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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
MISS TAYLOR HEARD
 ON BIBLE SUBJECT
Noted Bible Teacher Delivering Se- ries of Lectures at Highlands
 Methodist Church

An enthusia stic audience greeted the we'll known Bible teacher. Miss Angie Manning Taylor. at Highlands Method ist Church yesterday. when she intro duced the series of ten Bible lessons on "The Plan of God for the Ages"
 Beginning at II o'clock each morn ing in the same auditorium this gifted teacher of spiritual truths will develop such a great subject from the stand points of the historic background of the Bible, the prophecies in process of full fillment today, and from the stand point of a future based on prophetic words of the Bible which will eventual ly become history.
 Each lesson will be connected in thought with the one preceding, weav- ing the entire course of study into a chain of thought
 The general topic this year. Gods Plans for the Ages" of necessity. will include the time covered by the books of the Bible Under this topic Miss Taylor will talk today on "The Pre- dicted Christ" Subjects for the re- mainder of the week are as follows:
 Thursday: The Prepared-fo Christ"
 Friday "The Condition of World at Time of Christi
 stturday ''The Mission of Christ"
 On Sunday evening Miss Taylor will speak at the Highlands Methodist Church on "Education and Spiritual Value of Bible study
 X cordial invitation is extended the public by the Christian women of this city to each of these services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
CENSUS CHECKING
 BEGINS NEXT WEEK
Committees Being Named to See That Everyone Is
 Included

Committees of the Rotary, Civitan, hi- wanis and Community Clubs are being ap- pointed for the purpose of checking up or the work of census enumerators In Birmingham. It was announced yester- day that the recanvassers wou'c start work next week, thoroughly checking the residences in certain census districts to be announced later.
 An Ensley citizens committee will un- dertake to verify the correctness of the census reports from that district.
 The work will be done by the various clubs in cooperation with Census su- pervisor G. M. Crukshank, who will com- pare the results secured with the total re ported by census enumerators.
 Fears that Birmingham's census show ing would be disappointing were height ened by reports that there had been an apathy on the part of certain employers of labor, who had not taken pains to see that all their employees were enumerated
 A few complaints are still being re- ceived and everyone who has not been enumerated is urged to notify Mir. Cruik shank and give the desired information Among those received yesterday were from C. D. Sayres of the Frisco Coal Company. who lives at 9O2 Thirteenth street, north, who stated that there were II people in his home and none had peen enumerated. He stated that he had not reported the matter to the supervisor oi census and was urged 10 oo so
 There is still an opportunity TOT those who have not been enumerated to report the matter to census headquarters, so tEat they will not be overlooked. such citizens are urged to call Census ana give the desired information over the tete- IlE one
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
FORMER PASTOR TO
 SPEAK HERE TODAY
Dr. A. R. Moore to Be Heard at Meeting at First Christian
 Church

Two important conferences will be held at the First Christian church to- day at o'clock and this evening a 7:30 o'clock. The sessions will be conducted by pr A. R. Moore, former pastor of the First Christian church. and builder of the present house of worship, who with a team of prominent workers is touring the state and bringing an i'm portant message t othe churches of that brotherhood in Alabama.
 Dr. Moore is regional superintendent of missions for the southeastern sta ates. Other speakers in the sessions today will be Mrs. $. P. Moore. state Bible school superintendent; Mrs. L. M. Omer of Garsden, state secretary of the Chris tian Womans Board of Missions, and C. NJ Mcintyre. state evangelist. The congregations of Ensley Woodla,wn, North Birmingham. Bessemer and Jas per will be represented in the confer ences. The public is invited to these sessions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
RJJMORED CHANGES IN SOUTHERN PERSONNEL OF WESTERN DISTRICT
No Confirmation Yet of Report That Stanfiel Will Become General
 Manager of Western Lines

Rumored changes in the personnel of the operation forces of the Southern Railway system in the western division, which lack official confirma tion, in- wolves the names of J. H. Stanfiel gen eral superintendent with headquarters in Birmingham; J. W. Wasson and others well known in the railroad world.
 According to these rumors. MT. stan fiel when the road goes back under the control of it's owners on March l, will become general manager of the west ern lines and will be succeeded as gen eral superintendent by J. ". Wasson' division superintendent on the eastern lines.
 According to these rumors, Henry E. Spencer aud T. c. Powell. vice presi- dents will resign, the former to take the presidency of refrigerating car line and the latter to go with the Erie as vice Hresident.
 Vice President IT. w. Miller, it is stated. will move his headquarters from Atlanta to Washington, and R. B. Pegram,l at present purchasing agent, will succeed him.
 These rumors have been in circula ton here for several days, but no con firmati3n of them has been received at the offices of the Southern Railway in thisf city, it was stated yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
CITY AUTHORIZES
 EQUIPMENT BONDS
To Ask Bids on Half Million
 Issue April l

At the session of the board of city com missioners yesterday the board authorized the issuance of s5OOo0O bonds for the new equipment of the fire department, and the like sum for the auditorium.
 Bids will be received on both issues Arpil 1. 1920
 In the matter of the fire department and auditorium bonds 1t was decided 10 sell them in blocks of sl000o0 or more' so that local institutions dealing in bonds may have some of them if they desire.
 The commission also attended to the matter of making bond in the sum or S10Oo0 indemnifying the United sta-es against loss of military supplies which the government is preparing to lend the local high schools for use in the military units of the reserve officers training corps, junior grade, now being formed here.
 The matter of receiving bids on the contract to handle the city garbage dumps was passed on to next Monday
 An adjourned meeting of the board Will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
NATIVE OF ARMENIA
 TO BE HERE FRIDAY

pr Teaac Woman. native Arraenian and
 a Presbv.erian minister. will be in Bir-
 p,inghar,o Fridav in the interest of the near east relief ca~ratrn. A 'uncheon
 will he held at tho Hill'nan Hotel " o.cloc,f fo- the wo~'-e-s and ni the mas fnrs in the cit. will be invited to hear nr Ycna,,'s t~'' The Information that
 he accepted tha invitation ia come to Pi, ,,, eha,a caused much interest at the lbeadn,,arters here as he is rennted to bn an unueuallv good orayor. and Is said 10 sneak Enolsh fluentlv. He witnessed the nassacres and deportations of his reopte. escaning at last after some ian gerous experiences to America. where he is planning to permanently ieside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
SUCCESS ATTENDS
 CAMPAIGN OF WEEK
Secretary Harrup Declares Father and Son" Campaign Meeting
 With Encouragement

According to F. l.. Harrup, boys work sevretary of the Young Mems Christian Association Father and Son Week, v which began Monday is proving entirely successful in Birmingham as application for places at the banquet Friday night have come in in great numbers, All the community boys work centers are to Told banquets as well as a number of prominent churches in the city, and the Central "Y" North Birmingham will give a community dinner and Acipco will give banquet at which Dr. c. C. Dan
 els. president of the gham-South- ern College, will speak
 The Central "Y'j has secured for the banquet speaker Dr. Charles Lane. q noted humorist and lecturer He will speak on The Boy-Son and the Dad Father" and will also address the mems meeting at the Strand theatre on Sunday afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
WATER PROVIDES
 ONLY PROFIT OF
 MANY DA|RYMEN
City Health Officer Claims Many Depend on Adulter-
 atiOn - Bad Methods
 Declared Responsible

Of eighty-six samples of milk OK amined during January by the city de partment of health 90 per cent fell be- low standard in tho analysis for total solids. and 410 per cent fell below in the required amount of butter fat.
 Dr. J. b. Bowling, city health officer. says the reason for the poor showing in total solids, through reason that is inexcusable in the eyes of the law, is that so few of the dairies supplying the city have proper acreage Tor graz ing their herds and therefore have to buy all foods with which they ieed their stock. He continued
 .sIu the case of many or thc
 dairymen the water added to
 milk which is indicated when the
 analysis shows total solid con-
 tent below the requirement., rep
 resents the entire profit or the
 dairyman. In other words he
 breaks even on expenses at what
 he gets from the cows. and to make
 n proft on his business lac ndds
 water to the milk. The gain m
 aunntity by the addition of water
 is his oniIy profit
 One local dairy has a herd of l5 head of cattle confined in a ten-aere lot The agricultural department report TOT grazing in this part of Alabama shows the need for three to five acres TOT each COW
 The reports finding for January. de partment officials say, is about a fair average ot the monthly reports for the mast two years It Is for these reaso :' the city has placed Tn effect new ordinance covering the sale Of dairy products in Birmingham.
 Tn the matter of selling milk by Tssr- | sons who do not own more than two cows. the new ordinance will have nc 1 jurisdiction, other than to enforc' | cleanliness of the premises Persons selling milk who own more than tive cows must comply with the ordinance | in regard to equipment and pasteuri- 1 zation. and the milk must show Ne Ter food content However, say ti,c officials. in the case of milk sold by | rersonA who have but one or two cows. almost invariably this milk Is richer than the commercial milk bought from larger concerns, for it is not sub jected to separation and it therefore | has it's full natural content of butter fat.
 The old dairy permits expired Decem' Der 31 1919 But the city is not going 1 to issue any new permlts uhtli the new i ordinance goes into effect April To after which all milk sellers will be or probation until the end of June. From l then on every requirement. of the new ordinance is to be rigidly enforced. 1 The reason for the laps of time before l the law is clamped down is that man7 l pro visions of the ordinance require cer l tain apparatus to be installed and ful | time is 10 he given the dairymen to b. pl epared for the change in the order o I things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
 NEWSPAPER MAN IN CITY ON BUSINESS

Brame Hood. advertising manager or the Montg9mery Evening Journal. spent yesterday in Birmingham. Mir Hood put in busy day calling on business and social friends and hardly had time to say "howdy-do'' to anybody between stops
 Besides his many duties connected with getting business for a big daily paper, MT. Hood always makes time to attend to the affairs of the big Sunday school class he leads in Montgomery and to do his full share of the work of his church.
 As a director and advertising manager of the Journal, Mir. Hood has taken the raper in a comparatively few years into the front rank of Alabama dailies.
 The Journal was one of the first papers in Alabama to take up the cause or prohibition and has steadfastlv held 10 it's first beliefs in that matter throughout all the ups and downs of the prohibition movement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
T. M, NESBITT HEADS
 CREDIT ASSOCIATION

At the regular annual meeting of the held in the priva'e dining room at the Southern club. William l.. Wilson. presi- dent. presided. and a large attendance was on hand. luncheon was served. after which the annual report of R. II. Eggleston. manager of the association. was read.
 The following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year: T. NJ. Nesbitt president: J. c. Shaw. president r E. Buskshaw. treasurer and James C. Gar rett secretary. The following directors were elected: W. l.. Wilson; Chas G avis. w. C. Bonham. Geo Johnston and $. S. Godbee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
IROTARIANS TO HEAR NOTED EVANGELIST
To Make Plans Today for District Conference in Tampa on March
 17-Making Reservations

Fred B. Smith. of New York, the great evangelist and church leader. will address the Rotary club this afternoon at l o'clock in the ballroom of the Tut wiler hotel. His subject will be" The Business Man and Success"
 The newly elected officers will be in stalled and several surprises are prom ised the members by Secretary Clarence Lloyd Thornton Estes, vice chairman of tha district conference of International Rotary. which will meet on March IT, in Tampa, vii make a short talk and reo,est the names oI all Rotarians who are going to attend This is the last op- nortunity to enroll so reservations may be made there. The local club will put on a model Rotary luncheon during the con- ference which promises to be one of the interesting features.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
ABSENCE OF SPAIN
 POSTPONES MEETING

The meeting of the fair price committee
 with retail dealers in mems furnishing goods and haberdashers scheduled for yesterday afternoon was postponed until this afternoon on account of the absence of Frank Spain, chairman of the com mittee.
 MT. Spain who has been out of the city several days missed connections and did not arrive until last night Mir. Spain will explain the government s plans for reducing the cost of living to
 the merchants at the meeting this after noon and tell them what the government
 expects of them in the way of co-operat- i'm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
Thousand Skilled and
 UnskiLLed Men Wanted
City Employment Bureau Gets Big Order From Loca Corporation for Employees of All Classes-Many
 Others Seeking Men Here

big company wants 25 stcnoEra- phers and many office workers who can do good work.
 One of the railroads, too, asked for n number of men.
 During the morning some two score demands were made on the department for help of every va riety. MT. oliver says there is no excuse for anybody being out work. that there is daily big demand for help made on his office and the main difficulty hc meets is finding persons who want job.
 Agents of the municipal labor bureau were sent out yesterday to hunt for the sorts of people whose services are in demand. No- sices were sent to labor orgnnixa- tions, small hotels and sections of the city where it was thought men who wanted work could be found.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18

An order for 1000 skilled and un- skilled artisans reached H. E. Oh- yer. manager of the city's employ ment bureau, yesterday morning.
 One Of tke big companies in the Birmingham district wants car- penters of all grades. day labor CTS, machinists, mechanics, pipe filters. tool men and every sort of man who can do things with wood and metal, and besides wants hum drcds of men who can and will do dHy labor. All open rates.
 It is the biggest order, Mir. Oliver says. that ever has reached his de- partment, and to his knowledge, any employment agency in this part of the country.
 In addition to the 1000 high water mark of one-day labor de- mand from one concern, another
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
THANKS THOSE WHO HELPED

The thanks of the committee are also extended to the citizens who have given their time and money, civic organizations and clubs. public schools, ministers ot the gospel, teachers, the state board or health, the organized physicians, dentists, bar association, four-minute speakers, managers of the various theatres, superin- tendents of industrial plants and every person who assisted in securing the ratl- fication of the constitutional amend- ment'
 The returns from the various precincts will be canvassed by the probate judge, the sheriff and the clerk of the circuit court the latter part of this week. The unofficial returns for eighty-eight precincts cut of the 122 in the county give the state bond proposition 6,H7 to abS against, and for the county bonds. 6'4o' to 6S6 against
 The county board of revenue and the advisory board appointed by the bankers of Birmingham and Bessemer will meet probably today to consider matters con nected with the bond proposition and to 20 over the proposed highway system planned by County Engineer Batson and the board of revenue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
J. T. Reckwith Spends
 Day In Birmingham

!. Beckwifh. president of the sc. Beckwith special advertising agency of New York, spent yesterday in Birming- ham on his way hack to the metropo- lis after visiting several newspapers in the south
 The Beckwith agency is one of the oldest in the United States and has branches in Chicago. Detroit. Kansas City. St. Louis and Atlanta.
 For thirty years the Beckwith agency has been the sole foreign advertising representative of the Age Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
CAPACITY AUDIENCE
 AT SWAIN RECITAL

' The second cycle of the Swain recitals was given in the ballroom of the Tut
 wiler last evening for the benefit Of the Pelham chapter U D. C.. benefit of fined and capacity audience. Edwin Swain. baritone Signor Philip Sevasta
 harpist and Florence Brinkham, pianist. presented an interesting and varied pro gramme which was vel received Each performer rendered their selections in an artistic and colorful maner. The swain recitals have been heard in most of the cities of the south, always with pleasure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
HORNADY SUFFERING
 FROM PNEUMONIA

John R. Hornady, city commissioner of health md education. was reported yesterday to he suffering now from pneumonia and congestion of one lung.
 MT. Hornady was taken i'll with i'm fIuenza last Friday evening.
 scudder RyaIi, secretary of the City Commission. who also was taken sick the same day with "fiu." is reported much improved and doing very well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
Reporters Almost Weep When Alleged Profteers Tell Reasons For 4. C. 4.
Sellers of Everything From Hot Dogs to Diamonds Give Vent to Gloomy Tale of Reduced Profts-Age-Herald Representatives Regale Public With Notwithstanding
 Stories From Merchants and Business Men.

twoud take double cenpede to point in the many directions where blame laid for the high cost of living Advances in the price of material labor transportation the middle the retailer the extravagant whms of the tail purchaser landlords upkeep and intending list of other given yesterday to reporters of The Agerad who made inquiry.
 
   
 retail purchaser the nabob  Llo ro-ia anndn Hhrd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
Pleads Gnilty to Charge

n. Condo pleH guilty 70 the eharet of having in his possession counterfit obligations of the United States with the intent to defraird at a prelimipary hearing before Kenneth Charlton. United States commissioners yesterday afternoon. ard was bound over to the ,-rard iurv rnde~ fault of same he was placed in the county jail. He was arrested several days ago and states that his home Is In Oklahoma
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
PEOPLE ARE PROGRESSIVE

This eelction goes to prove that the people are for progressive measures and whenever they are given a chance to ex- press themselves they do so in unmis- takable tearms on the right side.
 T think the people who voted so over whelmingly. for the bond issues, both county and state, are themselves to be congratulated, and I am sure they will never regret the action they have taken.
 The result of the s25.000, GOO state good roads bond issue election was most grati- flying to the Jefferson county good roads committee said c. l.. Harold county chairman, 'and was largely due to the splendid cooperation and assistance of committees all over the state. w. E. Feagin, state campaign manager. has been untiring in his efforts on behalf of the bond issue and since January 1 has toured the entire state, covering every county and explaining the purposes of this bond issue.
 ''I wish to thank the press of Birmirg7 ham, which has been most generous ever since the campaign started, for the many splendid editorials as we'll as the large amount of news space devoted to this sllbject
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
Mormnns Are Here

Mormon missionaries who have ar- rived in Brminghan, announced yester- day that tiiey will preach every Sunday afternoon al 3 o'clock at Griftins hall Tt Avondale on Forty-first street The sub Iects to ''e discussed will be '.I'he Pla, of Salvation. "Origin of the AIaer,ean Legion, What of the Dead and others. The public is invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
CTAI VNCc ATTENnS
 WASHINGTON MEET

w 6 Ste'lipps ~enera' secretary Of 4te Pir-,inrhan, Yot'n~ Mems Christian hseociation. Is at present in Washington, D c. at.endia~ a conference of city sec retaries of the various associations Of the United States. if was announced by IT. R Howell of the local " MT. stallings is represehtinG the Birmingham organization in this conference. and will be out of the city the remainder of the x.-aaL
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
BIRMINGHAM MAN
 AMONG EDITORS OF
 NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA

Among the list of editors and contribu fo.e.sf the new Americana Encyclopedia sis iS has just reached the city, the name 4 the bf John Hubert Cornyn, B. A, 'ecteo soS modern language master of Sir 'rh anu fm-Southern College. occupies a 'everai o,ent position. It appears the fennsy among the specially mentioned htehtion putors, and in the predatory lists 'ome inei enteen out of the twenty-four vol
 which have already come to hand. Cornyns work covers a wide fie IAs Latin American editor he ham dled leverything on those countries ap- bearing in the encyclopedia and wrote a large { part of it himself
 Professor Cornyn is old hand at ency6lope1ia work. He was for two years editoi. in chief of the British Encyclope- dia Publishing Company's work in Latin Ameirica: Mexican editor of "The Stu dent's Reference Work encyclopedia.an staff Aditor of the Encyclopedia of Latin Amer ica'
 He has just finished two new books, one of which, Around the Wigwam Fire.f and When Glosskap Smokes His Pipe.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-18
NOT REPORTING ALL CASES OF INFLUENZA

Because several doctors who are known to be treating cases of influenza have. so far, made no reports to the city health department the number of cases reported yesterday was not regarded as entirely indicating the state of the malady in Birmingham
 Reports that did reach the City Hall annouuced l9 cases of flu and one of pneumonia