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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
HOWARD GRADUATES
 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS AT FINAL SESSION
Dr. Porter of Oklahoma City Delivered Baccalaureate Address - President
 Williams Presided

Preparations for vacation were being made by the pupils of Howard College last night following the close of the term marked by the presentation of di. plomas to the graduating class yester. day morning shortly before noon.
 The entire student body, every mem Der of the faculty, friends of the gradu ates, and members of the alumni gath cred in the auditorium to witness the final commencement exercises.
 The baccalaureate address was de. livered by Rev. Samuel Judson Porter pastor of the Baptist Church in Okla homa City, Okla. pr. Porter is a we'll known educator. and is interested in all Baptist institutions in the south He spoke at some length on the future of the Baptist seats of learning and was loudly applauded at the con clusion of his address.
 Dr. Charles B. Williams, president of Howard College presented the di- plomas to the members of the graduat- ing class. The class this year is one of the largest in the history of the insti- tuition. There were forty-seven graduates to receive diplomas, thirteen of whom were women.
 Last night, the students of the mu. sical course, which was made part of the college course this year for the first time. under the supervision of Paul DeLuney as instructor on the pi- ano and Mime DeLuney as vocal in- structor. gave concert in the col lege auditorium.
 Beginning with this year the con cert of the musical students will be an annual event. A large number of the students and visitors were in the audi torium for the occasion.
 An attractive programme of selec- tions on the piano by the members of the clas and several songs by the class in voice culture were given.
 Many of the students began to leave for their homes last night and more will follow today. By the close of the week, Howard College will have en- tered on the quiet routine of the sum- mer months.
 Members of the graduating class who received diplomas yesterday were:
 Thomas Brown Bealle. Morgan Wat son Boozer, Arthur David Carlisle. Frances Mildred Clapp, Arthur Tim. mons Cornell, Isee Lee Connell Wal lace H. Cook, Bertram Griffin Day. Ross Ernest Dillon. Cary c. Dobbs, Vera Madge Dumas, Henry Park Dur rett. Julia Buchanan Flint, Mary Eliza beth Giles, James Gullage, Theodore Harris Katie Nell Hodges. Charles Ed : ward Hoskin. George Washington Jackson William Ewart Gladstone Jackson, Anna Gregory Johnston, Manly Frost Langston, M w. Lanier. William Rupert Lindsey. Ruth Leo Long. Jose Funador Lopez, Fleta Mar tin. Russell Minter, Claude Emmet Moody, James Alfred Moore. William Wallace Morgan, Ruth Morris. John Luther Move Hilary Herbert McGinty Walter D. Newman. Roy Niager. Rob- ert Austin Parsons, Mrs. Annadel Pat terson. Clarence Reta Pittard, Charles Benjamin Price. Sidney Lanier Price. Annie Louise Senn, Kingman Cody Sheiburne, James Buchanan Trant. Jewel Conner Vaughan. Charles Weston Williams
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
TAX ASSESSOR ID
 MAIL CITATIONS
Property Owners to Be Given Hearing Before
 Board on Date Set
OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Statement May 4, 1920.
 ECOITPCEc

4 Persons whose tax assessments have peen raised by the board of tax adjust ters will be notified when they are to ap- pear before the board to protest against the increase
 Hearing of these protests will begin on June [, and will continue until the latter part of July.
 Each day during the sitting of the beard of tax adjusters limited number of cases will be set, and only those cases specifically set will be heard on that day, according to Chairman Dryer. Every property owner whose assessment has been raised or lowered will be given an opportunity to appear before the board and enter protest if he so desires
 All increased assessments for the year have been made by the board and the boos have been turned over to Tax As sessor D. E. McLendon, and are now open for inspection. Valuations of prop erty were made by the board, using De- tober l, 1919 as the market value.
 Citations will be mailed to every prop erty owner whose assessment has been increased on May 31, showing the amount of increased assessment and citing the property owner to appear on a given date before the board of tax adjusters and show why the assessment should not be made final Persons who do not receive citations will know that no change has been made in their tax assessment.
 Although a large number of property owners are calling at the office of the tax assessor to ascertain the amount or increase in assessment or taxes, very few complaints are being heard, according to members of the board. Everyone seems th be satisfied with the decision of the tax adjusters and yesterday afternoon a number of men who came i'll to see the exact amount of increase in their prop erty were heard to remark that they 5 were well satisfied with the result.
 When asked if his taxes had been raised one man said:
 Yes, they raised my assessment, Dus they lowered another's, and I am satis- fled.
 That seems to be the spirit of the ma jority of the taxpayers and all appear to want to see assessments raised where they should be and then lowered if they feel their friend is paying large as sessment in proportion on the property owned by him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
LOCAL RAINF ALL
 SETTING RECORD About Twenty Inches In Ex- cess Of Normal, States
 Observer

Birmingham's rainfall for the first five months of this year has broken all rec ords for q good many years past
 Mir. Horton, the weather observer, says about twenty inches more of rain than was due to fall has been recorded.
 In January the rain register totaled 5s7 inches for the month. This is about 210 inches more than normal.
 In February about 3.06 inches of rain fell. Mr. Horton states that this ls about the average for that month.
 March, with it's high winds and chilly weather, introduced a rainy season that lasted for over two months: l0.34 inches of rain fell during the month.
 April broke the record so far this year. Its total was l0,71 inches, about inches above the usual average for April,
 In May 7.6l inches of rain has fallen to date. Mir. Horton states that this is al- ready a record breaking percentage, as May usually is dry month. The aver- age rainfall for May usually is only about 3. 10 inches under normal conditions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
TRUCK PARADE ID
 START FROM PARK
 AT 9:30 O'CLOCK
"Ship-by-Truck Day" Has Arrived-2OO "LOrries" to Pass Through City on
 Way to Birmingport
Ship Truck day.

Ship-by-Truck day.
 Birmingham is going to see more of the modern motor truck today than in her history.
 Every style and make will be in the huge parade, which will form at Wood row Wilson park and at 9:S0 o'clock in the morning make lengthy tour Of the city Completing that the trucks will move on toward the port of Bir' mingham at Birmingport, demonstral- ing the use of the gasoline freight bearer as a co-servant with railroads. electricity and rivers in the scheme of the country's transportation.
 There is no hard road to the river vet. hence the truck cannot make the demonstration that they would if there was a ten-ton truck highway, but the parade through the city will afford a splendid vision of their capacity
 The route of parade is as follows:
 From Woodrow Wilson park to Nine teenth street, to First avenue. thence to Twentieth street, thence to Sixth avenue thence to Twenty first street, thence over the Rainbow viaduct to avenue, thence to Twenty first street. thence to Seventh avenue, thence to Twenty first street, thence to First avenue, thence to twenty -lOuftn street, thence to Third avenue, thence to Bir mingport
 The city commission has issued a permit for the parade Motor scouts will clear the way.
 At least two hundred motor trucks are expected to be in the line of march. feature will be one of the ten-top steel containers used on the Warrior river for the transportation of mer. chandise. There will eventually be l20 of these It will be loaded with goods from New Orleans. At intervals along the route the method of opening and closing the container and its other uses will be explained.
 Ship by-truck day is here. It will be memorable in the history of Bir- mingham, because 1t will occur at a time when the county and state are spending millions on roads to enable their full service while Birmingham is hitchng on the river with the same end in view.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
Central and Ensley High
 School Graduates Are To
 ReceiUe Diplomas Tonight
Class Day Exercises for Ensley Division in Their School Building This Morning at 10 OClock-Central Stu dents in Jefferson Theatre at Same Hour. Both Graduating Classes at Jeffer-
 This Evening

In order that everything might be in readiness tonight. the entire clerical force in the administration building yesterday was busly engaged in making out diplo- mas for high school graduates, to be signed by Dr. J. H. Phillips, superintend- ent of education, principals of the schools and others.
 Throughout the city, 206 hearts are beat ing high, for today that number of boys and girls stand at the threshold of the door to the world, with their schooldays behind them. To some, there is still four years of college, but many will plunge ton.
 Today is Class Day, around which so much sentiment is woven. These exer- cises are the farewell of the members of the class to their high school days and 10 each other. The exercises of the Cen tral High School pupils will be held this morning at 10 o'clock in the Jefferson theatre The programme includes songs the class history, the class prophecy, the class poem and essay and several other numbers. All friends of the graduates will be present at these exercises.
 ENSLEY HIGH
 Class Day exercises of F,nsley High School will be held this morning in the Ensley High School building at 10 o clock. The class motto is "Coniunge tuum carrum ad stelam" or, in English Hitch your wagon to star" The class flower is the sweet pea; the eolors are cardinal and ivory
 The officers of the class are: President Claud Smithson; vice president, Rachel Bell; secretary, Ruth Elizabeth Baker treasurer Francis F.. Cook: historian Catherine Buck; essayist. Amelia Jack son; poet, Ruby Ellen Mcleod; lawyer Willis Merchant; prophet. Lorena Nor ton; statistician, Edmund Hilleke; solo, ists. Mareya Evelyn Tuggs and Louis Botta; pianist. Lila Colker: violinist Der tram M. kella; orator. Raymond D. Hurlburt and artist. Merle Swan.
 This evening at S:30 o'clock at the Jef- ferson theatre the rGembers of the two classes will meet for the presentation of the diplomas. There are 206 members in the two classes, 127 from Central High School and 79 from the Ensley High School.
 <Dr. J. F. billiard, pastor of the South side Baptist Church, will deliver the ad- dress. Dr. J. H. Phillips will present the diplomas.
 Following is the complete list of the graduates froe1 the Ensley High School:
 CLASS OF 1920
 First section, January. 1920:
 Boys; Elmer F. Abele, scientific
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
TO MEET COMPETITION

The by-product works of the district serve the very important mission of re- ducing the cost of making Alabama Iron and thereby saving it's place in the com petitive markets in this and other coun- tries.
 Steel and iron operators cannot afford to rest on laurels. An Alabama stack that recently made a marvellous record in production had cost the operators in fe-
 pairs and improvements during period
 of years about s1,Oo0000.
 These huge expenditures were on the debit side of the ledger until many years of production have enabled recoupment,
 and by that time other improvements just as costly become necessary if Alabama iron is to hold it's own. The Sloss-Sheffield by-products piasAt
 is the last word in Semet-Solvay con-
 struction, and it's tall exhaust gas shafts
 will still be pillar of fire by night, S.s-
 tifying to the indomtable spirit of the
 industrial captains, both of today and
 those that are gone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
Memorial Day

ssIt seems sad for us to give up April 26 as Confederate Memorial Day. said Frank H. Newman, Confederate vet eran, but we realize the good that will result from celebrating only one day in the year for all veterans instead of four or five separate days
 ssThen, too, we can see the wisdom of the choice of May 30 rather thrH April 26 as that day, because the weather will be more settled, and there will be many other advantages.
 Therefore, we are entering into the plans to take part in the celebration on Sunday. But we veterans in our hearts will always celebrate on April 26 On that day we will honor the memory or our dead comrades whom we will soon join
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27

Officials of the Birmingham Auto mobile Club, sponsoring Non-Aeeiden. Week, assert that only one accident has been reported to the club, and this resulted in but slight bruises to the injured person.
 The first three days of the week in 1919, which corresponds to this week, show a record of thirteen accidents on the police blotter. The officials of tie Birmingham Automobile Club say they are not trying to claim the credit fer the lack of accidents this week. but point out that it is potent people are observing measures of precaution, which they claim is more than likely due to the educative value of the Non Accident Week publicity.
 If we can get by the last three days of this week as well as we have the first three days it will mean Bir- mlngham has passed entire week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
Mandamus Hearing
 Postponed to June

Testimony in the mandamus pro- ceedings brought against the jury commission of Jefferson county by Horace Afford, attorney, will be taken on June 2s before Judge Horace Will kinson of the circuit court.
 The jury commission is represented by F. II. Cabaniss. who stated that his clients would file a formal answer denying the allega tions of the original petition and that they did not wish to raise any legal teehnicalities as to it's efficiency. They preferred to have the fullest investigation possible and would go on trial on the allegations Of the petition.
 It was requested by both parties that further time be granted for prep aration, as large number of wit nesses will be summoned and it IS ex- pected that several days will be con- stunned with the hearing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27

Fred Justin Almgren, scientific; Louis
 Rotta, scientific; Charles Cannon, sci-
 eatific; Edmund Hilleke. general; Ber-
 tram M. Kellar. scientific; Alfred Ma
 gel. scientific; Max Rosenfeld, Eng
 Ash; Romaine Scott, English; Louis
 Sims, English; William T. Snapp, Eng
 fish; Fred Weaver, vocational; Vernon
 IHtz vocational, and Carl Franklin,
 vocational.
 Girls Mildred Albert scientific;
 Ttelma Bates, scientific: Catherine
 Buck, general: Lila Coker. English;
 Eliza Eldis, commercial Jewel Pau
 line Chilean, commercial Amelia Jack
 sen, general; Nellie Nelson scientific;
 lcrena Norton, general; Dolly Marie
 Puckett, commercial; Margaret Key holds, commercial; Lou Collins Sloan. scientific; Florence Turner, commer-
 cial; Merle Swann. scientific, Gladys Lyle, scientific, and Sadie Busby, scien- t:fic
 Second section May, 1920;
 Boys: Francis E. Cook, English; Ralph W. Cox, English; Paul Crum, English; Ronald Hughes Edwards. English; John Herne, scientific; Ray
 mond D. Hubert, scientific; Fred G.
 Kelly. Jr., scientific; William L. Len dcfman. English; Arvel Logan, Eng fish; Earl McBee, scientific; Willis Merchant, scientific; Alphaeus Peke, 1 English; Claud Smithson, English
 Louis Irving Turner. scientific, and R.
 Ellis Walker, scientific.
 Girls: Ruby Roberta Baird, scien- tific; Ruth Elizabeth Baker, scien. tific; Rachel Bell, commercial; Vallia Margaret Bell, scientific Annabe. Florence Cary. general; Mildred Clark. commercials Aubie Clayton, scientific. Mildred J. Cliffe, general; Pauline
 Grim, scientific; Lou Edna Davis, com mercial Ethel Mae Fant, English; Nell l.e Belle Gibbs, general; Sarah Eliza beth Gillett commercials; Beryl Glaze. commercial; Aileen F. Gullahorn, Eng lsh Gertrude Holmes, general; Va leria Hanchey, English; Alma Lucille l Jordan, general; La Vern Gaye Ken nedy, commercial; Irene Love, com n,ercal Ellen Malcolm Lowery scien tific; Edith Mae Lyle, English; Doris | Isabelle Nader, scientific; Ruby Ellen Mcleod general; Mary Lucille Peacock, general; Rose Page, general; Ruth Savage commercial; Dolly Elizabeth Schon, commercial: Vera Story, gen. eral; Levie Inez Thaxton, scientific; Annie Lucille Turner, scientific Ma reya Evelyn Tuggle, English; Malissa Orilla Whatley. scientific, and Bess
 Anthony Young, scientific,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
Reception for Spanish
 Cigar Manufacturers

Extending the hand of friendship to one of Birmingham's industries, the members of the J Spanish American Club will give a reception Thursday night to the Spanish cigar manufac- turers in the city in the cafe of the Civic Association.
 If is the purpose of the club to well come to Birmingham these men and to make them feel al home that the reception Is given. The members of the club also wish to acquaint the manufacturers that they are interested in the Spanish language and customs and tn ask their aid in the studies of the club.
 |. All Spanish cigar manufacturers are invited to be present at the reception whether they have recently come to the city or have been here for some time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27

without having a single automobile accident reported to the poltee.' said Thornton Estes, president of the Auto~ mobile Club
 This will be a record which has not been attained in Birmingham in so many years that only those whd were here before the day of the autos mobile can remember it. It will be & standard for future Non-Accident Weeks, and We can make this week an institution in Birmingham; set aside one week out of each year dur- ing which everybody in the city will bend his energies to prevent an acci- dent.
 Tt is, of course, very gratifying to the Automobile Club that such an exceptional record has attended Non- Accident Week in Birmingham This record tends to indicate that Birming- ham can show a clean slate for acci- dent reports when she buckles down to it and tries to be careful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
KELLEY INGRAM POST
 ELECTS OFFICERS

Officers of Kelley Ingram Post, Amer ican Legion, were elected last night at the regular meeting of the post held at the city hall Pratt City.
 The meeting was well attended and much interest was manifested in the election. which resulted as follows: c. Stewart post commander; II. T. Sfaffe', vice commander; Walter Alien, adjutant; George Nesbitt. financial officer
 Delegates to the state convention will be elected at the next meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
Justifiable Homicide

Following the investigation into the death of Charlie Williams, negro, who died Tuesday at the Hillman hos pital following wounds inflicted by deputy sheriffs. John R. T. Rives, as- sistant coroner. returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. Officers were at tempting to arrest Williams and two other negroes on charges of highway robbery when the shooting occurred
 Deputies Fred McDuff. Reeves, Brooks and Sandifer. who were in the party. testified before the coroner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
New Incorporation

The Leeds Barga m Store filed papers of incorporation in the probate court yesterday. The capital stock of the company will be 5000, all of which is paid in. A. Allen is president. while l. c. Allen is vice president and Mary c. Allen is secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27

 BATTERY OF SEMET- SOLVAY OVENS ID
 START THIS WEEK
Big Modern Plant, Replacing Ancient Beehive Ovens, Reduces Coal To Many Valuable Component
 Parts For Basic ;
 Manufacturing.

By the end of the week the 120-oven semet-solvay by-product plant of the Sloss-S Sheffield Steel and Iron Company at North Birmingham vii be in complete operation
 The work. begun in an open field in the early fall of 1918, will then be in finished form and turning out 1S00 to 1000 tons Of coke per day.
 The coke manufactured at this plant will be sufficient for operation of five blast furnaces, which is the average maximum which the company has in si- multaneous operation. As rule, at least two to seven furnaces are out for the re- pairs that must be made from time to time
 This one by-products plant takes rne place of eight beehive coking plants with a total of 1,50o ovens. The 200 beehive ovens in the city, built in 1882, are for ever in the discard. Some of the other beehive plants will be held in reserve for maximum furnace operations or other emergency that may arise.
 Besides producing the coke, the plant produces also tar. ammonium sulphate anu iiS iiI Vils, WHICH dIt uSeu eAltHSlNtlS in commerce and go into thousands of high distilation forms These by-prod- ucts are shipped from the plant in tank cars and carload lots to be disposed of for the company in the general market.
 USES OF THE GAS
 After these by-products have beer taken from the gas it is serviceable for fuel heating lighting and operating ma phiuary ic h11rped 11pde, hoilorrs of Q by-products plant and hitehed to electric dynamos to produce electric power to operate the electrical machinery there, that the rock quarries and that in the furnaces, the coal and ore mines, and all other plants of the company There Is still enough gas to serve Birmingham.
 In other words. the coal that goes into the making of coke in the by-prodVct works, besides being converted into coke and merchantable by-products, also serves to generate driving power that is substitute for itself in it's own pro- ducton and manipulation
 A Birmingham captain of industry re- marked recently that it would not be very long before about the only use there would be for coal in the iron and steel industry would be through the by-product oven.
 At the same time, as showing how enc modern process does not iniure stand ing industry of merit it is noted that the largest industrial interest in the dis trict not only buys hydroelectrcity to supplement it's supply of coal available for the coke oven, but also uses a cer- tain amount of fuel oil Great as has been the development of the coal indus try in Alabama, there is a shortage of hydroelectricity combined are not alto- gether able to take.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
PERSONAL

B. B. Gather, editor of the Southern Aegis of Ashvlle. was in Birmingham m last night en route to the annual meet ing of the Alabama Press Association. which begins in Montgomery today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-27
Non Accident Week Record
 Unbroken During Third Doy
One Autos Slightly Bruised Yesterday But Accident Was Insignifcant-Over a Dozen Accidents
 This Week Year Ago Here
211 North 10th Street

Three days of NonAccdent Week have passed without single automobile accident being police heado
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