The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27
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Only woman Member

Only Woman Member
1T is a tribute to one of the Method
list matrons SO greatly beloved not only
in Birmingham and the state, put
| throughout the south as we'll that she
is a member of the educational com
mission of the Methodist Episcopal
church. south, one of the most impor-
that commissions in the interest OF
Christian education" says Ed Rowe.
This honor belongs to Mrs. James II.
Mccoy wife of the late Bishop Mccoy
known far and wide for her great rec
ord while as the president of the Meth
odist college for young women at Ath-
ems, Ala, where she served as Mary
Moore She is the only woman on the
commission, the other II being proml-
nent pastors. laymen and bishops"
Income Grows
Work in our office certainly is in
creasing," said Forney w. Brandon
deputy clerk in the criminal division of
the circuit court.
During the past month our Office
collected for the city of Birmingham
fines amounting to $5,902. This does
not include the court costs, but is lust
fines and were collected in addition
to the county cases. Our work has
grown so much that during the past
week we have had one Of the girls
from the office Of the probate judge
assisting u.s."
Can't Believe 1t
| 1T certainly is amusing to watch the
people weigh on that free scale on
Twentieth street near Fourth avenue,
said E. A wedgeworth. =w
! All day long this is going on and
very few people pass without stepping
up to see whether or not they have
gained or lost pound Especially is
| it interesting to watch the expressions
on the faces of women when they dis
cover that they weigh from 10 to 20
pounds more than they thought, and
they are generally heard to say on leav-
ing, I know that scale must be, wrong,
for I'm sure 1 don't weight that much =
Next Thing to 1t
Perpetual motion is an impossibility,
but the nearest thing to it 1 saw down
at the window display of Young & vann
yesterday" said Walter j. Barrett.
They have a big pulley or fly wheel
four feet in diameter and weighing
about 300 pounds, which is turned by a
thread attached to motor 1872 horse
power, ordinarily used on a sewing ma
chine.
| The big wheel operates so easily
and there is such a small amount of
friction that a tooth pick will start it
turning. 1t is estimated that in ordinary
operation of wheels and pulleys, one
fifth at least of all the power is wasted
kind of improved ball bearings, this
wheel only has one-fifth the friction
that an ordinary bearing has.
Even after the motor is stopped and
| the thread disconnected. it looks like
the wheel will turn all day before il
runs down. A few more improvements
like that and we will be on the road
to perpetual notion"
At 1000 Mark
1.-THE Birmingham Automobile club
has reached the 1000 mark" SAID
Charles G. Davis. president 'and we
are still going ahead.
"At meeting before last we took in
24o members. and at the last one 145
new ones. We set our mark for 5000
and we are going to get them before
we have gone much further.
| Benefits of the membership are Sc
| quickly grasped that securing mem.
bers is but a matter of approach. The
! club has stood for all the forward
steps taken for the safety of the streets
and prevention of larceny and we will
continue to do our full part in those
directions"
/ To Eat Together
4 IT am hoping that the membership
of the Chamber of Commerce will take
to the idea of having a weekly lunch.
con at the Southern club, as I am pro.
posing to them" said O. L. Bum. man.
ager.
/ Il have sent out letters TO the mem
bership asking what they think abou
it. Monday would be a good day. be
cause none of the other civic clubs dine
there that day.
"One must dine somewhere Monday.
as we'll as other days Why not thu
chamber members Mondays at thu
Southern club? If our men gather a
other luncheons for other purposes. why
NOT eat together in the name of the en-
tire community.
Such an occasion could be made a.
animated as the other weekly lunch
cons and it would be the means o
keeping posted as to the chamber &C
tivities that are conducted in the nam,
OF the community"
No Room for Complaint
Birmingham has no room for com
plaint,Y said M. ". Joseph. who has JUS
returned from the east. The retail
mercantile business of this city ha
maintained a good pace, in face of tn
slowing process in some of our indus
tries. The volume of business ha
been as great as last year. although W
have to sell more goods to, get in tn
same amount of money
If we but keep going at SO to 6