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Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-07

Miss Day Hills has come from
Washington to attend the hop in the
Naval Academy tonight.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-07

Miss Genevieve Crist, of Washing
ton will be the weekend guest of
Lieut.-Commander and Mrs. w. n.
Richardson.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-07

The vest pocket squeegee goes to
the chappie who puts graphite on his
holystone to make 1t slide easier.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-07
EsIp, At
lParty

LLOYD Wright gave a small
party in Baltimore last night
4 A folsom I'm "Bombo."
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-07

will remain over for the hop to be
given this evening for the benefit of
the lacrosse team.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-07
visiting In
Naval Academy

Major and Mrs. Henry S. Barrett
and their son Walton Barrett will
come from Baltimore today to spend
the weekend with Commander and
Mrs. George S. Bryan, OF SO Upshur
Row, Naval Academy.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-07

Mrs. Harry Creamer. of Port De-
post. is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Will
liam III. Feldmeyer, of Charles street.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1923-04-07
4 Enllng

lad Mrs. Robert Moss have
Mount Airy 70 spend the
,i with their son and daugh-
4 Law. Mr. and Mrs. James +
4 so recently moved there from
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
TWk MONTHLY IS NEW KU KLUX KHAN ORGAN
First Number Of Publication ApS
 pears In Birmingham

TWI( Monthly, official state pub lication of the Kniehts of the Ku kluX Klan, has just appeared from tho press jn Birmingham and Vol ume l, Number l is an impressive and credltable publication. The magazine consists of 40 pages print ed in three colors. The front page design in red and black is striking with its silhouette of the city sky line and quotation attributed 10 Thomas k, Marshall "'lts neither as deep as a well. uur cs wide as a church door, but 'tWiH e.ffice." Uu- der the letters TWi[. aot through with liGhtning flashes, @fpcars an immense red question mark.
 The publisher of tho new margarine is given as r.. F Euuro. with the in- formation that all communications should Le addressed to 2l22, Bir- minEham. Aia.
 In addition to editorial expression the margarine contains comment and news from many cities and towns of Alabama, relating the activities of the klaus iA the various communl- ties. The m2 raZinc also contains an immense amount of advertising mat ter from the firms and business houses Of Birmingham and suburbs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
Banks And Building And Loan Companies Participate In
 July l Distribution

Approximately s500,o0o in quarter ly and semi-annual dividends have been declared by three building and lean associations, four banks and two public utilities, payable July 2 to holders of stock. Some extra divi- dends over and above the regular were declared.
 The three building and loan asso- ciations alone have declared semi annual dividends of s134,1S6 as fol- lows: By the Alabama Home, ss6,5S6i by the Jefferson County Building and Loan, s25.O0o; by the Security Savings and Loan, sz2,500.
 The Birmingham Water Works has already sent out checks for S25,000 in quarterly interest on its S1,200,000 of per cent preferred stock which is held in practical entirety by citi- zens of Birmingham and Jefferson county.
 The Alabama Power company is sending out checks for SS7,500 in payment of quarterly dividends on it's outstanding $5,500,000 of per cent preferred stock, which is also held in Alabama practically in toto, the larger portion here in Birming- ham.
 Four banks have declared quar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
| PASO ROBLES GREETS | ALABAMA TEACHERS | EN ROUTE TO SCHOOL

Birmingham and Alabama educa- tors en route to the University of California summer school at Berke- ley were given a rousing welcome when they passed through Paso Ro- bles, Cal, a two-column editorial ot greetings on one side of the front page of the Paso Robles Star being balanced by two-column spread of last-minute Birmingham news 4 copy of the issue, that of June Fl, was received by The Age-Herald Saturday from Dr. c. B. Glenn, su- perintendent of city schools.
 Realtors of Paso Robles well comed the teachers in q full page advertisement on Page of the pa per. Information is given regarding Paso Robles' finer points.
 The Birmingham teachers special train to San Francisco has done something toward advertising Bir- mingham in a favorable way, accord in to Dr. Glenn.
 "The action of the board of edu- cation in encouraging our teachers to take this western trip and attend the university at Berkeley has been the subject of favorable comment he wrote.
 "Courtesies have been extended us en route. I inclose copy of Paso Robles Star. We stopped there June 21 (yesterday). Note Welcome an'l Last Minute News on first page. Also ad' on second page. We go 10 Berkeley tomorrow"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
 CITYS RIGHT TO REGULATE
 J[TNEYS AND CHARGE FEE

According to advices received Sat urday night from the Montgomery bureau of The Age-Herald the right of the city of Birmingham to regulate the operation of jitneys and to i'm pose fee for their supervision was upheld by the supreme court Satur- day afternoon in a decision sustaining the validity of a recent ordinance which created an inspector of jitneys and required the payment of 25 cents a day for each jitney operated on the streets of Birmingham.
 Commissioner w. l.. Harrison, com missioner of public utilities, stated Saturday upon receipt of this de- cision that it would not make any difference in the present litigation between the city and jitney operators as a decision similar to the one handed down Saturday had been handed down several weeks ago by the supreme court. giving the city of Birmingham absolute power to con- trol jitney operation in Birmingham. The case Saturday was one conform ing with the one upon which the city is basing it's fight to enforce the new ordinance regulating jtneys.
 In the last case argued before the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
RED MEN ELECT NEW
 OFFICERS FOR YEAR
Appropriate Installation Will Be
 Held July 10

At the regular meeting of Tecum- sch tribe No. 21, Improved Order of Red Men. held Tuesday night at Fra ternal hall, which was well attended, officers for the ensuing term were elected as follows: Archie Warner, sachem; Davis D. Friedleson, senior sagamore; J. T. Williams. junior sagamore; R. H. Burgin. prophet; P. J. Coyle, P. J. Slattery and W. T. Hinton, trustees.
 Five applicants for membership were received and duly elected, aui Garrett T. Coyle received the full degrees by a specially selected de- gree team.
 A feature of the meeting was the presentation of handsome Red Mems emblem to Past Great Sachem NJ, D. Friedman for securing '-e largest number of candidates during the past term. The presentation speech was made by Sachem T. l.. Borum. who complimented NIT. Fried man on his activities and urged that the other members of the tribe fol- low his example. The recipient made a happy and fitting response.
 The installation of the officers elected will be held on the evening of July 10. with a program appro- pridte to the occasion. Refreshments will be served.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
WE E|GH|NG MAIL II DETE RMINE COSTS
Every Particle In United States Weighed During 30
 Days Period

One of the most important acts of the post office department for a number of years will be a count and weight of all the mail in every office throughout the entire United States, beginning September 21 and continuing until October 20, accord ing to F. F. Smyer, Birmingham post master.
 The rnrpose of the count and weight O. all mail will be to ascer- tain the amount of postage used for each class of mail; the volume of each class and the cost of handling it, with a view of readjusting ali postage rates for various classes of mail. The count and weight will in clude firt class mail composed of let< ter and special deliveries and regis tered mail, second class mail. com posed of newspapers and periodicals, third class mall, composed of circu- lars and fourth class mail composed of parcel post packages.
 The Birmingham post office will make the count and weight for the local office and in addition will re- ceive reports of the counts and weights of all other offices in Ala hama. Following this the local of flee will make q compilation of all the reports for the state and turn them over to the committee appoint readjust postal rates throughout the country.
 "The reports when compiled at Washington will show just exactly what each class of mail is costing in every section of the country" said Mir. Smyer. and will help in an equalization of rates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
SWARMS UT FLIES BREED IN DUMPS,
 REEk|NC REFUGES
Mattress Of Fifth Covers Area At Avenue C and
 Thirty-second Street

Picking up stone, negro threw it. A moment later a muffled hum followed, not unlike the sound of wind in the branches of a pine grovo. In an area of hundred feet diame- ter the ground seemed to change color. The stone had disturbed my riads of flies.
 At the intersection of Avenue c and Thirty street. or that i'm mediate vicinity, covering several acres, there is a springy. spongy' evil smelling mattress of filth, sew eral feet thick, slimy and soaked in some parts, dry as finder in others, and over all a noxious, reekinS stench.
 Enormously it is called a dump The name is misnomer. Dump sug- gests a finish. an ending, discard ing. In reality the place Is an incu- bator and a source of noxious, ab- torrent illnesses.
 In the city of Birmingham there are more than half dozen dumps of many years standing. Suffice 1t to say that more than 100 citizens old men and young, old and young women, little children and helpless infants. are today buried, the result of fly-carrying diseases which have stricken them down since they gath cred with their families last Christ mas.
 What the harvest of death the dumps have garnered in the past 30 years in Birmingham is indeter minate. Fifteen thousand souls IS not an exaggeration. In cold analy- sis, Birmingham's dumps have slain more people since the first wagon load of filth was collected and left in the community than the entire population of Florence, Anniston or Dothan.
 There is a road winding over the dump. Along the way there are old and fresh spots where the wagons are unloaded. There are two reasons for this: To keep the building up of the land level, and because after the garbage has sweltered in the sun day or two the nausea provoking affluvium becomes so intense the pickers and spreaders themselves have to avoid it. They seek to work in the newly arrived loads on areas where decomposition has become complete, and the reek is less un- bearable.
 Just a day or so ago this dump was visited, Each section had its own, peculiar interest, but all sec tions were heirs of the common her itage of odor horror. There was a peach crate, used as hamper for the refuse bones from restaurant At first the contents suggested black Drancn tOIdl' Dut WHCh Ihc crate was hit with stone the flies arose almost like smoke from the stack of a starting freight locomo tive.
 Litter from stable, chips from a mill blaming machine that had been used in horse stall. were of pecu- liar significance. There is literally no eXaggeration in saying there was more fly larvae In the mass than chips. It was a working, twisting vicious mass.
 From a produce center, decaying vegetation had been gathered-de- composing potatoes, onions and other plants, it was seen to be when the flies arose to display the soggy mix ture.
 The ordinary housefly will travel five or six miles to get meal or to find a place to lay. Close observa- tion showed them coming to and leaving the dump with regularity. It was but a flight of few minutes from the dump to any home in Bir- mingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

supreme court operators of jitneys attacked the ordinance. contending
 that the city could not collect the fee because it had already collected a license. When the case reached the circuit court of Jefferson county an injunction was issued restraining the city commission from enforcing the ordinance. The supreme court re- versed the judgment of the lower
 court and returned the case to Jef- ferson county for an order dismissing
 the jitneys operators petition.
 The supreme court held that the
 policy established by the Birmingham commission came within the police regulations permitted by law and that
 the 25 cents levied against each au- tomobile for each days service on the streets was the payment of the salary of the inspector. who was charged with the duty of seeing that the citY's regulations were obcycd.
 The decision of the supreme court came in the case of D. F. McLendon. ct al., as members of the Birmingham city commission Vs. Lula J. Kerr. ct
 al., operators of the jitncys. The
 opinion for the supreme court was
 written by Associate Justice Thomas C. Mcclellan
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
MINISTERS ASKED TO OPPOSE CONVICT LEASE IN SERMONS
Petitions Are Also Being Sent All Over State For
 Signatures

Declaring the issue purely moral, and in no way a political question, members of the statewide committee for abolition of the state convict lease system have designated Sunday as Convict Leasue Sunday" and mailed to every minister of the state 8 letter asking that in recognition of the day, and in order that facts of the issue be brought home to citizens of Alabama, a sermon on the question be delivered from every possible Ala bama pulpit.
 In line with that request, petitions have been mailed to women's organ iZations, civic associations and clubs throughout Alabama in an effort to annex as many signatures as pos sible to be presented to the state legislature at its next session. The petition reads: We, the undersigned men and women. citizens of Alabama, believing that the convict system, or contract system, is morally wrong, and economically unnecessary, do hereby petition your honorable body to provide by suitable enactment for the ending of the system at an early and definite date during the present administration"
 Gratifying Response.
 Response to requests for signatures have been gratifying, it is stated, and it Is expected that over 300 women's clubs will have handed in the signed petitions by July 9, when it Is re- quested that they be returned to gen. eral headquarters.
 A statement by the anti-leasing committee, of which Judge William F. Fort is chairman, addressed to Alabama ministers, declared: We feel that this is a moral issue, and not one of dollars and cents and that it is the duty of all Christian citi- zens to rise in their might and de- mand from the summer session of the legislature, the abolishment of this wicked system. If the law is left as at present, the system may be con tinued indefinitely. Petitions to the legislature will be circulated through the women's missionary societies and other women's organizations. Please ask your people to express their views to the legislature" Indications are that many minis |ters Sunday will preach on the sys- tenn at the request of the state com mittee
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
0. |. EARL HOME FROM GROCERS' CONVENTION
St. Paul Gathering Declared Best
 In History Of Association

We certainly had great conven- tion," O. T. Earl delegate from Bir- mingham to the St. Paul convention of the National Association of Retail Grocers stated Saturday follwing his return. Four special trains carried delegated to St. Poul where they marched in review.
 "Everything was planned on big scale, and executed splendidly,' con tinued Mir. Earl. He described hos pitality shown visiting delegates as one of the outstanding features or the convention. Committee meetings. addresses by prominent business and professional men and various enter tainment features occupied the entire four days.
 B. c. Apperson of Birmingham was elected a member of the exclusive Asparagus Club" giving Alabama his only representation. Other mem bers of the Birmingham delegation will complete a trip to Yellowstone Park and other western points of in terest before returning home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
s Of Jefferson County Launch
HALF MILLION DIVIDEND MELON FOR BIRMINGHAM
 IN SEMI-ANNUAL RETURN

terly and semi-annual dividends ot s130,000 as follows: Bank Dividends.
 Traders National has declared regular seniannual dividend of per cent and an extra dividend of 4 per cent on it's $250,000 of capital stock, total of S20.000.
 The American Trust has declared a regular quarterly dividend of per cent and an extra dividend of l per cent on its capital of $500,000, a total of s15.000.
 The Birmingham Trust and Saw ings company has declared a semi annual dividend of 3h per cent on It's S1.000.O0O of capital, total of sS5.00O
 The First National bank has is- sued a. 4 per cent quarterly dividend on its capital of s1,50o,o00, total of s60.000.
 North Birmingham Trust and Bank of Ensley do not issue semi annual dividends. theirs being declared at end of the year.
 Total Of s4so. .O0o.
 Total of these dividends, which will go into the pockets of the peo- pie of Birmingham, amounts to S4S6, 900.
 There will also be fat dividends by some of the local insurance com panies, and some of the industrials will also pay dividends this quarter. having recovered from the slump of 1920-21. The Alabama company has recently declared dividends for two back years on it's S600,000 of first preferred per cent stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
DELAY IN COURTS ALLOWS J|TNEyS ID RUN TILL JULY H
Both Sides Consent To Post ponement Of Hearing In
 Injunction

Hearing of the motion for dissolu- ton of the temporary injunction granted the jitney operators against the city of Birmingham having been passed until July Il by Judge Will liam Walker in chancery court Sat urday morning, the jitneys will con- tinue to operate in Birmingham as usual, pending the outcome of the hearing on July II.
 Although scheduled to be heard Saturday morning at Il o'clock by Judge Walker, the motion for disso- lution of the injunction, which was filed by city attorneys Friday, will not be heard until the later date by the consent of both the defendant and plaintiff.
 On Thursday afternoon Judge Walker granted writ of temporary injunction to the jitney operators re- straining the city of Birming gham from enforcing its new ordinance regulating jitney operation until a new ordinance drafted by the jitney operators could be submitted to an initiative election. The new ordi- nance was originally scheduled to go into effect Sunday.
 Will Keep Up flight.
 Commissioner W. L. Harrison stated that the fight for a dissolution of the injunction will be kept up by the city and that the stay in it's hearing would have no effect upon the plans of city authorities what ever.
 The petition asking for the injunc- tion was signed by the Jitney Own CTS and Drivers association and this organization is leading the fight against the new city ordinance. The petition alleged that the bond of s10,0o0 to be required by the new ordinance of all jitney drivers was exorbitant and could not be made by the majority of drivers. The fact that they would be unable to use downtown streets would kill their business, they further declared.
 The motion for dissolution filed by the city denied all the charges voiced in the injunction petition of the Jlt- ney men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
FINAL RECESS TAKEN BY ALL COUNTY COURTS
One Judge To Remain On Duty For
 Habeas Corpus Hearings

Circuit court officially closed for the summer vacation Saturday. Al though practically all of the cases on the docket had been tried in the earlier part of the week court did not officially adjourn until Satur- day, when the minutes of this session were signed by the judges.
 One judge will occupy the bench all through the summer, the members of the bench taking terms of two weeks each. This is done to take care of all habeas corpus proceed ings and writs of injunctions and similar legal proceedings which may come mp during the summer months No criminal or civil cases will be tried.
 Court is scheduled to convene on the first Monday in October.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
TAXI DRIVER INJURED WHEN CAR HITS TREE
South Bessemer Road Scene Of Sec ond Accident In Week
 BESSEMER BUREAU
 THE AGE-HERALD : Ressemer Ala June 30

Walter Rice, taxi operator sus- tained serious injuries about the head and shoulders Saturday afternoon when a car he was driving left the road at Dartmouth avenue and Thirty-th street ran off an eight foot embankment and crashed head first into a tree, overturning.
 The injured man was brought to Bessemer, where he was given med ical attention and later removed to his home, where he was reported resting comfortably. Lucien Nolen, a passenger, escaped injury.
 The accident occurred on the same spot on the paved South Bessemer road where Jake Hogg was killed earlier in the week when a truck overturned with him, and where a number of similar accidents have oc- cured recently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
INDORSE HALF-HOLIDAY
Trades Council Approves Plan For
 Mercantile EstnbliSh hments

Unanimous indorsement of the pro- posed Saturday half-holiday or week ly closing by retail mercantile es- tablishments of Birmingham was voiced at a meeting of the Birming ham Trades Council when resolutions 10 that effect were passed, which pointed out the need for weekly rec reational periods for employees.
 The resolution further suggests that all members of organized labor in the Birmingham district encourage the adoption of the proposed move ment by doing their shopping before 1 o'clock on Saturdays. It was urged that every local union bring the mat ter to the attention of their mem bers, and urge them to cooperate with the various clubs and organi- zations seeking to bring about Sat urday closing, at least through sum mer months. Recognition was given the fact that Loveman, Joseph & Loeb have adopted the plan, there by allowing employees the desired rec reational period, the purpose and in tent of the fostered movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01
SUITS FILED AGAINST nun,

Suits aggreGJtinG $T.'po were t.-el in circuit court SatutGa. against k, mon Iiubig, cake laaHufa.tJr g. h. Mrs. l.eta Johnson, The pia.ut, al' leges that she purchasel cake ta'.e by Hubig on May 23. and beeause l- was unfit for human consumption she was stricken with illness after eating the cake Her two childrer were also made sick by the cake the plaintiff alleges and each oi them Is suing for s2,5o0.