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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
O'NEAL WILLING ID MEET OPPONENTS
 IN SENATE CONTEST
Former Governor Speaks to Large Audience at Besse- mer = Advocates Re
 turn to First Prin-
 ciples of Party

The San Francisco convention of the
 democratic party will heed the voice of
 Alabamas democracy, if the voters of
 this state decide to return to principles
 upon which the party was founded.
 This was the declaration of Emmet O'Neal. former governor of Alabama and candidate for the senatorship to ffl
 term of more than four years the successor of the late sentora John Il.
 Barkhead.
 The courthouse at Bessemer was filled to capacity with citizens from that end os Jefferson county last night when the former governor made his third speech | in the county in the present campaign As in his previous addresses, MT. | O'Neal devoted considerable time to a discussion of the Volstead act, the Weakley bill and other measures, which ! he characterized as the works of fa- natica uplifters He said that the tendency of the times was toward re- turn to the dark ages, rather than to- ward democracy and constitutional so~- ernment; that tyranny at its worst mere l ly dictated what the subject should eat,
 drink and wear.
 | He attacked the Anti-Saloon League as a glutton for power, and defied his hearers to show any time or occsion when that organization has bacKeo a | man for high office unless that can didate had a barrel"
 l Governor O'Neal severely denounced 1 those who are reported to have charSed | that his campaign is receiving substan- i tial assistance from the brewery ince~- ests and showed that the same official, MT Heflin, had been charged on the floor of the House of Representatives | at Washington with making charges at- tfecting the loyalty of fourteen of his colleagues, which charges he had failed | to sustain when called upon for proof. 1 In reply to an indirect challenge to 1 joint debate by one of the candidates, MT O'Neal stated that he is willing to meet them al! and to take them on In Alphabetical order, or in any other way, ! but he will not single out any one or them for debate. He said that all of I his opponents have centered their at tacks upon him, and that he is ready to meet the opposition in open war | fare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
BroWn Questions Statements
 Postal Con1pany's Manager
Chamber of Commerce President Doesn't See How Junior Telegraph Company Is Saving Birmingham
 Merchants $15O0OO Year

Some times ago the Western Union Telegraph Company issued collect" cards to every member of the Cham Der of Commerce. In sending these out President R. A, Brown of that or ganization stated that the Western Union was the only telegraph company having membership in the Chamber of Commerce.
 few days ago President Reyn- olds of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Company wrote to President Brown complaining that his company had been unjustly discriminated against. Mir. Reynolds letter was pub lished in the local papers.
 Yesterday President Brown sene the following reply to Mir. Reynolds let MT. Edward Reynolds, Vice President
 and General Manager, Postal Tele-
 graph and Cable Company, New York
 City.
 Dear Sir: Your letter of April S. addressed to me. was received upon my return to Birmingham.
 "As president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce I assume re sponsihility for my letter of February lz 10 the members or the Chamber Oi Commerce. enclosing collect card from the Western Union Telegraph Company. I stated in that letter that the Western Union was the only tele- graph company having membership ir our organization. That is the truth This statement I had & perfect rig-ht to make and for it I have no apologies to offer.
 ''In the second paragraph of youi letter you state that you are saving the business men of Birmingham $150.00( per annum. I have no way of verify. ing this statement, but it is surpris ing to me how the Western Unior could live in a community where they charge this penalty for telegraph ser vice. This is a question which only : competent and disinterested rate bu reau can determine. however. I en' close a telegram from Mir. H. c. Wor them, general manager of the Westerr Union Telegraph Company. Atlanta Ga, which contradicts your statement 'In answer to my letter of Novem Der 12. 1919, in which I invited you company to join the Chamber of Com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
CITY FEELS PINCH
 OF \. C.L. BADLY
Budget Made Out Year Ago Cannot Meet Strain
 These Days

Expenditures in every department or the city government exceeded thelr pud- gets for the first six months of the fiscal year, which ended March 90, accordins to the report for that period just turned over to the commissioners by J. M. Jones' Jr., city comptroller.
 The entire amount by which the ouu- get was exceeded was about $llS,VOo TO ill this shortage, it will be necessary for every department to practice strlcs economy for the remaining six months oi the year The amount at the ulspos"l VI the city increased by about Sl6,V0 py uaN and license receipts, will have liUtie CT feet in taking up the shortaee, ino funds of the department or pupiio i.i movements are more badly depicted than any of the others.
 Tn regard to the financial condition or the city. Commmissioner Burruss made the following statement;
 towing to the stringent finanoial con ditfon of the city and the necessity TOT economy, no supplement can De tnaoo .o the appropriation for the repair or streets
 .'The public might as well look nnanolai stringency in the face and put up "i'n what can't be helped.
 We, the peoples can endure gTeat deal of discomfort and inconVenlehce when we know that it cannot be heiped.
 "It is the sincere desire of the com missioner of public improvements to push street paving in the city. New pavement and plenty of it is the only perma anent remedy for the relief of street troupies
 m the city of Birmingham. It is much harder to push street paving now under present conditions and abnormal cond'- tions than most people realize.
 But in spite of all difficulties, we are going to push this work as far as possl- ble. We shall not be able to do at best more than a fraction of the work that ought to be done, but we believe that we shall be able to do enough to relieve the situation to a. considerable extent. "The commissioner of public improve ments advises everyone else to be cheer ful and optimistic. but finds it very hard | to take his own medicine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24

merce and pay $25 per year, under date of November IS, 1919, your company replied. declining. l quote from your letter giving your reasons as follows;
 Tt is proper and to the advantage of local concerns to share the expense of organizations whose work results i1 direct benefit to them, but in the case of a public service corporation such as ours, it is improper to expend the funds of the company except directly in the carrying on of its own busi- ness
 'Is not the position you have taken one that could be construed as being somewhat selfish in that you ask the Birmingham public for support and contribute nothing in return?
 "In infer from this paragraph that you do not consider the Chamber of Commerce to be of any benefit to your company. In addition to the busi- ness and professional men of Birming- ham. we number among our members I& bile service companies and practical iy all foreign corporations doing busi- ness in Birmingham. I was therefore disappointed when your company de- clined to join.
 "In the last paragraph of your letter you state that I urged the members of the Chamber of Commerce to use the Western Union service. This Is un- true. I did not use the word urge in my letter nor any other language which would indicate that was 'urg- | ing the members of the Chamber oi Commerce to use the Western Union Company to the exclusion of the Postal | Company. Your letter places the Chamber of Commerce in a false posi- ton and it was written evidently for the purpose of advertising the Postal | Telegraph Company.
 Tt was within my rights to extend this courtesy granted by one member of the Chamber of Commerce to the membership, especially as these cards were limited to our members. | Tn the same spirit of fairness thai you appealed to the members of the | Chamber of Commerce for the consid- eration of your cause, request thai 1 you have the courage to send out l letter over your signature withdraw l ing your unfounded accusation. re spectively call upon you to do this
 Yours very truly.
 R. A. BROWN President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
BUSINESS METHODS .0F TURKEY OUTLINED
Vice President Allen Talks to Mechanical Engineers
 on Turkish Trade

John R Allen, vice president or the
 American Society of Mechanical En-
 gineers. of Pittsburg, Pa, enter,aiheu
 the local members of that soclety ias'
 night in the Civic Association eiup-
 rooms with a talk on conditions Tn Turkey. MT Aliens subject was Ine
 Export Business in Turkey, anu ms talk was one full of timely interest and humor. ,.;. @There is no such thing as advertis- ing in Turkey" said MT. Alien. U is a gumshoe country. IT you Wan, v do business in Turkey, tax III =. Ter. I had occasion to buy naro" dr . of dealer there and wanted several largo nieces of equipment. Going 10 inc store. I noticed only few potts and other small things in the display window of the store. Asking Tor what I wanted tka proprietor said he nad | it and then led me out the pack way Gown several blocks. finally taxing me to a building behind mosque. Uars he had stored probably $75,0o0 worth of hardware He told me he hid his stock because he did-s not care to ray taxes on it.
 sswhen I asked the price, the store l lzeeper named one three times as high as | knew the article was worth. Leaving him in disgust, he followed ue and called me back. I told him l then what I would pay. He then left 1 me in apparent haughtiness and en- pui. When I started to go again he accepted my offer.
 | .That is the way they do business | ,u Turkey They first offer you l lrup of coffee. If you accept 1t you 1 are to buy something. but if you are merely a sightseer you refuse the hos pitality.
 1 'sThere are no partnerships In Tur- kew. as a general rule Everybody specializes. because they do not trust each other. You buy silk at one place cotton at another and so on. It takes | a year to find out where to buy things No native has credit. An American's ! credit is unlimited He. cannot get the | storekeepers to send him his bill. Ii I takes nine months to get deed to a | Hot of land and six months to get i iuilding permit When bids are asked | the bidders name is written on long sheet of paper with the price The | next man writes his name and price. sThis sort Of thing goes on until il lis discovered that someone Is sticking to the same price after the lists are started around again and again. Ii may look fair. but anyone knows that I this can he fixed by the bidders among themselves.
 "There is honesty in Turkey in thf Turkish way. When once man writes
 down figure he will live up to 1t. no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
Jefferson County Schools
 Leading in Many Branches

School activities during the past four
 years under the old school board law
 made twenty-two distinct steps forward,
 according to Dr N. R. Baker, county
 superintendent of education.
 Dr Baker says that much credit is
 due Lieut. Gov N. L. Miller, and calls to the attention of Jefferson county school teachers the fact that the term of school has been heightened from seven to nine months, teachers have been raised in pay from an average of $35o a year to $S4Q, and the Teachers Coun- cil. an organization, has been recog- nized.
 The twenty-two advances made do not 1 include everything, Dr. Baker says, but are interesting nevertheless. They are l Lengthened the school term from sever I to nine months.
 l Raised the pay of grade teachers ron | S350 per year to $840, or 40 per cent Democratized the teaching force. First I in the soutn to recognize the Ieachers Council.
 | Instituted plan of rating teachers ac- I ccrding to ability energy and general success
 Established standard of minimum preparation, the highest of any rura system in the south, to be observes IT the employment of teachers | Enlarged and perfected an intensive plan of closer supervision, yet heepins
 within the constitutional per cent, Redistricted the county and entered unon A building construction program
 keeping faith with the voters who voteo | district taxes for new school bulluings 1 Rebuilt and enlarged the county higf school. thus putting this institution al
 the head of the state in building equip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24

by your committee for the reconstruc-
 tion work in the devastated regions of
 France? There is nothing that should
 be nearer to the hearts of American people than this. France stood like
 stone wall against the ruthless at
 tack which, if 1t had been successful
 would have broken down the civillza-
 ton of the world. All that we have
 done-all that we can ever do will not suffice to pay her the debt we owe"
 J. A. Simpson. president of the Com
 munity Club. complying with the re- quest of the committee that he write to few friends, acquainting them with the plan of campaign, states:
 "The American people have drifted further from their French allies since the signing of the armistice than they lad previously during the entire period between the date of the French participation in our Revolutionary war and the time of our entry into the European war This is due largely to the French interpretation ot the selfish and narrow action of our Sem ate in refusing to ratify the peace treaty. The sole remaining link be- | tween the American people and the ] French people is the work of the American committee for devastated France and 1t would indeed be un- | fortunate If we were to let this tie that still binds us be broken.
 Money cannot be better spent than
 for the purpose of keeping alive the l friendship of France and the United l States by aiding her destitute, war
 stricken communities.
 | "Birmingham will doubtless do her l share in this high work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24

ment teaching force, and establishing
 five other four-year high schools BOW
 on the accredited list and outlined a
 plan for bringing high school education
 to the door of every child in the county.
 The woman member of the board. an
 ex-teacher, has been able to anticipate
 the needs of the women teachers and
 fully appreciate their problems. Women are being appointed on the board or trustees.
 Printed the first complete illustrated annual report ever issued in the state. Consolidated many small schools ass ei. oourased school improvement work. Has abolished incidental fees and em- ployed ianitors at public expense | Kept buildings in moderate repair and l furnished general supplies. l Installed nearly 1000 desks in the schoolrooms of the county | Extended domestic science and man ual training work and re-established cHe department of fine arts. | Instituted night illiteracy schools, sup ported in part by public funds. 1 Established the department of teacher | tr aiming in service with an assistant SUI perintendent in charge. | Adopted the weekly bulletin" plan of Keeping teachers acquainted with school problems and activities 1 Placed flag in every school building
 and succeeded in complying with every
 request made for war activities, | Inaugurated an effective system tf
 bookkeeping and accounting | Rewrote and modernized the course of study
 | Encouraged better physical develop ment of pupils; employed an architect and applied sanitary and hygienic prrh-
 ciples to the construction of all buildings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
WILL OBSERVE
 MEMORIAL DAY
Various Military Organizations Are
 to Take Part

Memorial day, Monday, April 26. VIII be suitably observed in Birmingham.
 Exercises will be held in Wilson Park with Gen. J. T. Garrettsou, president of the United Confederate Veterans, pre- siding. Veterans of three wars will take part in the services the American Le- zion, the Spanish-American War Veter- ans and the United Confederate Veterans
 Frank Dominick, of Birmingham, Will deliver an address during the services. Other speakers are also to make talks during the afternoon.
 Following the exercises Tn the park the veterans, all in uniform will march 10 Oak Hill cemetery. There the services will consist of scattering flowers ana iir- ing saIutes over the graves.
 The band of the Boys' Industrial School at East Lake will furnish the music dur ing the afternoon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
JOINT MEMORIAL
 OF BROTHERHOODS
Four Organizations of Trainmen to
 Hold Service June 13

June IS has been selected as the date for the fifth annual joint memorial of the four brotherhoods of trainmen in Birmingham, according to announce ment yesterday.
 The memorial services will be held in the First Methodist Church and will be conducted by Dr. George stewart pastor, at o'clock in the afternoon
 A. D. Garretson, past president or the Order of Railway Conductors has been asked to attend the service in Blr- mingham and to make an address. It IS hoped he can attend but so far no defi- nite assurance has been made, 1t was stated.
 The chorus of forty voices of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company has accepted the invitation to take a leading part on the programme and other features will be added te make the services appropriate to the cause for which they are 10 be held.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
CITY BUYS LOT
 FOR NEW SCHOOL

Another lot has been added to the pur chases of the city in securing site 10 the Central High School
 This parcel is made up of lots 15 and l5f on Seventh avenue. between Twenty third and Twenty-fourth streets. It was purchased by the city from the Lutheran Church for the sum of s22,000.
 To make the high school sufficiently large to accommodate any number of pu- pills. the department of education may secure the entire block. This purchase is one of several that have been made so far.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
GOVERNMENT GOODS
 GO IN THREE DAYS

Birmneham's municipal sale of govern naent supplies is over
 Six solid carloads of supplies were completely sold out in three days. This a record which has not been eurpassel in any previous sales
 The only things left are two or three eases of raincoats, which City Phrchasinf Agent Mckinley has moved to his office on the third floor of the city hall where they are obtainable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
PALMER SAYS HE
 CANNOT GET HERE

letter from A. Mitchell Palmer, at &orney general of the United States, to he president of the Civitan Club was Lead at the meeting yesterday. MT. Palmer was to have been in Alabama hext week to attend the sessions of the Alabama Bar Association at Clnnton, and had been invited to be the guest of the ,ivitan Club at their luncheon next Fri hay. MT. Palmer stated that due to press
 if business he was unavoidably detained
 Washington.
 Wallace c. Chambers. who is directing he cast of the Chorus Girl. given at kss Jefferson theater last night with a
 f7frmingham cast, was present and sang Ieyeral songs for the Civilians.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
New Zealand Priest

pr. w E. DeClaybrook of Mobile, New Zealand priest, will preach Sunday Hay 25 at II o'clock. at St. Marks Church colored Eighteenth street and Avenue C, south.
 He will lecture Monday night, May E,. at 8 o'clock at St. Marks School. The aiic is cordially invited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
PUBLICITY BUREAU.

In his speech Judge Brandon said there should be established on Capitol Hill m Montgomery a state publicity bureau, permanent institution, which would keep Alabama before the eyes of the world that histories should be rewritten to tell the true story of the state. and that the laws of the state should he amended. or modified. or new ones enacted that would encourage outsiders to come to the state and make their homes and in vest their capital here He suggested that the big farms of the state be cut up into small acreage and northern and
 (Continued on Page Fourteen.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24

matter what the cost Their kind of honesty is just different from ours Honesty here is not honesty there. and so on.
 'Everybody has to have tip. De- cisions Tn court go to the man who rays the highest tip. It is simply their way"
 The engineers were in session all yesterday and spent the day visiting Birmingham industries. On their trips they invited members of the student body of Georgia Technical College. who accompanied them as guests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
PERMANENT CIVIC
 CENTERS FAVORED
Resolution Adopted By Civ itans Seeking to Start
 Work on Structures

Members of the Civltan Club yesterday, by a decisive vote, called upon the city for a resumption of the building plans under which the construction of a new city hall. library. auditorium and other buildings will be effected.
 This action, presented in the form of a resolution, was unanimously adopted by the Civitan Club and was one of the features of the weekly luncheon held yes terday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Southern Club.
 The meeting this week was attended bs the entire programme arranged for the occasion "Fellowship Day apparently was well appreciated by all.
 Practically the entire meeting was de. voted to the promotion of good fellow ship among the ranks. A number oi course of the meeting. and good mu sical programme was. presented by Wal lace Chambers. vocalist. and James T Mckenzie. pianist.
 A discussion of the removal of thu
  county jail and courthouse came up fo consideration, and a motion reauestin. the board of revenue to take this actiol was referred to the committee on publi affairs for further action.
 A discu ssion of the plumbing situa tion was entered into at the executiv session at the conclusion of yesterday meeting. This matter was not settled a the time of adjournment, and Presiden | Shropshire announced that it would b continued at next weeks meeting | This meeting. which will be held mex Friday afternoon will be in the natur of an executive session. and many i'm portant matters are scheduled to com up for discussion. For this reason tn 1 president urges all members to attend | It will not be open to guests or visitors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-24
The First National Bank

of Birmingham, Ala Statement February 28th, 1920. RECOIJRCES
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-16

years and was q graduate at the sta1s
normal in 1915. During the mas, 80
years she has been employed Il por,
land. io
Mrs. T. NJ. Berry and Emma Kramer
viii go TO Ashland tomorraw vhsss
they will visit their brother ceoree
who IS E p.JyeA thep
agent for the Southern Pacific ON.
pany.
Mr.. and Airs. John Riddle have "a.
turned from Kalama, Wash. wbera
they spent a few weeks visiting rela.
;ives.
While playing at school "Wednesday
Bert Miller met with the misfor,pne Of
frS 1'"ring his arm, and is CARRYING ths
member in a sling at present.
A pie social was ANd here
his-.s aeof n .ue sale . of r..
farmers union. The sale Mas a eress
financial success, the p. e !.
ing to $3.50. ". ]. Stockholm acted a.
a~uctioneer and that is perhaps a rea.
son for the success of the function.