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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
HOUSE E
 CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Revenue Board Members Stake Political Fortunes On Pro-
 posed Building Program

Indications Saturday were that the three members of. the board of revenue seeking reelection will stake their poll tical fortunes on the popularity of the boards plan for selling the old court house site and using the proceeds for it's sale in constructing new county ad- ministration building on the site facing Woodrow Wilson park. recently pur- chased for that purpose.
 It was definitely announced that work on the new building probably would not begin until after the May primary, as no prospective purchaser of the old site had made satisfactory offer for it: but the individual mem bers have taken positions in regard to the means of raising funds for the new building and the wisdom of choosing one site in preference to another
 Thomas E. Huey and W. B. Cope land have advocated the plan originally adopted by the board for disposal of the old site at a reasonable price and con- struction of the new building on the new site, while Lacey Edmunds0n has opposed this and advocated . plan to have the county hold the present site, either for sale to the city for a city hall or as a site for the new court house. D. c. Ball and Jerry Gwinn, the other members of the board, are not candi- dates for reelection.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
COUNTY CLUBS TO
 MEET THIS WEEK
Four-H And Other Organizations
 Laying Plans

Members of the Four-H clubs in Jefferson. county schools who have sue cessfully completed their projects un- dertaken earlier in the year will be taken on a summer. camp for several days next August, Mrs. Pearl Craw- ford, home demonstration agent, an. nounced Saturday.
 Each club in the county selects it's own project to bcearried out under the supervision of demonstration agents. Dress-making and poultry rasing are among the most popular projects, Mrs. Crawford said.
 The following meetings of pupils and parents associations in Jefferson coun- ty have been announced for next week FourH club at Hueytown, Tuesday afternoon; home demonstration section of the Parent-Teachers' association at Irondnle, Wednesday afternoon Four II club at Oak Grove, Thursday after noon; FourH club at Pleasant Hill, Friday morning. and Four-H club at Concord Friday afternoon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
WOMEN'S CLUBS TO
 PRESENT LECTURER
Dr. Joseph Hart To Speak On
 Community Organization

Dr. Joseph K Hart associate edi- tor of the Survey Magazine and a psychologist of note, will give lecture in Birmingham on the afternoon of March 12, at 3 o'clock, in the Sunday school room of the First Presbyterian church, appearing under the auspices of the Council of Women's clubs of the third district.
 No man in the country has made a more intense study. it is said, of com munity organization from the stand- point of basic institutions, the home {; the church the school; government and industry, than Dr. Hart. His discus sion in Birmingham will be along the lines of these institutions; their rela- tionship and the future of community organization in it's broadest sense.
 The lecture is open to the public and will be of interest to both men and women, and it is hoped that splen- did audience will greet Dr. Hart on his visit to Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
CHAMBER IS
 :. LNEST IN SOUTH
Bunn' Declares Civic Club Is Adding Sixty New Members
 Per Month

Birmingham's Chamber of Commerce now has a membership of 2,200 and an average of 60 new members a month are being enlisted, O. L.. Bum, secre- tary-manager, announced Saturday.
 By next June Birmingham will have probably the largest chamber in the entire south," Mir. Bum said.
 Already, we have the most eff cient body in the whole country" he added.
 According to Mir. Bum, the Birming- ham organization has gotten entirely away from the old idea that commerce chamber was meant for an assembly place for "a group of bon tons to sit and hear after-dinner spoilers do their snorting."
 Instead" he said, i've have an or ganization that is thoroughly repre- sentative and that is plugging away "A hours a day for Birmingham-and Ala bama.
 "A few years ago, resignations from the chamber were almost as great as enrollments. Today we only get two or three resignations in the course of whole month, and then they are ten dered because of removals to other cities.
 "We are bringing new industries, and many new people to Birmingham, and we are persuading them to come here in spite of the fact that numerous oth- CT chambers are competing with us. Without hesitation, say we have the most efficient chamber in the country '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
BUYS EQUIPMENT
 TO COVER CITY
National Dry Cleaning Com
 pany Incorporates

The National Dry Cleaning company, 103-107 Twenty-secOnd street, south, re- gently incorporated, with Hollis Arm strong, president and manager, and w. A. Shropshire, secretary-treasurer, is one of the oldest cleaning concerns in Birmingham. Some 20 years ago Hollis Armstrong began business with the proyerbial can of gasoline and sad iron, for 15 of these years the National Dry Clenaing, as his concern was named, has been in the present loca- tion, and today he has one of the larg- est and best equipped plants of its kind in the south, specializing in ex- pert cleaning and dyeing.
 At the time of the incorporation, new equipment was added to the plant. trucks enough to cover greater Bir- mingham were purchased and greater facilities for handling local business and mail orders were arranged.
 W. A. Shropshire. who joined the firm at its incorporation, is we'll known in Birmingham, having been in busi- ness here for some 20 year&
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
UNIVERSITY HIGH
 NOW ACCREDITED
Local School Placed On State List After Department
 Supervisors Visit

The University High school has been placed on the list of accredited high schools for the state of Alabama, ac- cording to the decision of acceditment for the state recently in Montgomery. Dr. David Park, principal of the Uni of the decision of the board from Chair man Spencer, as follows:
 '4The University High school should be congratulated upon being placed upon the accredited list in the first year of its existence, under its new manage ment, and it speaks well for the class of work done by the new institution"
 Mir. Spencer, who is supervisor of secondary education for the state of Alabama, and is also representative of the Southern association, high school department for Alabama, recently visited the local school for the purpose of examining it, following applica tion of the University High officials for &C., creditment. MT. Spencer stated at the time of his visit that the University High met all requirements for accredit- ment and that their high class of work entitled them to being placed upon the state list. His recommends ton for &C., creditment was acted upon favorably by the state board, of which he is chair man.
 The University High school, opening in September with an enrolment of 43, has steadily increased the enrolment during the scholastic year. A large number have been signed up for next year by the school officials and with the present facilities the enrolment for next term will be limited, accord ing to Dr. Park, the principal. An en- 'largement of present facilities will be made before next year. while new and spacious buildings and equipment are planned by the officials in the near future
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
MAGIC CITY WILL ENTERTAIN CHIEF OF XIV ANIANS Edmund F. Arras Comes Friday To Deliver
 An Address MEMBERS WILL HEAR OF
 THINGS ACCOMPLISHED Birmingham Kiwanis Club To Show City To Visitor And
 Banquet Him

Edmund F. ,Arras of Columbus, Ohio president of international Kiwani, clubs, will be the guest of Birmingham Kiwanians next Friday.
 Accompanied by Mrs. Arras, who ii of Women's clubs, the Kiwanis chie1 will De taken on a tour of the indus trial district and will be given . ban. suet Friday evening.
 z Mir. Arras is in the midst of trir around the country during which hs will visit majority of the l 200 clubs and seek to meet personally most oi the S6,000 members.
 His Birmingham address will tell c1 tn marvellous growth of the Kiwanis movement since its modest beginning nine years ago.
 Policy Details
 Birmingham Kiwanians will be giy. en full details of the international poll. cies of Kiwanis, adopted at the ninth which include
 l. Intensive service in behalf oi inder-privileeed children.
 2. Development of better relations between the farmer and the city man. Os AESKC0cAtC uCNcASY&lSAt Vl v W operative spirit toward the chambers of commerce and the coordination of activities.
 .4 4. Fostering of fuller realization of patriotic citixenships.
 While work in furtherance of these policies has been waged more inten- sively, activity along established poli- 5cies is being continued by all Kiwaniz clubs, including the development of better business standards and methods, general service in behalf of charities, boys and girls clubs, playgrounds, hos pitfalls, memorials, safety campaigns good roads, Americanization, tourist camps, and similar activities. Leading Ortississ It has been often said of MT. Arras that he is the most optimistic of all Kiwanians. When it is considered that the whole organization exudes optimism this becomes a broad state. ment.
 The Magic City Kiwanians are mak. ine great preparations for. the enter tsinmentAof their chief, and they antici- pate that he will bring to them a nies- sage that will help their club to do even greater work in future than in the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
LOSS SS9l,0OS IN FIRE DURING
 | FOR BIRMINGHAM
Inflammable Roofs Cause Of 1,346 Fires In 3,056
 Total Alarms
FEBRUARY LEADING MONTH
 WITH 1.171 ALARMS TOTAL
Property At Risk Estimated As Worth $23,440, ,601-June
 Damage Greatest

Figures from the annual report of the city fire department for the year of 1923 which will shortly be submitted officially to the city commissioners by Chief J. L. Akin present some interest ing data on fires in Birmingham.
 Highlights in this report are:
 Loss totaled $S91. sos, with an esti mated valuation of 23.440,601 at risk
 There were 3,058 alarms turned in during the year, an average of about eight per day.
 February, the shortest month of the year, produced the most alarms, 577 August the fewest, 92.
 Two hundred and sixty false alarms and 21 incendiary blazes were recorded
 Annual Report
 The report prepared by A. J Spinks, secretary of the fire de partment, is divided under various heads whcih include listing o1 the personnel and equipment of tht different stations, addition of new sup plies during the year, and summary oi the fire inspectors investigations.
 HI uCAAiAB Witu tuC uAaAmo anu tht fires themselves causes and results are figured to an exact tabulation.
 For example, 60 per cent of the alarms originated from frame buildings 423 of which were out by the time ap' paratus arrived. Chemicals extinguished 425, water APO, and hand springlers 1928 of the entire total of fires. Fire started from sparks on the rooi in 1,346 cases; cigars and cigarettes are blamed for 27; lightning, six, and spontaneous combustion, three. Two hundred and sixty-nine were from un known causes, the report states, and 19O were easily avodiable.
 Hard Winter
 The winter months, which include February, the heaviest of the 12, furn- ished 1,171 alarms. Summer had but 351. January ranked next to Febru' ary for business by the stations, listed at 37S.
 In computing the loss by the blazes Spinks has figured the valuation Of buildings and contents at risk, the un- insured and insured loss on each. This shows that from the total loss of $S01,- sos approximately $194, ,S39 was not in. sured.
 Despite the fact that February leads in the number of alarms, June is the banner month in total losses. During this month a loss of $223, ,S16, or nearly $1O0,000 over the next nearest figure in the column, was recorded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
BLOSSBURG MAN
 BULLET VICTIM
w. D. McMicken In Serious Con- ditiOn-Pickney City Men Are
 Held For Questioning

w. D. McMicken, Blossburg, victim of an alleged fight near Pickney City late Friday afternoon, was reported in serious condition at Norwood in- firmary Saturday night. Unconscious, he was not able to give an account of a bullet wound in his neck, wound which may prove fatal.
 At the same time, Fred and John G. Harris, brothers, g and 20 years of age, respectively, from Pickney City, were being hAd at the county jail on assault with intent to murder charges. They were arrested by Jack Ryans, deputy sheriff, George Lyons and E. 'J. Adams. state enforcement officers, after McMicken had been found along a railroad track near the village.
 An investigation, based largely on the remarks the two youths when they entered a grocery store at Pickney City an hour after the shooting, is said to have brought out substantial evidence against them. To friends, they are alleged to have admitted the shooting of McMicken while engaged in strug- gle over n revolver which the wounded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
266 NEW PLANTS
 START SINCE 1921 IN BIRMINGHAM
City Is Now Home Of 563 Factories Of Vast
 Varied Output
COUPLE CENSUS OF THEM
 READY IN PRINTED FORM
Chamber Of Commerce Com piles Data On Industry, Power, Labor And Supplies

An industrial census completed Sat urday by the Chamber of Commerce shows that Birmingham now is the home of 563 manufacturing enterprises, an increase of 266 over the census of 1921. There are 239 mining companies. as compared with 145 when the last cen- sus was taken three years ago. A total of 1.640 products-"almost everything in the world," varying from golf clubs to tractors, are being manu- factured in the various plants.
 O. l.. Bum, secretary and manager of the chamber, pronounced the census the most compIere ever compiled in the south. c. F. Yarn, the statistician in Bunn's office, worked for six months on the project.
 Pamphlet Form All information contained in the sur vey was delivered to printers to be put in attractive pamphlet form and 10000 copies of booklet entitled Industrial Birmingham will be ready for distri- button in a few days, Mir. Bum said. 
 In addition to complete industrial data, the booklet gives full information !, on Birmingham's transportation facili- ties, climate, power and water sup plies, raw materials and many other things that are interesting to persons who contemplate moving here to enter business.
 In the front of the booklet is list iNE Co evnH in a betical order. In the rear is list of the products they manufacture. r
 To Bring Others
 "This little booklet" said Mir. Bum, "is sure to bring hundreds of new en- terprises to Birmingham. That's what we got it up for, and if I do say it my self, it's a knockout" The census takers found that hun- dreds of things now are being manu- factured right here in Birmingham that had to be ordered from afar three years ago.
 Mir. Yarn, who compiled the data under Mir. Bunn's supervision, said he was astounded at the progress made since the last census.
 Here are just a few of the made Birmingham" products that Yarn had to add to the 1921 list: New Products
 Burglar alarms, rubber tires, rubber tubes, combination wash tubs and iron ing boards. all sorts of chemicals and disinfectants cold creams, tooth paste, automobile sun visors, kites, airplanes and other articulated toys, furniture, heating radiator shields, medicine cabinets. shower bath cabinets, gas ranges, baseball bats, masks, mitts and other sporting equipment; paint and varnish, watering pots, preserves and relishes and various kinds of dressings: auto wheel pullers, canning machinery. ice cream machinery, bank dispensing machines, creamery machinery, road machinery, stage saws and last, but not least, powder puffs for the ladies. There are many other new products on the list, but the above, Mir. Yarn be- lieves, will give fair idea of the prog ress that has been made by Indus trial Birmingham"
 Thousands of requests for the new edition of the booklet have been received from every nook and corner of the United States and from many foreign Hands, and the orders will be filled as fast as the edition can be printed, MT. Bum said.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
CAPITOL THEATRE
 BUYS NEW HOUSE
WoodIawn Theatre To Be Re modelled For Early Opening

The Woodlawn theatre property, formerly owned by Birmingham citi. gems and operated as a motion picture theatre, was bought a few days ago by Marvin Wise, owner of the Capitol. Odeon and Royal theatres in Birming- ham, adding another theatre to his growing chain.
 The property is 50x1JO feet in size and comprises a two-stOry fire-prOoi brick building, with Q theatre, or main auditorium. several stores and offices in the building. The thearte proper seats close to $50 and is thoroughly modern in every respect.
 ImmediRtely after buying this prop erty, Mir. Wise closed the house for ex- tensive repairs, the lobby having been torn out completely, and a newly de signed lobby installed. Many new seats have been added, together with new machines, new lighting fixtures and many other improvements
 Carpenters and painters have spent two weeks in painting and remOdelins the theatre throughout, making it one of the most attractive, as well as one of the best arranged in Birmingham. A new pipe organ, something heretofore not used in the Woodlawn theatre, has been installed and will be ready for the opening Monday.
 The picture attractions will be booked through the Capitol theatre circuit. thereby assuring the citizens of Wood lawn of the best personally selected motion picture entertainment. The combined product of Paramount. First National, Metro and GOldwyn pictures corporation will be used, with comedies. novelties and educational films as ad- ded attractions.
 The WOodlawn Family theatre, the name selected for the house. will open daily at o'clock and will close each day at 10 80 D. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
JUDGE JONES HERE
 AS RELIEF JURIST
Member Of Montgomery Cir
 cult To Try Appeals

Judge Waletr B. Jones of MOntsOm- cry will be in Birmingham for the next two weeks trying cases appealed from the city courts. He will succeed Judge 0ceola Kyle, who has been assigned to this circuit for the past two weeks
 An effort is being made to reduce the city appeal docket by assigning special judges transferred from other circuits to try them The first judge thus as signed was transferred in January. and the practice will be continued until the docket has been reduced. An effort also has been made to reduce the docket by mol pressing cases. many of them of several years. standing. in which witnesses have disappeared. In the past, it has been the custom to pass such cases for later trial
 Judge Jones is well known in Bir- mingham, being regarded as one of the best jurists in the state. He is also the author of a code of flag etiquette which attracted considerable attention and favorable notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
WOMEN VOTERS TO
 PRESENT DR. EVANS
Now Serving As Health Editor
 Of Chicago Tribune

Dr. W. A. Evans, nationally known health authority, will address lunch con to be given by the Federated Wom- ems clubs and League of Women Voters at the Tutwiler hotel, March 10. The subject of his talk will be "Hew to the Line-the Waist Line"
 The appearance of Dr. Evans here will be watched with interest, both be- cause of his knowledge of health and because he is native Alabamian. Since 1911 he has served as health editor of The Chicago Tribune, his articles 60 others.
 Reservations for the luncheon may be made by telephone to the headquar- ters of the League of Women Voters at the Hillman hotel, or to Mrs. Louise Mckenzie, chairman of the health com mittee of the Council of WOmen's clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
READY TO FINISH
 RUHAMA CHURCH
Architects Drafting Plans For
 Completing Structure


 Architects are now at work on plans for finishing the walls, floor and roof of Ruhama church.
 Completion of the building will be begun in six weeks. The foundation and walls for the first floor were fin ished February 1. The work is being let in separate contracts, money for each being raised by drives and in- dividual subscriptions. Much of the cost of erection is being met by the women's organizations of the church, through bazars, contests and enter tainments.
 Ruhama is being built of brick, fol lowing q Grecian style of architecture and will have all modern equipment.
 Dr. s. A. lives of the, Howard col. legs faculty is chairman of the build ing committee. Others on his com mittee are t: D. E. Mckinley, George Burt, Jr., Henry Woods, J, D. Pate and ", w. Hale.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
UNIT OF HOSPITAL
 TO OPEN N APRIL
Institution For Children To Cost Several Thousand Dollars

The first unit of the Children's hos pital recently constructed at Thirtieth street and Seventh avenue, south, will be ready for opening the early part of April.
 Dedication exercises probably will not take place until late in June, it was said. due to the absence of Mrs Crawford W. Johnson, president of the hospital, who will not return to Birmingham until that time. ~
 The hospital, believed to be one of the finest and most up-to-date of its kind in the south, will cost several hundred thousand dollars. Construc- tion work has been under way for near ly a year and it is planned with the completion of the first unit to lay plans for raising funds for the whole
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
@Q,ODO FOR LOT l. ON SIXTH AVENUE
Murray Brown Buys Northwest Corner At Nineteenth
 Street Intersection

Another real estate deal along Nine teenth street, a thoroughfare which is considered by many business men to offer. logical development possibilities for the expansion of the downtown dis trict, was culminated Saturday in the purchase of the northwest corner of Sixth avenue, north, and Nineteenth street, by Murray Brown.
 The property, long referred to .as The Chamber of Commerce Corner" 1" because it was the contemplated build ing site for that organization at one time, has 1O0-foot frontage and 1OO- foot depth. The reported figure for the deal was around $9O,OOO.
 Brown bought the property from Joe H.N Loveman and Henry H. Cobb through Smith Throckmorton- Schultz company as agents.