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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Naval Stores D. n-

! Savannah. Ga. December 30.-Tur- pentine, quiet. 921s no sales; receipts, 10l; shipments, 103; stock, l5,515.
 Resin, quiet; no sales; receipts 457; shipments, S6S; stock. S3, $50.
 Quote; B, D, E, F. G. H. I. K. M. N. Wg. Wv, s11.0Q.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31

.vV V Si}eh'
 Mary Echols chapter, No. 125. Order of Eastern Star. will have an oyster sup per at their hall this evening.
 There will be a watch service at 1, the Fairview Presbyterian church tonight. A splendid programme has been arranged and lunches will be served by the Ep- worth league.
 Mrs. Price Clayton will be hostess to the meeting of the Young Matrons club of Fairfield Thursday, January 6.
 Miss Violet Jones of Hartselle and Miss Caroline Sears of Eutaw will arrive Sat urday to be the guests of Miss Maxine McCarty. Many social affairs have been planned for them. Amarillo, Tex, have returned home after visiting Rev. and Mrs. D. M Gardner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
NEW MAIL CARRIER

An auxiliary mail carrier has at last been allowed the postoffice in Besse- mer by the government. The new car rier will work five hours per day, and his employment will add much to the efficiency of the postal department in the city, inasmuch as it will greatly facilitate the delivery of mail.
 The new order became effective this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Dry Goods By Associated Prese

| New York, December 30.-Gray cotton goods were quiet today while yarns were barely steady. Amoskeag staple ging- hams dropped to basis of 101sc, a yard
 net and dress ginghams to 15c for utili- ties. Raw silk was steadier Burlaps quiet and wool goods slow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Rice Market Ky Ass0ciated A Press

New Orleans, December @.-Rousl rice, no sales; receipts, 4.370 sacks; mill CTS receipts same. Clean rice, no sales receipts, 1947 pockets; bran and polisi unchanged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31

sagamore. J. N. Wade; junior sagamore, B. V. Beasley; keeper of seals and records, J. D. Waites; keeper of wam- pun, J. M. Foche; representative to the grand council J. D. Maites.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Liverpool Cotton

Liverpool, December 3o.-Spot cotton in improved demand; prices higher; good mddling, Il 27d; fully mddling, 10 .y7d; middling, 9.02; low midding, rod; good ordinary. 552d; ordinary, Ard Sales, 1000 bales, including 1,S00 American. Re ceipts, 1,0OO bales, including 100 American. Futures closed quiet; December, 9.32d !; January. 9.29d; March. 9.49d; May, 9.67d; July, 9.S1d; October, 9S3d.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Interior Movement

. By xNsSOCIHttu TresS
 Houston. Middling, 12.65c; receipts, 10,5O0; shipments, s,7o2; sales. 1892; stock, 359,229.
 Memphis: Middling, 14c; receipts, S,452; shipments, 3,6s2; sales, 1,5O0; stock, 3S0,61S.
 Augusta Middling, 1Sc; receipts, 1,0O2; shipments, $40; sales, 130; stock 166.594.
 St. Louis: Middling, 14c; receipts, 3,620; shipments, 2,9S0; stock, 11,766.
 Atlanta; Middling, 13.25c.
 Little Rock: Middling, 14c; receipts,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31

May & SiegePs dry goods store on Second avenue caught on fire Thursday evening and considerable damage was done before it could be extinguished. Scott's dry goods store, adjoining May X SiegeFs store, caught also and was damaged. It is not known how the fire originated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31

Bessemer December 50,- (SpeciaD- The merchants of Bessemer report an unusually good holiday business this season, ranging in increase over the Christmas trade of last year as high as 40 per cent.
 Trading was good in Bessemer the early part of Christmas week, but, ac- cording to the merchants, from Thurs day, all previous records were broken. This gratifying condition was brought about by the fact that a number of the large corporations granted a special pay day for their employees the latter part of the week.
 Dr. Middleton $, Barnwell was the guest of the Rotary club today at their weekly luncheon and addressed the club on 'The Co-Operation of the In- ternational kiwanis and Rotary Clubs" According to the Rotarians, this ad- dress was one of the finest given for the club this year.
 Besides pr. Barnwell, there were a number of other guests, including MT. Welch from Birmingham, Prof. Lowery of Blue Mountain College, Miss, and l.. L. Huey.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31

New York, December So.-Butter firm; creamery firsts, 44@551sc Eggs weak; fresh gathered firsts. 73Ql5c. Cheese steadier; average run, 2@5c. Poultry Alive steady; chickens by freight, 5zc' by express. 33ds6c: fowls, 35d37c; roosters, PC; turkeys. 45c. Dressed steady; west ern chickens in barrels, 25dS5c; others un- changed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Metal Market

New York, December 30.-Copper. weak; electrolytic, spot and first quar- ter, 1aia@13h. iron, nominally un- charged. Tin. firm, spot 34.00@3450; futures, S5.50@3650. Anthony. 5.25 e 5.57. Lead. dull, spot 4.50@ 4.T5. Zinc, dull. East St. Louis spot, 5.60@ 575.
 London, December 30.-Standard cop per spot, G72 2s Sd; futures, f73 Is Sd Electroiytic spot ESQ; futures, fS3 los Tin, spot f207 los; futures, 9212 los. lead spot f2S 10s; futures, f24 los Zinc, spot s27; futures, f2S los.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
EAST ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK

East St. Louis, December 3o.-Cattle: Receipts. 2.10o; slow.
 Iop steers -'.-'.... ..............s S.90 Bulk ..................... 7.250 s.25 Bulk heifers .................. 625@ 7.50 Bulk cows ......'......,..... 5000 500 veal calves top .............. 1900 Buik .,..:..-.............. 125O@13. %
 Hogs: Receipts. 10,500; closed fairly ac- tive, 10@25c lower than yesterdays aver age; most of the decline on heavies and mediums
 TOP ............-... ........... s1010 Bulk lights and mediums .,... 9.75@10 % Bulk neavies .........'.ss..... $500 9.75 bdriy top .... lO.15 Sheep: Receipts 500; good clearance closed slow; unevenly steady to s1 lower best lambs and yearling soc lower; medium lambs 76c9$l lower ewes steady. aop iainps ...fs.'.....a. S1l.T5 Buik ...'... ..t'., ...,.....,. 1075@ Il. 50 LSailihSS, lop g.25 Ewes' top ....+.............. 400 Bulk ...................... 3.50@ 3.75
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31

Mrs. L. D. McCulium,
 correspondent, re- ceives news items. Phone Besserner io72
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Snnf Coffon

New Orleans, December O.-Spot cotton quiet, unchanged. Sales on the spot 570 bales to arrive. 75o. Low middling. s.5oc; middling, 13.50c: good middling, 16.25c. Receipts, Il ,357; stock, 475,3S2.
 New York. December 9O-Spot cotton quiet middling, IA 60c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Cosmos club will meet Friday aft ernoon with Mrs. w. P. Caine on Ave nue H.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Potato Market

Chicago, December 30.-Potatoes, steady; northern white sacked, $l.4O@ l. 50 cwt, Idaho russets sacked, $1.9o cwt.; Wisconsin Kings sacked $l.z0 ewt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31
Saot. Coffee
Money Market

By Associated Press ~-New York, December 3o.-Spot coffee unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-31

The Missionary society of the EnseS Highlands Methodist church will enter tain the honorary members and theil wives at the parsonage this evening al go o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26
MACLEAN AND MAY
 ARE COMING AGAIN
Famous Stars At Strand Monday in New Comedy,
 'Mary's Ankle

He was handsome young doctor, but how was one going to meet him. This question perplexed Mary until she thought of her ankle. and then all of her difficulties were out of the day. What Mary did helps make 'Mary's Ankle" q fit companion for "Twenty-Three and a Half Hours Leave and Whats Your Husband Doing" in which Birmingham movie fans have seen those delightful CO., stars, Douglas MacLean and Doris May.
 MT. MacLean and Miss May will be at the Strand again Monday and all week Like it's predecessors, this is a Thomas IT. the famous stage success of the same name, and is more delightful on the screen than in the original.
 No movie stars within a decade have had such a rapid rise to fame as these young stars and in "Mary's Ankle" they sustain the high reputation they have built for themselves in other productions. They both possess youth and with it per- sonal charm and decided ability in the hardest form of histrionic art. comedy.
 "Mary's Ankle is a delightful light comedy, and it provides the co-stars with roles which fit them perfectly. more charming Mary than Miss May one could never hope to find. No wonder the young doctor, portrayed by Mir. MacLean, took such tender care of that damaged ankle
 There IS a charming romance running through the play, and it all begins when Mary sprained her ankle "Mary's Ankle" is one of those comedies that one cannot afford to miss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26
ETHEL CLAYTON ID
 BE COLONIAL STAR
She Will Appear Tomorrow and Saturday in "Thir-
 tenth Commandment

Matrimony is the biggest game or busi- ress in life. according to the point of view, and the only way to make it q success is on a fifty-fifty basis. This is the idea behind "The Thirteenth Com nandment" in which Ethel Clayton will be seen as the star at the Colonial thea ter tomorrow and Saturday.
 "The Thirteenth Commandment is a perturbation of the famous novel of the same name by Rupert Hughes, recognized as one of the greatest modern writers. man alive to the modern problems. This story is considered his greatest work and in its adaptation for the screen all of it's strength and absorbing interest has been retained.
 Miss Clayton in the role of Daphne Kip gives one of the greatest character izations of her career. Not only is she fitted by her beauty for the role, but her years before the camera have given her the training necessary for the earn est depletion. Her supporting cast is an excellent one, including Charles Meredith, Monte Blue, Anna c. Nillson, Irving Cummings and others.
 Daphne Kip is typical of certain class of American girl Life to her meant nothing more than good time. She took everything that came to her for granted. She never investigated economic ques- tions when she wanted new hat, she simply expected her father to find It. Then came the time when she fell in love with d poor man and she awakes to the realities of life. What she does then makes a most absorbing drama.
 Irene Castle is the star at the Coloniai for the last time today in her latest Par amount-Artcraft production, "The Anna teur Wife,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26
WHY STANDARD GRADING PAYSI

quantity, the quality of the product not having been known or specified.
 No business is upon the best basis until so far as possible, allt he elements or chance have been eliminated. Therefore if Is believed that farnl.ug Ts not upon a proper business basis untoil it's products are sold upon a statement of their quality as measured by known standard. This condition should be brought about by adopting adequate standard grades and by sorting or chasing the products info or by these standard grades.
 Standard grades tend to insure to each grower return in proportion to the qual- ity of his produce. The farmer has some inventive to grow a high-grade of pro duce when he feels certain that 1t will bring a greater return than that grown by a slipshod neighbor With no standard grades in use, the country buyer often pays a blanket price to all growers re- gardless of the quality of the product which they deliver, knowing that the loss on a lot of inferior stock can be made up on the produce of better quality. These buyers are not wholly to plaA1e for this seemingly unfair practice, pc, cause competition forces them 10 adop' the practice or retire from business The same buyers are usually enthusiastic about the adoption and use Of standaro grades, because it places their puslness upon a more stable basis.
 Another important reason for the use of standard grades is that everyone IS enabled to purchase a product Of the de- sired quality The housewife wtho wants d yard of pure silk cloth does not care to purchase a mixture of silk and cotton Neither does the grocer who needS DON of extra fancy apples wish nox contain ing a mixture of extra fancy, fancy ana c grades as well as culls. His customers may not care to purchase the apples or lower quality. and if boxes with mixed grades only are available he is compelled to sort out the poorer stock and perhaps throw away the inferior apples. On the other hand if this inferior stock had been De cked separately, another grocer might be able to dispose of it to customers who prefer the lower grade at a lower price.
 When all farm products are sold ac- cording to standard grades, it is believed that much fraud and deception Will pc eliminated Confidence between producers s' dealers and consumers will be promoteu' There will not be so many farmers call ing the middlemen "crooks, nor so many dealers apparently convinced of the totai depravity of some country shippers.
 To sum up the main advantages ol standard grading: Fruits, vegetables and other farm produce should be sorted or classified according to standard grades in order to provide a standard tradihg basis: to encourage better methods or production and handling; to enable the buyer to procure stock of the size asla quality desired, and to assist in the eliml- nation of fraud and deception, therepy promoting confidence between producers dealers and consumers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26
DECREASE IN FARM HORSES

farms and ranches January 1 of this year was 21,1e9, eco, a decrease of S7S0oO head, or IT per cent, compared with year ago. The total value of these ani- mals this year is estimated at s1, ,992, ,542, ,ooO, as against s2,114,s97,ooo last year. This means an average value per head for horses of all ages of ss4.39, compared with S9S.45 a year ago. The average value per head ten years ago was $l0S.03. From these figures it IS not difficult to under stand why the horse market IS regarded as unsettled and the future equally un- certain. The. best demand during the past year has been in the south, while decreases have occurred on the western rangs. During the past two years the increased demand for feed for high priced meat animals has made it relatively more costly to keep horse cn the farm
 Comments in the reports of field agents to the bureau of crop estimates throw interesting light on the decrease III ehe number of horses. The agent in South Dakota writes: .With the competition of the gas tractor there has been diminish ing demand for the horses of the class largely grown in this state. The agent in Tennessee states: The raising of horses and mules has decline to some extent in the past few years. The auto is taking the place or the lloTse III iHnlis instances. With the mule the decline IS not so marked, as he is the mainstay os the farm, though few mules are beinG replaced by the tractor.
 According to the field agent in New
 Mexico there are no longer any wild
 horses on the range in his state, and the
 number of small Mexican COW ponies Is
 rapidly diminishing. The field agent IT
 Utah states that horses are liabilltie rather than assets in his section. SpeaE-
 inS of the decrease in certain sections O. Washington, the local representative in that state says: Where notable reduc- tion has occurred in any county it seems due to replacement of horse power by motor power"
 While the number and value of horses Ihas declined. there has been a slight ln- crease in the number of mules in thl' country compared with 9 year ago Most of these animals are in the southern 1 states. and the prosperity of that sec ton is reflected in the increased demand 1 and high prices paid for mules The aV' l craze value per head is Sl41.l9 (ali age' included), compared with s13o .SS a veal 1 ago and s120. 20 ten years ago. The tota humber of mules on farms and ranches
 the first of this year was 4,s9s.on, an m lcrease of H, ,00o head, or s per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26

If a number of persons were asked why farm products should be sold according to standard grades, probably few of the answers would be alike Many growers would say that by grading they could build up a reputation for their product and secure a premium in price. Numer- ous dealers might assert that farm prod ucts should he graded so that the farnier would be compelled to keep low-grade produce at home to be fed to his pigs or to decay.
 Some justification exists for both of these viewpoints. But. if grading is q good investment for one grower, why is it not the best policy for all growers? And if all growers of a certain prod Gct should grade equally well what op- pcrtunity would there be for one grower to have a better reputation for his pack or grade than his neighbor? And on the other hand. is the dealer right in saying that the farmer should always keep back the low-grade stock? If a food product is in demand, is it not advisable for the grower to sell it even if if is of poor value? The answers to these questions and to others of the kind require further discussion of the subjecr.
 The practice of grading farm products is as old as the practice of agriculture itself, but the proper progress has not been made because of a lack of uniformity in the standards used in grading. Each grower has had his own idea Of what the grading standards should be, and there fore each individual has had different set of grades. A trip to any large mar ket soon convnices the visitor that the va rious lots of apples, potatoes, onions or other products have as many different values as there are producers. For ex- ample, Farmer As best grade of potatoes might be equal in value to Farmer B s second grade. One of the chief values of grading, that of establishing a common standard, is lacking.
 When we purchase an article we have three things in mind, consciously or un- consciously, that is price. quality and quantity. The housewife Goes rot purchase a yard of cloth at $l per yard without a knowledge of whether it is cotton, silk or a mixture of the two. Neither does she buy a sack of rice without asking how many pounds are contained in the sa ok. And yet, thousands of barrels of potatoes are sold on the market to buy CTS who do not know the relative amounts of first, seconds and culls in the pack ages.
 It is true that both the buyer and seller may see the barrels of potatoes and form general idea of the quality of the stock, but unless the contents have been sorted neither one has definite and fair quail ity basis upon which to make the trans action. This is doubly true when sales are made at long distances Such trans actions are rarely satisfactory because neither seller nor buyer is sure of the ex- act quality of the commodity. The pur- chase is a gamble because but two of the three factors entering into the trans action are known, that is, price and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26

Horses in this country reached their maximum in 1918, and since then have been gradually decreasing, according to data compiled by the bureau of crop es- inmates While this statement appleS to the United States as whole, the ln- formation secured by the bureau relates primarily to the supply of horses on farms and ranches, the gradual decrease of which is attributed to motor Vehicles. That the decline of the horse on farms is not due merely to the use ot passenger automobiles is indicated by survey re- ceptJ,, undertaken by approximately 5b,Uo crop reporters representing the bureau in all sections of the country They save reported the names of more than 4s'VVo farmers who use motor trucks on thelr farms. But the extent to which these trucks displace horses is probematicai. Tn many cases the introduction of truck on a farm indicates provision Tor ni
 creased hauling rather than an actuai re- duction in the number of horses used.
 The estimated number of horses on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26
IN BED TWO YEARS AS
 RESULT OF PNEUMONIA
Cough left and she soon got
 back strength and flesh.

@T was confined to my bed for years from the effects of plural pneumonia. It left me with an awful cough and bron- chial trouble. Was treated by F different doctors with no apparent benefit.
 q had heard of Milks Emulsion, but had no faith in anything. A friend urged me, and I tried it. From the first, 1 commenced to feel better. I have now taken seven bottles and am feeling fine. Have no cough or bronchial trouble, have regained my flesh and strength and am doing all the work for family Of seven. l never felt better in my life. Mrs. Dell Sivers, 46 Fulton St, Phoe- nix, N. Y.
 A rundown body invites disease. Let Milks Emulsion build you up as it has others It costs nothing to try,
 Milks Emulsion is a pleasant, nutri- tive food and a corrective medicine. It restores healthy. natural bowel action. doing away with all need of pills and physics. It promotes appetite and quick ly puts the digestive organs in shape to assimilate food As a builder of flesh and strength Milks Emulsion is strongly recommended to those whom sickness has weakened. and is g. powerful aid in re- sisting and repairing the effects of vast ing diseases. Chronic stomach trouble and constipation are promptly relieved usually in one day.
 This is the only solid emulsion made and so palatable Sat it is eaten with a spoon like ice cream. Truly wonderful for weak, siclSly children.
 No matter how severe your case, you are urged to try Milks Emulsion under this guarantee-Tahe six bottles home with you. use it according to directions ane if not satisfied with the results. vour money will be promptly refunded. Price COG and sl.2O per bottle. The Milks Emulsion Co, Terre Haute, Ind. Sold by druggists everywhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-26
THE MIRACLE GIRL COMING ID LYRIC
Prescott and Hope Dean to Present Mystery Act
 Next Week

As q special attraction. reseott and Hope Dean. called The Miracle Girl who knows your name and an swers all questions. will be presented. by the Lyric theatre Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 1, and g. If you have anything on your mind, ask ''Frescott' and Hope Dean will tell you. is the promise to Birmingham theatre goers in the Lyrics announcement oE this act.
 Theatres have been unable to accom-. modate the crowds that flocked to see and watch "Frescott" and Miss bean, accounts of their appearances else where show.
 Miss Dean is said to be the young%t : woman or man on the stage today who possesses what has been described as such marvellous powers. There is something uncanny about her ability to tell one the very thing that's se- cret,'" o ne critic said of her work.
 The act is a great deal different from others of this sort, and one of the things different about it is the. mode of travel. Prescott and Miss Dean are scheduled to arrive in Birmingha ps by airplane. and, what's more, th-. like airplaning so well they are billed to go aloft several times while in Bir- mingham-just for little spin.
 Accounts from other theatres stamp this act one of the most amazing of it's kind if not the very best in the coun- try" said Walter Crosbie, manager of the Lyric. '1n my opinion, it is the best bill of the kind in the United states, and I know it must be meritori- ous or the box offices everywhere they have been would not have had to turn hundreds away every day. 1 won't be surprised at all if the same overflow crowd greets the Lyric next week"