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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
ESTES BUNGALOWS
 NEAR COMPLETION
Solid Block Of California Type AL
 most Ready. Builder Says

Homes being built by the Estes Real Estate and Insurance company in West End Place are rapidly near ing completion, Claude Estes an- nounced Saturday. Of the 24 bunga- lows which line solid block in this section If have been sold, he said.
 The homes are among the most modern in the city, and are modelled after the California type, with arcola heat. tile baths. hardwood floors and other attractive features. They will be ready for occupancy within the next few weeks, it Is believed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
PICKED NORWOOD sPOT.-N

PICKED NORWOOD SPOT-New plant of the Buffalo Rock company boters of ginger a located Tenth and Twentysixh example of filling in undeveolped spots found all the city Sidney Lee and of the reported his choice of building site
 wise decision in view of the advantages offered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

WAREHOUSE LOOP AREA--Sixteen square blocks com prsng what known the wholesale warehouse loop shown in the map The of all the larger
 wholesale warehouses this territory within the last few has been of the striking but least noticed of Bmng- hams real estate marves The advantages of railroads proximity the retail district are cited the of this movement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

The day Is coming when diners will absorb electric vibrations instead of food, according to a Boston scien- tist. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
TRANSACTIONS HEAVY

Gnmbill Reports Number of Deals n
 District During Week
 Business district real estate trans- actions are brisk now. according to A. A. Gambill of the A. A. Gambill Realty company. A number of im- portant deals were handled during the week by MT. Gambill, and many more are in prospect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

Guapinole Is a tree from which a new gum is taken in Mexico. which is used in making the finest var nishes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23

with the firm of Smith, -Throckmor- ton-schultz. 2119 First avenue.
 His experience in. selling has dur ing the last four years Or more taken hin all over the south and west in the interests of his fathers brokerage firm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-23
ADDS SALESMAN
w. L. Murdoch Joins Firm of smith-
 ThrOcIxmOrton-SchuI

W. G. Murdoch, formerly with the firm of W. l. Murdoch. brokers. is Birmingham's latest addition to the growing list of real estate salesmen
 MT. Murdoch last week began work
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
DOINGS OF DAY
In WASHINGTON

The Senate and House were both in
recess.
Hearings on the KelloggWhite
federal radio control bill were begun
by the House merchant marine com
mittee.
Announcement that Secretary Fail
of the Interior Department would
retire from the cabinet March
was made at the White House.
Pierce Butler of St. Paul was sworn
in as an associate justice of the
United States supreme court, sue
eeeding William r. Day, resigned.
Assurances were given at the
White House that the United States
would abide by The Hague award of
s12,000,000 to Norway in settlement
of shipping claims.
Increase in the maternity death
rate and decrease IN infant mortai-
ity in the United States was noted
in the annual report of the census
bureau.
The State Department announced
that Germany had proposed a four
power agreement for no war for a
generation without the sanction of a
plebiscite. but that the suggestion
was unacceptable to France.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
BUILDING LOAN FIRMS
PAY OUT $ll5,000 TO
DIVIDEND RECIPIENTS

Citizens of Birmingham, who hold
paid-up certificates of the building
and loan associations, have received
a total of approximately $3.50 in
the past two days through semi-an-
nual dividends on their holdings.
The Alabama Home mailed out
$I4252 in checks to more than $500
persons.
The jefferson County Building and
Lean association mailed checks for
more than $4,000 and the Security
Savings and Loan company sent
checks for s15,008.
The Security Savings and Loan
announces an increase of $4,000 in
assets in 1922 and $50 loans. 1t has
made 2,170 loans to help buy, build
and improve property since 1t began
operations in 1907 with a capital of
$4,000, now. grown to $1,011,0o
The Alabama Home Building and
Loan association increased it's CAPT
tai by II 100000 during the year and
found call for the increase on the
part of home builders.
The Jefferson County Building and
Loan association reports substantial
gains during the year and aiding the
building or acquisition Of $50 to 800
homes.
All The associations made good
gains over 1921 and the semi-annual
dividends show a greatly increased
investment In the paid up per cent
stock of these institutions.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
IRELAND'S BATTLES SHIFT TO NEW YORK CITY
job For Every Man Solution
of World Unrest, Ford Says

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 2.-Henry
Ford believes that "the one sure
cure for world unrest is to
create for every able bodied man in
the world job of some sort, the
manufacturer told representatives
of the international labor office of
the League of Nations who held a
long conference with him today.
The delegation, which came to
this country to obtain ideas that
might be introduced in other coun-
tries for benefit of workers, is
headed by Albert Thomas of
France, director of the interna-
tional labor office.
During the interview NJ. Thomas
deplored the present unstable con-
ditions in Europe and suggested
that equalization of exchange rates
might have beneficial results.
MIR. Ford replied that in his opin-
ion the question of bringing the
world back to peace and prosperity
could not be solved through money,
declaring his belief that the solution
rested in expansion of industry, de-
velopment of agricultural methods
and education of the workers.
MIR. Ford said that "all the money
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
SUGGESTS OPERATION
OF CEMENT PLANT BY
STATE CONVICT LABOR

Recommendation that the state of
Alabama own and operate by convict
labor q cement plant and stone
quarry is contained in letter 70
Governor-elect w. w. Brandon. made
public Tuesday by Erie Petus, Bir-
mingham attorney and former as
sistant United States district attor-
ney.
Mr.. Pettus urged in his letter the
immediate opening of such plant on
the ground that it would solve the
problem of convict labor on the roads
in the state and al the same time pro-
vide road building material at a
cheaper rate than it can now be pur-
chased. He characterized the com
pletion of large part of the road
building campaign as one of the big
gest things that would confront the
Brandon administration.
Additional need for such a plant
was cited by Mr.. Pettus in the num-
Der of agricultural counties in the
state requiring lime to increase their
production. Under the plan outlined
he says the state could crush lime for
sale to farmers at a reduced rate.
Intrastate rates for the handling of
the lime. stone and cement could pc
secured. thereby insuring- the bene-
fits of the plan to every section of
the state, in the opinion of M.
Pettus.
He named Mississippi as state
which had taken steps to furnish ag-
ricultural lime to her citizens at a
rea sonable rate.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
CHILDREN MANNED
WHEN F IRE CAUSES
PANIC IN SCHOOL
Deaths May Result From the
Stampede, in Which Small
Children Trampled in
Rush For Safety

LANETT. Ala, Jan. 2. - Several
small children suffered serious in
juries in escaping from fire that de-
stroyed the Lanett school building
.his afternoon. Injuries are SO seri-
Gus in one or two cases, according
to attending physicians and nurses.
that recovery is doubtful. Several
hundred pupils were in the building
when the blaze was discovered, &C
cording to school authorities.
The fire originated in the base
fnenl VI the bsiilding III rooms OF
the domestic science department.
which were unoccupied at the tire.
Water Cut Off
When discovered, the blaze still
was of small proportions and could
have been easily extlngulshed with
small damage, but it was found that
the water supply had been cut off.
While efforts were being made to
get the water turned on. the flames
gained such Roadway and created
such a dense smoke that the fighters
we.e driven out.
1t was only the cool headed work
of c. E. Lunsford. superintendent of
the school, and others that the chill
dren were saved from being trampled
to death in the rush, when those in
the lower grades. when seeing the
smoke pouring into the class rooms.
In the stampede that followed
many of the children suffered broken
limbs and other serious injuries
from which some of them may die.
School Destroyed
The building, a two-story brick
structure. valued at $4,000. was de-
stroyed, but the loss is fully covered
by Insurance. it was stated.
The injured are;
Mary Hammock. age 6, severely
bruised, serious injury to spinal
column and possible internal Injuries.
Probably fatal.
Essie May Weldon. age s. serious
injury to spine. severely bruised and
possibly serious internal injuries.
Probably fatal.
Katy Pearl Peppers, age 70, les
broken in two places below the
knee, severe body injuries and posi-
BILE Internal injuries. Probably fatal.
Leonard Weldon, age ., trampeled
in stampede, severe bruises about
the head and shoulders, with slight
bruises over body.
Gordon Thomas. age 10, severe
bruises about head and shoulders
from being trampeled, slight bruises
over body.
Lewis Stillwell, age 6, badly
bruised.
Walter Lee Palmer, age g. badly
bruised.
Lorene Dennis, &C 9, badly
bruised.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
To
BUILD STORE
ON NORTH SIDE
More ThanS500, 900 Involved
in Deal For Huge Slice of
Northeast Corner Fourth
Avenue and TWen-
tieth Street

Movement of Birmingham's re-
tail centers northward received
new impetus Tuesday with an
nouncement by Louis Phillips, head
of the Burger Dry Goods company,
that his firm had purchased a build
ing site at Fourth avenue and
Twentieth street, north, running
lao feet along Twentieth street
north, to, Fourth alley and $50 feet
deep eastward toward Twenty-first
street. More than $4,000 is in
volved in the deal, Mr.. Phillips said.
Ed Allen of Motion Realty company
negotiated the deal.
A modern store building, seven
stories in height, with basement,
will be erected on the site, accord
ing to Mr.. Phillips. Plans projected
are for one of the most modern
structures of the kind in the south.
Lease Holds Problems
Work cannot begin for soma
months. possibly two or three years.
Mr.. Phillips said, depending entirely
upon disposition of leases on the
property now held. 1t is known that
several establishments affected have
leases CT considerable length to run.
Cost of the building was not dis
cussed by Mr.. Phillips, other than
to state that it would be one of the
handsomest structures of Birming-
hams business district. The present
store on Second avenue, between
Twentieth and Twenty-first streets,
will be occupied until the new store
is completed, Mr.. Phillips said. He
stated that no plans tor disposal y.
this building had been contemplated.
Fiae HuTssf Try PscoGs company is
one of the best known department.
stores of the south and Birmingham,
having been in business since 1895.
Announcement of the new building
development is looked upon by real
estate men as marking new step N
the movement of the retail trade
centers of Birmingham northward to-
ward Fifth avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
TWO MILLIONS SENT
TO STATE AND CITY BY
COLLECTOR HAWKINS

Cheeks totaling more than $1,000
900 were mailed Monday and Tuesday
to the treasurer of the state and
will be mailed Wednesday to the
Birmingham city comptroller, James
f. Hawkins, tax collector for Jeffer-
son county, said Tuesday. These
checks represented state and city
shares of taxes collected by the coun-
ty. Fufther distribution of the money
will be made, Mr.. Hawkins said.
The state treasury was sent a check
for more than 100000 Monday and
one for $4,000 Tuesday. Mr.. Haw-
kins sstated
Completing the taxes due the city.
a check of approximately S1,204,
0D0 will be mailed to the city comp
troller Wednesday, according to Mr..
Hawkins. The amount due was
Sl,363,000, a check for $4,000 hav-
ing been sent the comptroller's de-
partment in December.
Mr.. Hawkins said Tuesday thai
MS records showed f1,00U sax payers
in Jefferson county, representing A
property tax of more than s1,151. 600.
were delinquent. A fee of 80 cents
will be charged each delinquent and
he will be required to pay interest
at the rate of $ per cent from jan
uary l.
According to Mr.. Hawkins. approx
imately 100000 in taxes were COL
lected by the Bessemer office. This
brings the total collections to the
first Of the year to about $5,240,-
00O
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
JUDGE A. A. EVANS
RESIGNS PLACE ON
TAX Commission
Immediately Appointed Spe-
ciaI Assistant Attorney Gen.
eraI by Davis Sue
ceeds Mayfield
STATE CAPITAL BUREAU
I'LL. AGE-HERlALD

Judge A. A. Evans, associate mem
Der of the state tax commission,
rendered his resignation TO Governor
kilby today and was Immediately
appointed a special assistant attor-
ney general by Harwell G. Davis, at
torney general. under contract ap-
proved by Governor kflby.
Judge Evans assumed his new du-
ties at once and viii be with the at
.orney generals department during
ae mex. four yessrs. Governor kilby
announced that no appointment will
be made by him to the position on the
tax commission vacated by Judge
Evans, the duty of filling the vacancy
being left to Governor-elect w. w.
Brandon who will be inaugurated
January 10.
Judge Evans became a member OF
the state tax commission, when the
state board of equalization was
formed shortly after governor kilby
was inaugurated. When the new rev.
enue law was enacted and the name
of the commission was changed Judge
Evans was given position on the
new comm ssion and would nave
completed four years had he re-
manned a few weeks longer.
In the attorney generals office
Judge Evans will not succeed any
person, the work he Will do having
been handled in recent months by
Judge James J. Mayfield.
In the administration of Governor
Brandon, according to reports, Judge
Mayfield will be legal advisor to the
governor and special ebunsel in liti-
cation which the state may be
forced to enter. Judge Mayfield also
will be forced to devote much time
during the years to his code, which
he is just completing and which must
be revised to include the laws which
will be enacted by the legislature
during the session which will begin
next Tuesday.
In rendering his resignation to
Governor Kilby Judge Evans thanked
him for the honor which was con-
ferred with the appointment The
resignation was filed Tuesday after
noon and Attorney General Davis I'M
mediately announced the appointment
of Judge Evans as special assistant
attorney general.
UTILITY DOCKET POSTPONED
With the exception of three cases
of minor Importance, all cases on
the docket of the public service COM
mission for the regular monthly ses-
sion Tuesday were postponed 10
Continued on Page Three
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
BANK DEPOSITS GAIN
EIGHTEEN PER CENT
WITHIN FOUR MONTHS

Birmingham bank deposits in
creased approximately Is per cent
from September Is, 1922, to Deem
Der 90, 1922, a period of three ard
a half months.
Five large banks show deposits on
December 29 Of s65.314,691. compared
with $55,412,546 on September 10. The
increase is s9.9O2,145. or Is per cent.
The banks representing this total
are the First National. the Birming-
ham Trust. the American Trust, the
Bank Of Ensley and the Traders Ma
tional.
One bank man said yesterday. I'VE
have had the largest volume of BUSH
ness in our history today. We have
been growing steadily since Septem-
Der / and we are still growing a s the
district Itself prospers."
Increase in deposits has kept clos,
pace with that in clearings which
broke all records this year and went
"a per cent above the 1921 record.
The average increase OF clearings in
the last three months of the year
was more than 40 per cent
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
FUNDS AT INTEREST
NET COUNTY SCHOOLS
REVENUE OF. $48,364

Almost $4,000 have accrued to JEFF
ferson county's schools as result of
the county's money being placed on
interest bearing deposit during the
last year, it became known at the Of
flee of the county treasurer Tuesday.
The exact amount, s4S,364,36. repre-
sents the gain to the schools since the
passing of a bill at the extra session
of the Ala bama Legislature late in
1921 providing that the county's money
be placed at interest The bill was
introduced in the Legislature by John
c. Arnold, then a jefferson member.
Under the provisions of the bill the
county's money was placed on interest
bearing deposits for the first time
bearing deposit for the first time
During this month the amount OF
money accruing to the schools was
s1,449.36. Interest on the money for
the year 1922 amounted to S46,915.
This makes a total Of $4S,36436 the
schools have received under the pro-
visions of the bill introduced by Mr..
Arnold during the IS months it has
been effective.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
FEDERAL COMMISSION
CALLS UPON COAL MEN
TO REACH AGREEMENT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-An obvious
necessity exists that employers and
employees in the unionized sections of
the bituminous coal industry, whose
representatives will meet in Chicago
tomorrow, should devise some plan
to keep mines in operation after next
April /, according to telegram sent
today to officials of the gathering
by the United States Coal commits
sion.
Business halts while in doubt as
to your action. and awaits with anx-
iety the speedy and successful out
come of your labors," the message.
signed by John Hays Hammond, as
chairman of the commission do
clared. you can contribute to the
peace of American economic life by
reaching speedy agreement and
avoiding further conflict in the fields
under your control. Your agreement
will spare the commission the neces-
sity of fixing blame for failure to adj
Just your difference"
Any failure within the coal indus
try to prevent another cessation of
work in the spring, the message add
ed, would inevitably result in most
serious injury to general business
and common welfare Of this coun-
try" Participants in the conference
were reminded that the coal commits
sion was created. among other
things to determine the cause of
strikes, which as in 1922, had closed
up large part of the industry for
many months.
The meeting in Chicago tomorrow
has been called as result of the
1922 strike. Operators and miners
union officials who finally came to
an agreement last summer for set
Ting the controversy also agreed to
hold a joint conference in January to
consider methods which might be
adopted for negotiations wage con
tracts to succeed those now in force
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
TWO PERSONS KILLED.
AS FLAMES DESTROY
EUFAULA BUILDI IN G.

EUFAULA, Ala, Jan. 3.-(Special.)
James Parefield, aged 70. and his
daught 81, Miss Winnie Barefield. 20,
were burned to death here early this
morning when fire destroyed a COM
bined store and residential building
in the Eufaula business district.
Pat Brannon. owner of the build
ing. was seriously injured as nc
leaped from the second floor. to es-
cape from the flames.
The fire was discovered shortly af-
ter midnight, and according to Mr..
Brannon, the entire building was
burning at that time. he being I'M
able to give warning to the two
other persons.
For time it seemed that the entire
business block would DE destroyed,
but rain aided firemen in fighting
the flames.
Bodies of Mr.. Barefield and his
daughter We're recovered early this
morning
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-03
"a Arr: HURT
IN WRECK Of
DIXIE FLYER
Broken Brake Beam Blamed
For DeraiIment of Fast
Train--Engineer Was
Seeking to Make Up
Lost Time

MACON, Ca, Jan. "A broken
brake beam that dropped down
from one of the Pullman sleepers,
caused the derailment of the north
bound Dixie Flyer, fast Jackson
Vile Chicago train, at 6:43 o'clock
this morning, causing injury to "a
persons, three of them seriously, ac-
cording to a statement from Central
of Georgia railroad officials.
One of the rails was stripped
from the road-bed for a distance of
thousand feet and lay along the
15-foot embankment, in the form
of double rs" and at the bottom
of the ravine lay seven Pullman
sleepers, dining car, day coach,
all turned on their sides. The rail
was intact in all but one place,
near the locomotive.
Waited for Wreck
But for the fact that the equip
ment was of steel there would have
been a heavy loss of life, railroad Of
ficials say.
In next to the last car of the
wrecked train sat Miss Jane Cas-
sidy of Shelbyville, Ky, fully
dressed and waiting for the wreck
81 awoke from a dream at 8
o'clock she told passengers "a
dream that the train was being
wrecked. l awoke my two COM
panions. Miss Marion Williams of
Bushnell. ILL.,. and Miss Mary Sam
uels of Boswell, Ind There's going
to be a wreck, you had better get up
and dress They told me to go back
to sleep. but 1 dressed and waited"
The locomotive did not leave the
rails. The baggage car that was part
" derailed tore down one of the sig
nal posts at the side OF, the roadbed.
A wrecker returned the baggage
car to the rails and traffic was re-
sumed around the wreckage. over a
side track. with trains being delayed
only an hour and half.
The train left Macon late, Engineer
]. w. Nash said, and the official re-
port showed it to be running be-
tween 40 and As miles an hour at the
time of the crash.
Mrs. Gertrude Butler, actress of
Chicago. was returning from attend
ing her mothers funeral at Waycross,
year old brother, Jack Faulkner. both
being injured.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. r. Lilies and daugh-
ter of Americas, Ca, were enroute to
attend the funeral of Mrs. Lilies
mother. All are in a hospital here.
Others injured We're:
Mrs. j. A. Kitchens. Sylvester. Ca,
injuries serious.
Jack Faulkner, Waycross, Ga, seri-
Gus.
W. II. Smallwood, Macon.
Mrs. j. r. Lilies. Americus, Ga.
Miss Elsie Lilies. Americas, Ga.
Y. F.. Payne, Griffin, Ga.
Miss Gertrude Butler. Waycross. Ga.
E, NJ. Frazier, 49, Sparta, Ga, knee
injured
w. R. Ogilvie, 20. Gainesville, Fla,
knee and body bruised
j, Il. Kavanaugh, hotel manager,
Jacksonville, Fla. back injured; not
serious.
Paul Parrot. Knoxville, Tenn,
bruised.
Raymond Hicks. negro cook
on diner. Jacksonville. Fla. arm
fractured and pack bruised,
Albren Bowers, negro waiter on
diner, Jack sonville, Fla, chest
bruised.