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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
NEW HONOR FRAT"
FOR COLLEGE HERE
Phi Gamma Nu To Be Estab-
lished At B'ham-S0uthern

Birmingham-Southern college will
soon receive its third national honor
fraternity, according to announcement
by DIR. Harrison "A. Tgexler, head of
the history and political science depart
ment, who has been placed in charge
Of the establishment of chapter of
Phi Gamma Nh, social science honor
society, at the Alocal college.
Instructions have been received by
DIR. ,Trexler from Leroy Allen. presi-
dent cf the national frat, as to how the
orga n zation of the society is to be
condu, ted.
October u has been set as the latest
date for the initiation ceremonies nv
the national head, who desires or
ganization work to be completed by
that time.
Phi Gamma M is one of the latest
honor fraternities, being founded this
year. Originally it was intended to
bers in the organization, but later
have only seven colleges as chatter men,
changes have increased the number of
institutions to be admitted, until at the
present time there are SO schools who
will be allowed chapters. y
Faculty members, alumni and seniors
work ir the social science department
who have completed 20 semester hours
of the college, and have attained an
average of SO per cent for all work
in the social science subjects, are
eligible for admission to the Phi Gam.
ma NJ fraternity. The subjects listed
in the special department are sociology
economics, commerce, POLITICAL science
and history.
Faculty members to be admitted to
Phi Gamma NJ are Dean Judd NJ.
Spivey, DIR. Harrison, A. Trexler, Miss
Marion Bissell, Prof. N. Gilbert Riddle
and Professor Black.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
TWO THEORIES
Held in HUNT
FOR ASSAMANT
Condition Of Wounded
Engineer Reported
Improved

Two theories as to the cause of the
shooting Of w. III. Adams, 40, Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic railroad engi-
neer, as he sat in the cab of his engine
near Harpersville Monday night, were
advanced by railroad officials and de-
tectives Tuesday.
The first theory, which is held to
be very probable, is that one of the
enemies Of the railroad, made during
the strike several years ago, deliber-
ately shot the engineer as a means of
reprisal on the railroad. Road detec-
tives are working on this theory. They
arrived at the scene of the shooting
early Tuesday morning, but described
the territory as being ''lawless7 and
hazarded the opinion that while all
clues will be run down, there is but
little possibility of ferreting out Adams
assailant
The second supposition is that the
bullet which fractured the engineers
skull was a spent" bullet, which was
fired some distance from the railroad or
else was fired by some person, who
merely shot at the train, and enter.
tanned no intention of wounding or
killing Adams.
Considerable hope for Adams recov-
cry is held by attaches of the Birming-
ham General hospital, where he was
taken after being brought to the city
early Tuesday morning. The injured
nan regained consciousness early in the
morning and an operation was perform
ed upon his head to remove the bullet.
Following the operation, his condition
was reported to show considerable i'm
pr0vement Thesday evening.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
SHOPS EXPECTED
TO BOOST VALUES
Few Undevelpoed Residential
Districts At Finley

Opening of the Southern Railway
shops at Finley is expected by real
estate dealers to have a healthy effect
on property values in the vicinity. 1t
is pointed out that the hundreds of
workmen who will be employed by the
carrier in at industrial enterprise will
seek homes in the near vicinity and
good undeyeloped residential property is
scarce in that neighborhood.
One of the subdivisions opened up in
the locality which is proving popular
with railroad men and employees of
ether surrounding industries is Acipco
Highlands, promoted by the Ben
Cheeseman Real. Estate company.
Cheeseman declares that in selecting
this tract for development he obtained
the best possible location for hoMes
and that he expects building, which
has only recently started there, to pro-
gress rapidly this fall.
Acipeo Highlands is located one
quarter of mile north Of the Southern
shops ON the Sayreton road and cut by
Thirty-seventh, Thirty-eighth and Thir-
tysninth streets. When first opened
month ago, the piece contained 300
lots, 100 of which have been sold. The
property has certain restriction and will
be confined, so far as possible, to the
laboring man who plans to build his
own home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
SECRECY FEATURES
COMMISSION. MEET
Apportionment OF Peoples
Money Behind Closed Doors

Deepest mystery surrounded the do
ings of the city commissioners Tuesday
afternoon in their secret session to con-
slider the compilation of the 1925 fl
nancial budget. y
Comptroller C. e. Armstrong form
ally presented his tentative budget,
which shows an increase of half mil
lion dollars over 1924 revenues but
makes no provision for salary hikes for
policemen and firemen. Petitions of
the men of thesei departments were be-
70; +, the commission and were dis
cussed, but no action will be taken
until the entire financial outlook is
discussed further.
Until the budget is whipped into
satisfactory shape, the commission mem
bers will maintain a policy of silence,
they said Tuesday. City hall observers
were wondering who would be first to
discuss the situation outside 'of the Sc
cret conclaves.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
EDWARDS TRIAL
MAY BEDELAYED
Case Not Likely To Be
Called Before Early
December

Robert Dewey Edwards, slayer of his
sweetheart, Miss Imogene Lee, will not
be tried before the first week in De-
cember, unless the case is set for the
week of October 20 by a special court
order, Forney Brandon, clerk Of the
criminal division of the circuit court,
announced Tuesday.
At the present time, there are IL
murder cases and four robbery cases to
be heard during the first capital crime
week of the present term of court and
this will make it necessary to delay the
Edwards trial until December, it lis
said. The most important case on the
docket in October is the trial of Frank
Owens, who is charged with robbery
following his attack upon two victims
with an, ak. This case will be heard
during the week of October 90.
The October grand jury and the
petit jury to serve next week, were
drawn Tuesday by Brandon.
In connection with Edwards, J. L.
Sprinkle, county finger print expert,
announced that he had received a letter
from the federal penitentiary at At
lanta, saying that Edwards had served
two years in that institution for white
slavery, being paroled in December,
1922.
Edwards continues to refuse to make
any effort to secure an attorney, saying
his family would provide for his de-
Tense. He still appears to be weak
physically,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
BOND ISSUES
SET FOR FALL
ELECTION VOTE
Fourth, Sponsored By
City, May Find Place
On Ballot

Jefferson county voters will pass
upon three bond issues totalling $780,
600 at the election November 4. At
the same time voters living in the city
may pass upon fourth issue of $780,
600 to be expended in building four
new fire stations, repairing number Of
others as well as the city hall and other
civic buildings.
clude 100000 for the Hillman hos
pital, 100000 for county schools and
81, 100000 for a new courthouse and
JAIL were put up to the voters Tues
day morning when the county board of
revenue adopted resolutions to this eff
feet.
A large number of representative men
and women, including w. Carson
Adams, president of the Inter-Allied
clubs; Mrs. j. NJ. Hankins, president
of the League of Women Voters; Mrs.
Bagley, of the Democratic club; Mrs.
Charles j. Sharp, Mrs. Charles b.
Jaynes, DIR. Joseph McLester, Mr.. Har-
rison, DIR. e. p. Hogan, superintendent
of the Hillman hospital, and DIR. E.. M.
Mason, were present at the board meet
ing and advocated the adoption of the
resolutions favoring the hospital and
school bond issues. Several of the Wis
.itors made short talks, setting forth
their views.
1t was understood the passage of the
resolutions was favored by the new
board of revenue, which takes office in
November.
Opposition Heard
Thomas Il. Huey, who opposed the
passage of the 81 100000 issue of the
new courthouse, pointed tut that if APP
proved by the voters, Jefferson county
will have reached almost the end of its
credit and that there would be no way
to issue further bonds without spe-
'cial act by the state legislature.
At the same time it was said that
the new courthouse cannot be con-
structed for $1,5OO,0OO, but officials
explained that the balance of the
money was expected to be secured by
the sale or lease of the present county
structure.
The announcement regarding the city
bond issue was made by Commissioner
w. b. Cloe following a report by J. e.
Spencer, city building inspector, listing
repairs and new buildings needed by
the city. The new fire stations, as
suggested by Mr.. Cloe, would be To-
Gated at Lakeview, West End, 212
Twenty-fourth street and Avondale.
Spencer's report recommends that
$4,000 be spent for repairs on the city
hall, $4,000 for. the Ensley city hall,
$500 for the East Lake city hall, So, 500
for the Woodlawn city, hall and $500
for the Pratt City city hall.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
CLEARINGS SHOW :
CONTINUED GAIN
Figure For September $l2,259,
971 Over Year Ago

A continued improvement in bust
ness is indicated by the report of the
Birmingham Clearing House. associa-
ton, issued Tuesday, which showed
that clearings for September were
$12, 259.971. 68 over the same month
last year. The total cleaTings for the
first nine months this year. were $685.
975,611.2O greater than during the cor
responding period in 1923. y.
The report showed: A
Clearings Tuesday 81 a, ia $50 90
Same day last month :. S4,473 ,923.68
Same day last year -. 1925, 181 .02
Clearings Sept, 1924 :. 109,345, 631.3 81
Clearings Sept, 1923 81 ,1S5, 659.63
i, 1924 ::........... 9s9, o23, 177.97
Clarings since January
1. 1923 ............ $50, O47 ,566.77
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
RESERVE OFFICERS
TO HEAR EXPERTS
First Speaker OF Series To APP
pear Thursday

The Birmingham chapter of the Re
serve Officers association of the United
States, will hold its next regular meet
ing, Thursday, at Greenwood's cafe.
The meeting will begin promptly at
6 80 o'clock, and adjourn at 8 80. Capt.
H. M. Evans of the infantry school at
Fort Benning, will deliver an address
before the meeting on Tanks" The
commanding general of the Fourth
corps area has detailed a number of
experts from the regular army to de-
liver a series of addresses at the local
meetings to be held during the coming
year, the address of Captain Evans be-
ing the first of the series. Reserva-
tons for the meeting should be made by
calling Lieut.. Col. T. s., Norman,
Main 1915.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
TEACHERS GUESTS
OF LOCAL CHURCH,
Informal Reception To Be Held
Thursday Night

School Teachers Night" is to he
observed Thursday night at 8 o'clock
at the new Sunday school auditorium
OF the First Methodist church. when
the membership of the church win
gwen an informal reception and en-
tertaining program III honor of the
school teachers fthe city, to which ali
are invited. % :
The following classes of young women
and young men are sponsoring tIie 90
easion: Maybelle Taylor, Blue Flower.
Mrs. Forrest Kimball's and Mrs. I
Sh0ok's classes and the Young mems
bihle class, with a large number of
teachers and former teachers. mem
bers of the church, serving on the re-
cetpion committee.
Members of the reception committee
Include Misses Crossis Champion. An
Leila EbOrn and Edith Eborn, Mamie
me Lois Borders, Mary Lou Eborn.
Myrtle Price, Annette Walker. Rosa.
lie Darby, Myrtle Harris, Hattie Nor
ton, Lola Luther, Daisy Rowley, Hal.
ne Scruggs. Jessie Scruggs and Euine
ScrugssN Abbot Spartling, Leathia
Steele, Rochelle Williams, Catherine.
Virginia Williams, Rose Mae Warren.
Kuth Warren, Geraldine Floyd, Mrs.
Pearl Crawford, Mary Dunn, Laurie
Davis, Mae Hill, Lucille Jones. Es-
telle May, Rosa Strickland, Grace
blackburn, Florence Ballard, Annie
Atkins, Ruby Allgood, Annie HowIette.
isabel Ford, Anne Greene, Helen Nc
Kinney, Bessie Watson, Ethel ElIard.
also, Messrs. Foster .Ansley, f. II.
Chappelle and Mrs. S. ]. Cole, Mrs.
Wilbur Cole, Mrs. S. p. Wahl, Mrs, ].
Shook Farrell, and Mr. and Mrs. e. ].
Hudnall.
The decoration committee consists of
Miss Catherine Virginia Williams.
chairman; Mrs. j ID. .Langhor. Mrs.
G. D, Coburn and Mrs. j. A. Griffith.
The refreshment@ committee is com
posed of Miss Grace Huffstutler, chair
man, and Misses Annie Bratton. Ruth
Warren and Mrs Marion Fromshon,
The entertainment to the teachers is
under the direction of the social and
IsGneational department. of the First
Methodist church, with p. C. Jackson
as chairman, and with Miss Annie Lee
Warren as director of activities.
The large auditorium will be beauti
fully decorated with four booths ar
ranged according to TIE seasons, and
each guest will register at the booth.
according to season of birth and month.
receive. an appropriate souvenir and be
served with light refreshments.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
CONSTRUCTION
FOR SEPTEMBER
OVER ::sl,2s3,OOO
Allgood Predicts Total OF
$16,OOO,OOO AS Years
fs Figure

Building permits for $1,293, 1877 80
were issued by the city building de-
partments during September, Inspector
J.aE. SpeDcer's report to the city COM
mission showed Tuesday. This is a
half million dollar incfease over the
same month last year.
Chief Clerk Clint Il. Allgood closed
his books at noon, and $250,000 per-
NIT issued an hour later gave the Oc-
tober operations running start. This
permit was for the Southern railways
10-story office building of reinforced
concrete and brick at First avenue
and Twenty-second street, north.
The September totals bring Birming-
hams 1924 construction permits close
tethe $4,000 mark and assure the
greatest building year in the city's his
Tory, with several millions of dollars to
spare. With three months yet to 60,
the total for nine months exceeds the
1923 grand total BY approximately ST.,
100000.
Here is the forecast for 1924 of Mr..
Allgood I'VE are, sure to pass the
$4,000, 900 mark, and if the present
pace is continued, we viii go still high
cf. In my estimation, this will be
enugh to lead the entire south this
year"
zoe Bindings
In September, the building depart-
ment issued 512 permits for the con-
struction of 600 buildings. Of these,
24S were residences and their cost was
estimated ythe builders at $46O, 692.
Five apartment buildings were valued
at S23 ,140, and 500, 300 was spent on
repairs to old buildings. Office build
iigs, hotels and similar structures were
yalned at $5900OO.
Inspector Spencer and members of
lis staff expressed the view that the
actual cost" of the structures placed
under way during the month was CON
siderably more than the amounts shown
on the permits. a.
y Heneeforth, the inspector said. his
office will give much attention to fol-
lowing up projects and seeing that adj
dltlonM permits are taken out, if war
ranted by survey. He revealed that
birmingham's property is assessed for
taxation on the basis of the figures on
ms books, and added that this is the
emily city he knows of that arrives at
us assessments in this way. The drive
mat is to feature the new fiscal wear
may !y have part in bringing a healthy
increase in taxable values next wear.
officials say. ~ i'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
CANCELLED STAMPS
ON SALE HERE NOW

Another addition to time-saving de-
-viaes for offices, pre-cancelled one cent
stamps for sealing machines, was an
nounced Tuesday by G. ]. Bass, post
master of Birmingham.
The stamps will enable the mailing
of circulars TO be speeded up many
hours, according to post office clerks,
thus giving the users a new advantage.
The. stamps arrived from Washington
about noon and were placed IN sale i'm
mediately,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
JAMES HOOn H1NOREn

james Hood, head of the Hood and
Wheeler Furniture company for a num-.
Der of years, was presented with a
watch and chain by employees as a IT,
en- of their regard, at a meeting in the
Fourth avenue store Tuesday evening,
The gift was of white gold and ap-
propriately engraved by Bromberg and
Company,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
KITTRICK T0l TALK

Rev. Father Malachi Il. Kittrick will
address the regular weekly luncheon
meeting of the Rotary club Wednesday
ON catholics in America Their Num-
bers and Aspirations" Hill Ferguson,
vice president, will preside at the meet
ing in the absence of DR.. Henry Ed
moHds
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
AUDITORIUM PIANO sHIPPED

The $500 Chickering concert grand
piano, recently purchased by the city
commission for the new auditorium
was shipped from Boston by water on
Monday and will arrive here in about
week, President ID. e. McLendon was
advised in a letter from the factory
Tuesday. -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
BOWEN REELECTED
Labor Man ReappOinted for FOur.Yeal
Term on Park Board

4 Lewis. Bowen, labor man, was re-
elected BY the city commission Tuesday
as a member of the Birmingham park
and recreation board. He will serve
four years from the expiration of his
present term on October 8.
AIR. Bowen took an active part with
Chairman William L. Harrison in the
recent successful fight to grant the use
of Woodrow Wilson park to the library
board for its $650,000 new building.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
EXTRA! ANOTHER SHORTAGE 4
Cloe Charges City's Tires Stolen fr0se
Police Automobiles

Safety Commissioner Cloe charged ~
Tuesdays session of the city commlsr
sion that employees of thee city garage
had been removing tires from police cars
and selling them for prices as low a.
$40 He said he was investigating thor
oughly and might have something 70
report shortly.
Cloe claimed that tires as good as
new were being taken from cars and
sold, and that brand new tires were
then being placed on the cars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01

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lieved that with such training the haz-
ards that exist here will be reduced
every year as the interest in the safety
work continues and as the members
of the various teams become more pro-
ficient in the work.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-10-01
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Seward daily gateway., 1924-10-14
KANSAS CITY DOCTOR
 INVENTS NEW TRUSS
New Discovery Heals Rupture With
 out An Operation

Kansas City, Mo- (SpeciaD-A new discovery which, experts agree, has no equal for curative effects in all ruture cases, is the latest accomplish ment of the well-known Hernia Spec ialist, Dr. Andrews, 821 Rock Bldg, Kansas City, Mo. The extraordinary success of this new method proves that it holds and heals rupture. It weighs only few ounces. Has no hard gouging pads, no elastic belt, no leg straps, no steel bands, and is as comfortable as light garment. It has enabled hundreds of persons to throw away trusses and declare their rupture absolutely healed. Many of these had serious double ruptures, from which they had suffered for years. It is Dr. Andrews ambition to have every ruptured person enjoy the quick relief, comfort and healing power of his discovery, and he will send it on free trial to any reader of the Seward Daily Gateway, who writes him. He wants one person in each neighborhood to whom he can refer. If you wish to be rid of rupture, for good, without an operation, take ad- vantage of the doctors free offer.
 Write him today.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-10-14

A move is now on foot to prohibit Outside film companies from portray ing scenes as taken in Alaska when in fact, they are as far from being AL askan scenery and Alaskan in charac- ter as is possible. The latest fake foisted on the public is the Alaskan" :" filmed from Curwood's story and ab- solutely untrue in every detail. A large part of the pictures were taken in the vicinity of Bellingham in North western Washington, and are pale and drab beside the real thing. One won- ders why the movie censor will exer- else his authority on so much trash and leave these bald fakes to be foist- ed upon the public. George Edward Lewis and the Norman Dawn compan- ies are the only people who have taken scenes in Alaska and whose pictures are truthful in detail. All others are fakes pure and simple. The time will come when film companies will be forced to deal squarely with the pub lie.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-10-14

Men are just as vain as women about looks," declares William South ern, jr., in the Independence, Mo. Ex- aminer.- They pretend not to care, but if you will notice they all read about the Prince of Wales and how he wears his hat and hat kind of a dinner coat he affects and the busi mess of the tailor always picks up. Most men are quite pround of the fact that John w. Davis, the Demo cratic candidate for president, is one Iof the best dressers in the country land that his clothes always fit him and always look we'll. We like for our big men to look the part and Da- wis does"
 It seems funny paragraphers are and have been directed at the women because of their vanity says William Southern of the Examiner. Now that the women have invaded the realm of newspaper writing the paragraphs have changed little and the men have sense of humor and are will ing to make themselves the point of a joke than women. A woman never likes to be joked about or at. A few days ago I made an alleged joke at a woman whom I had just met and she returned very vacant stare, al most glare, and I immediately changed a smile to something else, intended to register seriousness"
Seward daily gateway., 1924-10-14

Some of our contemporaries are all "het up" over the coming election, many going so far as to cast asper- sions on candidates running for office, and others bolstering up false hopes by prophesying this or that candidate will be successful. One thing should be borne in mind: The only chance that Seward has for representation in the Territorial Legislature lies in the election of Aaron E. Fucker, dem ocratic candidate for representative. MT. Fucker is amply able to repre-
 sent this section, and should receive the vote of every citizen regardless of party ties. In a case of this kind it is up to our people to cast one vote for Mr. Fucker, as four members of the legislature are to be elected. If we are to have representation in the next legislature vote for the local man.