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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
WEATHER FAVORS
 GROWING CROPS

General fair weather conditions throughout the country during the past week have been favorable to crops. the report of the American Steel and Wire company shows.
 The nights in the central and eastern parts of the country have been lit tie cool for hot weather crops. the rc. port states, but conditions are better than they have been of late. Northern oats and spring wheat nre reported as making good progress. Hay in the mid dle western states is reported as more than fulfilling past expectations.
 Cotton is doing better. although in some sections the outlook is still as dark as it was in the spring. Corn everywhere is making steady growth.
 Rye, potatoes and fruits are only fair to middling, it was said. The sweet potatoe crop, however, is short. CT than it has been in several years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
REALTY MARKET REPORTS SALES AROUND $2OO,OOO Strategic Downtown Sites Are Included In Deals
 For Saturday
NEW PRICE PAID
 ON SECOND AVE.
Grade Crossing POssibil- ities Again Reflected
 In Southside Activity

Pulse of the real estate market Quickened as the week closed, Saturday when sales aggregating $200,000 were reported turned by realty agents.
 Two of the deals witnessed the ex' change of strategic downtown proper ty sites while another marked the transfer of the Glenwood Court apart ments to new hands. A fourth trans action, closed during the day, register ed the sale of a large Florida orange grove to local capital
 Important of the days trading was a sale checked in by J. P. May of the J. l.. Yancey Real Estate and Insurance company, in which property at 2305- 23O7 Second avenue, changed hands at a figure above tine $1,000 front foot mark. This deal, laying further em- phasis to the trend of real estate out ward, was made between L. s. Schues- sler, the estate of George l.. Jenkins, and B. P. Cox with Roy c. Adcock, the last two named paying approximately $65, 900 for the property. The site is now improved by two-story brick building with frontage of 50 feet and depth of 100 feet. It was bought strictly as an investment and founded on a belief in the future of Birming- ham property, state the new owners.
 SOuthside Booming ;.
 Another sale on the southside, which sa akA tnnv Akkaaksav1 thun,v1k ekn abilities of Q settlement to the grade crossing question, was swung by J. l.. Yancey and the Hendricks ChambIes Real Estate and Insurance company. The southeast corner of Avenue G and Twentieth street 25O by 215 feet, fig ured in this trade and although no price was announced, 1t is understood to be well on the plane of values of the vicinity J. l.. Welch purchased this site from Monroe Lee. It is now Oc- cupied by residential property.
 A feature in. the sale of Glenwood Court is the fact that it marks another development in the attraction of outside capital into the local market. Mark Hodo, of the h-Throckmorton- Schultz Realty company, agent for the apartment, sold the property to J. w. 1eCk, NeW IOrk IlnAnc1SF, WHO bought the Five Points theatre and has also figured in other transactions. The Glenwood Court apartments, located in Forest Park, were built and developed by the Glenwood Court Investment company. They contain four five room flats and are valued at around $30,000.
 Orange Tract Sold
 The Florida orange tract, sold during the day, consists of II acres near St. Petersburg, and was transferred by Sparks and Robinson to B. F. Cox and Roy c. Adcock This deal was ne- gotiated through the J. l.. Yancey Real Estate and Insurance company which has been particularly active in acreage of this sort recently.
 A third transfer in downtown realty reported was the sale of 100 feet on Fifth avenue near Sixteenth street by w. w. Crawford to R. A. Terrell. The price was state to be in the neighbor- hood of $20,O0O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
PLANT TO OPEN DOORS OCTOBER FIRST Company To Manufacture Full Line Of High
 Grade Products PROJECT TO COST
 AROUND $4OO,OOO Equipment To Be Electri- cal And Modern In
 Every Detail

Further announcement of the $400,- 900 chemical plant, now being con structed at Vanderbilt road and Forty sixth street, Inglenook, was made Sat urday.
 The plant will be known as the Redd Chemical and Nitrate company. accord ing to the statement, and will manufac- ture a full line of high-grade fertilizers, best adapted to the soils of Alabama and contiguous territory, in addition to a number of staple chemicals. Opera tion is expected by October 1.
 Features of the plant will be it's equipment, which is to be electrical and modern in every particular. The latest machinery for the acidulation of acid phosphates, and the scientific mixing of phosphates, nitrates and potashes in proper formulae will be installed
 Officials Named
 . Officials of the new plant are: Will liam P. Redd, president and general manager; W. H. Kettig, vice presi- dent, and c. z. Davis, secretary and treasurer. Directors are: William P. Redd, Kate G. Redd, w. H. Kettig, and Laura NJ. Kettig.
 MT. Redd has been connected for the last IS years with the Grasselli Chemi- cal company, one of the largest chemical companies in the United States, and is recognized as an authority in his line. He has for years been close student of agrimony and agricultural chemistry, and has thorough knowledge of the sales, manufacturing and executive branches of the business. Mir. Redd is also one of the largest planters in Ala bama, conducting a 2.000-acre farm in Macon and Montgomery counties.
 W. H. Kettig is we'll known in the district as a successful business man, capitalist and financier, and while he will not give the affairs of the company active attention, he is, nevertheless, keenly interested in its progress.
 c. z. Davis, secretary and treasurer of the company, has had seven years ex- perience in the fertilizer business through his connection with one of the largest companies operating in the south,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
ROUNTREE IS BACK
 FROM ROADS MEET
Secures Adoption Of Move To
 Continue Federal Aid

J. A. Rountree, director general of the United States Good Roads associa- tion. following a months visit in New York and North Carolina. has returned to headquarters of the organization in the Brown-Marx building.
 During Mir Rountree's absence he at tended the democratic convention to se- cure n plank in the platform for con tinuation of federal aid in road build ing. As chairman of the special com mittee from the good roads association Mir. Rountree appeared personally be fore the platform committee with the result that the plank was officially incorporated,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
ClARREERS GUESTS
 1r LOCKWOOD PARK

Ona hundred and fifty Age-Herald cnsrfef boys were guests Thursday at 8a aL~aay outing at Edgewood park, hen sfNy enjoyed the hospitality of t8e nz1& management to the fullest.
 Tks hovs were treated to all the priv iiaras the resort and spent most of thh day Ia the big swimming pool enjoy ssha exhilirating water to their ~ t c0dtent.
 ase Were furnished transportation ei k husR Chero Cola truck during the
 and were under the care of Joe Jacobs, entertainer at the park.
 Ten full cases of Try Me were do- hated by the Try Me Bottling company especially for the boys. They voted unanimously their hearty thanks to the management of the parw, the two bot ting companies and to others who helped make the day one of the most enjoyable the fellows ever spent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20

"A charity case is first referred to the family service organization, city hall building. There a worker is put in charge and the case is thenceforward known as 'so-and-so's case." She gets in touch with the confidential exchange, where the case is looked up in the files to get it's history. If there is nothing new in the files, what information is derived from the workers investigation is written up and placed on record. If the case has a history, it serves to help direct the course to be followed in the rehabilitation work. If the case is on record as already in the hands of a charity organization. that organization is notified, and handles the case from then on. Otherwise, the case is put in to the proper channels for permanent relief work"
 There are 21, 1,450 names listed in the files of the confidential exchange. That means that 21, ,450 persons have been given help at least once, perhaps several times. There is no romance in figures, but when these figures are translated into terms of greater social efficiency, they show that long step has been taken towards the attainment of the ideal of the perfect community, one whose residents are all happy, and self-supporting, two primarily instra- dependent conditions. And these fig. ures show, too, that the exchange grows more and more valuable with age.
 Indexed Files
 The files of the exchange, known as the Russell Index is operated by Mrs. Brigman's assistant, Miss Sadie Phelps. Only six letters of the alphabet are used in the indexing system. Each card is coded, and they are so filed that all names spelled differently but pfo- nOunced alike are brought together au- tomatically, In this manner 80 per cent of duplication is avoided. A spe- ciGl operator is required to use the in- dex. Mrs. Briaman and Miss Phelps are the only persons to whom the files are intelligently accessible. Thus tamp- ering with the records is also prevented.
 The confidential exchange is support ed by the Community Chest, and acts as the disbursing agent for the funds of the chest.
 The social service confidential ex. change has been called the research bu- reau for social workers, because it grows more and more valuable with age. It has been called the clearing house for charity causes because 1t records all cases that go in and out of the, hands of social workers. It has been called one thing and another because of the efficient work that 1t has done.
 But every charity worker has said one thing about it:
 '"The social service confidential ex- change is an organization which fulfills the desires of all respectable self-sup- porting citizens for an organization that may render humane, intelligent, di- rect and quick service to the weaker groups of the community"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
NEGROES WORK ON CIVIC TOPICS.
Approval And Co-opera- tiOn Is Promised By
 White Citizens Here.

In an address before the Birmingham Civic and Commercial association, an organization, composed largely of negro business and professional men, recently organized, O. l.. Bum, secretary man. ager of the Chamber of Commerce, spoke at length on civic problems and pointed out the mane ways in which the organ ization could help solve the problems. He told members of the association they could best serve the community by organized effort, stating that if its af- fairs were properly handled it would eliminate the self styled negro leaders, who sought as a rule self aggrandize- ment or personal gain. He promised co-operation with the association in all of it's laudable enterprises.
 Officers of the organization are P. D. Davis, president; R. NJ. Harper, secre- tary, and V. D. Burnett, treasurer. It meets every Thursday at noon. The purposes of the association, set out by the president, are as follows:
 We are here for purpose. We realize that effective community serv- ice can be best rendered through organ ized effort. We stand for the uplift of all the people of our city and district. We stand for better homes, and clean home life. We stand for beauty and cleanliness which can only be accom- plished by installing a proper sense of civic pride. We stand for law and or der, thus reducing crime to a minimum.
 Peaceful Relations Sought
 We stand for peaceful relations be- tween the races and believe that it can be best accomplished by approaching the matter without fear and tremble, but in a broad and statesman like man ner free from prejudice and petty feel ings. Here we need to employ common sense methods governed by the rule of reason.
 I've are optimists and believe in the city in which we live and are committed to the proposition of boosting everything that tends toward progress.
 I've stand for economy as means to assure prosperity and happiness.
 We do not claim to be able to stop the exodus of the negro, but we will certainly not become export agents. No man nor organization of men within our group can dictate where, in this broad land, any group of individuals should live. But we do pledge ou-- selves to any program calculated to se- cure for any and all groups that justice, equity and fair play that will tend to- ward happiness and contentment in the exercise of plain duties of life.
 We are not organized for mereenary motives nor to promote our individual businesses, nor to set ourselves up as leaders. But ours is a spirit of service to the community as q whole ana our group in particular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
OVER 2,OOO ATTEND
 TRI-COUNTY PICNIC
Interesting Program Is Held All
 Day At East Lake

The third annual picnic of the Fri County association, composed of ex- residents of CoOsa, TallapoOsA, and Clay counties held Friday at East Lake park was reported the best affair that the association has ever held. More than 1,200 former residents of these counties were present, and we'll over 2,O0O, including friends, attended.
 The picnic lasted from 1 until 9 80 o'clock, and during this time the pro- gram provided entertainment for every age and temperament. The events in- cluded horse shoe pitching contests, q baseball game, swimming and other sports.
 The old fiddlers' contest was one of the features. Nineteen old men, several of them octogenarians, conteded for the II prizes that were offered x. s. Copeland, the aged one-armed fiddler from Anniston, won first prize, and re- ceived a brand new, shiny fiddle, bow and case. Other winners were Y. z. Hamilton of Bessemer, J. c. Glasscoek, J. NJ. B. Pennington, Birmingham; T. M. Hayes, Woodlawn; c. T. Willough- by, RenfrOe James Smith, Birming- nam As AAOWCAAB fAs W. Reed. Birmingham Sam Bush, Adamsville, and BlantOn Higgins, Bir- mingham.
 A picnic dinner was served at 6 80 o'clock and afterwards the officers for next year were elected. They were NJ. P. Messer, Coosa, president; P. c. Maxwell, Tallapoosa Hugo Black, Clay, and l.. A. MacCutcheon, Coosa, vice president; Jeff Cox. Coosa, secre- tary.treasurer. Officers of the Ladies' Auxiliary were elected aS follows: Mrs. W. Fl. Duke, Clay, president; Mrs. T. NJ. McPhail, Clay; Mrs. A. J. Arrant, TallapOosa, and Mrs. DuPont Thomp- son, CoOsa, vice presidents, and Miss Fife Carlisle, Coosa, secretary.
 Songs by the quintet of the Birming- ham police force, and q watermelon cut. ting brought the picnic to q successful
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
HOLBERG TO LEAD
 AD CLUB MEET
Discussion Of Retail Advertising N heapled For Monday

At lAA eaeular meeting of the Adver- fhine elnh on Monday Fred J. Hol- bsfk Ntil Ia a round table discussion on ret .l ddfertising, in which the repre- senfatsees of all lines of advertising will xpacted to take part.
 rt H. D. Cullen states that ca Invitation is given all retail iaafShnnls to be present and to take rarfS sn she discussion The club meets nfonanslT as 12 80 o'clock at the Tut wiiet hotel
 Among those who are expected to take part in the discussios are J. E. ChahnAil eh newspaper advertising. Johk c. Henley on direct-by-mail ad- vartfsfne. K. P. Cornell on outdoor advaRtissnk. Paul Pim on art in adver- tiaiag, George W. Peck on novelty ad- verkising, and Oliver Cox on the serv. iee that agencies can render to retail business. The discussion will be open to all members and merchants present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20

In these verses lies the principle on which the social service confidential exchange, the clearing house of charity, was founded. That is, the confidential exchange was founded to cooperate with the @ charity association and agencies of Birmingham with the object of eliminating waste of contributions of people to charitable causes by checking fraud and duplication of effort, and to protect the client.
 Years ago, and in some cases, even quite recently, social workers who were engaged in visiting, advising and re- lieving penniless families and destitute persons, oftsn discovered that other agencies were at the same time trying to help in the case. The family, or per son, seeing that help and sympathy was plentiful, allowed each worker believe that she was the only person giving re- lief in the case. Obviously, such condition brought about an entirely un- justifiable waste of funds and efforts.
 ''Vicious Circle"
 Again, when the several charity agencies worked without cooperation with each other, there immediately formed vicious circle" in which beg gars and parasites went from one work CT to another with the same story of plight, obtained their sympathy and thus created for themselves a comfort able income without working.
 Finally, it was found in many cases that when several workers were on the same case, they often pulled apart rather than together, bringing about a deplorable condition in the family with which they were dealing, by giving con. flicting advice. Thus very often the very zeal itself of the charity workers brought about ruin for those whom they were trying to aid.
 These three unfortunate conditions prevailed when the need for confiden- tial exchange was seen, and to eliminate them 1t was organized. Its object ia. then, (I, to avoid duplication of eff. fort and put efficiency into charity work, l2l, to do away with vicious cir. cle" Of parasites preying on the good will of charitably inclined persons, and, t3) to promote the welfare of the per son, or persons being aided, by working together.
 The method of accomplishing these three vital and important things is a simple and exceedingly efficacious one. In nutshell, it is by "co-operation." Mrs. J. w. Brigham, executive secre- tary of the exchange, explained it in a few words:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
CAMP vIsITORs' DAY
Real" Battle With Smoke Screens
 Will Be Staged

A battle with live ammunition, a hOwitzer company, smoke screens and a tank battalion in action will be among the entertainments given at Camp Me Clellan, where divisions of the R. o. T. c. and Civilian Training corps are in summer camp, Monday, according to the announcement of the program for vis- itor's day.
 A special feature of the celebration is an address in the morning by General David c. Shanks, commander of the Fourth corps area.
 Visitors day at the camp marks the completion of the summer camp for the K. O. T. c. and Civilian Training corps, it was said, the national guard will oc- cupy the camp next.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
SACRED CONCERT PLANNED

A sacred concert, consisting princi- pally of negro spiritual songs, will be rendered at 8 o'clock Sunday night at the Sixteenth Street Baptist church for negroes, according to announcement by the pastor. Special arrangements have been made to care for white citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20

Old shoes make good fertilizers. Just bury them wherever the soil requires en- ri%hing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-20
MILLION LN BONDS IS PLAN OF NEW BOARD
 NEW RULE FIGHT MAY GO TO STATE COURTS
Cooperation To Auoid Duplication In Charity
Activities Of Various Agencies, Formerly Over
 tapping Are Co-ordnated

Kipling has some words: Tt ain't the guns nor armament
 Nor funds that they can pay, But the close cooperation
 That makes them win the day. Tt ain't the individual
 Nor the army as the whole, But the everlasting teamwork Of every bloomin' soul"
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FLASHES

Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, director of public safety in Phila- delphia. gives police officials 4S hours to clean up vice conditions in that city or quit their jobs. David Belasco at New York wins s200,0O0 islander action brought by artist and based on lines in play. Old battleship Louisiana is being towed into Norfolk by two coast guard. cutters.
 Italian ministerial association at New York seeks to bar Giovanni Papini Italian author, from conduct ing lecture course at Columbia uni Nersity and charges Papini with cast ing slurs at Americans.
 Senator Harrison. Mississippi. at Jackson Day dinner in Pittsburgh. assails the Mellon tax reduction plan as big business bill designed to aid the wealthy.
 Representative Upshaw, Georgia, signs a iluuor abstinence card on the floor of the house.
 President and Mrs. Coolidge at Washington attend John Barrymore's performance of Hamlet"
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08

Mrs. Nina Wilcox Putnam Sander son, author, at New York city denies printed reports linking her name with that of Ellsworth Bassett and also declares she has not tried to persuade Bassetts wife to get a divorce
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08

Los Angeles reports say that Mabel Normand is getting along nicely but that she will not appear at pre- liminary hearing next Friday for Chauffeur Greer who shot Courtlsnd $. Dimes.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08

Curzon.
 His tales are delightful req ading. He is a master of beautiful phraseology and his descriptions flow easily from page to page, till the reader can clear ly visualize places. scenes, and situa- tions. In the absence of central theme connecting these various tales and sketches one is turned as a reader to the personal study of the writer book which Is entirely about himself. It shows him as he is known to ns, and it adds a good deal more. If is. in face delightfully."- self-revoaling." THE UNITED STATES by Emerson
 David F'ite.
 I RIDE IN MY COACH by Hughes
 Mearns.
 THE MAN WHO WAS GOOD by
 Leonard Merrick.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
LIBERAL. COLLEGE by AleYander
MODERN COLLEGE AND \
 MODERN SCHOOL by Abraham
IfNnpr.

Flexnrr.
 "Thr first paper is Il criticism Of the modern collcg" as inadequate except for the needs of the scholar and the medical profession due largely to a too formal school mechanism and the fuilUr" to direct closely the pre- pro fcSsionai training of students. The second treats the secondary schools and presents the realistic or genuine point of view recommending methods and rauses which are adapted 10 pres "ut rather than past needs. In both eases practical suggest ions for alter ing tn" present system are ,ketchcd." |" \. f.. A. Booklist.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08

intimate connection between love and laughter
 ROMAN HOME LIFE AND RE-
 LEGION by II. E. Rogers and T.
 k. Harley.
 The aim of this book is to give q view, through ancient literature itself, of certain important aspects of Ro- man home life and religion. If may he used either as reader theing part ly in Latin and partly in English, it forms useful pendant to the Claren- don Latin and Greek series) or for the general study of the various sides Of social life,
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08

To the lyceurn-
 Showing Where the North Begins" Miss Helen Bon- koWski l02 Lasale street. To the Capitol
 Featuring "Rose Mau1as Revue" Miss Ebba Anderson, B. Hart street. To the Palace
 Showing The Eternal City," Miss Bemadette Conlon, g Fremont street
 Continuing tonight The Herald will print the of three people, from the directory, with the nfoa- tion that if the winners call at The Herald office they will lecei.e--absolutely free-two tickets to the theater specified in the ad in which their appears.
  There strings obligations connected with this oIer-its outright gift to Want Ad Readers. The directory used every day in selecting the of the winners and the show they to with The HeTads compliments Your with the notice that you winner will be printed place in the Want Ad section Example:
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08
CONTEMPORARY VERSE. Antholo-
 gy Introduction by q. N. Stork.

col NTY RURAL LIBRARIES by k,
 p Macleod.
 "A complete presentation of the policy and organization of the county rural libraries movement and it's de- NcIopment tn Great Britain and Ire land under the impetus of th" CHrne- g,e United Kingdom trusteeship ot which the author was librarian, Gives B vast amount of information in an attractive and readable manner. A. l.. A. Booklist.
New Britain herald., 1924-01-08

President Coolidge procaims an embargo on the shipment of war mu- nitions to Mexico for the aid of the revolutionists.