The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-14

The suggestion was made yesterday to H. S. Meade of Peagram & Meade, Real Estate brokers, that all of the real estate and rental agents in Ensley and Fairfield hold meeting and recommend to the property own CTS for whom they were agents to re- duce the rents in, this section 10 or maybe Is per cent. MT. Meade and some other men who are property owners discussed the matter infor- maily, ard there is strong likeli- hood that a meeting will be held some day next week.
 It was pointed out. yesterday by a large property owners that inasmuch as there has been readjustment iH wages and another cut Is most like ly. there should be a correspond ing decrease in the rates charged for houses in Ensley, Fairfield and this immediate section. It was stated thai every empty house would be occupied forthwith-that the housing question would be quickly settled by such ac- ton on the part of the property owners.
 It was pointed out yesterday morn ing that the rents were increased very materially during the war to a point very much greater than the tax rate about which so much complain' has been heard, and reduction O. rents In this section would be very small as compared to the proportion of taxes paid and applied to h9use' built before the war
 MT. Meade, it is said, has discussed the matter informally with some O the best known and most influentia agents in this section, and, whil, there has been some who have de murred. there is said to have beer considerable indorsement of the gen eral suggestion.
 Night Turn at Mill
 The American Steel and Wire com pany plant at Fairfield, being able tt ship practically all the. tonnage 1t i, making, will operate the forthcom ing week at night This is the frs time in some months that the wire company officials have authorized night work, and it is taken to mear that a very material improvement IT steel wire products is being felt al the Fairfield mill.
 No official announcement was ob tainable yesterday as to the sch eduls for any greater time that next week but, inasmuch as this will be the thirt consecutive week during which op erations have been at high rate, | is believed the period of curtaiIed op erations at Fairfield is just abou lover.
 | In this connection 1t was pointed iout yesterday that the operation O the wire plant this week, the firins up of an additional battery of oven. at the bi-product division and tn, steady operation at the Fairfield works are all industrial straws whici point very accurately as to the direc aon the industrial winds are blowing Woodward Ovens
 The Woodward Iron company re sumed operation of 100 additional bi product ovens during the week whici | necessitated and caused yer, marked improvement in the coal pro
 duction
 It was stated yesterday by Presi dent Frank H. Crockard of tn, l Woodward company that no addi tional assumptions are contemplate l this week, although the Woodwar, | president was most optimistic in dis Icussing the operations of the Wood | ward properties.
 It was stated that the company il | operating. not quite half of it's ovens but the resumption of the battery O 100 during the past few days was l reason for marked optimism ii l Woodward and the surrounding sec tion.- It was stated that the compan,
 would operate the two furnaces as a | present, while the third and remain ing furnace at Woodward is beins
 overloaded, but not refined.
 l Rev. David M. Gardner, pastor e
 the First Baptist church and MT,
 Gardner have returned from an ex tended visit to points in Texas. Dl Gardner will occupy his pulpit thi morning as usual.
 Mrs. l.. Swygert will entertain Ems ley Review No. 14. Ladies of the Mac cabees, at her home. 2904 Ensley ave nue, next Thursday from 2:30 o'cloc until o'clock. All members invited Secures Walking Doll c. H. Wood of the Tennessee Goa Iron and Railroad company at Ems ley, secured 15 subscriptions to Tn | Age-Herald from IS men asked [ subscribe and the remaining thre were already subscribers. MT. Woo secured for his little daughter
 Martha. one of the notable walkin dolls for his work.
 He said yesterday that it was very easy matter to obtain subscrib CTS for The Age-Herald and he se cured from The Age-Herald burea at Ensley 15 extra blanks. He plan to obtain the additional subscriber hand secure doll for some little gir that perhaps has less opportunitie to engage in the contest.
 Mr. Wood and Miss Martha Tn formed MT, Carpenter of The Age
 Herald that they were building ne, home on Ensley Highlands and wer very anxious to get the doll for tn new home and that special plac