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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
HERE TO TALK OF
 SOUTH AMERICANS
Business and Professional Women's
 Club Plans Activities

Dr. J. H. Cornyn, a resident of Mex leo and South America for number of years, will address the Association of Business and Professional Women at their meeting this evening at 6:15 o'clock.
 He will talk about the women and customs of Latin America. Miss Lot.a Beldon will render a musical pro- gramme, including The Rachmaninoff Prelude" and "Rakoczy March," by Liszt.
 Reports of the state convention will be made at this time by the delegates who attended For this reason the regular meeting was postponed from last night until this evening.
 The membership drive, which has been in progress for the past month. will close and the results of the cam paign as well as the name of the win ming team will be announced. Members of the team securing the largest mum ber of members will be the guests of the club at a banquet given in their honor The date will be announced on this occasion.
 Plans of the summer camp at Edge wood, where members of the business womens organization may spend their vacations. will be announced. This camp will be ready about June 1 It is expected that large number of Bir- mingham women will avail themselves of this opportunity to enjoy the country and be convenient to the city as well,
 Before the meeting supper will be served in the dining room of the club All members are urged to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
SHRINERS MAKING
 READY FOR CLASS
Great Parade to Feature Ceremonies
 Here June 1

Preparations for one of the greatest of ceremonials ever given in Birmingham are being made by members of the Za- nora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, to be held here June 1.
 The celebration will include a large parade in the downtown district and a barbecue at the fair grounds.
 The parade will be the largest ever held by the Shrine in this section, if the plans of A. P. Wells. marshal of the day are fulfilled. Sections will be de- voted to the nobles in dress and mem- bers in business dress All who take1bart must march, it is said. and all automo- biles will be prohibited. The red fez will be worn by all participants.
 Those who will take part will assem- ble at Capital Park at 2:s0 o'clock in the afternoon. After passing through the principal streets of the city, they will be met with street cars and taken to the fair grounds for the other ceremonies
 A class of candidates about 50 strong will be taken into the order. The cere- mony lof receiving these candidates will take place at the fair grounds Between the different parts. a barbecue will be given to all members.
 The ceremonial will he attended by del- egations from over all the state. Invi- tations have been sent to all temples in the south to have some of their mem- bers present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21

Birmingham's retail district has a tendency to grow westward, said J.. M B. Otis of the Jemison Real Estate Company yesterday at the weekly meeting of the Real Estate Exchange.
 MT. Otis spoke in answer to M. P. Messer, who said at the last meeting of the club that the city was growing eastward. MT. Otis is a lifelong resi- dent of Birmingham, besides being con- nected with the real estate business. and has been acquainted with condi- tions in Birmingham for a long time
 In his contention that the tendency of the city was to grow. westward, he recalled the time when there was only one house on the spot where Birming- ham now stands, located where Twenty first street and Second avenue meet.
 From that house he traced the growth of the city first eastward dur ing the boom of 1886, an dthen west ward, where it is today, he claimed Taking the large retail houses, in- cluding Caheen Bros, Blach's and Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, he traced their locations as each changed from the east to the west to be in the nvest section of the city.
 A tendency to grow eastward was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
PROH|bIT|QN|STS AFTER MEDICINES
 THAT HAVE KICK
Extracts, Too, to Be Nulli- fled, If They Contain AL cOhOl-WOuld Curb
 Retail Sales

If the plans of the national prohibition department of the state are carried out the sale of spirits of nitre, pepsin, essence of peppermint, camphor and other antiseptics for beverage purposes will be stopped.
 With this idea in view M c. Stew art, chief inspector under Kelly Dixon, director of prohibition, was in Bir- mingham yesterday. He called on all wholesale druggists and asked their cooperation in the efforts of the gov ernment to stop the use of these medi- cines. which are being used by some of the dry citizens of the state to se- cure a kick"
 Under the plan adopted the quantity of these medicines sold to druggists monthly will be limited according to the amount of business they do, and all retail druggists will be asked to limit the sale of these and similar con- coctions to customers.
 Druggists are not required to have a permit to sell these medicines as they are alcohol,' said Mir. Stewart, "and we feel that if we can secure the CO., operation Of all wholesale and retail druggists in this matter We can stop the sale of these medicines for drink ing purposes. Other states have similar arrangements and this step in Alabama is made in cooperation with the gov ernment plan to decrease the sale of these antiseptics for beverages.
 Tt is up to the druggist whether or not he sells the various medicines with a kick" to persons for beverage pur- poses, for they are not required to make a report on the sale of these things.
 q am making a tour of the state and will visit Montgomery, Mobile and other cities to secure the cooperation of all druggists in the state if possible to enforce the plan of the department"
 MT. Stewart was much pleased with the assistance promised by both whole sale and retail druggists in Birming- ham, and he stated he felt sure Ala bama would be foremost in this move ment of the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
FAVORS USE OF
 BY-PRODUCT GAS Government Chemist Here Scanning VapOr Fuel
 Situation

Several interesting points in the local were made by A. c. Fieldner of Pittsburg, chief chemist of the United States bu- reau of mines, who was in Birmingham yesterday
 The purpose of the trip to Birmingham by MT. Fieldner was to inspect the local station of the bureau of mines, w. B. Plank in charge.
 Mir. Fieldner expressed the greatest interest in the local agitation against the waste of by-product gas from the coke ovens here. He is in favor of the sub stitution of this by-product gas instead of primary gas, which is expensive, as 1t means much useless waste, he sat.
 q see no reason that success should not be met with in the fight here in Br- mingham," said Mir. Fieldner. "It is only rroper that this tremendous waste be utilized in some manner to provide the city with light and heat.
 ''The rapidly diminishing supply of natA ural gas constitutes a real problem to the cities of Pittsburg and Cleveland. The civic authorities are considering the project of mixing artificial gas with the natural to proiong the supply of the ma tural gas
 "Another important by-product of the burning of coal that is coming into it's rightful place as a motor fuel Is benzol
 With the high price of gasoline, more and more eyes are being turned in this direction, Benzol alone provides an ex- cellent motor fuel, while mixed with gasoline, it is unsurpassed in power-giv- ing qualities and economy in use"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
MARX SEES LOWER
 PRICES IN OFF| ING No Crash, Just Gradual Les sening as War Tension
 Passes Away

Otto Marx of New York, formerly of Birmingham, head of the local brokerage and banking firm of Marx and Company, Is in the city for few days with old friends. Speaking i'm formally of the financial situation, MT. Marx said, In substance:
 "The federal reserve board has all ready inaugurated the process of grad ual deflation by taking steps that have curtailed speculation in Wall street.
 "The board Is now directing its en- ergies toward a gradual deflation in the price of commodities.
 These efforts bid fair to result in a gradual decline from the high peak which this country reached following the war. In my opinion, the deflation is going to occur without special jar to any interest, all sharing in the graduated process
 Speaking of Liberty Bonds in par ticular, MT Marx said: Liberty Bonds are selling at low figure. but do not think they will go much lower. In the end they will rise in value. Therefore, the wise thing to do Is to purchase them while they are low; the foolish thing is to sell them while they are low Instead of disposing of them, the holders should take on more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
DEMOCRATS WILL
 MEET HERE TODAY San Francisco Delegates to Discuss Plans for the
 Big Convention

Alabamas delegation to the national democratic convention in San Francisco Will meet at the Tutwiler hotel this morning at 10 O clock to discuss the plans and arrangements for their trip.
 The delegation consists of the four delegates at large and two from each congressional district in the state, mak- Ing total of twenty-four, all of whom were elected in the democratic primary held May Il.
 w. T. Sanders of Athens, the newly elected Alabama member of the national democratic executivs committee, arrived in Birmingham yesterday afternoon to be present at the conference of the delegates today. The meeting today is being held at the suggestion of MT. Sanders, who felt that it was important for the delegation to organize at once and make all the plans for the long western trip.
 The indications are that we will have very full and representative attend ance,' said Mir. Sanders. Many of the delegates have written to me agreeing upon the importance of holding such con- ference and signifying their intention of being present. I called the conference as soon after the primary as possible be- cause with the convention date fixed for June 2S and the meeting of the national committee scheduled several days ahead of that, I thought it necessary that Ala bama's plans should be decided upon without further delay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
BOARD SECRETARY
 IS TO LOCATE HERE

Members of the educational board Of the Southern Baptist convention, whose headquarters are in Birmingham. met yesterday in the rooms of the Civic Association to take up the matter of bringing to Birmingham the new sec retary of the board, Dr. w. c. James of Richmond. Va.
 Dr. James, who is in Birmingham to arrange the detaiis~t taking Xii so up Ia his
 For thirten years Dr. James has been the pastor of the Grove Avenue Bap- tist Church of Richmond. At the meet ing of the Southern Baptist convention last week in Washington he wes ap- pointed secretary of the educational board. For many years he has been connected with the educational inter- ests of the south.
 Dr. James will bring his family to Birmingham and take up his duties at an early date. he said at the meeting yesterday. His wife is the president of the Women's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist convention.
 Members of the committee which Dr. James will serve as secretary, are Frank S. White. chairman; Dr. w. H. Smith. E. s. Moore. D. H. Brown. pr. J. N. Shellburne. Dr. L. A. Dawson and w. H. Manley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
COAL CONTROVERSY
 |S BEING SETTLED Car Shortage Had An In- fluence on Temporarily
 Disturbed Relations

The coal mines of the Alabama com pany at Brookwood resumed operations IT ursday after suspension of three days. owing to delay in arriving at de- tails of agreement between the men and the company.
 Searles is expected to be in full force by today.
 Townley and Coal Valley mines of the Corona Company are still crippled by men being out, the production at the former being about 20 per cent of nor nal and that of the latter about the same. Corona was still down Thursday
 Car shortage, which counted for short hours on the part of labor. is credited with much of the discontent General in- dcations are that the idle men will soon return to work, because the operators have accepted the bituminous coal wage scale and are adjusting it's provisions to the Alabama field. For instance, q p per cent increase in wages of day labor iu the Pennsylvania field. with base of g. a day, called for S1' advance there, but the Alabama base calls for only O cents
 Fuel mines of the Southern Railway have effected agreements with the men and others are doing So daily
 Coal production for the week ending May 15 in Alabama was 2SS, ,541 tons, com pared with 309,00) the preceding week. This shows that mine suspension had not detracted much from the coal produce tion up to the last mining report.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
COUNTY SCHOOLS
 CLOSING TODAY Greatest Year and Largest Enrolment In History of
 of Jefferson County

All the county schools will close the 1915-29 session today.
 There are 21i schools in Jefferson coun- ty and splendid reports of each have been received by Dr. N k. Baker, county su- perintendent of education. ~
 schools of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company will continue for am other week
 Appropriate programmes have been ar- ranged by number of the schools and have been largely attended. Commence ment has been going on at the Sayre Junior High School all week. Dr. Baker will deliver the commencement address this evening at 730 o'clock, when the senior class exercises will be rendered.
 Last night Tom Thumb" wedding was presented by the primary grades and was one of the most enjoyable features of the exercises.
 "The Crimson and Blue" was the name of tue senior class play which was rem dered on Wednesday evening.
 debate. "The Adoption of the League of Nations was held Tuesday night.
 The sophomore and junior class exer- cises were rendered Monday evening. The commencement sermon was preached Monday morning at Il o'clock by Luther M Move of Howard College.
 Commencement exercises were held at the Pleasant Hin School yesterday, Su- perintendent w. II. Story of Pickens county delivered an address. D. B. Err win, assistant superintendent also ap- peared on the programme. The crowds attending the closing of the school were the largest in years. The principal and teachers were complimented on the splen- did work done during the session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
ISSUING
 BONDS ID RELIEVE
 STREET SITUATION
Commissioner Burruss Will Invite Attention of Board
 to Question At Once.
 $1, 1,000,000 Is Needed

Street Commissioner H. P. Burruss announced last night his intention to ask the city board to put the street question squarely before the citizens through vote on a $1,000,000 bond issue. He said:
 T shall bring before the board of city commissioners within the next two days the proposition to call an election for the people to vote on the Issue of s1,o00,O0O in street improvement bonds in installments of S2oO,0O0 annually for five years for the lmproyeme and repair of the streets of the city.
 This S20O0O0 per year will be in addi- ton to a probable appropriation of $lOO.U00 from the general fund annually. Thi5 will afford a sum of S9000O0 annually for improvement, repair and upkeep Of the streets of Birmingham for the next five years.
 Street paving of many streets to be as sessed to the property owners will pro ceed in the usual way. By these two methods the streets of Birmingham can be put in a condition to meet the needs of the business and the traffic of the city.
 The people are demanding and they need better streets for their business and social life. This will put the matter squarely np to the people, and the people will decide and fix the policy of the city as to streets. | believe the people wish good streets. Thus they will get good and usable streets without an addition to our present taxation.
 T hope the commission will call an early election on this matter and give the people an opportunity to decide this question. I have no doubt myself of their favorable decision in regard to this important matter.
 "The interest on these bonds can be paid out of the sinking fund tax as things now stand and is thoroughly practicable. The bonds will be issued as they are needed. The beauty of this plan is that it can be carried out without additional taxation. The only other method would be an additional two-mill tax, which is not desirable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
TAG DAYS PUT NEW
 LIFE INTO APPEAL.
More Than S4,000 Collected Wednesday and Yester-
 day for Salvationists
OF BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Statement May 4, 1920.
 RESOURCES

Wont you buy tag for the salva- tion Army" was the familiar appeal on the streets yesterday.
 q bought one yesterday" was the too often reply
 To one of these replies, worker at one of the corners said: Suppose the boys in France, when asked to go over the top once, that is enough where would we be now?"
 In spite of the fact that Wednesday g tag day was a success, the total amount of s2,363 being collected, yesterday was equally as successful, considering that a large number of people already wore the little square tag in their buttonhole.
 On Wednesday the team reporting the largest amount of money collected was composed of Miss F. H. Gillespie and Mrs. Ruth Unzic<er This team reported that they had collected $339 as the result iof the days work The largest amount iby an individual worker was by Miss Florence Smith She reported that she had collected $156.
 Other teams reported large amounts col lected Wednesday, Following are some of the teams and the amounts; ii Mrs. Bickell, Mrs. Plunkett, Mrs. stephen and Mrs. Kincaid, sl9S.53; Mrs. iWilburn Smith, Mrs. E. T. Steel and Miss Dorsey Harris, s155.55; Mrs. l.. A. Brooks, SIT A; Mrs. Byrd and Mrs. Hume. $4s.50' Mrs. Bonham, $9SO4; Mrs. Bickell and Mrs. Chisolm, $152; Mrs l.. A. Kidd, Slo0; Miss c. E. Miller. Miss Emily Van Dorm Miller and Miss Virginia Handley, s6o. 2oi Mrs. c. E. Rouse, $5l.5s Mrs. B. w Perry, $27.69; Mrs. A. F. Johnson and Mrs W. L. Grady, -s5411; Mrs. Charles E. Williams and Mrs. Dick Allen, S2lS.3li Mrs. Emmet O'Neal $47,O3; Mrs. Georgia Johnston and Mrs. w. c. Jones,t $42.S9; Mrs. Virgil Evans, $S6So; Mrs. Morgia Shropshire and Miss Virginia Ruff, $3l.0S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
COST OF BUSINESS, LECTURERS THEME Paul Findlay Says Consum- CT Should Know of Mer-
 chants Tribulati0ns

The secrets of successful retailing ures last night by Paul Findlay, mer- chandising expert of Los Angeles, who held the fixed attention of large audience a the Tutwiler auditorium with a lecture replete with facts and statistics on retail distribution
 He spoke here under the auspices of the Retail Grocers and Butchers As sociation and the Merchants Credit As sociation and business men generally were invited by these organizations. Mir Findlay illustrated his figures by blackboard demonstration. His sub ject was The High Cost of Busi- ness"
 Himself graduate grocer of over thirty ysix years experience and an au-' thority of national note Mir Findlay said he believed in opening up the ma chinery of production and wholesale and retail distribution so that all may see the inside works.
 Retailers and their customers will understand each other much better if the customer can be introduced to some of the difficulties and perplex- ites of the retailer,' he declared He cast a sidelight on one phase of the
 
 that the average net profit in the re- tail grocery business is only about 3 per cent.
 Thus. when a customer pays $40 for her months bill of groceries" said Mir. Findlay she is uncertain just what the grocer gets. Back in her head she thinks he gets $40. but his share really is $1.20 actual net profit, on the average. If he is a king-row' merchant he may get per cent net. or s2 net earnings on that bill"
 The speaker showed how to compute margins correctly on the sale price. not on the cost of the merchandise. because all expenses of the business are spread over the volume of sales. He gave an extended blackboard dem onstration of the correct method, showing that by this method it Is im- possible to make 100 per cent
 Well bought is halfssold," is per- nicious maxim. he asserted. because 1t tends to fix the merchants mind on buying, whereas he should think Of selling. for if he is an efficient seller buying will take care of itself
 Mir Findlay urged the grocer to spe- cialize continually in one fine food product after another, thus building up trade in the better grade of foods and attracting discriminating custom CTS.
 He declared that the only merchants who succeed In any line of business are those who bring out their own in dividuality through specializing. He also showed, however. that no store In the world is too "highbrow" to derive great benefit from special sales-pro- yided the merchandise is worthy Tt never nays to eature inferior goods, he concluded. with emphasis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21
SHIP BY TRUCK TO
 BE TOPIC OF TALK

An excursion is to be made to Birming- port next Thursday by the civic bodies of Birmingham.
 At the luncheon today in the Southern Club at 1 clock. Kelly E. Spencer, district manager of the Firestone Company, which is presenting a nationwide ship by-truck movement. will make a talk
 One of the songs submitted in the contest recently announced will he sung by it's authors, Wallace C. Chambers and Charles Marsh, at the luncheon today.
 prize has been offered by the club for the best Ciyitan song submitted. Sev- efal have already been written. This is the first one to be rendered before the club by it's authors.
 New members elected at recent meet ings will be introduced at tn lunchon to- taoinshrdlu cmfw pyetiaovnbkguj et day. All members are requested to bring guests who are interested in the ship by-truck movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-21

Five additional southern Alabama counties with their homes and indus tries are also hitching on.
 By the approaching connection of Alabama water power with that of Georgia, this state is provided with that of it's sister state for emergen- cies. A real era of hydroelectricity in Alabama has been inaugurated.
 The territory embraced in this serv- ice now extends from Montgomery and Selma to the northern state line and to the east and west boundaries of the state.
 Ample driving power Is now
 available for new industrial plants
 throughout a great raw material
 territory.
 1,200 MILES OF WIRES
 One water dam at Lock 12. on the Coosa river, of the Alabama Power Company through the medium of it's 1,200 miles of transmission cables, serves thirty 1.-two Alabama municipali- ties directly with light and power and eight others indirectly.
 Power from this water dam operates street car lines in the following cities; Birmingham, Albany, Decatur, Hunts vile, Anniston, Gadsden and Selma.
 Power from Lock 12 also op-
 crates more than 15O large indus-
 tries, from textile to steel, besides
 hundreds of minor plants of every
 ima ginable sort in the cities men
 toned below.
 Prior to 1912 Alabama had one small hydroelectric. unit at Tallassee Falls, which operated cotton mill and served the city of Montgomery That dam was damaged last year. The hydro electric supply at Lock 12 on the Coosa does nearly all the hydroelectric work in Alabama
 Building the dam on the Coosa began in 1912 and was completed in 1914. It has, therefore, been less than six years since Alabama began the real use of hydroelectricity. The extent to which this use has grown and the rapidity of attainment is one of the most interest ing of Alabama chapters on achieve ment.
 These are the cities now served by the Coosa dam directly:
 Attalla, Pell City, Leeds, Alabama City, Lincoln, Ragland, Hartselle, West Blocton, Guntersville, Jacksonville, Ashland, Lineville, Gurley, Decatur, Camp Hill, Montevallo, Wilton, Dora, Marion. Jasper, Roanoke, Gadsden. Selma, Oxford, Smith Mill, Madison, Austinville and Hobson City.
 Those served indirectly are: Opelika, Piedmont, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Alexander City, Birmingham. Bessemer, Cordova.
 The company is now preparing to serve directly Clanton and Oakman.
 It is preparing to serve, indirectly, Tuskegee, Wehaske and Lafayette.
 The total of municipalities served di- rectly and indirectly now is forty and will soon be forty-five.