davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
SCHOOL PLANS READY
Central High Design Is Approved
 Work Stars Soon

Erection of the new Central High school will be under way within the next three months.
 The plans have been completed by D. 0. Whilden, architect, and accepted by the city board of education The detailed plans and prints will be finished within a few weeks and the contracts for the first unit of the building. to cost ssoo.- 900, will be let immediately. F At the present time only half of the building will be erected.s though the plans for the entire structure will be completed. The unit to be built at once will consist mostly of class rooms and will face on Seventh avenue, north. 1t will occupy an entire half block be- streets. When the other half of the building Is erected it will occupy the other half of the block facing Eighth avenue behind the first building. The main entrance will be on Seventh ave- nue, but there will be entrances on each side.
 The second building. which will be built later. will be used for the audi torium, the gymnasium and the man ual training shops. Both buildings will be three stories high, fireproof and thoroughly modern in every respect. Accommodations for 1000 children will be provided in the first unit of the high school.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
NEW NAME FOR REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE

Definite action looking to the changing or the name of the Birmingham Real Estate Exchange was taken by that or ganization at the o'clock luncheon held yesterday at the Southern club. Final action will be taken as soon as the mat ter Is referred to all active members for approval. The organization will be known as the Birmingham Real Estate Board.
 This action was taSen upon the receipt of report made at the meeting yester- day by Jerome Tucker, chairman of the committee to revise the constitution and bylaws of the exchange The com mittee recommended that this and other important changes be made in accord ance with usages that have been found advantageous in other leading cities.
 Judge E. M. Allen was guest of the Exchange and made talk in favor of the Alabama division or the American Cotton Association.
 Cotton is the product that has pre- served the international trade balance for America in the past history of the coun- try, and the time has come when we must protect this valuable staple from rianipulat ton by the moneyed interests and help the farmer of the south in his fight for a square deal on his product, Judge Allen said.
 Proposed changes in the constitution and bylaws of the real estate organiza ton will be referred to each member during the week and acted upon finally at the meeting next Thursday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
CITY ID PAY ONLY ESTEEMED BILLS Purchasing Agent Announces That Accounts Can Only
 Be Settled That Way

When the city fails to pay it's bi,is, large or small, it fails because the bills are not itemized, invoiced and every sep arate article separately indicated. All creditors of the city may now know why the bills they sent last month last year or last decade, are not settled F, D. McKinley, city purchasing agent
 all hearers envied the city such good excuse for failing to settle up.
 "The city would rather settle every outstanding obligation every thirty
 days" said Mir Mckinley, but our creditors refuse to send us itemized state the bills to be paid. In paying city bills l can't just go down in my pocket and pull out the cash or write a check. For every order that goes out of this office. two order sheets are filed. These order sheets are kept to tally with the invoices oH goods received and the two papers are passed on in the comptrollers office, compared with his order sheets and the check then mailed to the creditor. Under nc circumstances can a business as big as the city government pay bill which is not lternized and every item dated. The business is too apt to change hands in the course of the transaction and be- sides it is not good business to pay with out being sure what one is paying for. '
 There are on file here in my office bills two or three years old which can not be paid because we have not been able to get an itemized invoice"
 I've are particularly anxious to get all of these old bills paid up and would appreciate it if our creditors would send us invoices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
TOO EARLY ID LAY PLAN .0F ACTION First Move to Come From Re- publicanS, States Senator
 Underwood

The democratic party is too fresh from defeat at the polls and it's mil nority in Congress will be so great, l according to the returns, that demo- cratic congressmen and senators are rot able to forecast with any degree os accuracy what course the party or anizaton will be called on to take. United States Senator Oscar w Un- derwood was questioned on this sub ject. His reply was: l Tt is too early in the day to lay down any course of action for the democratic organization. Owing to our signal defeat at the polls on Tues day We will be decidedly in the mi- nority in the next Congress and are
 not in a strategic position to frame a policy or map out the course of our or ganisa ton at this time.
 'Iegislation Is usually proposed by the majority and our position will de~ pend on the programme that the re- pu ublicans put up to us. The first move comes naturally from the majority
 party. What we will do and the stand
 we will take depends on the move of the republicans.
 "The republicans have first say. Ours will como when their position
 becomes clear and we know what we
 should do based on the republican pro-
 e,ramme."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
MORRIS AVENUES
 WHOLESALE PRICES
Several Firms Announce Their Quotations on Produce Com-
 lmodities Here Yesterday

Produce was said tc be plentiful along Morris avenue yesterday aft ernoon. Dealers in that district quoted the following prices on goods by the pound, dozen and barrel:
 Swift tG Co.,: Country eggs, 5sc.
 B. B. Hudson, red onions, 3c; yell low, Be; whi1 3Nc; bulk apples, $4 per barrel.
 J. c. Sarvares Produce Company: Red onions, Be, white. 31sc; yellow, 2Ac; Irish potntOes, 3Ac; sweets, 2Mc; bulk apples, $4.5O per bar reii; Winesap, $S.50 barrel.
 Enterprise Produce Company: Bulk apples, A per barrel; all on- ions, as4c per pound; sweet pOta- toes, 2A; Irish potatoes, Sc. Huey-H oImes Produce Company: short storage eggs, COG per dozen; sweet potatoes, 21.c per pound; Irish potatoes, Sc; bulk apples. S4.50 per barrel; white onions, 4c per pound; red onions, 31.c; yell low onions. 3Ac.
 Evansville Packing Company: storage eggs, SIC per dozen.
 Graves Produce Company, Coun- try eggs, soc per dozen; country butter. 50c per pound; Irish pota- toes, Be; sweet potatoes, 2Lac; bulk apples (smniD, S3 per barrel; all onions. 2s4c.
 Douglass Brothers: Cold storage eggs, 56c per doA-n.
 BeII-Rogers: Storage eggs, 55c; fresh, 65c3 country butter. 45c per pound.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
MERCHANTS ORDER
 BOAT SHIPMENTS Magic City Dealers Making Sure City of Birmingham
 Will Have a Load

Birmingham wholesalers are not go- first of the Warrior river self propel- lers built especially for that service, to make her maiden trip from New Oriean, up the river without freight. The Roden Grocery company, the Ty. lyer Grocery company the Westerr Grain company and others have already engaged cargo room for shipments oi coffee. sugar and rice The Tennesses Coal, Iron and Railroad company has engaged room for a carload of sugar Other firms are making arrangements to ship stuff from Mobile and New Or leans.
 Henry T. DeBardeleben, manager of Warrior transportation. is now in Mo- bile conferring with shippers there with regard to freight from New Orleans for Mobile and from Mobile to Birming ham, Tuscaloosa and other up-riyer points.
 The vessel passed Memphis Sunday on her way to New Orleans with car go rom St. Louis. She is apt to show up in New Orleans today or tomorrow. Mobile expects to sight the City of Bir- mingham November II.
 Among other items of freight from New Orleans or Mobile. it Is expected that a carload of cocoanuts will be car Tied.
 The construction of the 100 additional steel containers being built by the h. gals Iron Works in this city is near ing the completed form and waits only on some steel shapes that have not yet been received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
RED CROSS ROLL CALL PLANS MADE

At the first meeting Of the general committee that has in hand the details of the Fourth Red Cross roll call, which begins in this city on the eleventh of this month, held at the office of Frank Dominick, general chairman, yes- terday afternoon many matters of a detail nature were discussed regarding the plans of the publicity committee, the speakers bureau, and the organization programme.
 "Everyone present seemed irnbued with the idea that we should make this the very best roll call that Birmingham has ever had" said MT Dominick. after the meeting. and feel quite confident that when the general public learns of the great work that the Red Cross has been carrying on since the cessation of hos memberships in this great humanitarian agency
 Yesterday the headq,arters for the roll call was opened on the mezzanine floor of the Jefferson County Bank building. where II T. McBroom. who has been
 loaned by the gulf division to the Jef- ferson county chapter until the roll call
 is finished. will be in charge. All of the necessary supplies, such as member ship buttons. window flags and pos ters according to Mir. McBroom, have been received and are ready for distri- button 10 the workerss on the morning of the eleventh.
 This afternoon at 8 o'clock, in the rooms of the Civic association. the pub licity committee will meet with Chair ma ufBlach to discuss in detail plans foY advertisiI the roi call
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
PLANNING CELEBRATION

Final plans for the big parade Thurs day, November Il, celebrating Armistica Day. will be announced very shortly.
 The gold star mothers, who are the honor guests of the city for this event. will review the parade from the Twen- tieth street balcony of the Tutwiier hotel.
 In addition to the mothers. the grand marshal, Senators Underwood, Heflii and Conner. with the city commissioners. will occupy the stand
 The army recruiting office has agreed to maintain booth in Capital park for the benefit of those ex-service men who have not as yet received their victory medals. It is necessary that each man have his discharge papers with him in order to obtain the medals.
 Persons owning automobiles who ard willing to loan them for the use Of wounded ex-service men are requested to call Tom G. Estes at Main 955 and give their names.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
WILL TAKE OVER
 AUDITORIUM SITE: Committee to Get Work In Hand and Start Building In
 Near Future

Resolutions authorizing tho pur. chase of the new auditorium site sf n cost of approximately $S5.OO0 are expected to be passed at the meeA-. ing of the board of city com mip- sioners next Tuesday.
 The resolutions will provide for condemnation proceedings if the property Is unpurchasabIe. This action was taken at n meeting of the auditorium committee and cor.- missioners yesterday morning af the city han.
 The site will comprise a block ee land on Eighth avenue and Tyveu- tieth streets, just bnck of Wood row Wilson park, extending 200 feet along Eighth avenue and 600 along Twentieth street.
 There is to be no more deIny fin formulating the plans and getting tho building under way, according tO Dr. N. A. Barrett, president of tho city commission. An architect will be chosen and the work on tho plnns will start fin the next fevp days. Actual work will begin ns soon as the site caa be purehn sed and the plans made
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05

much of it. We will get along all right under the Harding adminissra- tion. We will have to work, of course, just as we have done in the past. We may have few negro officers installed here as the result of the republican reign, but we will be able to handle them."
 Frank Stevens of the Crawford Auto Company spoke upon the importance Iof keeping up the free service on Sun days. He said rather than to consider scontinuing the free service, they should add to it as much possi )le. He said there should be about 15 serv-
 ice cars at the disposal of the club. Free service, when service cannot even be bought, will do more to make the club popular than anything that can be possibly done.
 LADIES WANTED The need of lady members was also urged. It was suggested that women of the club could be elected as lady chairman for the womens departm ant About 300 members were served with the barbecue on the lawn. Dancing was enjoyed until late hour last night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
ENGINEERS SOCIETY
 MEETS THIS MORNING
Fortieth Anniversary of Organization
 to Be Celebrated Here

A meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Birmingham sec tion. will begin this morning at 1O:5O o'clock at the Tutwiler hotel
 This meeting is held for the purpose of celebrating the forteth anniversary of the organization.
 trip to the plant of The American Cast Iron Pipe company is planned for about Il o'clock, to be followed by lunch- con at the plant.
 At ? o'clock the party will proceed to north Birmingham to the plant of The Sloss- Sheffield Company for another in- specton, then to the Preston Motors plant
 .At o'clock a dinner and business ses- sion will begin at the Southern club A feature of the entertainment is demon stration of. amplifying photographic rec ords, the subjects being speeches of the president. Fred J. Miller, and the past president Ira N Hollis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
NEW BILLIARD CLUB
Old Coffee Rooms at Tutwiler Trans.
 ferred Into Billiard Hall

The Tutwiler billiard cI lib came into being last night.
 It is located in the basement of the Tutwiler hotel in what used to be the old coffee rooms Worki1en have been busy for the past two weeks in paint ing and remod cling the rooms and it is now considered one of the most attrac- tive billiard rooms In the city.
 c. R. Gossette. who has managed sew eraI hotel billiard rooms for the United Hotels company. is the manager of the new billiard rooms. Work has also been started upon qAick lunch and soft drink stand for .he new pool ron->-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
CIVIL SERVICE
Many Applications for Postoffice
 Clerks and Mail Carriers

Postmaster R. E. Smyer announced yesterday that the largest list of civil service eligibles for positions of clerk and carrier the Birmingham postoffice received in the past four years was re- ceived yesterday from Washington. On September F an examination was held here to fill IS positions in the ranks of clerks and carriers in the Birmingham office. More than 50 people took the ex- aminations.
 Yesterday the. list Of eligbles was re- ceived by Postmaster Smyer and it was found that 26 had passed the clerks ex- aminations and that 20 were eligible for ->,ef+;op of f.a--4e-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05

It is hoped to increase the member ship to 1000 by December 10. at which time a reception will be given the new members at the Tutwiler hotel.
 PERFECT DAY
 This looks like the end of perfect day" said Judge B. NJ. Allen. address ing the small gathering in the ball room of the inn. +All of the others must have eaten so much barbecue that they had to go home. Those of you here ate so much that you cannot leave or else you are very enthusiastic au~ tomobile club members.
 "We should, as members of this club, be very glad of the election of Jerry Gwin, the road builder. Nothing Is more important to suc- cessful motoring than good roads, and Jerry Gwin has done more to make good rOads in this county than any man who has ever served on the Jefferson county board of revenue.
 All of us should be glad politics gre lover for 8 while. We have had tco
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Fair to Republicans

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 As n lifelong republican, desire to thank you for the fine way you have carried on the present campaign. am not forgetful of your appreciat.ve editorial of Senator Harding soon after he was nominated. and your editorial of this morning is in keeping with the whole policy of your admirable paper have read The Age-Herald for more than 20 years. and 1t has be- come a necessity in my home. Again thanking you, I am yours very truly.
 LYMAN WARD Camp Hill, November 3, 1920
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
ClvlTANS TO HOLD
 A SPEEDERS MEETING

Automobile law enforcement will be the subject upon which speakers will ad- dress the members of the Civitan club at their weekly luncheon at o'clock this afternoon at the Southern club.
 The guests of honor will be Police Commissioner John II. Taylor, Judge Henry J. Martin. police court recorder, and C.. l.. Bailes, assistant city attor- ney. Judge Martin will tell the mem- bers of the Civitan club about "speed- ing" as it is told to the recorder, and MT Bailes will speak on the new ordi- nance against speeders that is now be- ing drawn up by city attorneys.
 What Police Commissioner John H. Taylor will have to say remains a mys- tery. Members of the entertainment committee have also planned an extra "mysterious" stunt that is said to con tain oceans of laughter and which VII be staged immediately following the end of the regular programme.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
EVENTS OF TODAY
 IN BIRMINGHAM
RESOURCES

Civitian club luncheon at Southern cinb at 1 o'clock,
 ADJUSTMENTS Jefferson Theatre-A. H. Woods .sThe Girl in the Linousinc." Lyric--heith vaudeville and pictures Loev's Bijou-vaudevilIe and pic lures.
 Strand-Fatty Arbuckle in "Ths Round-up.''
 Trianon--Curwood's "Nomads of the NOrth.'
 Alcazar-"FrivoIous Wives.0 Riaito--HOuse Peters in 'The Great Redeemer.v
 Odeon-"Moonriders.n Princess-tsHidden Dangers" Miles School of DanciDg-Dancing from to IF.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05

Ihe new project Is to be named Mitchell dam in honor of the late pres ident of the company James Mitchell. It will have an initial capacity of 50, GOO horse power. with ultimate capacity of I12o.ooo. This will mako 1t slightly larger than Lock 12 dam, which, with the additional unit now being installed. will have l15,0 900 horsepower
 The power company has selected
 Duncan's rifle as its next point of
 exploitation because the constr1c-
 fion Of dam there means that
 much more toward removal of tho
 Coosa rapids and enabling the uav-
 igation of the Coosa-A1abama rIv-
 CTS from Rome. Ga. to the gulf. a
 distance of S41 miles.
 News of the application for the con- struction of the new dam was received by The Age Herald from its special correspondent at Washington yesterday evening, and confirmed by the officials of the Alabama Power Company.
 OFFICIAL STATEMENT
 The Alabama Power company has applied to the federal power commis- sion at Washington for license to construct dam and power plant on the Coosa river, II miles below its Lock r. plant, at the >--e owned by the com pany, known as Duncans rifle
 The power plant will have an ini- tial installation of 50,000 horsepo yer With provision for ultimate instaila. tion of 10000 horsepower, as the Iub- lie demands may require.
 The work will begin as soon as the authority is obtained from the Alaba ma public service commission and the fed eral power commission, and we hope
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05

that it will be completed and ready fer operation by January. 1923.
 'The power company has at present 90,000 horsepower installed at it's Lock l2, Coosa river, plant. and is adding an additional 20.o0o horsepower unit, which will be available by July. 1921. making a total of 10000 horsepower in this station. If has been necess 4ry, however, in view of the long delay by Congress in passing the water power bill for the. company to construct steam plants to act as auxiliaries fot its Lock 12 plant. The steam plants, together with the water power plant as now installed, are taxed to the limit in supplying the demands on the com pany's system during the dry seasons of the year.
 DEMAND FOR POWER
 Tn addition, the government has a large steam plant at Sheffield. which the government officers have been testing for some weeks past under an arrangement with this company by which it receives and pays for the DOW CT output from the plant.
 The power company being under ob- Iligation to deliver power to the govern ment in connection with it's Muscle Shoals and other operations in that ulStrlct, hopes that plan can ce worked out by which the government plants at Sheffield can be operated during the dry seasons of 1925 and 1922 while it is constructing the new hydro electric plant; otherwise the power company will be unable during that period to supply the demands on it's system.
 "We are making this statement with regard to our power resources in order that the public may appreciate the un- usual conditions which this company is now facing, and to assure the pub lie also that we will do everything in our power to continue to supply tho public demand
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
Alabama PoWer Company To Install 50, 900 4. P. Plant At Duncan's Rifle, Goose Riuer
Permission Asked of Federal Power Commission ork to Start as Soon Grant Is Announced-EventuaI Capacity of 10000 Horsepower Planned.
 Opens Navigation

The Alabama Power company will build dam at Dun- cans rifle, 12 miles below Lock the Coosa
 IS planned to have it operation by January 1923
 Application permission construct the dam has been ed with the federal water commission Washington The application is formaty under the power bill and is expected to be promptly approved
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-05
Membership Campaign Of
 Auto Club Is Successful
Crowd at Barbecue-Gad Jerry Gwn, the Road Builder, Is Re-eected-Going After More Members-Want
 the Ladies to Join

So grafied the directors of the Birmingham Automobile club the results of the membership drive that to have with the barbecue and dance held at Moun View Inn, that they have decided continue the enS me of new men for /