doubt,
 have been noticing in the daily
 papers the hundreds of burglarfer
 that have been reported recently
 in this city, and with our totally
 inadequate police protection. the
 condition is bound to continue. All
 companies have lost heavily here.
 and some have withdrawn entirely
 from writing this business"
 In several instances during the past months stores and residences have been entered by marauders on more than one occasion for the same build ing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28
RObT. W. KING DIES
 FROM INJURIES Funeral Services of Victim of Automobile Accident
 Tomorrow

Every police officer in the city is on the lookout this morning for the two unidentified men and two young women who were in the stolen car which col lded with an automobile driven by Rob- ert M. King of Hanover Circle who re- celVed fatal injuries as the result of the accident and died at the St Vincents S hospital less than an hour later.
 The collision occurred at Avenue G and South Twenty-second street, about 9;3O o'clock yesterday morning. The car with the two men and two young women in it crashed into the automo- bile which MT. King was driving just as he was turning the curve at the corner of Twenty-second street. His car was pushed over to the side of the street and turned over, pinning him down between the steering wheel and the ground.
 The occupants of the stolen car made their escape immediately following the collision and no trace of them has been found as yet.
 T. w. Weller, president of Weller & Co.. iron and steel dealers, was slightly injured; H. s. Sibley, local agent for the Equitable Life Insurance Company and Merlin c. Herzfeld, manager of the ladies' furnishing department of Love- man, Joseph & Loeb, were all in the car, but received only minor injuries.
 Mir. King was removed from under heath the automobile and carried to the St. Vincent hospital in a private car. He died less than an hour later, while undergoing an operation.
 The deceased is survived by his widow. one son. Robert M. King, IT,. and one daughter. Dorothy King. Flu neral services will be held from the res- idence of Mrs. R. M. Goodall, Glen Iris Park, tomorrow afternoon at 3;3O o'clock. Burial in Elmwood cemetery. Active pallbearers will be as follows: c. B. Woodruff, N. V. Millsap. F.. M. Sousins. Frank M. Means, l.. C. Wilson. c. P. Witte, H. s. Sibley and R. A. Por, ter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28
EVENTS OF TODAY.
 IN BIRMINGHAM
RESOURCES

Community Club lunchenn at l o'clock at Southern Club. Ktwnnis Club luncheon at Tutwfier at o'clock.
 ADJUSTMENTS Lyrfc--Keith vaudeville and pictures. Loew's Bijou-Vaudevile and pie lures.
 Mnjestic-"Stop Thief" strand--Alma Reubens in "HumOr- esque."
 Trianon-~ClOthes." AIcaxnr-sHom FOIks.' RiaIto-Shirley Mason in 'Merely Mary Ann and Harold Lloyd in "High and Dizxy.o
 CoIoniaI-0Tnrzan and the Apes" Princess-sWhirlwind OdeOn-"Elmo the Mighty" ends. ''The Hidden Dagger" begins. East Lake--Bathing and amusemcnts. West Lake-Dancing and bathing. Edgewood Park-Dancing and bath ing.
 MiIes School of Dancing-Dancing from to IF.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28
ALLISON SEEKS BOND
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Filed Be
 fore Judge B0yd-Hearing Friday

Habeas corpus proceedings brought in an attempt to secure bond for J. R. Allison, charged witk murder, will be heard Friday morning at 10 o'clock be- fore Judge Romaine Boyd Allison is alleged to have killed sam Linn at Gin town several weeks ago as the result of a row between striking and non-union miners.
 Since his arrest following the shooting he has been held in the Jefferson county jail without bond. He was indicted by the grand jury last week and habeas corpus proceedings have been instituted in an effort to secure bond for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28
Marriage Licenses

The following marriage licenses were issued yesterday at the office of the probate judge.
 J. w. Hitchcock and Mrs. Jennie L.. Hitchcock.
 L. R. Hoodenpyle and Miss Mae Ssoe- maker.
 R. C. Ellis and Miss Juplie B. Casey. James F. Connor and Mrs. Mattio Jones. Chaney
 Jesse C. Sanders and Miss Lucille Clark G. c. Key and Miss Beatrice Ledbetter. w. J. Vines and Miss Grace Quinn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28
GAR ORDER STICKS; { SERVICE IMPROVES Commerce Commission Wont Make Change, But Service
 Is Reported Better

The Birmingham traffic bureau has received notice from tue inter- state commerce commission that the coal ear preferential order has been eontinued Indefinitely.
 This mens that coal mines will stfll have . prior call on cOal cars.
 Building material men and oth- CTS are not making as vigorous . osstest against this order as they did some time ago for the reason. Il fs understood. that the car situa- tson has greatly improved. They are acting cars sufficient for a fnirly satisfactory movement of products.
 Shipments of finished products from steel rnd iron plants have greatly increased and are going on with much Iucre smOOthness. This was shown by the reduction of stocks of Fig iron on Alabama yards by sO.OOO tons In the month of August.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28
No Taxes Collected From
 Corporations --- Jefferson
 County Faces Stringency
State Board of Adusters Did Not Think Assessments Were Large Enough-Forty-six Great Concerns Not Paying Until Matter Is Setted-Rev-
 enue on $75,OOOOOO Not Available

Jefferson county will short funds during the next twelve months unless the tax of the large ons which have been aside by the board tax
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-28
Yancey Says Jefferson Ban] Deal Marks AdUe1t Of Or Things in Birn1inghan1's 4
With Money of the East-Will Be the Mean Further Financial Development Here as Heae
 quarters of Southern Banking
Ry K. F. JOHNSTON

 The contract for the sale of the Jefferson County Bank ing to the Realty Improvement Company of Newark, N. J. vldes that the balance of the purchase price shall be paid time prior to January l. 1921.
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05
BATTER UP"

Play ball. That something And all that follows it
something those who follow the great American gamea
which will open what appears be
many grounds very shortly
Once the big leagues motion of little to
thing about thousands of between individual
clubs will be their The outlook for bumper Folks
simply searching for amusement And the ball game will pro-
vide lot of
The ball game provides thrill that nothing else will The fell
low who stands the stands where all and hear and
Paste him the ivory Bucky ism crazy Far from
He's talkn like the crap shooter does when he
says Come you little Joe. Baby needs shoes.
The baseball fan his At heart he
the whether he of thousands that hrong the stands
whether he sitting crossegged tailor fashion,
thrdbase line hamlet
usual thrill than that supplied by the postoce
for the mail He is the who Bucky paste
the pill far lands centerhed beaches Brown
pasurng far yon meadow.
With third and two and three batter
and needed baseball provides thrill beyond
hard to conceive me greater.
By the Amecus fans can't get something going here?
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05
MORE BUILDING.

midst of housing that nearly desperate is
encouraging that the of building going not
will be- perhaps several before building
up with demand but the rapid the upward direction
that will occur in 1920 will be of some help at least
The February compilation of projected building operations
the Commercial and Financial Chronicle of New York
ering of the country supplements the
January favorable report The total of intended outlay for building
foos $l2633266 against only $3433O5O3 1919,
228o per gain 9 8 of moreZ75
pec
In Greater New FORK the of building z4
32869l years ago Outside of New York the estimated
provided for under entered totals $685.
056 81 and with only $2620460 1919, and $25,-
100000 in 1918.
In 20 country large all but % exhibit
last year 1t impossible tell how much of the
due of business such factories Office build
ings, theaters
Bringing the subject home of the we look to for
leadership Amerus tell can't budwe can't material
and labor To these there Other
and CAN get labor and material difficult be Where
there real will backed by patriotism there always
Others finding the way.
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05
THE HITCH.

Everything progresses-except politics.
Even ccuses which provebay standardized constantly
develop but the political balyhoo is unchanging
Professional politicians the sameyesterday today and
monowbeore the and after Regardless of party labels
actually of species And the species des all laws of vou
ton and stands sbecause the and object
are always the same-the securing of jobs and power.
True to orm the socaled political leaders, very
treating Americans their quadenna comedythe
party nominations
Competition to be excellent and exciting any
and public sentiment will determine the winner
theoretically.
But actually, the meworn being employed
behind the Which tactics of the manipuation
mall number OF each whose particular job
u surplus candidates the psychological pick
man--'rght for themselves.
one hitch
This hitch the that many people are beginning to real
ze that this great freeforl isn't genuine all lust sor
or sesoW TO catch their attention while the main performance
silently behind the
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05
CHAS. R. CRISP AN ASSET TO
GEORGIA IN CONGRESS.

When a man or an organization
has an asset that cannot be replaced
will he deliberately throw it away
and cast it aside? Were he foolish
enough to do this he could not do it
very often for he would soon face
the wall" He cannot afford to do
it if he were inclined to do so.
Neither can the Third Congression-
al District afford to cast aside the
substantial asset that they have in
Mr.. Crisp as congressional represen-
tative from this district.
A half-page presentation of the
facts in regard to Mr.. Crisp as the
logical man to represent this district
appears in this issue and we would
like to have every voter who may be
interested in his candidacy to read it
thoroughly. This arti ,le is being run
and paid for by his friends here who
are very much interested in his sue
cess.
1t would be very hard to ever sum-
marize the many reasons why Mr..
Crisp is the man for the place in a
half page of this paper and his ac-
complishments and record during the
past few years leave no room for
the critic of his official acts to ad-
vance the slightest possible reason
why he should be replaced.
Mr.. J. Gordon Jones, of Cordele, is
an able, responsible and affable gen
tleman and we could hardly find a
better substitute were we forced to
replace Mr.. Crisp for any plausible
reason, he has right to seek graft
fication of his aspirations but we
cannot afford to make this important
matter a personal matter to be dealt
lightly with.
Mr.. Crisp, after years of hard
work in congress is now in a better
position than ever before to serve his
patronage, and as the editor of the
Constitution affirms, his loss would
be fatal to the entire state.
We cannot afford to lose such
man even if we were inclined to place
the honors of this position on an
others shoulders-Fitzgerald Herald.
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05
WHAT THEY EAT

Seattle is the sweetest city in the United States
Survey of what residents of y large cities in the various sections
OF the undertaken by Department of abor
shows of 223 pounds of person copsed daily
in that city '
San Francans the biggest meat eaters averaging
pounds day. while residents of Atlanta 296 average relish
meat least
ST Paul and Minneapolis the best exponen of vegean
with OF 339 of vegetables every
IN the twin cities With of 927 New Orleans shows least
faith in this dietary creed.
Other cities lag far behind Boston consumption Boston
ans eat Il 80 of sea food day.
There story that istared diamond caused the as
ruin As matter OF fact it was club held by Uncle Sam.
The regular dyedin thewoo conservative will never be ban
while common working is permitted express opinion in
public.
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05
-. WHAT THEY SAY
CURRENT COMMENT
OF The PRESS
Some Things Being Talked and
Thought About
SO NEW HOMES IN DUBLIN.

We are loath 70 close this column
without a few commendatory words
in regard to the recently organized
Dublin Loan and Development
Company in this city. The hous-
ing problem, while somewhat seri-
Gus only a short time ago, is being
solved rather appreciatively, with
more than fifty houses built during
the past few months and more now
contemplated or in progress Of con-
struction. The operations of the
above named concern on the building
and loan association principle, will
tend considerably to solve the prob
lem of providing dwelling places for
citizens as well as would be-citizens
of Dublin and will be quite an in
centive to the "Own Your Own
Home movement. SThere are still a
majority of people who would rath-
er pay towards their own home, than
pay rent every month, with the pros
pect of having it either raised or
having to look elsewhere for a home.
Dublin Courier-Herald.
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05
SUCH IS LIFE

manufacture.-Such is cake in Bon
ner Springs, Kan.
Some day the Gideons, who see to
1t that there's Bible in each hotel
guest room, are going to fix it so that
the man who makes the hotel rates
has one, too.
Women seldom care to spend much
time in the observation of a model
husband.
who remembers" asks Colonel
AL Heron, ''the grand old days when
a fellow who spent five dollars for a
hat was considered something of a
sport?"
A statistician has figured that it
would take tour ounces of spider web
to go around the world. Now what
good could follow stringing such a
gossamer around the globe?
Out in Topeka a Mrs. Monkey at
the zoo has given birth to little
monkey. And the little devil is so
thin that they've named it Georgette.
Even the English sparrow recog-
nizes increased building costs. In
letting contracts for his nest he's
been forced to substitute whatever
is handiest, due to the scarcity of
horse hair for Innings in these auto
motive days.
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05


There will be at least two issues.
The war has changed things, and
foreign, no less than domestic issues,
will hereafter grip public attention.
How the two issues of the 1920 cam
paign will be phrased, l do not ven-
ture to say; nor what personalities,
events, legislative acts they will hang
on. But my belief is that one issue
will be found to lie somewhat within
the question:
"Shall we carry over into indus
try those principles of self-govern-
ment and public control which we
have found good in our democratic
civil life?"
And the other issue will be found
to lie somewhere within the ques-
ton:
"Shall we carry over into our rela-
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05
ISSUES OF 1920 CAMPAIGN
Seen Through the Eyes of
Paul V. Kellogg
BY PAUL V. KELLOGG,
Editor of The

The Survey.
tions with foreign governments the
morality, principles and friendliness
which we have found good between
the states of the republic?
In larger sense, the two questions
are but two sides of one question.
With the Civil War came the rise of
American industry, the growth of
our industrial districts-our change
from an agricultural to manufac-
turing nation. With the World War
has come our change from provin-
cial nation to nation participating
in the worlds ordering. The two
questions, then, are both of them
new renditions of Lincoln's Gettys-
burg challenge, namely:
"Under the changed circumstances
of industrial life and international
relationships, shall government Of,
by and for the people endure?"
Americus times-recorder., 1920-04-05

CPRING is the season of lovers,
The season of bursting bud,
The season when Nature discovers
Her deep, swelling veins in flood.
Mac loves the vernal season,
But not for the yearning young
hearts,
But for the more sensible reason
That Spring is when baseball
starts.
Jack O'Donnelrs cigar factory is
closed. It is the first time in many
years Twelve cigar makers asked
for an increase in pay. "Tm not
making a living now O'Donnell
said Neither are We" they replied.
Lets all quit, then" O'Donnell de-
cided, and locked his shop.-Such is
boss in Kansas City, Mo.
Two thousand slices were cut and
served from a cake baked here in
celebration of the anniversary of a
local store It was a three-layer
cake, the first story being 48 inches
in diameter, the second SO and the
third "a. Fifty dozen eggs, 100
pounds of sugar, so pounds of butter,
125 pounds of flour, 10 gallons of
milk, seven pounds Of baking powder
and q quart of vanilla was used in its
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-03

BE wise with speed fool at forty is fool indeed
Young
How about that winter suit and over
coat?
Are you going to fall for an adver-
tised name?
Do you want an overcoat for service,
style and quality-is it the overcoat or
manufacturers name you're after?
Here are overcoats from one of the
most stylish makers in New York.
This firm devotes its time to improv-
ing its product, not to an advertising
campaign, and they are making the
best clothing in the country.
Come in and see the fine points in these
$50 suits and overcoats.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-03

With not single arrest for intoxi-
cation and, in addition, not a single
death from wood alcohol whiskey dur
ing the month of December, Rutland
may well count the values Of prohibi-
ton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-01-03
WILSON'S PROBABLE DECISION.


Although President Wilson has post
poned announcement of his stand con-
eerning another nomination from the
Democratic party for president OF the
country, there is a growing sense OF
certainty in the minds of people OF all
political beliefs that that decision,
when announced, will be in renuncia-
ton of third term ambition. There
is probably little doubt that Wilson is
Of the mental makeup to wish for
third term, not as a precedent breaker
but as sort of 'vindication" of his
course in the negotiations leading up
the framing of the treaty OF Versailles.
Wilson has been attacked attacked
most freely and most venomously in
some quarters for the part which he
played in that conference Of the allied
nations; so he desires time to present
proofs. OF course, the time is too
short in his present term Of office to
give opportunity for proper Judgment
OF the wisdom of his action--for vim
dication of his course, so to speak.
Naturally, therefore, a man of pro-
nounced ideas and somewhat overdevel-
oped mental arrogance would desire to
remain in Office for period long enough
to let the scheme of things work out to
such degree as to justify itself. An
other term in the White House would
not, by any means, allow complete
working out of that scheme but it
would give time for starting a founda-
tion on which Wilson might hope to
build vndication. That being the
case, Wilson might reasonably be ex-
pected to desire a third term,
But there are other considerations to
be weighed beside the personal desire
for yindication while still in Office. The
chief of those considerations, and per-
haps the only one which needs to be
mentioned, is that of the health of the
president. For months he has been
virtually an invalid following an attack
which he experienced while on west
ern tour; and the progress which he is
making toward health is so slow as to
make it seem likely that his health
will be somewhat frail from this time
on. He may be restored to reasonably
good health in due time but he will
always be more or less susceptible to
attacks by the ills to which the body is
heir; and consciousness of such
frailty will be apt to sway him in
making decision as to a third term
candidacy. If he senses the warning of
nature correctly, as it is believed he
viii, Wilson will renounce any third
term ambition. That is the basis for
the growing certainty to which we al
luded in the first instance