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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
Conference Concludes to
 Use By-Product Gas for
 Greater Birmingham NoW
Representatives of Organizations Interest Spend Morn ing Threshing Out Situation-Tennessee Com pany Has Facilities, Local Gas Company to Han
 dle Busness-Sign Contract Shortly

A three-year contract with the Birmingham Railway y. Light and Power Company to furnish the city of Birmingham by-product gas is imminent.
 The gas is to be obtained from the by-product works of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company at Fair field.
 Connection with this plant Is already partially provided for, but about a mile of additional main must be laid in order to distribute the gas.
 The gross price to the consumer
 will be, it is understood, fixed at
 around SS cents. At the end of the
 three-year period. If contract is
 renewed, 1t Is understood that the
 price will be lowered to the Fair
 field price, which Is so cents.
 The extra cents above the Fair field price is incident to the necessity which the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power Company will be under to expend around S100,000 for the addi- tional piping mileage. Pipe is selling at about s73 per ton at this time, which is twice the price of pre-waf times
 Sloss- Sheffield by-product gas, of which there is daily surplus above the companys present wants of 6,O0o,-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
Judge Agee to Hear
 Mandamus Against
 County Jury System

Judge A. F. Agee of the Calhoun county circuit has been ordered from Anniston to Birmingham to hear the mandamus proceedings attacking the jury system of Jefferson county. This information was contai ined in a letter to Judge Horace Wilkinson from John C. Anderson. chief justice of the Ala bama supreme court.
 Hearing of this case has been spe- cially set for July 6 and Judge Agee will preside. II is stated that prac tfcally all of the Jefferson county judges will be summoned as witnesses.
 Proceedings were filed by Horace Afford, attorney who made charges in regard to the operation of the jury sys- tenn in Jefferson county. This man damus case will be the only case set for hearing. as court will be in recess so far as the trial of jury cases are concerned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
LOCAL CONSTABLE SHOT AND KILLED
 BY HIS BROTHER
Following Quarrel Over Whisky, George R. Craw- ford Is Victim of Shots
 From Brothers Gun

Locked securely behind the bars of the county jail, w. Arthur Crawford. age 1 4S years, charged with the murder of his brother, George R. Crawford, age 3i years. constable of beat 10 and a for
 n.er policeman of Birmingham, refuses | to talk except to deny the act. He was still in dazed condition last night 1 The shooting occurred aDout o'clock yesterday morning in the Tyler settle ment, near the Loveless bridge, which spans Shade creek, nine miles south of | Bessemer. The two brothers had Leeu carried from Bessemer to still in this vicinity about Il o'clock the night be- fore by two negro taxicab drivers. l According to John Ward and Jerry Johnson, the negroes, who are being held | as witnesses in the case, the two Lroth- l CTS had been drinking and were shoot
 ing at some trees Suddenly they be- came engaged in a quarrel as to the ownership of quart of whisky George Crawford pulled his pistol and discharged
 1t in the ground. Arthur is reported to 1 have said that he did not like any such actions and whipped out a pistol from | brother.
 Three bullets took effect, one in the
 left leg one in the left arm and one Tn the breast. The last shot was fatal
 and Crawford died at once, Arthur ] crawford, according to the negroes
 snapped his empty pistol at them and | then lied through the woods
 The negroes notified neighbors in the vicinity and came to Bessemer and mo- 1 tified the sherffs forces. De1uties
 Smithson, Steele, Vines and Carr, from
 the Bessemer office, joined by Depu-
 ties John Harris and Virgil Sandefer of the sheriffs offjce, took bloodhounds . and immediately left for the scene of
 the shooting. About 10) Bessemer elf the officers 1 They were on the scene of the mr. der only a few minutes when Arthur crawford came up out of the woods 1 lie seemed to be dazed and Intoxicated lie was immediately arrested ana brought to Birmingham. He did not
 nave his pistol when he returned and officers think that he threw it in the creek.
 Near the scene of the shooting two I large copper stills. 500 gallons of mash and thirty gallons of corn whisky were found and raided by the officers. One 1 or the still was still hot from it's on eration the night before J. NJ. and R l B. Tyler were arrested in connection with the raiding of the stills and were
 lodged in the county jail on charges I of distilling.
 George Crawford, the dead man. roomed at the Swanzey hotel on Fourth avenue, but his home was in Gate city. His body was taken in charge and brought to Woodlawn by ina Woodin Undertaking Company. Fu- neral services will De held from tha Woodiu parlors at o'clock this aft ernoon. Interment will be In Forest Hll cemetery Besides his brother arthur Crawford. who is charged with the murder. he is survived by two sis- ters. Mrs. Lindy Towrey of East Lake
 and Miss Myrtle Crawford of Birming- ham,
 Arthur Crawford is married and lives in Gate City.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
Out-0f-TOwn Retail
 Merchants to Meet
 With Manager Bailey

T. Jeff Bailey, directing manager Of the Alabama Retail Merchants Associa- ton. has invited a number of Alabama merchants to meet with him in Bir- mingham today and exchange ideas con- corning the organization.
 They will have a dinner at which the new organization will be the topic.
 This will be more especially a gather ing of merchants who can get in and out of Birmingham the same day. but who are vitally interested In each other and matters for which the association stands. They represent their several communities in the activities already set in motion and wish to compare their work of organization.
 J. H. Loveman, president of the asso- ciation has gone to Mobile to assist the merchants of that city in effecting the Mobile county unit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18

GOO cubic feet, was not accorded the consideration which otherwise might have been given, because the pipe lines necessary to construct in order to utilize it would cost a matter of several times that of the pipe required to complete connections with the Ten nessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Com pany at Fairfield.
 EMERGEN CONTRACT
 On expiration of the emergency con tract, which that about to be made is termed, other byproduct supplies would come up for consideration. For the present the Birmingham Railway Light and Power Company is in no po- sition to undertakes any great finan- cial load.
 Another consideration encouraging the officials to take advantage of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroads supply is the dispatch with which con nection may be made. Time is of ex- ceeding importance. The gas contract expires August 1 and some arrange ment of an immediate nature was nec- essary There was danger of com plete fall-down unless something was done at once.
 The gas-oil problem also loomed large. There is a near famine in it and a real famine threatened.
 The city, in order to secure the by product gas, will be forced to reduce its thermal unit requirement. from 575 to 4S7 units, the latter being the con stituency of product gas. The only
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
MRS. MATHIS IN
 SOUTH CAROLINA
the Editor The Age-TIerald:

To the Editor The Age Herald:
 I am here in South Carolina speaking to the Rotary Club of Spartanburg and the Chamber of Commerce.
 The Rotary Club gave special lunch con to fifty representative farmers of the county in order to cultivate cordial rela- tions and stimulate food production. It was the most whole-soul meeting I ever attended.
 Dr. Long of Clemson College and I were the principal speakers and we were given great reception.
 I will speak this afternoon at o'clock to the Chamber of Commerce, which, by the way is a very large organization, The government statement just issued about probable food shortage this fall is creating considerable interest every where in increasing food production
 Yours truly,
 MRS. c. H. MATHIS. Spartanburg, S. c, June 16, 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
TODAY IN
 BIRMINGHAM
OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA Statement May 4, 1920.
 RESOIIRCES

Civitan l o'clock luncheon at Southern Club.
 Salvation Army council meeting at 2:3O o'clock nt the First Chris tian Church.
 Birmingham vs. Memphis at Redwood field.
 ADJUSTMENTS.
 Strand theatre; Bert LyteH in ~Alias Jimmy Valentino"
 Trianon theatre; Katherine Mac Donald in "Passion's Playground" Alcazar theatre: 'The Gift Su- preme.- AII-star cast.
 Colonial theatre, Mae Murray in son With the Dance."
 RialtO theatre: VIII Rogers In "AlmOst a Husband,
 Princess theatre: Serials. vest crns and comedy pictures. Odeon theatre; Serials and com cdy pictures.
 Lyric theatre: Keith vaudeville and feature pictures.
 BijOu theatre; Loew's vaude- vile and pictures.
 New Majestic theatre: Four big feature pictures and screaming comedies.
 Bathing at East Lake park. Bathing and dancing at West Lake park.
 Dancing at EdgewOod park.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
New Incorporations

Papers of incorporation were filed by the Packard Birmingham Motors Com pany. The officers are: J. Mercer Bar nett. president: w. Reese Dunwody. vice president and general manager; J. w. Mercer, secretary and treasurer Tn ad- dtion to the above officers Joseph M Chandler and c. A Bruner are directors
 Papers of interrogation were filed in tho probate court yesterday by the General Underwriters Corporation. with an au- thorized capital stock of s10OO0. The firm will begin business with 5000 of the capital stock paid in The officers are: J. D. Pope. president and treasurer; G. 1T. Pope. vice president, and A. T. De- Bow. secretary and manager
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
LECTURE ON POETRY Judge Clement Wood tO Lecture Be- fore Summer School At University

Judge and Mrs. Clement Wood of New
 York will arrive in the city Friday after noon and will remain here several weeks visiting relatives.
 Judge Wood has been invited by the di- rector of the summer school at the Uni- versity to deliver a lecture before the summer school community. He has ac- cepted the invittaion for Wednesday. June sand will deliver lecture at that time upon Modern American Poetry" or some kindred subject.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
NEGRO TO HANG
Will Stover to Pay Death Penalty fol
 Murder of Old Negro

Will Stover. negro. will hang in the Jefferson county jail yard on July lG. his death warrant having been prepared a. the office of the clerk. Stover was convicted and sentenced to hang for the murder of Will Washington, an old ne- gro. who was shot and robbed near Boyles early in 1919
 The date for his execution was set for March F. but was postponed pending the supreme courts action on the appeal for rehearing. which was subsequently, denied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18
BANK DEPOSITS
 SHOW INCREASE Despite Much Use of Money In Replanting Injured
 Crops of Section

There has been recently an unusual ly heavy withdrawal of deposits by country banks from the large city hanks.
 The rural banks, in turn, are ex- periencing a large withdrawal of de- posits by their farmer customers.
 The withdrawals are to pay the high priced labor, which the farmer must employ to till his crops.
 Another large sum has gone into the expense of replanting.
 In spite of this large withdrawal from the banks, deposits of current date show large increase over the same period in 1919.
 Deposits in four Birmingham banks now and at approximately the same tune in 1919, follow:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-18

Increase for this year, $8,761,OO0. or 14 per cent.
 Deposits will not begin their climb again until the crops begin to move and returns come in for them. The high point is usually reached in De- ccmber. when the merchants make de- posits following their holiday trade
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
RALEIGH HIGH LOSES
TO JOHN MARSHALL

Raleigh High school of North Caro-
John Marshall nine by the score Of
II t. J. rho victory was due largely
to the steady pitching of Herbert Har-
rclson. who allowed the visitors Tut
four scattered hits AMI sent ten me N
10 the bench by the strike-out route,
although his teammates hit we'll behind
/ MIN and garnered fifteen hits of the
Tarheel tw,rIer
Tiny Hicks the diminutive Mar
shallite shortstop. featured with the
willow. lie landed for four hits out Of
| hVc trips TO the plate and added the
same number Of tallies to his teams
total Leisfe-d also caused the oppns-
ing hurler some worry by connec.lrg
Ter No Singles and double in Owe at
tcmpts
/ John Marshall opened bunting game
? in their half Of the FIRST inning after
! HARRISON had famed the first three
men to face him. Hicks the lead off
man. rolled a slow one down towards
he third haseman which he was able
/ to beat out. Turner followed with
! another hunt which the pitched muffed
allowing the batter TO reach first and
Hicks 70 advance \ bag Carroll was
out on a hunt to the first baseran.
Lelsfeid cleared the bases by driving a
double 10 center Rydey followed 9th
slEe = which scored Leisfe,d TODD
struck out and Hicks was out on 4 SLOW
one "a FIRST. ending the inning Conan
Stfadled n next inning and allowed no
hts untl the fifth when FIVE SINGLES
coupled with walk and an error put
n" game on ice for the locals
Inc pownhomers scored their one
run in the seventh when Crudup rho
hrst man IN, was safe on an error I'd
NaHfjnE 10 second on Wild pitch uv
iodd, Herman singled scoring Crudep
Inc AaTshallttes play return game
with Raleigh on SATURDAY.. Nav Is. when
harder game is predicted BY the WIS.,
ting coach. He claims that his men
We're not NJ to their usual form today
as they have been on the road for
three days and the players were SUIT
fnrLnc from lanlL If rlaan
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02

. AT the Eryan Club supper in wash
ington. FRIDAY evening. Law En-
fercement Of the National Prohibition
code" was proclaimed as the dorni-
nant issue IN prohibition n the COM
Ing national election Mr., Bryan
victory In Nebraska was cited as owl
dencs 10 show that the vets cam
paign against thc Eighteenth Amend
ment is failing.
One Of The speakers invited to ad-
dress the meeting was wayne B.
Hheeler. general counsel q the Anti
Saloon League Of America He said
that all candidates would be asked to
take stand for or against the en-
fsrcement OF tho Eighteenth Amend
ment and the prohibition code The
Situation has resolved itself into a
auestion Of law and order. The
Eighteenth Am endment will not be
repealed Just az It took only one
hranch OF the legislature in thirteen
states to defeat the amendment, the
same number can prevent the repeal
of the Eighteenth Amendment The
question now is. how shall the Elgh.
teenth Amendment be enforced.
Thirty-se states adopted state
Law enforcement codes before the
Elrhteenth Amendment was adopted
Or since Most Of them have stronger
provisions in them than the national
code The definition Of Intoxicating
Hquor in these states, with one or
fwo exceptions, is as strong or
sfronger than the federal prohibition
code Experience in these states
prove that law enforcement was i'm
possible with a weaker standard. The
courts in the states sustained this
standard and the supreme court Of
de United States called attention to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
NEGRO ARRESTED FOR
MAKING "CAWN JUICE

Report reached the prohibition de-
partment yesterday hat Hamlet
wood, coiored. had been arrested IN
Powhatan county BY officers Of the de-
partmeut for making Gavin juice a
liquid containing a kick of Ito.
small still and five and half gallons
of the liquor were found in the man s
home The man has been baied in
the sun, Of $500.
FINED $50 FOR SPEEDING.
A fne Of $50 and costs was imposed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
AFTER SOLDIER VOTE.

II is obvious that the Republican
raajority In tins house of representa-
dyes is becoming frantic in their
chase after soldiers votes. The same
spirit that animated the Republican
Asalings with the Union veterans Of
the War Between the states is sciz-
ing them as the presidential cam
Daign warns UP ana there Is threat
that certain elements among the re
turned soldiers will refuse to support
the Republicans unless some form Of
6bnus Is provided. the leaders are
fhrowing prudence to the winds ana
the majority report Of the ways and
means committee has recommended
ITCH burden Of taxa ton. in addi-
non to, those under which the ma
nDn is already staggering that
Mere is certain TO be strong popu-
NJ reaction.
sEyerg one wishes TO see the world
&r veterans dealt WITH 3ust as TIL
aeally ~ the resources of the country
build permit. No one complains OF
- huge sums paid out because OF
q nth. wounds and other injuries.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02

The FIRST cash bonus was almost un-
noticed An that is spent for re,
habilitation. for the various forms OF
educational assistance all that may
TO needed TO Keep the veterans and
Their families from any kind of suf-
fering or Inconvenience has met
win hearty commentator. The
giving Of public lands. Of redeemed
lands, or tho loaning pf money to
purchase lands. after tho proposals
Of former Secretary Lane, arc. gen
orally favored,
The raising Of the cash bonus py
taxing war profits would not he 50
had, but the further imposition Of
sale taxes wall not be tolc~a,ed nv
American business. nor by the con
sumers who will ultimately pay the
TAX. nor even by the better classes
~ the veterans themselves
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02

In relation to their
certain future values,
West Broad Street prop
critics are selling at half
their actual value, com
pared with similar prop
critics in other cities Of
r i c h m O n DIS size.
Prominent business man.
West Broad Street bust
ness sites at auction / ues-
day, May 4, at 5 P. NJ,
Be there, Sale conduct
ed by Atlantic Coast
Realty Co.-Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02

II is discourag1ng to read accounts
nf two fires in Virginia towns within
a week. Gordonsylue has suffered
its third connagration IN a few
months. II can scarcely be more
than three weeks since this paper
earnestly advised l,crdorsvile rot to
have any moro fires for while. It
is not easy to ignore advice from
such a source without loss.
Then. large damage has been
suffered by The Orange Hardware
cempanS Fortanately, the more
solid iron goods were not consumed.
Parsons. firms and corporations -stor-
ing infa namable wares should beware
OF the indiscrimlnate use Of fire in
their vicinity Spontaneous combus-
ton, too, should be rendered lmpos-
sihle. This Orange fire. II it had &C
CURED thirty years age, would not
have happened at ali The cause was
\ the faulty insulation Of an electric
lighting wire when such append
ages were unknown nres from that
source were very lnfrequent indeed.
In those DAYS kerosene lamps and
lanterns furnished manv arguments
frr the agents ot the fire Insurance
com panies, As source 81 i'm
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
Mems Stylish
SUITS
SIS to SIS

Why wear overalls and
Did clothes when we are
offering these fine Suits at
such remarkably low
.pricesg Only a few left.
Get yours before they are
all gone.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
MORE TOWN FIRES.

prompm illumination. those oil ar
rangements were certainly hard to
beat.
A leading feature OF most fires Is
that almost as much damage is done
by the water used in exunguishing
the flames as by the fire itself This
circumstance makes a loud call upon
the inventive genius of the race to
devise some means OF putting out
fire without the use OF water. In
most small towns the water has a
habit Of giving out about the time
the fire is we'll under way. At other
times the apparatus goes 20 pieces
after a few minutes operation and
the bucket brigade does not become
VOL organized until it is tirne to
smother the embers.
1t is matter OF eongrau)ation
that the fires referred to did not
occasion loss OF life and the damage
was fully covered by insurance.
ono may srnile At catastrophes which
merely cause Inconvenience. But
when tho case is otherwise. a fire in
a town is no laughing matter. No
money is more prudently invested
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
WILDE ENGLISH BANTAM
put BOBBY DYSON TO SI4EET

Lawrence Mass. May Jimmy
Wilde Of England flyweight cham
pion Of the world. made short work
OF Bobby Dyson. Of New Bedford in
a bout in the open air before ten
thousand persons here today Wilde
knocked the New England bantam
out IN about one minute Of the first
round.
The bows started mixing with the
hcll and both landed rights and lefts
DYSON was holding his own in the
first couple of exchanges when sud
donly Wilde shot his right to by
sons chin sending him down for a
count Of nine ON arising, Dyson
was met with n couple more rights
and let's. one landing on his chin
and knocking him out.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
Cadets Lose Out to
Virginia Racketers

University. Va. May Virginia $
racketers continued their winning
streak by disposing Of the V. M. l,
cadets in all matches PLAYED this
afternoon, The Nirglnians lost but
one set in the five matches played.
Thc results follow
Singles: Bidgood defeated Lee,
6-4, to Davis defeated Young
I'll, 1o--S Jarvis defeated Monta
que I'll. I'll Dabney defeated
Davidson. So. 6-2.
Doubles: Davis and ridgood de
feated Lee and Youn, -. ~;
Jarvis and Stearne defeated Monta-
que and Davidson. As. 6--3, 81.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02

The Cofer Agoga Bible class o
F!rst Baptist church viii be addressed
this morning ny r. l. Montague or
the subject OF Christ" Plans viii be
made this morning for exercises mex,
Sunday, which Is Mothers Day
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
JOHN MARSH

Summary: Two base hits Leisfcld,
Carroll, stolen bases Hicks Carroll.
Walden 2. Leisfeld; sacrifice hits
Carroll. Ryder; double plays Turner
to Hicks TO Ryder to Hicks; left on
bases John Marshall 5, Raleigh q;
first base on error John Marshall 3,
Raleigh 4: bases on balls, off Har-
relson /, or Coffey Il hits of Har-
reison in . innings. off Coffey s in
. innings: struckout by HARRISON / 0.
Nv Coffey S. Time OF game , hours.
mpire. Zeke smith
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
DIR. WEEKS TO PREACH At
GRACE STREET BAP. CHURCH

Rev w w Weeks who recently
accepted he call of the Grace Street
Baptist church, will occupy the pull
pit for the first time today. At II
A. NJ. he will preach on "A Revelation
and Commission" and at Sis r. M.
his sermon will be on Witnessing for
Christ"
Tuesday night a service of welcome
will be conducted in the church.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02
TRAFFIC RLoCkED WHEN
can JUMPS THE TRACK

Fast. West and Southbound tran c
On East Main street was blocked for
nearly a half hour yesterday shortly
after noon when big HUH street car
jumped the rails on the curve at -Four
teenth and Main streets. Cars could
not go 10 the East End or the West
End. as well as the Southslde Aided
nv another car the vagrant was pulled
hack on the track
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-02

upon c. c. Smith in police court yes
terday for exceeding the speed linit
in an automobile.