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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
GR0CERS BARBECUE. HE RE WEDNESDAY
Kemper, National President of Association, Will Be ..
 Guest of Honor

Francis E. Kemper, president of the National Grocers association, will be the guest of honor at the an nual barbecue of the Birmingham Retail Grocers and Butchers asso- citation, to be held at Edgewood park Wednesday, September IA. In addi- tion to the members of the local as sociation. a number of visiting mer chants will be present.
 While in Birmingham, it is ex- pected that MT. Kemper will assist the local organization in organizing state association. All members of the Birmingham organization will close their stores at noon, and with their families will go to Idgewood park for the barbecue.
 Committees have been appointed to assist in entertaining. They will meet at the Tutwiler hotel at o'clock Wednesday, and will be taken to the park by the following mem bers with cars: Robert A. Emond, car with Sid J. Bowie, George w.. Yancey, Tom Grimes and Ernest Mills. II. P. Osment, with Dr. N. A. Barrett, president city commission; John H. Taylor, city commissioner; HIP. BurrIss and J. Ellis Brown, city commissioners. w. V. Trammel. with Paul Earle, Earle Bros; Maj. J. l.. Daniels. J. c. Shaw; car, with Judge Hugh Locke, president of the Birmingham Civic Association; Sid w. Lee and R. E. Murphy. Paul 1T. Shropshire and Mrs. Shropshire. car, with Francis E.. Kemper; R. A. Por- ter. president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. Frank Willis Barnett. MT. Dow. manager Morris Packing company. ear. with Adam M. Myatt, president Birmingham Brokers association. and MT. Green, manager for Wilson & Co.
 The following committee chairmen will have charge of the arrange ments for the day:
 Carl g. Hoadley, general chair man; B. c. Apperson. secretary edi- tor; J. F. Colvin, chairman ways and means committee; o. J. Moore. su- perintendent cooking: c. M. Cannon, chairman serving committee; M. L. Tubb, chairman serving refresh ments; F. F. Hooper, chairman la dies swimming committed; Mrs. Phil H. Shropshire, chairman social committee.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

Three hundred ana utty or the oVN to 700 travelling men who sell Bir- mingham, goods. more than tiled the ballroom of the Southerns club ,apd the overflow had to be dined in the cafe upstairs. They represented 75 jobbing and wholesale houses.
 Murray Brown of the Goodan- ' Brown Dry goods Co., presided. MT. Browns opening slogan was that Birmingham could be made the larg- est wholesale and jobbing center in the south If the travelling men de- cided that it should be made so The sentiment was re-echoed through the crowded room.
 We must pay the taxes and we must support the schools and the churches" said MT. Brown. We must all bear rart- of the expense of the community The more we pull for the community the more business 1t does, and the smaller the load of the individual.
 When you cannot get the business for yourself, do not stand in the way of a Birmingham competitor. we should pull for ourselves, but we should pull also for Birmingham first. last and all the time"
 k. A. Porter, president of the Chamber of Commerce, expressed his pride in the. magnificent response which the travelling alesmen of Bir- pfngham had made to the get together" invitation. He said Bir- mingham had shown wonderful loyalty to the country during the war, and he thought the same spirit of loyalty should find it's expression | in doing for the beloved city which is the common support in peace times.
 l The Birmingham Spirit | Sidney w. Lee declared that the character and size of the gathering proved that the Birmingham spirit, 1 for which her citizens had striven' had arrived, and that it was helping to make Birmingham the best town | in the best state In the union. | F. M. Couzins of the Sharpe Hat l company made short talk in which he asked that every travelling sales man not only sell his goods, but sell | Birmingham also.
 O. l.. Bum, general manager of the Chamber of Commerce, said the tray l cling salesmen were the best asset of community and that the attitude of those of Birmingham to their city was going to produce the results | long aimed at and desired.
 Richard F. Johnston of The Age Herald reiterated the sentiment thA
 the Birmingham spirit had arrived ] He. said 1t was the kind 'of splri 1 that Accomplished things. He al luded to the ctiy's fine war recoc-
 and expressed his conviction tha this spirit had been carried over lht' times of peace and was woking ou
 the bigger Birmingham of the futni % MT. Blackwell, of Moore & Hand 1leys company voiced the sentimen I that where one merchant cannot sel a customer. he should be glad to SCI
 that his Birmingham competitor go
 the business.
 Garrard Harris, of the Birminghau
 News, expressed his earnest desr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
GRADUATE NURSES
 RESPOND ID CALL


 Each local committee of the Rod Cross Nurses association, which has been asked by Uncle Sam for three nurses each to help out with the work in army and navy hospitals. has furnished more than it's quota.
 This will be reported at the meet ing of the.Red Cross nurses Wednes- day following the meeting of the Graduate Nurses association.
 The latter meeting will be held at 2:S0 o'clock at the club rooms of the Y. W. C. A. in the Real Estate build ing.
 The executive board will melt first. after which short talks will be giver by the members on how they spent their vacations
 The association studies different topics each three month period. The first three months this year will be devoted to hearing papers on private duty work. The second three months period will concern public health work, and the third, hospital work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

That the auxiliary write to the Mount Vernon Association of Women and procure from them several thousand walnuts from the home of George Washington. which will be planted by the children along the roadway. Thus Alabama will have trees commemorating also the father of the country"
 It was also decided that meetings shall be held every three months, the next place of meeting to be Tal- ladega.
 Trees From Nit. Vernon
 The meeting was presided over by Mrs. Wellington Vandiver of Talla- dega She urged the monument to Senator Plowman, and marker to l.. M. Curry, whose statue is in the Hall of Fame at Washington. His home is at Talladega and the Bankhead highway passes in front of it.
 The meeting of yesterday marked the first time Alabama women have come together in their effort to mak e the Bankhead highway, the longest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

For the first time in Alabama, women met today to organize for the beautifying of road, the Bank head highway through the state. It was the woman's auxiliary to the Bankhead highway commission.
 Four important things were de- cided upon:
 That memorial arch of artistic value shall be erected over the road at Cordova, Ala. to commemorate Senator John II. Bankhead, since he was not only father of good roads in America" but also promoter of deep water navigation. Navigation on the Warrior river, of which Cordova, Is the head, was always a source of great interest to him.
 That monument shall be erected in Talladega to the memory of Thom- as Plowman which will stand beside the highway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
YOUNG WOMAN HURT
 WHEN AUTO STARTS

Carelessness of negro in crank ing his car on Twentieth street be- tween Second and Third avenues yes terday morning resulted in injuries to Miss Jeanette Porter, age IT, 2411 Avenue l, Ensley.
 The negro cranked his car. the mo- tor starting with the gears in mesh. Miss Porter was struck by the nov ing car before the negro could shut off the motor. The car crashed into telephone pole.
 \ Miss Porter was taken to her home by W. S. Buck. It was found that her injuries were not serious. The negro was arrested by Police Officer Hefiin and placed in the city jail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
HOMECOMING SERVICE
 AT WALKER MEMORIAL

A home coming service will be held at the Walker Memorial church, Ar lington Place, Sunday at II o'clock. The service Is in the nature Of a re- union. and is to be the reunitlng or all the members who have been on vacations or elsewhere.
 The Sunday night lecture will be delivered by the pastor. Dr. B. T.. Waites, at o'clock, on The Land of the Sky" Dr. Waites has just re- turned from months vacation in the hills of North Carolina and his ser mon will be centered largely about this state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
BRANCH CLASS
 IN JOURNALISM E. M. Henderson to Direct Class at Birmingham-
 Southern College

Birmingham Southern college has instituted in conjunction with the department of English branch class in Journalism to he under the supervision of E. M. Henderson, local representative of the Associated Press, announced pr. Guy E. Shave ly, president of the college.
 The class has been so arranged that both faculty and students as we'll as any of the public desirous of making a study of this subject may do so. In order that the new course may not interfere with the regular curriculum of the college courses, it has been decided to hold the class daily between the hours Of 4 and o'clock in the afternoon.
 The study of journalism by the new system advocated at Birmingham Southern college will be practical and theoretical, with visits to the various local newspapers and lec- lures to be given from time to time by the newspaper men of the city. The course will be open for the pub lie as well for the students of the college. 4
 Mr. Henderson is well qualified by many years of newspaper work to dl- rect the class. He is native or South Carolina, educated in southern colleges and has been in newspaper work since graduation. He has been with the Associated Press for the past ten years and came to Birming- ham recently from the Denver, Col, bureau of the Associated Press.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
COOPER TO ADDRESS JUNIOR CHAMBER ON
 PUBLIC UTILITIES

A programme has been prepared by the arrangements committee Of the Junior Chamber of Commerce for the luncheon at the Tutwiler at 12:30 o'clock next Thursday afternoon. The speaker will be B. H. Cooper of the Alabama public service commission, who will present d discussion of the public utilities question In Birming- ham and Alabama.
 The musical part of the programme is to be headed by Mrs Holley Cow herd, a well known vocalist who has Lcen heard on a number of occasions at various functions in the city. She will be accompanied by Miss Alma Wallace Randall, who is to render several piano selections. Miss Ran call is a new musician. and has re- gently been studying under Richard IIagman, director of the Metropolitan in New York.
 Irving Engel is chairman of the programme committee, to be assisted by Oscar Goodfrlend and w. w.. Tarleton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
DO YOU REMEMBER?

When, old Uncle David F., Hick- man was the monach of all he snr- veyed as justice of the peace of Precinct 9? .,s..
 When Dr. J. B. vann was the leading physician of the county with office in old Elyton post office?
 When Prof. J. Felix Mclaughlin was principal of the old Ely Elyton Academy and was succeeded by the late Judge Sam l.. Greene?
 When the turntable on the West End car line was at he Pratt Mines railroad and First avenue2
 When Dick Hawes drowned Lis wife and one daughter in Lake View and the other daughter ir East Lake?
 When Frank Cahalan was judge of the criminal court of Jeffsr- son county? F. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
PLANS
 ART EXHIBITS Series of Exhibitions Will Be Shown During Coming
 Season,

Birmingham people will have the chance this season to see many art exhibits arranged through the Art league. They are meant to stimu- late interest so that people will con- tribute pictures and other artistic things to the permanent gallery to be established in the new auditorium. Mrs. Charles J. Sharp is chairman for the programme. A membership drive is soon to be started.
 These are the exhibitions that Bir- mingham will see either at the Lit the gallery, the Tutwiler hotel or the Jefferson theatre and their respective hosts and hostesses: Exhibitions of pastels of steel plant, J. w. Me Kenzie; American photography. Miss Lulu Tyus; graphic arts, Hartley Anderson; children's month. Mrs. Paul Earle, IT,; sculpture and archi- lecture, MT. and Mrs. William T.. Warren; American painting, Mrs. Victor Hanson; American pottery, Mrs. T. D. Parke; interior decoration, Mrs. Ross Smith; flowers and gar- dens, William H. Kessler cotton show MT. and Mrs. Donald Conner promotion of southern art, Mrs. J. E. Fries; commercial art, Mrs. John c. Henley
 The first exhibition will be that of American photography at the Lit tie gallery, to which all the local photographers will contribute. This will be staged from September 20 to 30. The first day there will be a re- ception from 4 p. m. to D. m., and during the time the gallery will be open to the public between noon and 6 o'clock.
 In the meanwhile, the Art league members are assisting with semi centennial work, and will carry this on through October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
FIELD SURVEY OF CENTENARY WORK
 METHODIST CHURCH

The annual field survey of the centenary work of the Methodist Episcopal church will be held in the Simpson Methodist church. corner ot Seventh avenue, north, and Twenty fifth street, Thursday. September 15, beginning at o'clock in the morn ing. Dr. Paul L. Voght of Philadel- rhia will be in charge of the affairs of the centenary. and Bishop Ernest Gladstone Richardson of Atlanta will serve as chairman.
 Dr. l.. J. Hammond. centenary sec retary for the Atlanta area, will be present, as will the Alabama confer ence officials and members of the board. Bishop Richardson has con scented to preach at 7;30 Thursday evening. The public has been invited.
 A revival has been in progress at the Methodist Episcopal church at Oak Grove for the past two weeks and will close today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

!, Bankhead said her family pledged that one mile of road out of Jasper would be taken care of in memory of her sister. Mrs. Arthur G.. Lund- who held the position previously as member-a large.
 Each woman delegate present was asked to address the meeting, as well as J. B. Elliott. president of the Jefferson County Bankhead High way association. The other dele gates speaking were; Mrs. J, B. White of Talladega, Mrs. Leon G. Jones of Talladesa. Mrs. John D, Head of Brompton, Mrs. T. II. Rennie of Pell City Mrs. T. w, El- liott of Easonvills Mrs. J. Asa Rountree, Mrs, F. F. Grove of Do a.
 Auxlliaries and committees to take up the work will be appointed by Mrs. Vandiver in each of tho seven Alabama counties the road will traverse.
 Previous to the meeting, the dele gaates were entertained at a lunch con at the Tutwiler, at which Mir Rountree was host. Several courses were served,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

MT. Rice will make his first public address here before the forum ot the Civic associa ton Monday at 12:30 o'clock in the private dining room of the association
 Series of Talks
 MT. Rice will make series or talks on pageantry before the organ ization of Birmingham during the first week of his stay in the city, and begins Monday before the civic forum. He is expected to address also the Drama league, Tuesday aft ernoon, the Kiwans club the same day, and other civic groups during the week.
 The value of pageantry and how 1t is growing in popularity will be dis cussed by MT. Rice, who will show the application to the Birmingham Semi -Centenpial. Mir. Rice believes the community should be thoroughly sold on pageant before It's produc- ton and that the local residents should breathe the spirit of the pro- duction when it is finally staged. He has written the mi-Centennial com mittee that thousands of copies of the pageant book should be distrib- uted among the public so the forth coming episodes may be thoroughly understood in advance of the produce ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
VETERANS OF FOREIGN
 WARS TO GIVE DANCE

The Gen. Thomas H. Berry post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars mas planned a series of dances to be given monthly at the Civic Association ball room on top of the Jefferson County Bank building The first dance will be given on the night of Septem- Der Is.
 These dances Will be open to the public and the door receipts will be gwen to help disabled ex-soldiers and to pay for plot in Elmwood cemetery where ex-soldiers, at the request of relatives. may be inferred with fitting honors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
$1O,OOO IN PRIZES
 FOR AGRICULTURAL
 EXHIBITS AT FAIR
Similar Value In Cattle and Cash for Animals-Indi- viduals, as Well as Coun-
 ties, Will Compete

Fair goers this year will be of fered the best exhibitions obtainable at the Alabama State Fair, accord ing to J. L. Dent, secretary of the association.
 There will be numerous different departments of the various agricul- tural and stock exhibits an deach of these departments will be under the supervision of experts.
 Foremost will be that of the agri- cultural exhibit, under the super ''- sion Of M. C. Allgood, state superin tendent of agriculture. The various classifications of this exhibit will be county exhibits, individual exhibits community exhibits, cotton exhibits, small grain exhibits, Jefferson county corn club exhibits, Jefferson county girls exhibits and the Jef- ferson county boys and girls poultry exhibit.
 Total cash awards to be presented the various prize winners will az gregate more than $10,000 for the agricultural department.
 Lyle Brown will have charge of the horticultural exhibits, and under this department a goodly showing of the state best products will be presented.
 The beef and dairy cattle depart ments will be supervised by C. B. Wall. Cash prizes aggregating $10.- 900 will be awarded winners of the various events of the former. Many varieties of beef cattle will be ex- hibited, including Shorthorns. Aber- deen-Angus, Hereford and others.
 Guernseys and Jerseys will com pose the principal exhibits of dairy cattle and similar prizes will be pre- scented.
 The swine exhibits will be directed by l., T. Wells. Berkshires and Duroc jerseys will compose the majority of the exhibits of this department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

one-name road in the world, beauti- ful. The mems commission will have charge of the road building, and just as soon as possible there after, and in some ca5es even before the work is done, the women will start their task of making it a pleasant driveway for the thou sands of pilgrims and automobilitsts that will traverse it's length.
 J. Asa Rountree, director general of the United States for the Bank head highway commission. told the delegates of the work other women are doing for the highway, and said that in Washington a committee will beautify Pennsylvania avenue. Fred- eric<sburg, Md, would also be a marked spot.
 ''The Bankhead highway from the mems standpoint, is already suc- cess,' he declared, and expressed his enthusiasm over the work Of making the road beautiful
 Upkeep Memorial
 Mrs. Thomas M owen, member at large, and a daughter of Sena or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11

to serve the trade extension idea to his utmost power and promised to stand by it continuously and to his rbest ahlitN .e1 7-se.T s-r D Frank Bridges, Le"Grahde wilson and' Gspw. Chambers rnade short talks. v0pa eae sqA!tS
 Takes All to BuId city
 Chapline Hodges of the Cosby Flour and Grain company said the only thing that was best done b7 one man was train robbing. But no one man can build town or exteni its trade territory. With all working to that end Birmingham will get the trade territory to which entitled. He also declared that the purchasing power of Birmingham was great trade extension lever and that it was being employed. He voiced the senti- ment that the occasion marked the partnership which had been formed by the travelling sa1esmen, the sales managers and the heads of concerns for the common end of making Bi' mingham bigger and by so doing ad- ding to the trade opportunities of every man doing business in the city.
 Frank Willis Barnett interlarF.ed the more serious talks with a graphic story of his officiating as proxy at the Sumter county wedding last week m place or Dr. Eumonus, Roars of laughter greeded Or. Bar nett's splendid appeal to the humor- ous.
 e w Chambers of the United States Rubber company sany two 1 vocal selections in inimitable style and Gordon Erickson conducted sing ing of old fashioned songs in which the gathering lustily participated.
 Prevailing expression among the men who attended the event as they filed out of the Southern club was '"rhe Birmingham Spirit has arrived | end 1t is invincible."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
SMALL BOY RUN OVER BY
 AUTO-SERI0USLY HURT

Woodie Smith. age 8, of Waddell. was run over by an automobile at the corner of First avenue and Thirty ninth street, north yesterday afternoon at about l o'clock. The driver of the car did not stop. His Identity is not known. The boy was picked up by C. J. Wages, 52lS First avenue, and rushed to the Hillman hospital where it is said that his .n- juries consisted of a broken arm aud cuts and abrasions about the head and legs. a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
UNSETTLED WEATHER

Unsettled weather conditions are phophesied for Birmingham today by MT. Horton of the weather bureau. The temperature will continue stationary
 The highest record by the off, ficial thermometer yesterday was 90 degrees about 2:30 iu the aft ernoon. The lowest was Fl de- grees which occurred at o'clock yesterday morning. The mean temperature for the first 10 days in September has been between 4 and degrees above normal every day except Thursday. when it was exactly normal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
HARMONY SINGERS

The Christian Harmony Singers will meet at the East Birmingham Methodist church this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock for sing. A Chris tian Harmony school has just been at East Birmingham and much interest is being manifested in the meeting today. A number of prominent singers will be present and the public is invited
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
ExHIBITs GOLD DEPOSITS

Anniston. September 10.-(Specal) E. J. Tillery, an experienced gold miner from the west has recently opened two new veins on the King gold lands in the edge of Cleburne county, deposits having been brought to the city and exhibited Saturday. Mir. Tillery has been engaged in the King gold fields for nearly year and has uncovered several veins which are said to be rich in gold bearing quartz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
STILL DESTROY

w. F. Eubanks and w. M. Dewes, federal prohibition enforcement or flcers, destroyed an S0-gallon still and 300 gallons of mash yesterday about two miles south of Irondaie. The still had been in operation, bat the persons operating it escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
$l,000 Contributors
 to Semi-CentenniaI

The list of those who have con- tributed s1,000 to the fund for the semi-centennial celebration and the entertainment of President Harding during the week October 24-29. as announced by Erskine Ramsay, chairman of the finance committee, is as follows:
 Th. Ape-Herald staff and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
Rice WiH Begin Work On
 Semi Centennial Pageant

Wallace Rice, pageant who will pageant the Birmingham Donald John Hanny will
  for tho
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-11
Birmingham Spirit Is Rampant at Dinner
 or Commercial Men
Bv RICHARD F. JOHNSTON

itself realized Br m S and be made.
 gathering of travelling of Birmingham wholesale