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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
Business and Professional
 Women Greet Miss Phillips
Executive Secretary of National Organization Here for Breakfast Then Leaves With Many Birming- ham Women for Montgomery to
 Attend State Convention

Miss Phillips arrived in Birmingham
 at 7:30 o'clock and was entertained at
 breakfast at the Tutwiler hotel by
 members of the local club Plans o:
 the Birmingham organization were
 outlined to the guest of honor, who
 offered some splendid suggestions. She
 also spoke of the work of the national
 federation and expressed regret that
 she could not stay over in this city
 for several dayse Those seated about
 the table were Mrs. II. E. Pearce, state
 president; Dr. Lola Taylor, president
 of the club Miss Ella Wood, Miss Mol
 lie Dowd, Miss Carol Wood, Miss
 Maude Gamble, Miss Mary Craven, Miss
 Mary Denman. Miss Lula Tyrus, pr.
 Lenora Bond, Miss Bertha Dickinson
 and Miss May Jones.
 Twenty two delegates and visitors left yesterday morning over the Louis vile and Nashville railroad for Mont
 gomery to attend the convention,
 which will close this afternoon. Many entertainment features have been planned, including a reception to be
 given by Mrs. Thomas E. Kilby in
 honor of the visitors.
 Delegates ana visitors from every club in the state are in attendance This is the first time that a conven- tion of business and professional wo- men has been entertained in the cap ital city.
 Those going from Birmingham are Dr. Lola Taylor, Mrs. II. E. Pearce, Mrs. N. l.. Bagley. Miss Kathryn Heas- lett Mrs Diviibiss Mrs. L. NJ. Wheeler. Miss Lula Tyrus, Mrs. Mary Gillen. Miss May Jones, Mrs. Neil Wal lace Miss Perna Robinson, Miss Annie i Lynch, Miss Martha Armstrong, Mrs. ! E. Caldwell. Miss Marion Walker, Mss | Lucy Stark Williams, Miss Maude Gamble Miss Iva Veltman, Miss Lena | Easley, Miss Clara Peterson and Miss ] Willie Byrd. Headquarters for the llocal delegation will be at the Gay ' Teague hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
BATTLING NO. 2 NOW
 BEING PLANNED
Twentieth Street Property Secured
 Through JemisOn Company

Birmingham is to have another large cafeteria. It has been planned to be opened about October 1. It is to be- long to the same interests as own the Britling cafeteria on First avenue, and will be known as Britling No. ?.
 The cafeteria will occupy the build ing known as 309-311 North Twentieth street, which is now occupied by R. G. Kinney & Co, retail shoe dealers. The building which the cafeteria will oc- cupy is formed in the shape of an IL the north side of the building opening on Third avenue. is now be- ing occupied by the w. G. Patterson Cigar Company and the Lowry Furni- ture Company.
 The cafeteria, when completed. will occupy the first and second floors of the entire building now taken up by the three stores. The announcement was made by the Jemison Real Estate and Insurance Company. which nego- tiated the deal for the three leases, which will run for term of years with an aggregate rental of S250,000.
 The Britling cafeteria on First ave- nue is one of the finest of it's kind in the south, and ,has been huge busi- ness success since it was first opened. A. w. B. Johnson of the Steel-Smitli Dry Goods Company and others inter- ested, operators of the Britling cafe teria on First avenue, are making plans to spend about $25.000 on the new cafeteria. and in short time, MT. Johnson says, Birmingham will have two of the finest cafeterias that can be found anywhere in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
24 DIED HERE IN APRIL BECAUSE OF
 PLAIN ACCIDENTS
Eight Killed in Mines; Others Due to
 Guns and Cars

Accidental deaths in Birmingham during the month of April numbered twenty-four, according to the report or the health department for that month which was submitted to Commissioner Hornady yesterday.
 Mine accidents were the cause or the largest number, eight being killed Tn this way. Gunshot wounds, machine ac- cidents, railroad and street car accl- dents. drowning and automobile acci- dents followed in the order named. There were 451 births during the Enonth, of which about two-thirds were Swhite. The births among the whites exceeded the deaths by 162, while the births among the negroes fell under the deaths by A.
 The total number of deaths was 333, of which 200 were negroes
 Smallpox was the most prevalent disease during the month, the report shows. There were 133 cases, for the most part among the negroes. Measles and tuberculosis were other diseases which claimed numerous victims. Thirty new cases of tuberculosis were reporte dduring the month. with forty- one deaths from advanced cases.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20

Birminghams Association of Busi- ness and Professional Women is one of the most progressive in the United States. in the opinion of Miss Lena Madeline Phillips, executive secretary of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women.
 There are more than $50 clubs in eX- istence today, she stated, with mem bership of several hundred thousand women in all organizations. During the past two years many strides for ward have been made by the vari- ous clubs, she says, and there was no limit to the good they could do when completely organized.
 The local club, which has just com pleted membership campaign. is one of the largest clubs in the federation. Miss Phillips declared that the clubs in the north and west were watching the growth of the Birmingham asso- citation.
 "The women must adopt saner dress if prices are to be lowered" said Miss Phillips when approached on this sub ject, land this is one of the things to be considered at the national con- vention to be held in St. Paul in July. am not in favor of any uniform, as is advocated by many, for think we would get so tired of that, but men wear conventional clothes in which there is slight change in styles. If the women of this organization would do this it would indeeG help in bring ing down costs of clothing. Another matter which the national convention will take up Is the selec- ton of pin for the members of the organization. This will enable mem bersi forced to stop over in strange lcities to make the clubrooms their headquarters and will be of great as- sistance to them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
LADIES TOOK HOLD; ARMY APPEAL CREW More Money for Home Serv- ice Raised Yesterday Than
 in Previous Week

Salvation Army Tag Day yesterday proved more successful as a means of raising money than any other plan previously tried, moro money being taken in during the day than the total for the whole of the preceding cam- paign here.
 Committees of women were working on all corners in the business district and in all Hobbies of important build ings Very few refused to buy tags, and several thousand dollars was realized from their sale.
 However. officials report that the quota that is needed in Birmingham is still far from being reached. The ap- peal is almost over with scarcely more than half the allotted sum raised.
 Some of the most effective work in the campaign is being done by Virgil making trips to the various industrial plans in the city to solocit contributions
 to the fund. Today he will visit all
 plants and organize committees ill
 each, who will work the plant and 
 get the pledges of the workmen. The committees who have been call ing on special trades and groups have reported some success from their eff forts. The following is the total coll lected by the various committees so far: Public officials, $105.75; doctors,
 s2S1; automobiles, $370; schools, $S7.4S;
 brokers and packers, $63,75; lawyers, $52275; retail stores, $25 churches, $57.71; Knights of Columbus. $95. Those who made especially large con- tributions to the appeal fund are: Bir-
 mingham Typographical Union No. 104, $2S; American Legion Post No l, $25; St. Mary's Church, $50; Feltus
 Bros, $25; Birmingham Fraternal Lodge, No. 11S, Order of Eastern Star, $25; Judge w. l. Grubb, $25; F. M. Tutwiler, Jr, $50; Crutcher Dental Sup ply Co, $25; Crawford Auto Shop, Inc, $100; Ben l. Davis, $25; Tillman. Brad ley & Morrow, $100; Sidney Gross. D. D. S.. $25; Five Points Garage, $25; Brow | nell Auto Co.,, Inc. $100; Cabaniss & Cabaniss, s25; A. H. Holberg, $25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
TRAFFIC BUREAU
 GOES OUT AFTER
 B|G MEMBERSHIP
Each Director With a Co., Worker Seeking Among Eligibles for a Greater
 Personnel

The merchants of Birmingham have taken to the traffic bureau.
 Practically at every meeting of the di- rectors the list of applicants for mem ibership includes retailers and whole isalers
 The following new members were elected on Tuesday: Birmingham Cooper hge Company, Porter Clothing Company, Lee Brothers Grocery Company and Tujague Importing Company. This is one manufacturer, two retailers and one wholesale merchant.
 A number of merchants were elected to membership al prior meeting.
 The traffic bureau is to conduct drive for new members. To this end the di- rectors will each select a co-worker and go out after the eligible material. They will hold a conference at a luncheon Tn the Southern Club on Saturday. At that time they will scan the list of those whom they believe should be members, divide them out and get to work soliciting
 The traffic bureau was organized by them exclusively. It has hewn strictly to the purely business lines on which founded It is acknowledged to be the best equipped and most efficient traffic bureau In the southern states anu "i'N out superior anywhere.
 LOW FREIGHT RATES
 The directors are encouraged to go out after new members by the recent out cropping of interest in the work it IS doing that has been shown by merchants. The intimate connection between freight rates. the operation of Birmingham in dustries, pay rolls and the passing or goods from counter to consumer appears to have been sensed in Birmingham $ commercial circles as never before. Again the actual saving to members In Correction of freight and express bIiis' ik quoting rates and rousng shipments and in collecting overcharges has proven to be considerable.
 Birmingham printing concern re- couped it's membership fee and received also three times the amount or the rec within two months after joining by nav ing freight bills corrected and over charges on freight made good.
 The traffic bureau now has z2o mem bers. The annual dues are from soO up. All the services of the bureau are free to all members.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20

greeted with enthusiastic indorsement when he announced that the association intended to put strong man in the field to organize the state. This man Is TO draw a salary of $6.0Oo to s7,oo0 year and he is to be one worth that salary Resides the field secretary there is to De an office secretary and office force lie estimated the expenses of the first year st s15GO9 and, for that reason. many or the members had taken out not one, bn. several memberships; some as many as forty. He asked that those who felt that thev could afford 1t take out duplicate memberships, but he wished all to under stand that the man with only one mem bership had the same voice as those with many.
 Mir. Tweedy of Jasper, reported thirty four Jasper merchants already signed up to join the organization. The dues are D per annum
 President Loveman pointed out that an extra session of the legislature was probable and that the income tax having been knocked out, other taxes to take it's place were to be imposed. It be- hooved the merchants to be prepared for this extra session and "to educate the Legislators before they leave for Mo'it- gomery."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
SPANISH-AMERICAN
 MEETING TONIGHT

The Spanish American Club will hear addresses by Prof E. F. Goch- enour and Miss Margaret McAlpin, in structors from the Central High School, at it's meeting tonight at o'clock. They will speak on subjects of inter- est to all Spanish speaking people and Spanish students. The meeting will be held at the Civic Association. The public is invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
MERCHANTS WANT POWERFUL STATE
 BODY AT ONCE
Alabama Retailers Advocate Revised Laws for Better Protection and Highly
 Trained Officials

The Alabama Retail Merchants Asso-
 citation (Inc.) has put on it's seven leagued boots and is travelling fast.
 New members aligned themselves with the organization at the meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday evening as follows:
 Sam Powers, Anniston J. A. Buttery,
 E. M. Odom, Albany; J. J. Douglas. Flor
 ence Y. M. Quinn, Russellville; J. E.
 Orman Russellville; M. Newberger and
 Charles Tweedy, Jasper; Linn Palmer and J. M McCutcheon, Dora; ike Morris.
 Henry Danzinger and Leo Klein, Mont
 gomery; H. Keller, Ens1ey; F. c. Nelson
 Cordova.
 It was decided to adopt the county unit plan. County organizations in utilization
 with the state body are to be formed in
 every county in the state. It is eN-
 pected to have a membership of at least
 5000 M V> Joseph, who made ringing
 address during the meeting, thought the
 membership should reach 10000.
 The following were named commit
 tee on resolutions: Colman Black, E. $.
 Irwin. MT Tweedy of Jasper, MT. Dan
 ginger of Montgomery, Sam Powers of
 Anniston.
 Merchants present from other towns made short talks, in which they ex- pressed the most hearty cooperation with the parent body MT. Danzinger prom ised a 100 per cent cooperation for Mont gomery. sam Powers of Anniston mace similar pledge. Messrs Odom of Al bany, Palmer of Dora and Morris oi Montgomery also promised the enthu- siastic support of their communities. ANTIQUATED LAWS A feature of the occasion Was an adj dress by Ben Leader, attorney. MT Leader specified some of the reasons why there should be q merchants state organization. They require an organiza- tion he said for their self-protectior and for bringing about changes in Ala bama's system of business laws. The credit laws of Alabama, for example, he said are the same as they were fifty years ago. There must be the same proof of an account as was required when the largest merchant in Alabama knew al his customers by name and could keei his books in his head.
 The exemption laws are the same as they were fifty years ago. It is practi- callv impossible to protect against shcp- lifting on account of the danger of dan.- age suits. In most progressive states he said, when a magistrate has boun1 over a person charged with a crime or an indi tn ent has been returned against 9 party. damage suits are untenable; bil | in Alabama if the shoplifter finally es- capes punishment through weakness or sympathy of a jury, the merchant caua- ling the arrest must face damage suit Mir. Leader declared a retail mer. chants association statewide in scort | is necessary if the merchants of Aia-
 bama are to get justice in legislative halls Up to this time he said, they hae been getting busy only after the, horse | had left the stable. and it was too late to prevent the evil that the Legislature had done.
 FIELD SECRETARY l The president. Joseph Loveman. ex ! plained to the new members the leading
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
MINNEAPOLIS ORCHESTRA
Great Symphonic Organization Is
 Booked for Birmingham

The Minneapolis orchestra is en- gagged by Mrs. Richard r. Johnston and Mrs. Orline A. Shipman for date in February, next, not yet fixed. It will make two appearances at the Jeffer- son theatre, matinee and night
 The orchestra will be larger than ever. numbering about 100 pieces. When it was here several years ago it included eighty-one players. which was the largest number ever seen on a Birmingham stage. It has been aug mented by an additional harp and sey eral violins.
 Emil Oberhoffer the conductor, ranks as one of the abl6st in the United states and his orchestra the peer of any in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
OPERATING COMPANY
 IS INCORPORATED

Papers of incorporation were Tiled in the probate court yesterday by the Hotel Hillman Operating Company. The firm was incorporated with a capital stock of $20,O00. of which $5,O00 was paid in, The officers and direc- tors are J. A Newcomb, Bristol. Vae president; w. A. Newcomb. Duluth, Minn., vice president and s. J. New comb. Birmingham. secretary and treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
Y. ". C. A. Worker

Miss Alta Smith, of St. Louis. na- tional publicity secretary of the Y. w.. c. A.. is in the city for lew days She is visiting all the associations throughout the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Up
 the System

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it Is Quinine and Iron in a Tasteless form. 60c.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
REPUBLICANS NAME DELEGATES; BUILD
 A WIDE PLATFORM
Condemn Administration. Oppose League of Nations. Presidential Delegates
 Uninstructed

Delegates from the state at large to the national republican convention were named and a platform for the party in Alabama was drawn up at the repub- hcan state convention, which was held yesterday in the Jefferson Theatre.
 In the platform the republicans take stand on freedom or speech, capital ana and immigration. It bitterly denounced the alleged extravaganza of the present administration and declared the party un- alterably opposed to the League of Ma tion
 The convention was called to order by the state executive committee, who de- livered an address on the present situa- tion of the republican party.
 Tt is fine thing to be a republican these days" he said flor the next Pres ident is sure to be one of us. Every straw vote that has been taken by the news papers indicate that the sentiment of tho voters is overwhelmingly in favor of the republican ticket.
 The reason, said the speaker, was be- cause the democrats had violated every promise made to the voters in the cam paigns of 1912 and 1916. He attributed the present high cost Of living to the pres ent administration and it's extravaganza during the war. He read bits of the re- pert of the congressional Investigating committee on this waste of money.
 The League of Nations was bitterly at tackled by him. stating that it gave the countries of Europe a mortgage on our unborn children to fight their battles for them.
 The business session of the convention opened with the appointment of tenn porary officers. w. B. Ford of Marion county was named chairman and Oscaf Nooiin secretary. s. T. Wright of Fay ette county was named his assistant. The first action of the convention was to de- clare these officers the permanent ot- ficials of the convention.
 Judge J. J. Curtis was appointed chair man of committee to draw up plat form for the convention and another committee was appointed with Charles Kenneman as chairman to make nomina- tions The convention went into a short recess while these committees were in session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
The First National Bank OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Statement May 4, 1920.
 RESOIIRCES

Lyans and discounts SIS, ,2so, ,o22.eo f7erdrats ............ 10.2s3.22 v. S. bonds (par) .......... 1,500,000.00 G. S. treasury certificates e. 2,629,000.00 Liberty Loan bonds ...... 972,366.64 State of Alabama bonds .... i27,000.00 Stock in Federal Reserve bank. 90,000.00 Other stocks and bonds. .... 1,340,7e6.99 Banking house .... 250,000.00 Other real estate .......... 6,850.60 letters of credit. ........ 1s7.2s5.so Interest earned, not collected. 47,454.30 CASH
 In vault ....s ss7.2solo With With banks 4'lss'446'22
 IF. ..... 7oOoo.Oo With Federal
 Reserve Blk. 2.9S6.791.11- s.oSs. .4ss.is 
 sss,4e4.5o6.os
 LIABILITIES Capital stock .............s 1,5oo. .ooo.06 Surplus and r-ofts .. 1,954,o24.5S Reserve for taxes - 45,7S4.50 Circulation .. l,259.6s7.o0 Reserved for interest ....... s4,0oo-V0 Customers' letters of credit. 197,265.o0 Interest collected. not earned 12S,S25.6o DEPOSITS Individual ..$24, Bank .... 3,O37,111.10 U. S. ..y.. 2Si.1s283 Federal Re- serve Bank, Atlanta. fis- gal agent.... 700. 0.000.00- 2s,zs4'soo''' s33464506.o2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
SUBMITTED PLATFORM

The platform submitted by Judge Cur tis contained the following points: It de- clared that the republicans of Alabama were unalterably opposed to the League of Nations, with or without reservations; that the aliens who got their living from this country and were becoming rich while yet withholding their allegiance should be run down and deported; that freedom of speech should be preserved; that labor has the right to organize; that they do not. believe in class government; that the nation should not close her doors to immigration, but that some means should be devised that those who came with bloodshed and strife as their mission should be singled out and sent back to their country; that they stood for econ omy in government and the abolishment of all useless offices, and that they were opposed to military training.
 This platform was unanimously adopted by the convention by rising svote.
 The report of the nominations comm1t- tee was as follows: Delegates from the state at large to the national convention at Chicago; P. M. Long, o. D. Street, H. G. Ashley and A. P. Longshore; their alternates. J. l.. Isbel, Oscar Drake. Charles R. Barker and c. M. Stevens; presidential electors, J. B. Johnson and c. M McCay. The report also named the following as electors from each diS- trict to the natlonaI conVentloii. J. v. Middleton, First district; Frank Simond. Second district; L. A. Carroll, Third dis trict; w. R. Thomas, Fourth district: w. B. Harper Fifth district; T. c. Col Her Sixth district; T. H. Davidson, Sev- enth district; James Jackson, Eighth dis trict; S. T. Wright Ninth district, and B. w. Beaver, Tenth district.
 The presidential delegates go to Chi cago uninstructed.
 After some discussion the report of the committee was adopted as submit ted. Adjournment followed the adoption of the report
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-20
FIELD SECRETARY

The president, Joseph Loveman ex- plained to the new members the leading objects of the organization. He was
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-11-06

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