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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
WORK ON FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS ID
 BE COMPLETED, IS
 DECISION OF BOARD
Other Road Work Will Be Discontinued = Office of Engineer to Be Investi-
 gated - Kendrick
 o. Ks Work

Federal aid roads will be completed if other road con struction work is stopped, ac- cording to a decision of the board of revenue yesterday af- ternoon.
 Following a conference of two hours Chairman Jerry Gwin and Thomas E. Huey were authorized to see all road contractors and a sc e r t i n whether they will accept post dated warrants bearing eight per cent interest for their work.
 This action was taken after discuss ing the matter at length and the esti- mates of several contractors relative to the damage to them by stopping he road work at this time.
 Owing to the short time when the board adjourned at 80 o'clock yester- day afternoon to 4 o'clock MT. Gwtn was unable to get in touch with all of them
 When this information is secured from the contractors it is probable that the advisory committee will be asked to confer with the board regard ing this matter as a solution or sltus- tions relative to federal aid work.
 The meeting of the board yesterday morning was public and was attended by a large number of men. Prior to the meeting a short conference was held in the office of Jerry Gwin. chair man. but the bond situation was' not discussed.
 Motion of T E. Huey that the con tractors be invited to meet with the board, the advisory committee and the county engineer to ascertain the cost to the county to have the roads put in passable condition and to discon- tinue the work started the discussion of the committees report. This mo- u lflnn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
WANTED PAINTING JOBS!

Before you arrange or contract for your painting, get in touch with us.
 The work of five to eight men can be done with one mAn-and DONE RIGHT.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
COUNTY WOULD LOSE
 FEDERAL. AID MONEY

At this point Rufe Bivens stated that if the work was stopped the coun- ty would lose the federal aid money and in addition have to pay the con, tractors damages and would have no roads. If the work was continued and post dated warrants were issued he pointed out that the county would still pay but it would have roads.
 Attention was then turned to the of flee of the county engineer and MT. Gwin stated that in fairness to $. k. Patson, county engineer. he thought it was the duty of the board of reve- nue to thoroughly investigate the of- flee of the engineer He declared fl he was incompetent or there was ana crookedness there he should be fired At this point Mir. CIOc arose and
 told the board that statements he
 made at n previous meeting in sup
 port of his motion to discharge Mir.
 Batson were the cause of the en-
 ginecr's nctiOn in installing
 testing laboratory and hiring men
 for that purpose without first con-
 suIGng the board, aS well ns the
 continued refusal to 0 K bills for
 work done by the Pittsburg Test
 ing Laboratory.
 of Batson continues to do this l will again ask for his resignation on ths grounds that he is not cooperating with the board" MT. Cloe stated
 Objections were to the manner in which the engineer draws the salaries of his men in a lump and then pays them off with his own check were made by MT. Cloe. In his opinion, the men Should come to the office of the board just as all other county employees do and sign voucher.
 Rufe Biven explained that MT. Batson made out his pay roll and that he as naymaster checked it. The men were paid by Mir. Batson and were required to sign the pay roll. which was re- turned to the clerk of the board. MT.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
HINES TO LEAVE

Much regret is expressed in waterway circles over the coming retirement from the position of manager of inland water way transportation of Gen. Franklin T. Hines, who leaves that service to become general manager of the Baltic Steamship Company. At the same time there appears no reason to believe that there will be any change of front with regard to the Warrior assumed by General Hines and voiced in his recommendations.
 The government is specifically and cor dially dedicated to development of the Icountry's waterways. This is provided for in the transportation act and the govern ment is proceeding under that act as though it meant business.
 The Republic Iron and Steel Company has subscribed an additional S2000 to the Port of Birmingham Corporation, making it's total subscription one of $5,000 Combined subscriptions now amount to S231 GOO It is intended to raise s26o,000 of the capital stock of $300, 600. The remain ing c35,OoO of stock is to be held in the treasury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
WE HAVE THIRTY-EICHT USERS IN ALABAMA

Advise us what you intend painting and when You might mention your approxi- mate labor cost
 It costs you nothing to investigate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
FEW SOLD. DIRECT

Few of these staples are bought di- rectly from the farmers of the surround ing country. In many instances, goods are shipped some distance, the freight being added t the ultimate cost. One Morris avenue produce merchant says:
 Small supplies. quick deliveries, small overhead expense and comparatively small rent all com mbine to lower our mar gin of profit. We buy from day to day always getting an amount that we are sure we will sell Consequently we do not worry with loss, spoilage, storage and other items which often go to boost prices"
 Another produce merchant says he re- quires very small space. most of, his goods being delivered almost from ths car to the retailere. His largest ex. pense, he says, is the haulage from freight depot to his customers.
 Following are the prices the whole salers quoted to the retail merchants yesterday: Cabbage, 5 per hundred pounds; Irish potatoes, 6 cents pound. onions. 3k cents a pound; sweet potatoes. 3 cents a pound, and tomatoes, $4oO a crate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
BOLSHEVISM IN HIGH
 PLACES. DECLARES GW1N

Jerry Gwin, chairman, nn-
 nOunced his opposition to discon-
 tinuing the work, declaring the
 statement that Jefferson county
 was on the verge of bankruptcy
 was nothing less than demon
 stration of bolshevjsm among those
 in high places. He declared he
 had always thought boiShevfsm
 was confined to the common herd.
 Regardless of any recomm endation
 of the advisory committee he snys
 Inc will vote his own conviction ana
 the other members of the board
 should do the same thing.
 MT. Gwin in this connection stated that unless the board had definitely decided to discontinue the road con struction work there was no need for a conference with the contractors. He further stated that since the advisory committee had practically abandoned the board as far as he was personal l. ly concerned he was through with 1T. If the advisory committee had had any respect for the board of revenue lt would have submitted its report to the board before giving 1t to the newspa pers, he declared.
 When the discussion of the issuance of post dated warrants at 8 per cent was brought up, w. E. Cloe stated that it would be cheaper to sell bonds and pay premium rather than pay per cent on warrants. He stated he didn't think the bonds could be sold at the present time and everytime they were offered for sale and were turned down it hurt the credit of the county It Is better to lose a few hundred thousand dollars than lose the credit of the coun- ty, he said.
 Jerry Gwin stated that the discon- tinuance of all road work means a loss of $500,000 rather than slo0,oOO by the issuance of post dated war rants. He declared that $200. 900 wortL of estimates would fall due in Aug ust, and that post dated warrants would have to be issued to care for them. He was of the opinion that the contrac- .or.. ,,no,,ld taLo thaea " a rra ntS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
McClary-Jemison Machinery Go.

3 5. goth St. Birmingham. Ala. PHONES-Local Main 2464
 Long Distance M. 2485
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31
RETAILERS RISK

By the time the retailer offers the article for sale, the ones which are sub ject to the greatest and quickest spoil age show the greatest boost in prices. Tomatoes spoil quickly. and often re- quire ice for keeping, sold yesterday at price from to cents each. In crate costing s4.50 there are from 130 to 150 tomatoes.
 In explaining this increase. one dealer said:
 Tomatoes are hard to keep, and we have a big spoilage bill to pay. The slightest bruise soon forms d bad spot which, if not discovered, will soon spoil the others in the basket or box. Peo- pie, in buying tomatoes, often pick them up and squeeze them This also soon develops into bruise.'
 Cabbage is quoted at 719 cents pound Irish potatoes cost only 612 cents pound Onions are cents a pound Sweet po- tatoes are 121a cents a pound.
 One grocer told of a unique method by which he saved Irish and sweet po- tatoes from spelling and thereby saw ing both himself and the customef money.
 When get new barrel of potatoes, he explained, T do not dump them into the box in the bottom of which are few remaining from the last barrel. l take those out, put the new ones on the bottom, and sall the old ones first. If they remained on the bottom, they would spoil and soon spread through the entire barrel"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

Joseph A. McCord. federal reserve agen. of the federal reserve bank, announces that the Bank of Pittsview at Pittsview has been admitted to membership in the federal reserve system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-31

D. o. Whildin is the architect and Earl Klein is the contractor for the SIP. .75e warehouse which is being erected by the Jefferson county board of education in connection with the new Central High School
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
TO CONTINUE FIGHT
 ON UTILITIES BILL. Bill Takes Public Utilities Out. of Hands of Municipalities,
 States Brown

Indications are that the fight on the public utilities bill which has been waged by the city for the past few weeks is not over yet notwithstanding the fact that the bill was passed last Thursday.
 It is understood that the bill will be investigated in the next few days by legal experts who will decide what is to be done about it.
 We opposed the bill sn the ground that it takes the public utilities en- tirely out of the hands of the munich palities and puts their entire control under the direction of tho public service commission" said J. Ellis Brown When I left Mon tg om cry last Wednes- day I felt satisfied that we had secured the promises of enough senators to adopt the two amendments that the city was advocating. The amendments wero a sure thing until Governor Kilby's in- Huenee was felt, and then we were de- feated by a vote of l9 to To-.
 "The amendments which we endeav-, ored to have incorporated in the bill were first, to have valid existing con- tracts between utilities and municipali- ties respected and to make provision that the public service commission should not be allowed to interfere with these existing contracts and franchises.
 Second, the bill provides that the public service commission must on the motion of the utility value the property and that valuation shall stand as tho basic valuation for all future rate mak- ing purposes The city tried to have an amendment passed permitting the to have the property re- valued and to appeal from the valuation of the commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
BANQUET PLANNED FOR NEW MEMBERS Many Big Features for Civic Association Semi-AnnuaI
 Banquet

Members of tho Birmingham Civic As sociation will hold their semi-annual banquet in the clubrooms of the asso citation Monday night, October II.
 Every member of the association. especially the 400 new members who have never attended one of the organi zation's Big Nights" are urged to be present The entertainment will be in the nature of an introduction party for the new members who came in during the recent membership drive campaign.
 The dinner is being given this time in honor of the winning team in the membership drive, R. G. Hearshey chairman. J. E. Ramsey, chairman of the losing team, is preparing number of stunts for the amusment of the crowd, and Miss Daisy Rowley has charge of the musical programme.
 The feature of the evenings enter tainment will be an address by Dr. George R. Stuart on What Birming- ham Needs and How to Supply It.
 The committee on arrangements is anticipating such . large crowd that they are preparing to have the banquet in two sections, one in the roof gar den cafe and the other in the lounge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
MOOSE HOME MAY
 BE LOCATED HERE Million Dollar Home to Be Lo- cated In the South-LocaI
 Sites Are Offered

Birmingham has good change to be selected as the location of the million dollar Moose home when the officials of the supreme lodge visit Birmingham some time next month,
 This announcement was made yester- day by Director Newman of the Bir- mngham Lodge of Moose, who says that every member of the local organ ization is working to secure a number of sites in the district so they can be examined when the officials of the su- preme lodge visit the city
 Atlanta, Memphis and New Orleans have been busy for some time making efforts to obtain the home for their re- spective cities But according to of ficials of the local lodge. Birmingham has an excellent chance to have the home located here if the necessary site can be obtained
 The site will be purchased and will be kept up by the 750,0o0 members of the Loyal Order of the Moose through out the world The supreme lodge has decided that the site must be in the south because of climate conditions and the tract of land must be at least fifty acres square. Hundreds of little two and three room houses will be built over the site and each little cottage will be the home of an aged or indsent member of the order of Moose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
FORMAL OPENING
Hyman Leader Tells of New Cloth
 ing Store Which Opens Tomorrow

Hyman Leader, general manager of the Leader Clothing organization an- nounces that the formal opening of the Leaders store will be held Wednesday.
 Plans are being rushed and every thing is in readiness for the opening day of Birmingham's newest clothing store. The new store is located at 113 N. 18th street, formerly occupied by Joe and Lee Slaughter.
 We were delayed in getting our Bir- mingham store opened" said MT. Leader, lon account of waiting for the trend of the clothing prices to break. We were in New York awaiting the op- perfume time to buy woolens, and when it came we were there on the spot and jumped in and obtained the pick of the market at our own prices. We were content with letting our Birmingham store remain vacant for practically three months to obtain this buy and we are going to give the people of Bir- mingham and vicinity the benefit of our purchases"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
MAY UNASSIGNED
Officer in Charge of Local Recruiting Station Commissioned In
 Regular Army

Maj. II. B. May has been commits stoned a captain in the United States regular army. Since his return from overseas. where he served With the old Fighting Fourth Alabama, which was the l67th infantry of the Rainbow pI- vision. Major May has been assis ta II recruiting officer for Alabama. He Is also a veteran of the Spanish -Ameri- can war having served with the Ala . bana troops during that campaign
 Although he retained his majority in the national guard, Major May has just returned from Washington, where hs stood his examination for the regular army. receiving the commission of captain. He has been assigned to duty for the present at the local army recruiting station. The announcement that Major May will remain in Bir- mingham will be of more than usual interest to his friends who are con gratulatine him on the receipt of his comm ission in the regular army.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
WOMEN RESPOND ID
 APPEAL FOR FUNDS
Democratic Women Make Very Quick Response to Appeal
 of Mrs. M'NEEL

The following letter inclosing ss for the democratic campaign fund has been re- ceived by Mrs. John D. McNeel, national committeewoman:
 Dear Mrs. McNeel:
 "We saw your appeal to the democratic scriptions to the campaign fund Real izing that this is time when dollars count and hoping that every democratic woman will join us in contributing to this fund, we have taken the liberty of soliciting the following contributions. Others will follow. Respectfully yours,
 MRS. S. JESSE JOHNSTON.
 MRS. WILLIAM H. SMITH.
 MRS. J. r. FRAZIER
 1n commenting on the letter, Mrs. Me- Neel said:
 The spirit shown by these women is the sort that wins. Such cooperation fills every loyal democrat who hears of 1t with a sense of gratitude and en- ccuragement It is earnestly hoped that others will follow their patriotic ex- ample.
  ican propagandist who is busily spread ing his poison of there is no hope for democratic consumption. Every demo- crat who is influenced by it is to that extent disloyal, for even if there were no hope the bills for the national cam paign must be paid, and it is the duty of every democrat to help pay them
 But do not grant for a moment that there is no hope when the greatest ques- fiOr fha fhiS nation has faCa6 since it's foundation, the League of Nations, hangs in the balance. I do not believe that the American people are so igno- rant or base that majority of them can be deceived or bought, for that is what the defeat of the league would mean"
 The list of contributors follows: Mrs Miles Bradford s1, Mrs. H. J. Gillian $, Mrs. E. A. Carter $, Mrs. Ellis Brown $1, Mrs. Gregory Johnston sl, Mrs. John Carnes $1, Mrs. J. N. Killough $1, Mrs. R. F. Lovelady $1. Mrs. Hughes Kennedy $l, Mrs. N. L. Mewhinney s1, Mrs. &. Jesse J Johnston B, Mrs. E. O. Sanders sl, Mrs. Frank Steele $1 Mrs. Paul Taylor H, Mrs. Roscoe Mcconnell $1 Mrs. J. M. Morgan $1, Mrs. V. L. Smith $1. Mrs James w. King $1. Mrs. w. B. Dowel sl, Mrs. John Inman q, Mrs. R. P. Duffy Fl. Mrs. B. c. Bracken s1. Mrs. R. k. Lowry $1. Mrs. Grant Atkinson S1, Miss Cora Thompson s1, Miss Virginia Nixon N, Miss Eleanor Gillam sl, Miss Marion Bradford $1, Mrs. Brand Currie S, Mrs. F. J. Wood $1, Mrs. R. Dupont Thomp- son $1- Mrs. J. E. Spencer g, Mrs Charles Campbell q. a friend $1, Mrs. T. c. Buck shaw q. Mrs, Robert Moore H. Mrs. E. W. Pegues q, Mrs. E. c. Crow H. Mrs. George Gibson $1, Mrs. Willard Wheeler. $1, Mrs. Yerby Hudson q. Mrs. R. L. Newsome sl, Mrs. Eugenia Newsome $l, Miss Bessie Merrill s1, Mrs Al Wilson sl, Mrs G. T. Wofford s1, Mrs. Minnie Greg ory Smith 5. Mrs. J. F. Frazier s1, Mrs. Dora C. Fell $1-total $5S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
WHO WILL GIVE $500
 TO AID LEAGUE WORK?

To the Editor of The Age-Herlad;
 venture to address you again upon the "Lengue ThOusond Club" composed of those who desire to match the president in his $500 contribution to n fund for the dis senfnatfon of the truth about the League of Nations. We are receiv- ing about three thousand dollars . day for the club.
 WnI you. in the interest of the trUtk about this great plan to make war obsolete ns a means of settling avOidablc disputes betwene nations. please give space to this appeal in behalf of the League of Thousand Cubs. There are many friends of the league among yonr readers who need hut to have their sttetnion called to the matter to bring from them a cheek for five hundred dOI/rs to W. W. Marsh, treasurer democratic national com mittee, Grand Central Palace, New York City.
 Help me again out of your Een- erostty snd patriotism to enable the truth to go marching on.
 GEORGE WHITE. Chairmsn Democratic National Committee.
 New York, October 2. 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
EMPL 0YMENT BUREAU
Report for Year Shows Great Increase
 In Service and Activity

The scope of the municipal-federal em- ployment bureau for the fiscal year end ing September 20, shows 8 great increase in service and activity over that of the preceding year, according to the report of Manager H F. Oliver In his report MT. Oliver says:
 The first six months of this period was under the operation of the city em- ployment department Beginning July ] the service was joined with that of the United States department of labor. United States employment service.
 "The department activities and sery- ice have more than doubled. having all most trebled, as shown by comparative annual reports as follows:
 Number of persons referred during year 1s1S-1sls. 1.sSe; during year 1sis-1s2o. 6,O57.
 Number of persons referred during year 1sls-1sls, 1.s24: during year 1s1s-ls3o S,3T4.
 Number of orders given by employers during year 1s1s-1s1s 1,oss; during year 1919-192o. 6.509.
 "Number of inspections of private agencies during year 1s1s-1S1s. 6s; during year 1sls-1s2o. 1s6.
 'Industrial information. such as loca- tion of industries. wages, conditions, IS given out to great number or people at all times. which has proven to be a valuable feature of this service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
LICENSES NOW DUE
Rush to Pay License Tax in Probate
 Court on First Two Days

The office of the probate judge was to purchase business, automobile, motor cycle and hunters licenses. The office was crowded practically the entire aay and all clerks were kept busy. During the first two days in which licenses are due approximately 150 business, 800 auto mobile. 12 hunters and about 100 motor cycle licenses were issued
 Taxes on real and personal property. which is collected at the office of James F. Hawkins, county tax collector, was paid by 15 property owners yesterday This brings the total mp to nearly 20 for two days Business in the office of the clerk where dog licenses is collected has been very dull. Although only fif- teen days are allowed for the purchase of these tags only 175 had been issued last night Last year 12.oo0 tags were sold and it is expected that approximately 13,5OO will be purchased this year This will be an average of at least 1000 a day, and every person who owns a dog is urged to get the tags as early as pos sible and avoid the rush and congestion of the last few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
HighLanders Band Joins
 Sing at the Fairgrounds
Approximately 2O0 people gathered yesterday afternoon for the Community Sing the Alabama State which officially opened the festivities of the
2Il North goth Street

Music was furnished by the military tand of the Forty eighth Highlanders of Toronto. The band is in Birming ham by special permission of the Cana dian government and is under the dl- lection of Capt. John Slater. who has IT addition to the brass band of thirty pieces number of well-trained sing CTS in the company.
 Gordon Erickson. Birmingham own community sing leader. led the song programme and the two thousand voices joined in the old favorites sucn as "Amertca '' '"rne old Kentucky Home" The old Folks at Home' "Dixie." Carolina Sunshine" Dear Old Pal of Mine and Let the Rest of the World Go By' with a right good will
 Harold Swain one of the Canadian