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New Britain herald., 1924-12-12

the Mines, ForestviIe. Collinsville, New Hartford. TarIflvile, Smsbury and Rainbow,
 Father Daly's first mass in New Britain was in tho house of the Glynn family on Main street and the Cassidy home was generally used for Sunday services, The second Christmas mass was said In Humph- ray Hall, better known as lladley Hall at the center,
 Father DalN although appointed pastor of this parish In lS4S, did not take up his permanent residence here until tho following year on May 9. His parishloners grew in mum. bers and soon the homes were in- adequate for the number attending the services.
 Early in lS50 Father Daly sum- monod a mass meeting of his par tshioners and the advsability Of building new church was talked over Great enthusiasm was shown and a committee was ap- pointed to solicit subscriptions. The members soon reported that 335 persons were willing to help. The men agreed to contribute s5 each and the unmarried women $&. The size of these contributions may we'll he known from the fact that wages in those days were $l day for the men and $Io5 q week for the women.
 Ground Stakcd Out.
 Bishop ReiIley of this diocese had purchased a lot at the corner of Myrtle and High streets from the bishop of Boston and this was offered as site for the church. In August of 1850, Father DaIy, as sisted by a number of the members of the parish staked ont the grounds and in September, the eroc- ton of church, 84 feet long anu 45 feet wide was started. The records of St, Mary's parish showed that many Of the Protestant people of this city aided greatly In its erec- ton and their names will remain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
LEGION BACKING
 BOND MOVEMENT
Ex,Service. Men Join In Cam paign For More Schools In
 Birmingham

Birmingham post No. 1, American Legion, will throw it's full force behind the campaign for big bond issue for the city school system, it was an- nounced after a session of the posts executive committee Tuesday after noon.
 Other developments of the day were announcements that the Kiwanis and Exchange clubs had pledged their sup port in the campaign and that hume rous other civic organizations were pre- pairing to indorse the proposed issue at early meetings. s~
 The city commission is ready to order special bond election as soon as the school department requests 1t, mem- bers declared. It appears certain that every member of the commission will declare strongly in favor of bond issue large enough to insure com fortable seat for every pupil-a condi- tion that has not existed in Birming- ham in several years.
 The survey which school officials, headed by Superintendent c. B. Glenn, have been preparing for months, will be ready in few weeks-pOsslbly Tn time for presentation to the city-wide mass meeting to be held February 6 by labor and civic organizations.
 School authorities plan. to show the needs of the school system and crystal ize a decided sentiment <, in favor of bonds before asking the commission to set an election date, it was learned.
 The general impressionnn. is that at least $5,000,000 in school bonds will be asked. More than 20 new school buildings are needed to comfortably house the constantly increasing attend ance and eliminate double, and even triple sessions.
 A legion committee composed of Hugo l.. Black, Mat Murphy and Dr. H. B. Hanna was named by Commander Arthur Greenwood to represent post No. at the February. mass meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
CHURCH COUNCIL
 OPENS SESSIONS.
Episcopalian Diocese Of Ala bama Start Ninety-third An
 nual Conference Wednesday

The Protestant Episcopal church of of the diocese of Alabama will open their ninety-third annual council at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning at St. Marys Episcopal church with cele- bration of holy communion attended by all of the clergy and by the lay dele gates of the council.
 Bishop Coadjutor. Mcdowell will be the celebrant. He will be assisted by Rev. Joseph T. Ware, pastor of St. Marys, and other clergymen.
 Immediately after the opening serv- ice, the council will assemble for busi- ness until the noon hour. A second business meeting will follow a lunch con, which will be served by the ladies of the church. During the day, the bishop cpadjutor will deliver his, an- nual address, setting forth the con dition of the diocese and outlining the work for the coming year. It is under stood that the diocese this year has en- joyed an unprecedented prosperity, both financially and numerically.
 From 4:3O until 5 80 o'clock We'd ncsday afternoon the bishop coadjutor and Mrs. Mcdowell will receive the delegates to the council at the temper ary Episcopal residence, 2214 Four teeth acenue, south.
 Rev. Y. Y. Tsu, of China, who is at present resident at Auburn, will ad- dress an inspiration meeting at the church Wednesday evening. He will be followed by Miss Augusta Martin, former inspector of child labor, and now doing non-denominational social service work.
 Many simjlifcations of the present laws have been proposed. Important changes calculated to secure Q. better and more disgifed church edifce; ab- solutely impartial ecclesiastical courts before which clergymen are tried when accused of holding or reaching false doctrines; and an efficient executive committee which, in conjunction with the standing committee will assist the bishop coadjutor in the executive work of the diocese.
 A preliminary meeting of the clergy of the diocese was held Tuesday at the Church of the Advent. The morning session was devoted to discussion of Christian stewardship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
.HARCETT UPSETS l
 DEAN OF STILLS
Booted And Spurred, Chief Of State Forces Leads Raiders
 To Beer Factory

Federal Prohibition Director A. W. Hargett dolled up Tuesday in khaki suit and rubber boots and led his men in the biggest liquor raid of the year in Jefferson county.
 Assistant Director Hudson and Agent McPherson went with him. Near Apex, twelve miles south of Bir- mingham, they took a mammoth still with hundreds of gallons of beer, mash and liquor and arrested the operators on the spot.
 T enjoyed the expedition" Hargett said, land I'm going out often with the boys from now on"
 While the dry chief was raiding in Jefferson another group of agents were engaged in smashing three big stills just over the line in Shelby county. Agents Clements, Fowler and Lyons engineered this expedition. They brought back evidence showing, they had destroyed a 4OO-gallon still and two 200-gallon stills.
 Tuesday was a good day." com mented Judge Hargett. T believe the Apex still was manufacturing much of the-corn liquor that has been offered at retail on Birmingham streets lately. We know where more of the stills are located and we're going after lem Wednesday,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
MISS THIRTY GUNS
 AT ROBERTS FIELD
One Suspect Is Held For Gov.
 ernment Action

As the result of investigations fol lowing the recent theft of approximate ly $1, 400 worth of .45 calibre automa- tic pistols it Roberts field, 20 of the 30 guns stolen have been recovered and one of the alleged thieves is con- fined in the city jail at Ensley pend ing disposition of the case by the fed eral government.
 Sixteen of the stolen guns, it was stated, were found hidden under diff ferent buildings on the reservation, and the finding of these, it is stated, led to the arrest of an employe on the reservation. Other guns alleged to be part of the same lot of stolen ord nance, were found later Tuesday, bringing the total above 20.
 Arrest of the employe, whose name the police refused to divulge Tuesday night, convince officers that the theft was an inside job. They declined to state whether or not others were i'm plicated. The method of concealment lead police to the conclusion that if the burglar had a confederate he was on the outside, the guns being con cealed at different places indicating that the theft entended carrying them out few at each time on his person. The value of the guns recovered amount to approximately $1,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
RAILROADS FACE DIFFERENTIATION FROM 1IEDDLllG
Jouett Of L., & N TELLS Kiwanians Of Menace
 Through Politics

'sUnless the railroads are permitted : to earn fair return on the capital in vested in them, nothing remains but bankruptcy followed by government ownership said B. s. Jouett, vice president and general counsel Of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, who spoke on 'Tinkering With the Trans portation Act" Tuesday at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanis club at the Tutwiler hotel. :.
 There are certain radical clements in Congress working to repeal this law, and 1t is, to the best interest of every business man, whatever his business, to keep 1t in force" he continued. These men hope, by reducing railroad revenue through repeal of this law, to bring about inefficient service and a state of insolvency, 50 that the coun- try will then be in mood to adopt a policy of government ownership. Crash Would Follow
 MT. Jouett. pointed out that such a crash would involve not only the rail roads but every form of business, ad- ding that practically every person in the country is dependent upon adequate Transportation and the efficient opera tion of common carriers engaged in in perity. [ "The railroads are in a. class to Themselves, in that they are practical ly the only business that has nothing to say as to what it shall charge for its services. All rates, plans for. expan- sion, building of new lines and other matters usually decided by firm for itself, have to be approved by the inter- state commerce commission. The transportation act of February 26, stockholders on the capital invested, but during the past few years even this fair return has not been forthcoming. The railroads are supposed to receive 5% per cent on their investment; but last year they received only Al per cent and in 1921 only 33 per cent"
 Facing Crisis
 'tIf railroad rates are reduced, the transportation industry will face a crisis from which it may not be able to recover" the speaker continued. "The proposed per cent reduction might mean the saving of $400, ,000, ,O00 year to the nation as whole,, or about $4 per capita, but it might easily break the back of the railroads of the coun- try. Then would come government ownership"
 The loss of more than billion dol lars during the period of government operation was referred to as an indi- cation of the efficiency" and "wis- dom" of government ownership and op- eration. Mir. Jouett pointed out that, in addition to higher, rates and poor service, the country would be burdened with heavier taxes to pay for the rail roads, and the federal treasury would lose more than $305, 100000 a year in taxes now being paid on railroad prop erty.
 Government operation in other countries where it has been tried has not been successful" he said. ...In Eng land, Germany and other European countries there have been complaints against high rates, poor service and general inefficiency. There is nothing to indicate that we would have better results here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
POSTAL RECEIPTS
 SHOWING INCREASE
Indicates Growing Population,
 Is P0stmaster's Comment


 Receipts of the Birmingham, post office for the first mouth of 1924 will show an increase of not less than 25 per cent over the first month of 1923, Postmaster R. B. Smyer announced Tuesday.
 ''We are having the biggest January business in history he said, land it presages another record-breaking year."
 The reason is simple, according to Mir. Smyer. He says Birmingham is i'm creasing in population at an astound- ing" rate. Naturally, more people mean more business.
 January, 1923, showed postal re- ceipts of less than $100,OO0, but Janu- ary, 1924, already has passed that mark, and with more than a week left, Mir. Smyer predicts a record for the month of more than S115,OO0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
.DELCO ,SALESMEN x
 ANNUAL MEETING
Domestic Electric Statesmen To
 Gather Here Thursday

Alabama dealers, salesmen, service men, and division managers of the Delco-Light company will arrive in Birmingham Thursday for a two-day convention in the convention hall of the Domestic Electric company, 2019 Fifth avenue, north.
 w. c. Knopf, president of the Dom- estic Electric company and state dis tributor, will preside at the meetings which will be addressed by:
 L. c. Shannon, assistant sales man. ager; R. D. Smithson, service man. ager; R. H. White, head of the sales promotion department, and J. A.. Smith, assistant sales manager of the pump division. The last named four are being sent here from the main of fees of Delco-Light at Dayton, o.
 The convention will open Thursday morning at g 80 o'clock and continue until Friday evening, closing with a banquet at the Tutwiler hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
URGES TAX PAYMENTS
Only Few Days Remain For Poll Tax
 Payment

Citizens of Jefferson county were warned Monday by Tax Collector J. F. Hawkins and l.. K. Bowen, election reg istrar, that only a few days remain before February 1, when it will be too lats.to pay poll taxes.
 The board of registrars, which has been at the county court house since January 16 to register newly qualified voters, will leave Birmingham Monday for Bessemer and will not return until March 15. MT. Bowen Monday urged as many prospective voters as possible to register this week.
 "If persons poll tax is not paid be- fore February he will not be allowed to vote," said MT. Hawkins. "It is not necessary to register before paying poll taxes, but all new voters must register before March 2S to vote in this years elections"
 It was pointed out that all service men, including those who have paid poll taxes for years in which they were ex- empt, will be required to pay their poll taxes for the current year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
CITY FORGOTTEN, 1
 COUNTY TO BUILD
Court House To Be Carried Through Without Further
 Consideration Of City

Members of the board of revenue Tuesday declared the board would pro- ceed with it's plans fora single build- ing on the recently acquired site fca- ing Capitol park to be used as a court house, irrespective of whatever plans the city commission may have in re- gard to a joint city-county adnninistra- tion building.
 'The county archietect is already at work on plans for the new court house, and, unless the city commission shows desire to cooperate with us further, we shall act independently" said Thomas E. Huey, a member of the board, Tuesday in commenting on The Age-Herald story of the decision of the city commission to postpone con- struction of a new city hall for the present and give first consideration to better school facilities.
 Met Half Way
 eve have shown willingness throughout the entire negotiations to meet the city officials half way" he said. "We have been accused of wish- ing to rush ahead with our own plans without giving the city commissioners a chance to express themselves on the matter of a joint building. We met them in conference a few days ago, told them we would agree to any reasonable plans they might suggest, and offered to sell them as large part of our re- gently acquired site as might be needed at the same price we paid for 1t. We feel that we have done our part but cannot afford to delay construction of a much needed court house while wait ing on the city commission"
 D. c. Ball, president of the board of revenue, said he thought the matter had been taken out of the hands of the board of revenue by the action of the city commissioners in delaying construction of the new city hall.
 Need Is Urgent
 'We have shown a desire to work for a joint building if it is most needed" he said, "but our need is more urgent than the city's. It is. probably true that a new city hall is not needed now and that the old one can be used for a year or two longer. But that is not true of the court house. We must get new building under way as soon as we can. If the city will not make arrangements to cooperate in the con- construction of joint building, but of revenue must carry out its original plan and construct separate build ing"
 President D. E. McLendon of the city commission and Commissioner W, l.. Harrison denied that they had failed to cooperate with the county in the construction of point building, but said they were not willing to rush ahead at present.
 "We are in favor of new city hall and would like to cooperate with the board of revenue in some sort of joint building" Mir. Harrison said, "but we are unwilling we might regret. We be- something we might regret. We be. lieve the city needs better schools more than it needs new city hall, and we feel justified in giving precedence to them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
CHURCH OFFICIALS
 TALK COLLECTIONS
Officials Df Centenary Move
 ment Meet Thursday

An all-day session of Methodist pas tors and centenary movement treasurers of the Birmingham and Bessemer dis trict, whose churches subscribed $10,00O or more during the centenary campaign will be held in the First Methodist church Thursday.
 The purpose of the meeting, it has been announced, will be to discuss the collection of payments due on pledges to the fund which was the result of a drive four years ago. Congregations of northern Alabama pledged a large sum at that time.
 ~~ Following the meeting, which many notables of the church are expected to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23

according to the annual report of the board of revenue, which was made public Tuesday. A total of $1 ,3S0, ,961 was spent in road and bridge construc- ton and $536, ,343 for maintenance.
 The county's income from all sources during the year was $4, ,115,9 ,90S, or. $29, 9,538 less than its total expenses of $4,d45, ,442. sThis deficit, however, is more than compensated for by acquisi- ton of the new courthouse site, for which the board of revenue has already paid $141 1894, officials pointed out Tuesday. -
 Other large items figuring in the re- port include interest on bonded indebt- edness, $40S,359; sheriff's department, $119,S49; temporary loan, $300,0O0; Hillman hospital, $110,231; county courts, $50S;953; county jail, $61, ,697; almshouse, $35,S92; health department, $6S, ,792; engineering department, $56,- 9S6, and tick eradication, $24, 100.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
$19,ss2 FOR PAVING
Dunn Construction Company Awarded Contract By City

OUutHnCt Dy SNy Owing to unavoidable absence of Commissioner WI Cloe, whose home had been partially destroyed by fire, and Mrs. Mary Echols, who was ill, the, city commission transacted only routine business Tuesday, laying over the proposed amendments to the cleo trical code and other important meas ures for week.
 Matters disposed of included:
 J. T. Robinson was named as chief of the city garage and repair shop at a salary of $1S0 a month.
 Contract to pave South Fifteenth street from First to Third avenues was awarded the Dunn Construction com pany for 1882.
 Contract to pave a small stretch at Thirty-ninth street and Eighth court was awarded the Southern Roads com pany for $1,719.
 Several more street light were ordered installed in various sections of the city. : Issuance of $150,000 in public i'm provement bonds to pay outstanding contractors estimates, was authorized. These are 10-year bonds and bids will be- opened February ,. The bonds will be in $1,0O0 denominations and will bear interest of 51a per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
THE BIRMINGHAM AGE-HERALD,
BIRMINGHAM IS SHOWING GOODS
 LIKE NEW YORK
birmingham is fright off Broad

Birmingham is right off Broad way"
 More and more is the New York influence seen in the Magic City. Pottery, cut glass, china and silver ware shown in the show windows along Twentieth street and Second avenue are the same that one sees in the shops on Fifth avenue and Broadway in New York. A
 s. H. Johnson, travelling passen- ger agent for the Southern railroad, says more Birmingham merchants are going to New York to buy goods than ever before. He esti- mates that the number. of people travelling between the two cities has increased at least 25 per cent since last year.
 And most of these travellers are business men," he says. That means business is good"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
ED NORMAN IMPROVING Assistant Postmaster Recovering From
 Recent Iniuries

Ed Norman, Birmingham's, popular assistant postmaster, who was badly injured by an automobile accident sev- eral weeks ago, sustaining a broken leg, is improving rapidly at his home, but cannot return to work for several weeks yet, it was learned Tuesday. <
 Meanwhile, Postmaster R. B. Smyer is holding down two jobs-postmaster and assistant postmaster. He spends part of each day in the registry and money order division, where Mir. Nor mans office is located.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
THE WEATHER
r.tr.me northwest Florida. Alabama

Extreme northwest Florida. Alabama and Mississippi: Fair and warmer Wednesday; Thursday, cloudy.
 yirrinia: Fair and warmer Wednes- day: Thursday, fair and colder.
 North Carolina, South Carolina and Georxia: Fair and warmer Wednes- day: Thursday, :, fair.
 FToridai Cloudy "Wednesday, warmer in north portion; Thursdsy, cloudy.
 Tennebsce and Kentucky: Fair We'd nesday, warmer in east portion; Thursday, fair and colder.
 Louisiana: Wednesday and Thursday partly cloudy to cloudy, rain Wednes- day night or Thursday: warmer We'd nssday; colder in noStawsst portion Thursday. s5e.
 Arkansas: Wednesday, increasing cloudines6; warmer; rain at night or, Thursday; colder Thursday. F = Oklahoma: WedneSday, increasing cloudiness; Thursday, probably snow; colder.
 East Texas: Wednesday. and Thurs day, cloudy; probably local rains; warmer Wednesday, colder in north- west portion ThurSday.
 / West Texas: Wednesday and ThufA- day, partly cloudy to cloudy; snow in the Panhandle Thursday; colder Thurs- day.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
THIRTY-THREE ALARMS

A near-record for fire department calls was made Monday when 33 alarms were. turned in between 8 a. m. and midnight.
 Most of the calls were for fires of minor nature and the firemen had little difficulty in gaining control of each blaze. A large majority originated from from overloaded stoves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
WRITES WILL ON
 LETTER HEAD INa 45 SHORT WORDS

{, One of the shortest wills ever filed for probate in -Jehefs6n county was filed Tuesday. Only forty-iye short words were used by Frank Rush Simpson. who died January 3, in disposing of his estate at 417, 800. {
 The will was written on busi- ness letterheid and dated January 15, 1920. It beQueathed all his property, both real and personal, to his wife, Mrs. Mary French Simp- son, and appointed her executrix of the estate, to serve without bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
RAISE CLERKS PAY
Bessemer Court Attaches Brought to
 Parity with Birmingham Officials

BoSSemer Court Attaches Brought to
 Parity with Birmingham Officials
 Three clerks in the office of D. O. Hines, clerk of the circuit court in Bessemer, received salary increases Tuesday from the board of revenue.
 The salary of the chief clerk was increased from $225 to $25O a month and those of two women assistants were raised from $137,50 to $15O a month. In making the request MT. Hines stated that these increases were needed to place salaries in his office on an equality with those in similar offices in other parts of the county.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
For Pilnply Skin Peterson's Ointment

"All pimples are inflammation of the skin," says Peterson, land the best and quickest way to get rid of them is to use Peterson's Ointment" Used by millions for Eczema, Skin and Scalp Itch, Ulcers, Sore Feet. All druggists, 35c, soc, $1.00.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
$2,OOO, 900 FOR ROADS

port Covering 1923 .,s Jefferson county spent nearly $2,- 100000 during 1923 in construction and maintenance of roads and bridges,