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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
Or. H. D. CampbeHW Is
 Attending Contention Here
 KnoUs Many Local Citizens
Noted Educator Had Not Visited Birmingham in 39 Years, But Was in College With Prominent Men
 From Jefferson County

Coming to Birmingham 39 years after his first visit here, while still a student at Washington and Lee university, Dr. H. D. Campbell, dean of that institution and professor of geology, is able to see the influ- ence of his alma mater on the Bir- mingham district.
 In 1882. in utilization with his fla ther, the eminent Prof. John L. Camp bell. then a professor of geology at Washington and Lee, and Dr. Will liam Henry Ruffner, a graduate of that institution, Dr. Campbell assist ed In making survey of the mineral possibilities of what is now the Bir- mingham district.
 The survey was made for the Georgia Pacific railway and extend ed from Atlanta to the Mississippi line. Partially as a result of the findings of the survey and the sub sequent publication of it's findings came the later immense development of coal and iron.
 Saw Warrior District
 pr. Campbell drove a horse and wagon through the now well known Warrior district, and his youthful mind then foretold the possibilities of the section. which he did not see again until 1921, when mines, mills, furnaces, factories and skyscrapers greeted his eye.
 Tt is not amiss to say that Wash ington and Lee had some little part in the development of Birmingham" says Dean Campbell.
 Its faculty and later its students assisted in the growth. If you lock over the alumni list of Washington and Lee in the city you will see many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
MASONS WILL GO
 ID GRAND LODGE
HaIf-Hundred Magic City Members Will Leave Sun-
 day For Montgomery

Nearly 50 Birmingham Masons will leave Sunday for Montgomery to at tend the one hundred and first annual meeting of the grand lodge of Ala bama, which will convene Monday morning and hold sessions through Thursday evening, when officers for the next year will be elected
 The feature of the meeting will be the mammoth celebration Tuesday night of the one hundredth anniver- sary of the founding of the grand lodge.
 A committee has arranged a pro- gram to fttingly commemorate the occasion. which will be participated in by several distinguished Masons of Alabama and other states.
 Three New Lodges
 Three new Birmingham lodges will be granted charters at this meet ing and the worshipful masters of these lodges will be present to re- ceive them. They are the East Bir- mingham lodge, Shades Valley lodge and Woodlawn lodge. Dr. J. T. Cal laway is master of the Shades Val ley lodge, newest to be formed.
 Among those who will go from Birmingham are Dr. T. O. Jones, dis trict lecturer and member of the com mittee on work; J. D. Matlock, senior deacon of the grand lodge; Albert l.. Reese, M. E. Reeves, J. L. Hagy, H. K. Newsome, J. c. Arthur, Dr. H. C. Greedy, H. L. Farley, Henry Key. pr. R F. Lovelady, Ben M. Jacobs, H. M. Hatcher and S. B. Kleppelt.
 Lazarus Will Attend
 Lew Lazarus, chairman of the grand lodge finance committee and one of the oldest members of the lodge, will also go from this city. This will be the thirty-first consec- ut.ve annual meeting of the grand lodge MT. Lazarus has attended. Many of the Birmingham Masons who go to attend the grand lodge meeting will also attend the sessions of the grand chapter. Royal Arch Masons, to be held there Monday John B. Bethea, Sr., of this city lis grand royal arch captain ano will probably attend.
 Sam Kleppelt, high priest Of Min eral City chapter. R. A. NJ, will ge as delegate from his lodge.
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of the local upbuilders of the com munity.
 Tn 1884. while a graduate student in geology there, was in close touch with Edward Barrett and assisted in his initiation to the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity of which we are both members. I know him and his brother, Thomas Barrett, of Augusta, we'll"
 An Important Commission
 pr. Campbell is the secretary of the commission on institutions of higher education of the Southern As sociation of Colleges and Secondary Schools, which suggests the stand ards for membership in the associa- tion, and which standards have been highly commended by the govern ment as being equal to the north cen tral association. His report to the association at their evening session yesterday was among the most i'm portant submitted.
 Many of the Birmingham alumni have been my students" he says.
 q was an instructor in chemistry when Mir. Barrett was attending the university.
 Recalls Alumni
 'T can recall few of them now in addition, such as Roderick Bed dow, James H. Bryan, Robert F. Bur nett, Borden H. Furr. Beach NJ. Chen oweth, Marshall Dabney. Evans Dunn, William R. J. Dunn, l.. R. Hanna, Courtney s. Henley, Cecil c. Hol. combe, Walter M. Hood, Sorsby Jemi- son, Jesse F. Lewis, Charles Oscar Locke. Jr., Chalmers H. Moore, Will liam J. Rushton, Col. Thomas o. Smith, William c. Streit, Jr., Perry w. Turner. Alexander Birch and others"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
MRS. JAFFEE AND
 LEVY ON TRIAL
Judge Abernethy Is Hearing Preliminary in Atlanta
 Fur Robbery

Preliminary trial of Mrs. Annie Jaffee and S. B. Levy on charges of buying. concealing or receiving furs and coats valued at approximately $I225 which were stolen several weeks ago from the store of Miss Stacey McWhorter in Atlanta, and a porticn of which are said to have been recovered from the defendants here, was begun in the Jefferson county court of misdemeanors yes terday afternoon before H. B. Aber- nethy.
 According to charges by the state, the defendants are alleged to have purchased the goods from Sam Cor ley, the alleged burglar, knowing that they had been stolen and with intent not to return them to their owners.
 The defendants contend that they did not know the property was stolen and bought them from Corley under the representation by him that he was a salesman for that kind of goods and that what he sold them were samples which he was author ized to dispose of before returning to his house. Evidence for the state was completed yesterday afternoon and some testimony for the defense was offered. Defense testimony will be heard this morning when the case is resumed.
 One of the features of the case was the appearance in custody of an of ficer of Corley, who testified for the state that he sold a considerable por- ticn of the property he had stolen to the defendants on their promise to pay him $2,000. He swore that after he had taken his trunk containing the goods to their place of business in the Hillman hotel they paid him SS50, and when he protested against the small amount given him threat ened to call the house detective if he did not leave the room. He told of his burglary of the McWhorter store in Atlanta and of taking away 1 four suit cases and a trunk filled | with the furs and coats.
 | Miss McWhorter testified to &C., l companying local detectives to the i defendants shop at the Hillman ho- | tel, where she said they found sew
 eral of the furs which had been | stolen from her. While there, she said. Levy told her that they had
 bought the stuff from a young man
 and that Mrs. Jaffee identified Cor | ley at the police station as the man | from whom they had purchased the goods. Several witnesses were intro-
 duced by the defense who testified to | the good character of the defendants l and one who swore that it was GUS 1 tomary for salesmen to dispose of their samples when going into their houses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
HOWARD COLLEGE
 GLEE CLUB FORMED
Is this you?

Successful candidates for member ship in the Howard College Glee club have been definitely selected by Di- rector Gladstone Jackson, and Bir- mingham people will have the first opportunity to hear this organization on Friday evening. December ?, when the first public recital will be given in the college auditorium
 Prolonged applause greeted the in itial appearance of the glee club be- fore the students and officials of the college believe that Professor Jack son has developed the best organiza- tion that Howard college has had in several years.
 Twenty men and eight substitutes have been selected by the director for places on the Howard Glee club from about 40 candidates.
 Officers of the Howard Glee club are: Berney Cowart president; F. O.. Carlisle, secretary; R. B. sims, busi- ness manager, and Carl E. Hearn. &C., companist.
 Members of the club, as selected by Director Jackson, are: First tenor, Frank Atkins, Jasper; Charlie Hurst, Bessemer. Second tenor, w. B. Gill; lett. Florence; Carl Scoggins, Pell City: J. F. c. Griggs. Marbury; Wal ter Bentley. Birmingham; Jimmie farrell, Lineville; J. P. Gillespie, Boaz; Carter Monasco. Jasper. First bass, R. B. Sims. Vernon; F. o. Carlisle, Birmingham; Eugene Washington, East Lake; E. l.. Higdon, Florida; Roswell E. owens. Enterprise; Wal don E. Webb. Birmingham: second bass, Berney Cowart. Haleyville; R. B. Speer. Elba; Claude Matthews, Scottsborough; W. S. Fuller, Dade- vile. Substitutes. Clarence b. Cox, J. P. Rittenbury. Jim Mallory. Frank M. Mulline, Boyd Runyan, W. A. Logan and Carl Hearn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02

price at which rendered caused re- jection.
 Plant on First avenue and Seventh street is not so busy as in October. but is at the rate of 70 per cent. Some very large and good business is in prospect" said R. I. Ingalls,, president
 The Ingaf:s company enlarged .es plant during the deflation period ana is finding use for the increased work ing facilities and space.
 This concern furnished the steel going into the Masonic temple.
 New office was recently opened at Charlotte, N. C., and two Carolina structural steel jobs have already been secured from that source.
 Birmingham's structural steel goes all over the south and when export business is going at all, gets it's share of that. Examples are steel bridges for the Philippines last year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
NEVILLE TRIAL IS
 SET FOR DEC. F
defendant Is Charged With
 the Killing of John

Trial of w B. Neville on charges of murder in the first degree for alleged participation In the staying of John Bivens, non-union miner, near Quin- town, last April, during the coal miners strike in the Birmingham dis trict, will begin Tn the criminal di- vision of the circuit court. December F. according to a setting, of the case made yesterday.
 Although a capital case, involving the death penalty, the case will be heard during a non-capital week on account of the wsiving of special S=nire by counsel for the accused man.
 A large number of witnesses have been summoned by both the state and the defense and trial of the case is ex- pected to consume at least a week or 10 days. Charlie Milligan, jointly in- dicted with Neville for the alleged killing of Bivens, was tried last spring, convicted of murder in the sec- ond degree and sentenced to 25 years Imprisonment in the state peniten- hidiy. All dPpSdl lO court ds still pending in l.illigan's case.
 According to charges by the state. Milligan and Neville are alleged to have shot and killed Bivens in a row growing out of the latter's returning to work in the col mine before the ending of the strike in the district They are alleged to have met Bivens while the two men, .n company with Dave Lattimer and Lloyd Little, were returning home from a meeting of striking miners at Logtown and to have shot him to death as he attempt ed to escape from them across a rail road trestle loaded with supplies that he had purchased for his family short- ly before the killing.
 At Milligan's trial. Dave Lattimer, who was first arrested and charged with participation in the crime, turned states evidence and testified that Milligan and Neville did the &C., tual shooting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
Birmingham Firm Lands
 Big Structural Steel Jobs

Items reported by the Ingalls, Iron works include:
 Just completing large steel build ing for the Knoxville Fertilizer com pany.
 Erecting new steel-framed shop for the Agricola Pipe works at Gads- den.
 Rebuilding the shops of the Ma tional Forge company at Anniston.
 Last week booked orders for seven steel bridges in North Carolina and two steel bridges for Mississippi.
 Booked order for steel for fouy buildings for the North Carolina col. lege at Chapel Hill. N. c. T. ( Thompson & Eros, Birmingham con tractors. are doing the erection.
 A batch of foreign proffers foe bridges and other structural steel work has been submitted, but low
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
COUNTY TRUCK GROWERS HOLD MONTHLY MEETING

Regular monthly meeting of the Jefferson County Truck Growers as- sociation was held yesterday in Judge Dan A. Greens courtroom, at which an address was made by President Schofield of the Alabama Farmers union and some routine business was transacted.
 One of the purposes of the meeting was to prepare orders for spring fer tilizer and reports showing the re- cent delivery of approximately 1000 fruit trees at saving of $2,00O were made. J. F. Wooten was elected to the board of directors to fill va cancy recently caused by resigna- tion.
 officers of the organization are; President, B. c. Garmon; correspond ing secretary, J. T. Knight; secre- tary, l.. H. Randall. Directors: l.. H. Randall, Antonio Smeraglio, c. J. Dalke, J. F. Wooten, B. c. Garmon, J. T. Carlisle, John Herman, J. T. Knight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
PLAYTIME
u n,YcNON uAU.I

By MIGNON HALL Weary of the tasks ahead?
 Life. Is drab today? There is playtime in the mind If you steal away. Go to distant. far Japan;
 Sail the South sea isles. Somewhere north, where lone men go, You may tramp for miles. Always to the westward
 Where life runs bright red You will find that mountain sprites Gay will make your bed. Bed of brown and golden leaves, With blue flowers by; All around you singing winds, Drifting clouds-and sky. Oh, you'll have no thought of grief Camping by far streams; Wondrous play hours God will grant When you summon dreams.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
By FRANK WILLIS BARNETT

Birmingham Is gradually reaching out for the smaller industries, and it is well, as for many years 1t was content to live on it's great ones: but 1t has been found worth while to make ian effort to encourage every form of manufacture.
 How many of you who read this know that here in your home town Is to be found a wholesale watch ma terial and tools manufacturer and jobber in optical goods, and yet there is one here functioning every day and reaching out for business in many di- rections
 There is many a good commercial find hidden away upstairs in the downtown district or located out on the Belt Line or ensconced in the dis trict of cheap rents. This is why these little stories are appearing from day to day. The Herald wants to make them known to the people.
 City of Opportunity
 T do not claim to be a newcomer - says F. T. Skelton, "but the present business in which I am engaged has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02

have no money whereby this can be done. It is probable that it will be necessary to issue bonds to develop the property as all of my budget is consumed by work to be done in the city proper.
 Plenty of Water
 There are several springs on this site and there will be sufficient water to use as we please. There is one spring that could be used to supply the wading pool for the children and another for the swimming pool and there are three more that could be developed. With this supply of water it will not be necessary to run city water there and that will save the expenditure of much money that can be used in the park proper.
 We will probably employ a land scape artist to supervise the laying off of the park, playground and golf course. However, the clearing of the trees and timber or that portion it will be necessary to cut, will give em ployment to a large number of men If started now.
 Swings, benches, sand piles and various forms of amusement for the youngsters will be placed in the park and with such natural beauty and re- sources as this plot of ground has, we hope to make one of the most beautiful parks of the kind In the south
 We realize that this is a thing that Birmingham needs very much and all of the clubs have agreed to CO., operate with the commission in the development of the project which will give thousands of people a place where they can go and enjoy them selves.
 MT. Hawkins is enthusiastic over the development of the property and I expect to ask the other members of the commission to concur in my rec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
JONES CHAIRMAN
 SHIPPERS ASSN

Charles E. Jones, secretary of the Birmingham Traffic bureau, was elected chairman of the Alabama Shippers association, organized at Montgomery yesterday by the traffic bureaus, and chambers of commerce of Mobile. Dothan. Montgomery. Selma. Birmingham. Troy and Gads den.
 This association has been formed to resist efforts that may be made by the carriers to raise the intrastate freight rates in Alabama following their hearing before the public serv- ice commission January g.
 Another meeting will be held, at which time it will be sought to have the other cities of the state brought into the association through their cham bers of commerce, representa- tive shippers and the like. The posi- ton taken is that the railroads are organized. therefore the shippers should be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
MACHINERY DEALERS
 CONVENTION HERE

Chamber of Commerce. through Convention Chairman Harry Half acre, has received notice from Alvin M. Smith. secretary, that the South ern Supply and Machinery Dealers association has accepted Birming- hams invitation to hold the 1922 con vention here, and that the conven- tion will be held here April "A to 26 inclusive.
 The convention will bring to Bir- mingham for the two days of the sessicn about 300 of the most promi- nent men In the supply and machin- cry line in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
MORTGAGE GIVEN FOR LOAN TO IMPROVE
 COLLEGE BUILDINGS

mortgage securing a loan of $40,000 from the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance company of Greens boro, N. C., the money to be used in the erection and equipping of new building at Howard college and for carrying on the administration of the business and affairs of the institu- tion. was filed in probate court yes- terday.
 Under the terms of the instrument which is signed by the governing of- ficials of the college the indebtedness is secured by note for $40.00O. pay able November 19, 1924, and by a mortgage on the property of the col lege known as block e6. according to the survey of the East Lake Land company and other property of the college.
 Accompanying the mortgage deed was copy of the resolutions adopted by the college board of trustees re- gently authorizing the borrowing of the money in which it is recited that the purpose of the loan is to aid in paying off existing indebtedness and for erecting and equippng a new building and carrying on the admin istration of the business and affairs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
Plans for Development Of
 Green Springs May Be Laid Before Commission Tuesday
Commissioner w. L. Harrison, in Company With City Engineer A. J. Hawkins and M. P. Messer of Op-
 timist Club, Visited Property Yesterday

Tentative plans for the develop ment of the Green Springs property will in all probability be submitted to the city commission at its meet ing Tuesday morning. Statement to this effect was made yesterday by w. L. Harrison, commissioner of parks and playgrounds, following his return from a tour of inspection of the property. He was accompanied by A. J. Hawkins, city engineer, and M. P Messer of the optimist club.
 Commissioner Harrison was enthu- siastic over the proposed development of the Green Springs property, which movement was started by the Xii wanis club and the Optimist club sew eral weeks ago. All other luncheon and civic clubs have been asked to co-operate in the development of this property into a municipal park and golf course.
 While l have not yet made any definite plans regarding the Green Springs property 1 am certainly i'm pressed with the proposition and be- lieve will have tentative plans worked out to submit to the com mission at it's meeting Tuesday. There are 100 acres of land and it is ideally situated for a park. playground and golf course and I feel that it can be developed at a minimum cost. I will probably ask the commission to au- thorize the engineering department to make survey of the property for the purpose of developing three pro- jects. including a golf course, a wad- ing pool for the children and a swim ming pool. If our engineering force Is unable to handle this work at this time will ask that MT. Hawkins be authorized to employ additional men for the work. In addition the ground will be cleared and we expect to de- 'velop this property gradually as we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
MANY CRIMINAL CASES
 ASSIGNED FOR HEARING

owing to the large number of criminal cases set for trial in the two criminal divisions of the circuit court during the week of December 12 and the probability that one di- vision will be engaged the entire week in hearing the case of William B. Nebiile, charged with the murder of John Bivens, Judge J. Q. Smith of the civil division has been as- signed by Judge Green, presiding judge. to assist in the criminal divis- ions during the week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
CIWTANS TO HOLD
 BUSINESS SESSION

Today's meeting of the Civitan club will be a closed business ses- sion and no guests will be invited, according to announcement of Reid Lawson, president. A report will be rendered by the committee that or ganized the new club at Greensboro on last Tuesday and there will be general discussion of the future pro- gram of activities for the Civilians.
 One of the principal matters to come up before the meeting, 1t Is an- nounced. Is the proposal to stage an- other dinner for the Mercy Home children such as was held last year Tentative plans for the event will be outlined by the various committee chairmen and each member will be assigned a definite part in the enter tainment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
SaUings in One Bank Are $25O, 900 Ouer Flush Times
Traders National Example of Manner in Which Bir mingham Citizens Have Piled Up More Than
 $2000O00O in Savings Accounts

year. In addition to it's regular saw ings, the Traders National will on December 10 distribute it's $192,000 of 1921 Christmas club savings. This compares with $1S0.000 in it's Christ mas savings last year. The bank will simultaneously start the 1922 series of savings clubs and, judging by the uniform past, there will be another substantial increase.
 The Traders National savings de- posits figured conspicuously in the total of more than s20,000, GOO in tn. Birmingham banks, mention of which was made in The Age-Herald Wednesday. The inadvertent omis- sion of the Traders National bank m the list of banks contributing to the total of savings was an error which The AgeHerald regrets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-12-02
EXTREME TEMPERATURES REGISTERED IN NOVEMBER

November proved cloudy month with 8 variety of temperature, rang ing from a cold day of freezing tenn perature on the night of November 12 to hot day of 80 degrees tempera- ture climb on November e3, with 2.14 inches of precipitation and nine days with more than one-tenth of one inch rain, according to the monthly report of Edgar c. Horton, observer for the weather bureau.
 Fourteen days were designated cloudy, four days were partly cloudy and 12 days were clear. Only one ! year since 1913 showed a smaller amount of rainfall than this year and that was 1917 when the precipitation was :55 inches.
 November 23, the day that the mer- cury took the upward trend to S0, showed the greatest daily range of temperature of 32 degrees. while only eight degrees of variance was indi- cated on November 26.
 on 10 days of the month the tenn perature went to 40 degrees or be- low, while on 24 days the tempera- ture went above 60 degrees, and on 1s of these days it surpassed the 70 mark.