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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

PLATFORM
Candidate for County School Superintend-
ent States His Views on Education and
+ Administrative Problems.
AS an Ex-Servce Man and after careful consideration.
announce my candidacy for County School Superintendent
upon the following platform principles
!. Proper Organization Coordination and cq-oP-
Grafton. By Organization, Centrally located Senior Figh
Schools in every community.
T. Business.like Administration Upon the County
Superintendent and Board of Education the respons
bhty Of administration Proper and vigorous administra
ton of SO important department as counys public
school system will leave superintendent time oppor
tunity for anything else 1t the important office in
the county. 49, ssssss..-.4.
3. Close and Constant Professional Supervision
Constant close professional supervision of teaching process
es in all the schools must be provided s.e.ss
a. Favor the County-Wide Unit System That is
abolish the legal wall which separates administration be-
the City of Americas and Sumter countys school
tenn The counties over the which have adopted this
system are satisfied. 1t reduces the tax burden.
Qualification am an ALB. degree graduate Of
Mercer class of 10 3. and am working on my AM
degree Have had experience teaeher also banking
and bookkeeping we'll farming experience and believe
the above qualifications will fit for the position.
8, The Common Schools Should Have the Right of
Way Over All Other Public Institutions Education
high but ignorance costs more Ignorance perpeuates
poverty
Upon the above principles I base my cam
didacy and appeal for your support at the
polls in the March 9th Democratic primary.
A. 3. PHILLIPS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

miss Louise Purvis has returned
home after spending a week delight
fully as the guest of Miss Flossie
Parker, and Miss Ruth Parker at
New Era.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

Miss Ruth Parker of New Era
arrived today to spend several
days with Miss Louise Purvis al
her home here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

yuma, was among the out of town
shoppers in Americas Friday.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

Mr.. and Mrs. John Daniel have
returned from a delightful stay of
ten days in Hampton Spring, Fla.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

The coming year will make the
18th anniversary of the graduation
of the first woman physician in the
United States. Elizabeth Black
well, who received her M. D. from
Geneva College in 1S49.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

Z Mrs. 7. E, Brooks, who has been
I'll with an attack Of bronchitis
since Sunday at her home on Han
cocks avenues is better today, to
the delight OF her many frineds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

Mrs. H. NJ. Stokes, formerly of
Americas, but now residing in Al
bany, arrived today at noon fer a
visit of several days to Mrs. John
M. Goolsby at her home on Lee
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-18

Miss Louise Reid, of cambridge,
win be the weekend guest of
Mrs. Harry Graham at her home
on McGarrah street, arriving this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
ENSLEY DE MOLAYS
 HEADED BY CRUMP
TwOT cams Take Field In Cam
 paign For, Members

Officers of EnsIey chapter, Order of l. DeMoley, were installed by the officers of the Birmingham chapter at the reg ular meeting held Thursday night. The meeting was well attended and quite a number of visitors were present, including J. c. Blackwell and W. A. VCurrie, who made inspiring talks. Eldon Crump was installed as master councillor,i and George Mann, and z Oakley Love as senior and junior coun- ,eillors respectively. This chapter will initiate 50 candidates at a meeting to be. held September Il.
 :. Many activities are planned by the Birmingham chapter, during the next two months, including a visit to Tus- caloosa to install the officers of the chapter a tthat point. A campaign has been started to- secure a class of 100 candates for initiation in October. Two teams have been appointed, with Palmer Portis and Paul Meeks as captains, to secure candidates, the win ming team will be given banquet.
 At the next meeting of the Birming- ham chapter, Friday, August 22, an election of officers will be held and the 21-year-old ceremony conferred on all DeMolays who have reached their majority. s,g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
TAXABLE PROPERTY JUIMPSl2 MILLION LN YEAR; CITYAUDIT TO BE FINISHED EARLY NEXT MONTH
Daily Water Consumption
 Is 23 Million Gallons
Supply Pumped Over Two Mountains Purified
 And Filtered Enroute

,Twenty-three million gallons is a lot of water. It would be enough to fur nish Birmingham with miniature cloudburst every day of the year. Yet 23,000,000 gallons is now the city's average daily consumption, according to figures made public Saturday by Harry H. Herner, vice president of the Birmingham Waterworks company.
 This consumption, averaging 100 gal Ions day for every man,, woman and child in the district, is now at it's peak, records of the company show. What ioss there has been in the shutting down of industrial plants, always the heaviest consumers of water, is more than ta- ken care of by the increased demand dut to hot weather. 'f.
 Meters installed by the company, a reflection of Birmingham's growth, also are at new high level. On Au- gust the organization had 37,9S0 me ters on the books, against 35,640 for January 1. July proved one of the best in the history of the company, since it registered an increase of $40 meters over the previous month.
 Water Supply Pure
 Birmingham's water supply, which has been termed by experts among the purest in the country, originates south of Jones valley in springs which form the Cahaba and Little Cahaba rivers.
 Under ordinary conditions of rainfall, the two branches of the Cahaba river, in their natural condition, would SUD- ply enough water for Birmingham but in seasons of great drouth their supply is insufficient. Therefore, some 15 miles back in the hills there has been created by means of an immense con crete dam and impounding reservoir, known as Lake ,Purdy. It holds one and half billion gallons of water against a time when the ordinary flow would be too small Builders of the dam, with vision of the growth of pop ulation in the valley, so constructed it that it can be raised an additional 20 feet and thereby impound more than five billion gallons as a reserve sup ply.
 It would have been fortunate if na- ture had provided in Jones valley an adequate stream of water which could have flowed to the town, by gravity, but it. did not do so. The water from the Cahaba watershed will not flow to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
PRESBYTERIAN
 CHURCH PLANS
 ARE ANNOUNCED
New Structure Win Cost In Neighborho0d Of
 $25O,0OO

Another addition to Birmingham's list of beautiful religious edifices is the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, now under construction at Sixth ave nue and Eighteenth street
 Plans of the building, made public Saturday, develop that material will be dark red brick, similar to that used in theY M. c. A. muilding, with Indiana limestone trim. The interior, although not fully determined, probably will be of mahogany finish. Cost is estimated around $250,O00.
 The church building proper, extend- ing along the Sixth avenue side, meas ures 163x6S feet. It includes a large auditorium with chair rooms and pas tors study in the rear. Seating ca pacity of the auditorium is 1IO8O.
 The educational house, to be used as Sunday school rooms by. the congre- gation, faces Eighteenth street and will be four stories in height. The features of modern church building, which in- clude facilities for the social life, is prominent here. On the fourth floor gymnasium will be placed with din ing room and kitchen on the second. Provision is also made for spacious par lors and business women's quarters.
 Organized in 1871, the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church built it's first home a year later at Fifthl avenue and Eighteenth street, which in 1880, was enlarged and beautified. In 1895 that building was torn away and a new edifice was erected on the site.
 In July 1921 the congregation bought from the city and county the Hill man property, 20Ox19O feet, on the corner of Sixth avenue and Eighteenth street. On July 24 this year they broke ground for their new building, having sol dtheir old property to the Federal Reserve bank for $231 900.
 In these affairs, the sale of the old site, purchase of the new and adoption of plans for the new building, the con gregation acted without a dissenting vote, speaking well for its leadership and the pastor, Dr. J. M, Broadly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
Royster Associated With
 I TempIe Theatre Owners
Widely Known Amuse- ment Man In Charge.
 Of Publicity

N. L. ,Royster, who for the past two years has been connected with the Mar win Wise circuit of theatres in Bir- mingham, and who, as general manager of the Capitol theatre, has been mainly responsible for the success of that theatre since its inception, last week severed his connection with the Capitol and will on Monday, August IS, become allied with Messrs, Allan and Steed in the operation of the Temple theatre, Mir. Register having complete charge of the advertising, publicity and exploita- tion for the Temple.
 Before taking charge of the Alcazar and Capitol theatre here two years ago, Mir. Royster was advertising manager for the Crescent Amusement company of Nashville, Tenn, having under his charge there a number of theatres. Hav- ing been allied, or connected with the amusement business for the past IS years, and having held positions of theatre manager, exchange manager, salesman and advertising manager for many of the largest theatres, as well as film distributing companies, Mir. Royster is considered especially suited to the work in. hand at the Temple, which will come under his supervision.
 For over two years Mir. Royster was editor and publisher of the Southern Picture News and Dixie Motor News of Atlanta, Ga, and was for year south ern advertising manager for the Gold wyn Pictures corporation, with head quarters in their Atlanta branch office, during which time he was responsible for the hugh publicity campaigns put on in behalf of that company and which attained a high recrd for newspaper notices throughout the south.
 Mir. Royster's experience in the legi- timate end of the amusement business also included the ownership and man agement of the southern tour of the famous English farce comedy, '4The Marriage of Kitty" as we'll as many other well known legitimate attractions, while his experience in the. motion picture field speaks for itself. Mf. Royster was general manager of repre- sentatives which handled the southern tour of Thomas H. Ince's million dol lar spectacle, Civilization" and has in his past experience produced several mortion pictures, among which was "A Family Affair."" produced in Nashville, Tenn, for the Crescent Amusement
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
INCREASE IS LARGELY WITHIN CITY County Taxes Will Exceed 1923 By $2OO,OO0, Dil-
 lon Says COMPLETE LIST
 BY SEPTEMBER 1 Collection Will Be Started
 One Month =: ,s:
 Later 3
NEW REVENUE BODY PLEASED BY REPORT
Will Allow Greater Improve ments, EdmOndsOn
 Believes

An increase in Jefferson county's taxable property of approximately $12,0O0, 900 over 1923 will be- shown in the tax digest for 1924, now being prepared by Tax Assessor Roy Dillon, it was learned Saturday.
 The 1923 figures were $289, 9,S5O, 500, and Tax Collector J. F. Hawkins and Assessor Dillon estimate that she grand total for 1924 will be close to $252,00O, 1000. -3& s
 Most of this increase is represented in city property. In the city, of Bir. mingham the digest will show an ad- vance of around $10,O00,000 over last year, with new structures accounting for large portion of the boost.
 This upward jump in property valuation means that roperty owners of the county will pay nearly. $200, 900 more taxes this year than in 1923.
 Collection Starts October 1
 It also means, according to Capt. Lacey Edmondson, who is to be chair man of the next board of revenue, that the county will be enabledyto inc crease its appropriations for health, ed- ucation and other pressing needs.
 Tax Assessor Dillon expects to have the digest completed by September 10. Tax Collector Hawkins will begin the collection of taxes October i. He be- lieves conditions in. the county are such that collections this year will be un- usually good. .g
 Members of the incoming board of revenue welcomed the news that the digest will show a heavy increase in taxable values. They predicted that a still greater increase will mark the compilation of the 1925 digest. Cap- tain Edmondson was particularly en- thusiastic.
 State Also Increases ]"
 "In the next 10 years" he said, ''it is a practical certainty that the. coun- tvs taxable values will be- almost doubled. Within five years, the values will have increased to such an extent that the revenue will be adequate to meet practically every need of the county" 1
 Notices of tax assessments swilI be sent to property owners immediately after the digest is placed in Collector Hawkins hands.
 Hawkins pointed out that the growth in wealth shown by the 1924 digest gives Jefferson county approximately one-fourth of the taxable values in the entire state. For the first time in history, the statewide values this year will reach the billion dollar mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17

the city by gravity, for lying between are the elevations of Shades mountain and Red mountain. Every drop of wa ter consumed must be lifted over this formidable divide. s.
 Engineering Fest Offered
 At point on the Cahaba river, about eight miles south of the city, is the Cahaba pumping station. Here cease lessly the ponderous pumps must lift the water from the bed of the river to a height of more than 450 feet through great 30-inch mains to the top of Shades mountain. It is at the top of Shades mountain that the water for Birming- ham starts it's long journey by gravity to the faucet of the consumer.
 On Shades mountain there are three artificial reservoirs, each a little lower in altitude than, the other. The highest reservoir receives the water in the state in which 1t comes from its streams. It has a capacity of 100000. 900 gallons, and in this reservoir the water is allowed to stand for AS hours until the sediment and particles which it contains settle.
 As the water moves into the second basin cOagulants are introduced, which attach themselves to all particles of sediment remaining in>the water and carry them to the bottom. This second basin has a capacity of 3O,O00, ,O0o gallons, and here the water stands foI 12 hours. to allow the coagulants time ti get in their work
 Filtration Sets In
 From this second reservoir the water moves to the third, where filtration takes place. Here are situated sand beds which, when passed through by the water, separate practically all of the impurities which remain. There is however, one last treatment which the water must undergo. About POO feet below the last reservoir there is intro duced into the water a sterilizing agent which eliminates the last possible trace of contamination.
 After this final process the water starts on its four-mile journey to the city through the large mains tun neied under Red mountain. From the mains it divides into the myriad oi cast iron and wrough pipe main which underlie the city. ItNis estimated that over 800 miles of these smaller mains are now in use.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
VETERANS ASKED
 TO FILE CLAIMS
Time Limit For Bonus Applica-
 tions Is Near

Birmingham -ex-service men are urged to file applications for adjusted compensation as soon as, possible in statement issued Saturday by officers of the United States army recruiting station, l0271a Second avenue, north. Veterans are asked to apply for blanks at the recruiting station. Corp. George B. Stevens, in charge of the compensation claimsr will be on duty at the army offices every day, includ- | ing Sundays. $ b.-E
 "If the veterans fail to file their ap- plications within the next few days, their compensation claims may go un- needed by the war department" {" Stevens said:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
SHORTAGE RUMORS / : CONTINUE AT HALL
McIendon Expected To
 Get Report. On Re turn To- City
MAY ASK CHANGE IN OFFICE METHODS
One-Man Control Will Be Rec commended. By Auditors,
 Is Belief

Audit. of the books in the public improvement division of the city comp troller's office, where shortages aggre- gating $s7 900 already have been un- covered, probably will be completed early in September, it was learned Sat urday.
 :. F. Hopkinson Smith, certified public accountant in charge of the audit, IS making rapid progress. His findings will be submitted in detail to the city commission and willa be made public, Until the audit is finished, Smith nor any of his assistants will issue state ment on the condition of the financial department. a Will Recommend Changes.
 z Although. rumors were afIoat Sat- urday that additional discrepancies have been disclosed, they could not be veri- fled. These rumors to the effect that a further shortage will be reported to D, E. McLendon, commission presi- dent and direct head of the 'comptroller's office, when he returns from his va cation.
 Smiths final report, 1t is believed, will contain q number of recommends lions for changes in Xthe existing sys- fem of handling funds in the comp trolier's department, The belief pre- vails that he will suggest that one of- ficial, to be placed under heavy bond. should be placed in charge of the han ding of all funds passing through the office, and that a triple checking sys- tenn be established. Under the present system; nearly a dozen persons in the department have access,tO cash drawers, it is said. k
 City Comptroller C. D, Armstrong, who discovered most of the recent shortages, is cooperating in every way with the auditors inc order that the exact status of affairs may be deter mined at the earliest possible moment.
 After Smith took charge of the books, ArmstrOng and his assistants discon- tinned their search for, further shortages and left the work entirely in the au- ditors' hands, ... One-Gan Control Sought. .e D. D.. McLendon, commission presi- dent, has expressed belief that the auditors. report will result in. the in- stallation of ."air-tight" system in the department that will virtually put an end to further shortages.
 Commissioner W. B. Cloe said Sat urday he would advocate, a system whereby all funds passing through the ,comptroller's office would be handled by one man. However, no action will be taken until the auditors findings are received and carefully studied by the entire commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
MENTONE OWNED BY
 PRIVATE CONCERN
President Says Baptist Church
 Has No Interest In Resort

W. P. HilIiard, president Mentone Springs company, writes to The, Age Herald to say this we'll knowns resort is not owned by the Baptists of Ala, bama as reported in a recent dispatch from Fort Payne.
 "Mentone Springs company is a stock company made up largely of Bir- mingham business men, and the Bap- tist church has no interest in it, and has nothing whatever to do with it's management or operations" writes Mir. Hilliard. ''The Baptist State -conven- tion holds its annual encampnaent in it's own auditorium at Mentone in June of each year. They lease the Mentone Springs hotel for the month in order to feed and care for the deleantes.o 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17
VETERANS PLANNING STATE CONVENTION
U. c. V. Organization Will Meet
 In Mobile Oct. 22-23

All Birmingham camps of the United Confederate veterans have been notified that the annual state. reunion will be held October p. and 23 in Mobile by J. W. May, breVet brigadier-general. Usual reduced railroad rates will pre- vail during the convention period, ne has announced.
 Special request was issued by Briga- dier-Genaral Mays that all camps pay in full their past dues as represen .a- tion at the convention is not allowed camps whose. obligations have not been wholly fulfilled.
 Mobile camps are exerting all pos sible efforts to arrange first-class ac- commodations for the outside members of the organization. C
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-17

company, and featuring over 100 promi- nent Nashville young people.
 In assuming charge of the Temple ad- vertising, Mir; Royster states that he is fully aware of the responsibility which the position carries, but that in his estimation, the Temple is one. of the most magnificent theatres in the en- tire country, and to that end will im- press it on the minds ow the Birming- ham theatregoers that it is not only their duty to ,patronize this beautiful theatre, but that in so doing they will be entertained with good, clean, motion picture entertainment, as well as one of the best concert orchestras ever heard in a theatre south. Mir. Register states that work on the new $50, 900 pipe or gan, which is being installed in the Temple, is progressing nicely, and that all indications point to the formal open ing of this huge organ by September 15, with an organist in charge who is well known to practically every theatre patro min Birmingham, and who is con- sidered one of the best in the entire country. ~