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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
JAMES WILL SPEAK TO
 MERIDIAN EXCHANGE CLUB

Meridian, Miss, May 2-George R.. James of Memphis. prominent in the usiness circles of that city. will be the principal speaker at the meeting. of the Meridian Exchange club Thursday. Mir. James is said to have given much of his time in late years to preaching diversi- fication of farm crops. and speaks from experience, being the owner of large hog and stock farm near Charleston, Miss. where he has produced scme os the worlds champion hogs His sub- ject to be discussed before the Ex- changites will be on diversiflca ton and improved stock and farm conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
NATIONAL HOSPITAL
 DAY CELEBRATION BY
 STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Meridian, Miss, May 2.-Dr s. H. Hairston, surgeon of the Matty Hersee charity hospital here, who was recently appointed state chairman of the move ment in this state of National Hospital Day, has addressed letters to all the pospitals of Mississippi requesting that the day, May 12. be fittingly cele- brated. The celebration of this day in honor of the birthday of Florence Nightingale, founder of the first rec ognfzed training school for nurses. The newspapers of the state and those hav- ing large circulations in Mississippi are requested by Dr. Hairston to give the coming celebration as much publicity as possible in order that the people may know the hospitals better and to be- come better acquainted with the great work they are doing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
THREE

dulge in discreet, but none the less de- ightful flirtations, to ones hearts con- tent
 At half-past four the taxi deposited Eve Rochester outside an ultra-modern tearoom She got out, paid the driver and walked into the vestibule.
 There Julian Vandaveer-immacula dressed-awaited her.
 Miss Eve-as beautiful as everl" His eyes narrowed as he looked at her. Yes, she was the type that certainly repaid good dressing. Expensive, though. i've reserved a table for us-cone along" He pressed her arm. I'm long ing for a talk with you, my dear" Tomorrow-What Mary Saw).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
Police Recover Car

Meridian, Miss. May 2.--Charles Dease and Seeney Worthem, members of the Meridian police department, have recovered large seyen-passenger Hud- son automobile belonging to air. and Mrs. A. Dewees of Philadelphia, Miss, which waks stolen in this city, from where it was parked by Mrs. Dewees and her daughter. The car was found on the Arundel road about five miles west of Meridian. where it had been abandoned by the thieves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
Y. w. c. A. Camnaien

Meridian, Miss. May 2.-The Young Women's Christian association of Mer- idian will launch it's 1921 financial cam paign May r for the purpose of rais- ing $s,000 for carrying on the work for the coming year. From a small begin ming two years ago the local Young Woman's Christian association now registers something over 2.000 contacts a month with young women in it's vari- ous departments of work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
Some Fish

Meridian, Miss, May 2.-will sulli- van, member of a local fishing party just returned from Lake Winchester, near that town on the Mobile and Ohio road, during the outing landed a seven pound black bass, the largest that has been caught in this section during the present season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
BusinesS Picking In

Meridian. Miss, May 2--Both the Southern railways New Orleans and Northeastern shops and the shops of the Mobile and Ohio railroad here re- instated today some of the men recent ly laid off It is officially announced that as conditions continue to improve the men will be allowed to return to their jobs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-03
Vote School Bonds

Meridian, Miss. May 2.--Citizens of the Meehan consolidated school district have voted a $5,100 bond issue unani- mously for the building of their school house. which was reeensly destroyed by fire. Not vote WAS cast against the issue.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
OLD BOOZE CACHE NOW
SITE OF LARGE GARAGE

In the Sutton Place neighborhood, on
the site where in post-revolutionary
days was housed the finest private COL
lection of rum. whiskey, brandy and
wines known in New York State, Dom
aid Macdonald &c Co., engineers and
contract ctors, are building for NJ. Thomp-
son q Co.. one of the largest REIN
forced concrete garages in the city, 200
feet on Avenue A and extending west
u2 feet on Sixtieth and Sixty-first
streets.
The property on which the garage
stands was originally the location of
the storehouse of Col William Stephens
Smith, first Surveyor Of the Port of
New York and first Secretary Of the
United States Legation in London.
Smith used the place as country
estate" and bis house was referred to
as Smiths Folly" because II was then
four and half miles from the city.
On the site Smith built his store
house, and there he kept his famous
collection Of liquors. much OF which
came to him In tho form of presents
from wealthy ship owners. Col. Smith,
who served on Gen. Washington's per-
sonal staff during the Revolution, mar
ried Abigail Adams. daughter Of John
Adams, second President of the United
States.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
NEW OFFICERS ELECTEE
BY BROOKLYN BOARD

At the annual meeting Of the rrooa-
lyn Real Estate Board, held at the Hotel
Bossert Tuesday evening James B.
Fisher was elected president for the
ensuing year NJ c. O'Brien. vfce-presi-
dent: George III. Gray. treasurer. and
Isaac Cortelyou, secretary. The new
directors In the active class are Henry
w. Aclterson. Andrew J. Murphy. George
H. Ohnewald. Robert e. Patterson and
William p. Rae associate class. Charles
j. Obermayer. Frank n. Quinby. J. w.
Richardson, Taurus r. sutton and WILL
lam H Todd: auditing committee.
Charles d. Behrens, chairman. Frederick
b. Snow and Louis Beer; nominating
committee, Charles Partridge chairman,
Joseph H Neef. John II. Henry. Jr..
De Hart Bergen and Charles ID. Behrens.
The retiring president William Ray
mond Burling, spoke of the progress that,
has been made by the board In the past
two years, and showed that Its total
membership has increased about zoo
per cent. during that period. and he paid
high tribute to the members Of the var
ious committees Of the board. which
have functioned 90 ably during the past
yean
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Association Which Fosters World S
Finest Street Honors It's Latest
Structural Ornaments

The fact that there have been an un-
usually large number of new buildings
erected or remodelled in the Fifth ave.
nue. district during the past year made
the work of awarding the prizes for
the best examples Of architectural har-
mony, according to the custom OF the
Fifth Avenue Association, unusual dim-
cult this year. The awards were an
nounced at the annual dinner held last
Tuesday In the Waldorf-Astoria by DR..
the winners:
NEW BUILDINGS.
First Prize-Gold medal and diploma,
to Textile Building, Inc. owners OF 285-
295 Fifth avenue.
Second Prize--Silver medal and diplo-
ma, to New York Bible Society. owners
of S East Forty-eighth street
ALTERED BUILDINGS.
First Prize-Gold medal and diploma,
to ]. and T. Cousins, owners Of IL West
Fifty-seventh street.
Second Prize-Silver medal and d.
ploma to Schmitt Bros, owners OF 523
Madison avenue.
The architects Of each Of these build
ings received certificate Of merit, be-
cause the board of directors OF the as
sociation felt that they added greatly to
the value of the Fifth avenue district
The architects who received the certif-
Gates are as follows: Sommerfeld
Steckler, architects Of the Textile Build
ing wilfred e. Anthony, architect Of
the New York Bible Society Building
George A. Schonewald, architect of the
j. and r. Cousins Building, and Schwarz
& Gross. architects of the Schmitt Bros
Building.
The architectural harmony committee,
headed by Douglas L. Gilman. includes
the following: F. B. Conover and John
Sloane as lay members and Robert d.
Kohn. John Cross and Leon N. Gillette
representing the New York Chapter Of
the American Institute of Architects as
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
REALTY MANUAL IS
BETTER THAN EYER
1922 Edition a Veritable Book
of knowledge for All In
terested in Subject.

A veritable book Of knowledge for
practical use by 100000 owners OF real
estate and by many times that number
of lessees. trustees, lawyers, &C., has been
crowded between the covers of this years
DIARY and Manual of the Real Estate
Board OF New York. 1t is the twenty
sixth consecutive publication OF it's kind.
but 1t is such an Improvement on dts
predecessors that 1t is practically a new
compilation. Among the important ques-
following:
What are the exact requirements of
the landlord and tenant legislation Of
1920 and 1921. known as the rent laws?
What are the important recent decisions
rendered by the courts on these laws,
which SO intimately affect the lives and
affairs of thousands OF tenants and
owners of apartments? What obligations
does the tenement house law place upon
the occupants and owners of the 10000
apartments and tenements in this city?
How is the city budget made up?
How is the tax rate levied? How does
the city go about placing the assessed
valuations on its nearly ten billions OF
real estate for the purpose of taxation,
and what are the property owners
rights In the matter Of application for
the reduction or revision Of assessments?
More than 10000 Of the edition of 49,
600 already have been disposed of in
advance Of the publication.
The New York Landlord and Ten
ant Laws and Court Decisions There
on" by A. c. MacNulty. counsel for
the board. is an outstanding feature
Of the book '"rhe Municipal Court
Its Functions Relating to Real Estate"
by Judge Edgar A. Lauer of the Mu-
nicipal Court, is another article on
this subject
In the Ready Reference to the Tene-
ment House Law" by Harmon Acker-
man OF tho New York Bar, architects,
lawyers, owners and others will find q
complete summary Of the legal require
ments relating to old and new law
apartments and tenements.
George w. Olvany has contributed a
summary of the Labor Law up to date !:
s. H. Baldwin one on the ''Workmen's
amended form. and J. T. Taaffe. chief
OF the information section Of the State
Tax Department. one on the New
York State Personal Income Tax"
A great deal Of other valuable infor-
nation on city government and taxes
and related subjects, prepared by Ed
ward p. Doyle Of the Bureau of In
formation and Research of the Real
Estate Board, are to be found in the
DIARY and Manual"
An important feature OF the book Is
a list OF city. state and federal tax
dates distributed not only throughout
the diary pages on the appropriate days,
but compiled also In a complete "Cal-
endar Of Important Dates"
The Diary Committee Of the Board In
charge Of the compilation Of the book.
consists Of: Walter H. Warren, chair
man; Leon s. Altmayer, Pierre M.
Clear, George s. Horton, Adam Wiener.
Lewis H. May, George Mercer, Jr., and
William d. Fitzpatrick.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
ANNOUNCE ELMHURsT SALE.

Nineteen lots and plots belonging to
the Innes estate in Elmhurst. Queens,
will be sold at auction on Saturday.
November 2s. at 3 p NJ. on the premises
by the Jere Johnson, Jr.. Company. The
lots are on Queens Boulevafd, Laurel
Hill Boulevard. Coler avenue, Seven
teenth and Nineteenth streets and a large
plot OF about twenty-five lots which are
unrestricted Is on Queens Boulevard.
The properties are within a few blocks
of the Elmhurst and Winfield stations
OF the Long Island road and the Wood
side avenue trolley line to Manhattan
The Broadway (Roosevelt avenue) sta
tion OF the Corona branch of the SUBJ
way is also within walking distance.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
WILL SELL HOLDINGS
OF SUBWAY BUILDER
]. P. Day to Dispose Of S75
Lots for Estate of the Late
J. @. Rodgers.

One of the strong reminders or what
the subways have done for New York
city real estate will be afforded at the
auction sale next Tuesday OF the hold
ings of John c. Rodgers. the subway
builder and contractor, who invested
large part of his fortune In Manhattan
and Bronx vacant lots. Mr.. Rodgers
was moved to make these investments
because he was able to obtain advance
information as TO where the subway
routes were TO go, and his good vision
and foresight enabled him to appreciate
what the transit extensions would do for
land values In the territories which they
tapped. The Rodgers holdings viii be
offered by Joseph p. Day. auctioneer. in
the vesey Street Exchange. They con-
sist of about 376 lots.
The properties are situated In the
Riverdale section. between 26lst and
263d streets. One large plot contains
twenty-five lots, at the southeast corner
of Broadway and 225th street, at the
Broadway subway station. Other large
holdings are situated In the Fort George
section Of Manhattan. and In the Ford
ham road and Sedgwick avenue sections
of the west Bronx. About 200 lots are
located In the Baychester and Gun Hill
road sections Of The Bronx. Ten lots
are located In the Crestwood section OF
Yonkers.
The estates OF the late Maria Jones
and Sarah NJ. Garrettson have author
ized Joseph p. Day, auctioneer. to sell
the block bounded by Elm. Pearl. Lafay-
cite and Worth streets, opposite the
Worth street subway station and In the
heart of the new County Court House
district. This block. In what promises 20
be one of the most interesting parts OF
downtown Manhattan, Is included In the
properties TO be sold by Mr.. Day at his
next special sale, to be held tomorrow
at noon. In IL vesey street Approx
mately fifteen other Manhattan. Bronx
and North Bergen IN. ~ investment
properties. dwellings and vacant parcels
are included In the same sale. The Inn
proved properties include the loft at 22i
Wooster street. store tenements at 355
and 357 Eighth avenue and 302 West
Twenty-eighth street the dwellings AT
a. to 4s Lexington avenue and 12s East
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Foresees Investors Boom

equal opportunity with other invest
ments, New York city real estate has al
ways been the most popular and de-
servedly the best
With. generally speaking. the curtail-
ment OF building during the last i've
years; with downtown real estate very
moderately mortgaged: with buildings
paying handsomely and with few vacan-
cies; with cheaper money rates, and,
with business conditions undeniably bet
ter, hope to see at an early date big
buying movement not this time for occu-
pancy. The slogan will be buy Real
Estatement for Investment" And this
movement will be Of greater proportions
than any one dreams II can be Just as
soon as tho high surtax charge is elimI-
mated and our taxation method changed.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
DEVELOPERS ANNOUNCE
NEW LOT SELLING PLAN

The M. Morgenthau, Jr., Company an
nounced last week that 1t will market
it's new development at ST. Albans, near
Jamaica, l.. l., on what is known as the
"Wanamaker plan," which, being literal
ly interpreted, means that all properties
will be sold subject to approval on in
spection and the buyer will be given a
reasonable time in which to cancel the
transaction and get his money back II
he is not satisfied. Mr.. Morgenthau in
troduced the plan two years ago In con-
nection with the sale of holdings at
South Palm Beach, Fla He said last
week that It's success there convinced
him that the plan was feasible In any
section of the country.
The real estate men at Palm Beach
fiocked to us to find out how we could
work such plan," said Mr.. Morgenthau.
I'VE replied that we did not care to sell
any property that we could not stand
back of and which we did not know
was a good bargain for the purchaser.
AS we were only handling that kind OF
property which improves rapidly In value
we could afford to stand back OF 1t to tho
limit
Furthermore. we believe that the con-
fldence which this policy would beget
would moro than repay US for the few
cancellations Of buyers, and. lastly, we
felt that every satisfied buyer was q
booster for our property.
"As a matter OF fact. our experience
was that we more than made up for the
few cancellations by selling those who
bought and their friends a great many
more home sites. while Il is very diff
ficult to be sure of ones figures. we
estimated that we had less than 20 per
cent cancellations and that we sold the
balance OF 80 per cent at a profit at least
sc per cent higher, so that instead Of
losing We gained at1east 20 Der cont BY
this new methoA~
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Continued re. Fsrst Page.

ehis year. as against ssa1.ss2.o7s for the
first ten months Of last year.
The best OF all signs in the real e.
tate field is the fact that investors are
ugmmencing for the first time in five
years to turn toward real estate for the
employment of their funds. One of these
days the present system of taxation that
has driven money to tax exempt securi-
ties and taken II from legitimate invest
ment and business channels will be
changed. and a sales tax or other
method of taxation will be found and
then we shall witness the greatest real
estate market that New York city has
ever seen. because. whenever given an
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Late Reports From City
and Suburban Markets

foot plot on Park street, Montclair to
Leslie M. Cain for immediate building.
II. z. Tener has sold a sixty-five foot
plot on Park street to b. Widmark for
immediate building. Both sales were
made through the Simspson Merritt
Company.
The Briarcliff Realty Company sold to
A. ]. Vosler Of Mount Vernon a resi-
dence of stone and stucco on a one acre
plot In Briarcliff. The same company
hold three building sites to George w.
Osterhoudt and plot to Alice l.. Thorne
and Dewitt Slater.
Ward & Ward, with Warren Murdock.
sold for Randolph Soper so acres, mostly
of woodland, in the Dix Hills section,
Huntington, L. l., to Otto Koechl. The
property Is near the estates OF Charles
A. Gould and Robert w. DeForest.
John ]. Tully has purchased northwest
corner South Broadway and Valentine
lane, Yonkers. plot 129x116. on which
he will erect theatre and stores. Fish &
Marion were the brokers.
Burke Stone, Inc, sold for Andrew
and Victor Mellow q plot on Fraser
street, Pelhamwood. to George G. Rup-
ert; for 8. NJ Reid plot on Fraser
street to George w. Repetti; for Fred
Mayer part of his property on Third
Francis Il. Cianflone, and for Geo. p.
Langdon his property at Maple and Pop
lar avenues In Chester Park to Eugene
s. Clark.
UpJohn q DeKay of Babylon, L. L.,
sold for Mrs. Harold Sutton her resi-
dence in Argyle Park to Mrs. Elizabeth
@. Leonard of Brooklyn. The same firm
sold for Mrs. III. I. Dexter her house In
Argyle Park to ]. b. Hernandez
Fish, Garmany Realty Corporation
sold forty-seven lots in Scarsdaie Park,
Scarsdale, N. Y. for the estate OF David
T. sicher to an investor, who will I'm
prove the property and subdivide into
half acre plots.
Many Buy jackson Heights Apts.
Harry ID. Cromer, chief electrician,
United States Navy. has purchased an
apartment in 126 Twenty-third street,
jackson Heights. Mrs. Mary s. Cooke
has purchased an apartment in ia
Twenty-first street. and Charles A. Lunn,
chief chemist OF the Consolidated Gas
Company, has purchased one In 106
Twenty-flrst street Other buyers In
oiude Andrew J. Hemmer, general audi
tor Of the United Cigar Stores. Inc. who
buys IN 123 Twenty-frst street, and @. ].
MorroW, manager OF tne iurlper depart
ment of tho National Casket Company,
Long Island City. who has purchased an
apartment formerly owned by Mr..
Helm In 141 Twenty-fifth street.
Jersey Builders Busy.
william Butscher Is building ten DWELL
ings at Woodbridge Heights. N. j., which
viii be ready for occupancy IN early
spring. He has already erected 11o
houses In this section
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
MAH0NY SALE CAUSES STIR.
Offering of Heights Lots Attracts
Much Attention.

One the important properties to be
sold for the estate Of James A. Mahony
by the M. Morgenthau. Jr., Company.
agent, and Joseph p. Day. auctioneer. on
Tuesday. November 20. at noon, in IA
Vesey street, is the block Of twelve lots
on West 169th street, Fort Washington
avenue and Haven avenue, opposite the
old American League Baseball Park,
which was acquired recently by the
Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia
College for Improvement with the largest
group of hospital. research and medical
collegiate buildings In the world.
Another interesting holding is the plot
of thirty-eight lots at Broadway, West
232d street and Kingsbridge road, at the
231st street station of the I. r. T.-Broad-
way subway. This Is one Of the best
located plots in the upper Broadway sec
ton available to builders of apartment
houses and dwellings.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

professional members. This committee
inspected every building which could
possibly be considered in this connection.
the lay members and the professional
members making their inspections sep
arately. after which they held joint
meeting and agreed on the winners.
Former Gov. Alfred z. Smith was
toastmaster at the dinner. In the course
OF his post-prandial remarks regarding
the work the association Is accomplish
Ing, the Ex-Governor said:
"The Fifth avenue district is growing
rapidly and its problems and dangers are
increasing. Efforts to exploit 1t. to de.
stroy its charm and to prostitute it to
the selfish interests Of cheap commer-
cialism are never ceasing. In its record
OF accomplishments It has done more to
pave the way for intelligent city plan
ming In New York than all other factors
combined.
''The association launched, and was
the chief agency in carrying through to
final success the vastly important move
ment for limiting building heights in
Greater New York and for establishing
business and residential zones, and has
taken active steps since the enforcement
Of this law. It worked continuously for
years to bring about the opening of the
Thirty-fourth street and Park avenue,
and during the year 1918 both of these
public improvements were completed.
THE association succeeded in getting
law passed prohibiting the erection on
Fifth avenue from Washington Square
to 10th street, on Madison avenue from
Thirty-fourth to Seventy-second street,
and on Fifty-seventh street from Lex
ington TO Eighth avenue, Of illuminated
signs unless they are flat against the
wall. The same ordinance forbids non.
Illuminating signs projecting more than
twelve inches beyond the building line.
This ordinance has done more to en-
hance the value of the buildings than
perhaps any other thing that the asso-
citation has or could have done"
Before awarding the medals, DR.. Fin
ley said in part:
The place Of ultimate happiness to
which large part of the human race
has come to look forward is not an
orange grove In winter or a mountain or
seaside resort in summer, not a Palm
Beach or Bar Harbor, Pau or a San
Moritz. II Is a cfty-a city not of re-
stricted or finite population but OF in
finite beauty, a celestial city let down
from the skies, city with a river In
the midst of II and with trees whose
leaves are Tor the healing OF the ma
tions. The effort should therefore be
not to spend our time decrying the city
as did the prophet Jonah, but In maxi
ing It as beautiful, as comfortable, as
ennobling as possible, for all who find
It. from choice or necessity, the place
Of their ultimate happiness or misery on
earth.
II am happy to find myself promoted
to membership In this association. whose
sole object IL to make the city more
comely by making this particular street,
and those streets which are neighbors
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

Twenty-fourth street, the tenements at
81, 81 and 21S Cherry; 213 and 215 and
339 and BAL East Fifth street (215 East
Fifth street being a leasehold) the
frame dwelling at 3123 Park avenue.
The Bronx, and other dwellings at 2201
University avenue and 761 Elton avenue;
also at North Bergen, N. j.. the frame
tenements with one store at 1898 to 5402
Hudson Boulevard.
The vacant lots to be sold in The
Bronx include thirty on Castle Hill and
St Raymond's avenues between Odell
and Purdy streets, and two on the east
side of Cambreleng avenue