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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
lUDITORS GIVE BIRMINGHAM FINANCES THEIR APPROVAL
Pun For Bghams
JITNEYS COME BACKIF CAR
 SERVICE IS NOT IMPROVED

tended to see that Birmingham does get service as good as any other city's or else we would not object to a referendum towards bringing back the 1itneys," McLendon added ->. Officials of the company on Monday will submit to the commission in writ ing their recommendatidns in connec- ton with the efforts to reorganze the company.
 Rerouting of practically all the street cars will be asked, in addition the portion of the Tidewater route between the Terminal station and Avenue c and Forty-first street be cut out. and the cars of this line be re-routed over the Avenue c tracks Details of this proposed arrangement were published in The Age-Herald' S Saturday editions.
 In addition. the company will asF that 1t be allowed to remove its tracks on Twenty-first street between First and Second avenues It is further pro- posed to take up the tracks on Fifth avenue between the terminal station and Nineteenth street.
 According to President McLendon, the franchises of the company also must be brought up to date.
 Tt is the commissions aim, as : see it. to go the limit for the com pany in the reorganization and then demand high class service in return said the president. Therefore, I be- lieve the tions of the company will be granted"
 Quick action will be given by the commission, and the final conference probably will be held Wednesday, it was learned.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
SEEKS OWNER OF VETERANS BADGE
A. B. Cole Eager To Locate Old Confederate Who Lost
 Insiqnia Of War

Found lying under the trampling feet of the thousands who travel Twentieth street between Fourth and Fifth avenues. was a relic that must be priceless to the strong hear. that won the right to be shelteed beneath it back in the days of 1861.
 This old relic of the days Of the war between the states is composed of several silver plates linked to- gether with a chain at each end The top shield bears the insignia. "Co, H." another shield has a numer- al "5" on it and another "Ala.;" un- der this is the crossed guns and Inf. c. S."
 The insignia was found shortly be- fore Christmas by A. B. Cole. who rave his address as in care of the Illinois Central round house at East Thomas. MT. Cole, who was ready to leave for a holiday tour through the north when he found the insignia. returned to the sity last week and has asked The Age-Herald to help him find the owner.
 q had time to drop by and leave it with you before I left, he stated, but I wanted to reserve for myself the pleasure of returning it to its owner. I have met several persons by returning similar finds and I have never failed vet to meet a mighty interesting person."
 The badge can be obtained by calling MT. Cole at M. 4034.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
Rush For Alcohol
 On As Radiators Are I Frozen Solid

sa- Police took no steps to prevent what probably was Birmingham's greatest dash for ardent spirits Saturday morning. 9|
 The day was especially marked by an orgy in buying alcohol and other stimulants. Druggists and other merchants kept the old Gfunnel going all day.
 @ But it didn't do a great deal of good. The old radiator had burst long before 1t had gulped the first long and lucious draught of wood alcohol.
 They steamed along Twentieth street. and the other streets and avenues in clouds of anguish. Heavy outbursts of condensing vapor poured from the top, and. what was infinitely sadder, the bottom. too. ].
 q All too late the autoists real sized that the darned old petcock { should have been turned on Fri day night. r..,
 It was a hard day anyhow. The : battery seemed run down.; the starter wouldn't turn over. and the hand starter came into it's own. Hot water on the carbure- tor and manifold worked--but at rare intervals. Long and difficult words didn't help.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
| N0RTHP POLEL00SE
 HITS B|RM|NGHAM
Ten Degrees Above Zero Is Expected For Sunday
 Morning l.H

Birmingham's long belated cold wave struck the city full n the face Saturday.
 All day it was gaining in severity. and by o'clock Sunday morning it is scheduled to deal the knockout blew of the season, when the we'll Known mercury is predicted to reach somewhat below" the 10-degree mark, according to E. C. Horton, weather observer.
 This means that it will be just 10 degrees colder in Birmingham at [ o'clock Sunday morning than at the same hour Saturday morning, when 19 was the lowest point reached.
 You can just bet your bottom dol- lar Birmingham is slated for the coldest weather since the 4th day of January, 1919, when the thermometer registered degrees above the noth- ing mark. On the fourteenth day of the same month the year before it stopped at 1 above." MT. Horton said.
 Ice was plentiful on the streets of Birmingham Saturday morning. and hardened as the day progressed. Dripping hydrants soon became gro- tesQue by reason of their long icycles land skidding automobiles were not C ASAAeSs AAO OONo WCAS ehsS hCeAA NS- serted as they have been in years. Birmingham was seeking shelter from the cold, laughed about a few days previously, after MT. Horton had fallen down three days in suc- cession on his prediction.
 T reckon they'll sit up and take notice this, morning." the sage of Fountain Heights announced. By Sunday morning we'll sure know who's right about this weather busi- ness" he commented.
 With the two exceptions noted above. Sunday mornings weather in Birmingham is expected sto be the coldest since the well-known blizzard which struck the city amidships on February IS, 1899. Then 1t was 10 degrees below zero, the only instance, according to Mir Horton, that Bir- mingham has ever experienced weather below the zero mark since records have been kept in Jones valley.
 Continued cold through Sunday, with practically no rise during the day. was forecast.
 AS is usuil with these cold waves, we don't expect the present one to be of long duration," MT. Horton said Its coming from the West Canadian Rockies and Is expected to pass on its way after making Birmingham shiver for a couple of days at the inside. Of course. it's possible that 1t will last even longer" 4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
ACTION EXPECTEDI
 ON PAVING PLANS
M'Lendon Sees Signs Of Agreement On Long Stand
 ina Contention

Evidently President D. E. McLen- don found a chance during Fridays conference with B. R., l.. & P Co. of ficials over reorganization of the company's affairs and some of its car tracks, to slip in a word about the First avenue paving projec: which was halted a while back when the company declined to pave be- tween it's tracks unless given park ing privileges on the avenue be- tween Forty-first street and East Lake.
 What did the company say about the paving project?" reporters asked MT. McLendon after the conference.
 Not great deal" he answered, but the company is coming around all right-that's a safe bet"
 The president intimated that some thing on the subject would be ready to announce in a few days. Off cials of the company had nothing to say for publication.
 The accepted view at city hall was that a conference to discuss the paw ing project will be called in the next few days. or as soon as the company and the commission get the details of the reorganization plans out of the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
President McLendon Says Birmingham Has Gone Limit And Must Get Best Possible Service In Return

we arc going the limit for the street car company in helping it re- organize and emerge from its re- ceivership; and in return we have told officials of the company that the service, must be improved to a stand ard never before reached in Birming- ham. Unless this is done the jitneys will come back"
 This significant statement by D, E. McLendon, president of the city com mission, featured Saturdays develop ments in the efforts to arrange the affairs of the B. R.. Light & P. Co.,, as the new owners and operators may take over the properties not later than March 15.
 We put the matter squarely up to the company's officials at a confer ence today" President McLendon said The co-receivers assured us that the new owners would furnish service that that would prove entirely satisfac-
 J. S. Pevear. one of the receivers declared during the conference that Birmingham now has the best stree. car service in the country. The com mission members disagreed with this assertion, President McIsendon said
 We told MT. Pevear that we in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
WORK PROGRESSES RUHAMA. CHURCH First Story Will Be Con- pIeted By February l,
 Members Say

Work on the first story of Ruha- ma Baptist church will be completed February 1. business having gone forward with a steady hum through : out December, despite the indictment weather and the holidays.
 The structure will be of brick, built after the Grecian style, and modern in all equipment.
 Seeing the walls rising higher day by day is causing added interest among the members of the congre- gation and the hope of having the Christmas. 1924, regarded at first as an lmpossibility. because of finances, now looms as a possibility.
 Much of the cost of the constfuc- ton of the first floor Is being paid by the women of the church, who conducted bazaar in the down. town section prior to the Christmas holidays to raise funds. in addition to many smaller efforts in making money.
 The building of the church con . tinues to attract the interest. of people both locally and throughout the state. Letters of congratulation. many donations, have been received from former Howard students, whc were members at Ruhama. A flea ture of the recent bazar was the memory table, containing gifts sent by ladies from many states. who were former members of the church. Among these were Mrs. Cecil Cook of Virginia, whose husband was a former pastor of Ruhama: Mrs. J. M. Shelburne of Danville, Va, whose husband was also former pastor of Ruhama; Mrs. Frank Dillon of San Antonia, Tex, whose family was at one time active members: Mrs. Jo- seph Hutto of Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. H. B. Wood, Tuscaloosa, Ala, and Mrs. A. P. Montague, Mercer un-- versity. Georgia.
 Practically every member of the church is acting on some committee, thereby doing his bit toward get ting the new. building erected.
 Chairnlen of the various commit tees are as follows: Construction, pr. S. A. Ives; finance, pr. N. F. Bar rett; plans. Dr. J. IT. Chapman; pub licity, r.. V. Smith; general commit tee, Prof. T. R. Eagles.
 The general committee was ap- pointed by Dr. J. c. Stivender, pas tor of Ruhama three years ago, and as had regular meetings ever since. To the members of this committee was given the responsibility of ap- pointing all other committees As- sociated with Professor Eagles on this committee are S. J. Ansley, W. w. Hale, w. R. Hilliard and Mrs. IL. E. Wellington.
 The next undertaking by the wom- ems organizations to raise funds is it's entry into the $10,000 advertis- ing contest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
EXH|bIT WILL. CATER T0ALL
 HOUSEWIVES
Manufacturers, Jobbers, Brokers And Wholesalers
 Assist In Making Affair
 Most Complete Ever Seen CONDUCT OPEN GLASSES IN DOMESTIC SCIENCE
Booths, Culinary Demonstra;.
 lions, Music, Vaudeville Among Amusements Schea-
 uled For Armory Affair

Probably the largest and most in- teresting demonstration of food preparation and manufacture ever given in Birmingham is being planned by corps of experts for the first food exposition oft the Birmingham Retail Grocers and Butchers associa- tion, to be held February 20 to March 1 in the national guard armory, it was announced Saturday. o ii 7
 Inquiries and requests for floor space from all over the city and many from the leading manufactur- CTS, jobbers, brokers and wholesalers in addition to the local retailers have insured the success of the first ex- hibition, B. c. Apperson, secretary oi the association, said.
 The committee in charge already has completed it's plans for attractive booths, demonstrations by culinary experts and an entertainment pro- skI.s and general amusement fea- lures.
 Caters To Housewives. A
 The exposition, according to MT. Apperson, will cater especially to tions planned will be of an instruc- tive and highly profitable nature merous well-known foods of the better sort will be on exhibition. and the processes and raw materials Tn their manufacture will be shown to the housewife.
 The corps of domestic science dem- onstrators will. in addition to giving the regular open classes in food preparations, answer questions rela- tive to this work put them by yisl- tors. .., 7s.
 .s~sThe committee in charge of the ex- hibition folIows: B.. c. Apperson general chairman; J. E. Colvin. pres ident of the assiciation; Charles M Lane, Parker Osrhet and Mason Mar ~ fir, :. ". -.l-l.EN. ..---- -.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
RELIGIOUS DRAMA REHEARSALS HELD
The Apostles Of L!ght' Will Be Presented January
 24 And 25

First of the rehearSals on large scale of the religious pageant-drama, The Apostles of Light" will be held Friday evening at the First Method ist church, at which time five of the eleven motives will be rehearsed, with music and other special fea- lures.
 Saturday evening another rehears- al will be held at the same place for the last five motives. All members of the cast have been called to at tend both rehearsals.
 .The Apostles of Light" will be presented under the auspices of ali of the Methodist churches of the Blr- mIngham district, two successive nights, Thursday and Friday, Janu- ary 24 and 25, at the Phillips. Hlgh school auditorium, to emphasize the Centenary movement of the Methoo- ist chuch and illustrate the Work done by the Methodists since the time of John Wesley and his co-workers.
 Mrs. Earle c. McLin, who will have the direction of the pageant-drama, stated Saturday, that the prlnclpai characters, "America.' Centenary" and ."Christianity" will be imperson- ated by prominent women or DIT mingham, whose names Will De an-
 There is a specially strong ana outstanding story told in the fifth motive it it said, which will be enacted by members of the FIrst Methodist church. the title pelng
 America, Hope of the world. ana showing this nation sending us HIS sionaries over all the world
 Rev. Ira Hawkins, pastor Of the Walker Memorial church, in the TOTS of the elder prophet, and Georse Lewis Bailes as the younger pFopnel, two characters running through the whole pageant, are declared to De do- ing splendid work in the preHmlharS
 Leading ministers of the Methodist church of Birmingham will De mem . bers of the cast presenting the fourth motive of this pageant drama some of the leading characters pc ing as follows: "John Wesley, Key: . s F., Kimbrough; Charles MSsleS, ..r,so e Rev. W. H. Mansfield; Ihomus sThomas Rankin" Rev. S. T. Slayton: "Freeborn Garretson," Rev, Robert E,choIs: "Thomas Vasey." Rev: V. W. Hammer; "Francis Asbury. Rev. h. N. Matthew's; "Richard Whatcol' Rev. V. H. Hawkins.
 "The churches are all respoIluinSs 5. in fllinp the cast of 600 persons, said Mrs. McLin Saturday: lne group leaders also report tlne co oneration on the part of the members .oF t,a prolps and another encourAs ing feature which augurs well TOT +he success of the production IS the foct that the choirs of all the cbnrches are all responding cheertul- iv to the call and will be in the great chorus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
INVESTIGATE RAIDS |s PUBLIC DEMAND varin Case Arouses !ndigna- tion-Authorities Defend
 Officers Concerned

General Investigation by the civil
 service commission of various liquor
 raids, conducted by police officers
 under John Doe" warrants. loomed
 as | practical certainty Saturday as the outgrowth of . raid Christmas
 Eve on the home of Mrs. Ann varin.
 sos Forty-first street. north, and
 aroused public indignation. Additional complaints of alleged
 unjustifiable raids were made, in- cluding one by J. c. Sheehan, an ad- vertising man, of 626 Nineteenth
 street, north. Police Chief Fred Mo
 Duff and Commissioner W. B. Cloe
 held that the conduct of their of-
 ficers in these raids should not be cation pointed to the calling of a meeting of the civil service hoard by |Chairman John w. Altman for the
 purpose of launching sweeping probe.
 Chief MoDuff said he had gone into the varin raid and found that the police department would have been
 derelict in its duty had officers not
 been dispatched to the Forty first headquarters what was considered a reliable tip"
 Commissioner Cloe said the raid
 was simply an unfortunate occur rence," and that the raiding officers
 should not be blamed. They merely obeyed orders. he said. we have learned that the sons of
 Mrs. Varin are not employed, ne declared, and we are still tnvesti-
 gating the report that they were
 handling liquor. And hope to find H the next few hours. so that his state ment may be placed in the record of the case" Victim Remains HI.
 Mrs. varin. since the raid. has been in bed, her nervous system in state of collapse, physicians say. She IS a leading church worker ana an ar dent prohibitionist, and she em- nhatically denies her sons have traf- |,ficked in whisky.
 Cans and bottles found under her house were emptied of paint and to- mato ketchup by her late husband,
 she says. ,...
 Commissioner Cloe said John Doe" warrants still were in use by his men. One of these. warrants was used in a search conducted late Fri day night, he stated. The search un- covered a quantity of liquor, records showed Saturday. s It probably will be definitely de- termined Monday whether the civil service board will take charge of the situation and go forward with an investigation. IfSthis is done, it is expected that many citizens will ap. pear to request that s"John Doe" war-
 rants be barred.
 Commissioner Cloe praised the de- teetives whe compose his raiding squad, declaring them to be- high class men who always try to do their duty according to law"
 Petitions were in circulation Satur- day asking the civil Service body to investigate the Varin raid. Members of the painters union, of which Mrs. Varin's late husband was member. placed the petitions at numbers of downtown stores.
 The union, it was learned, has em-
 ployed counsel to push the investiga- tion. -4.
 Police arrested T. M. Massengale,
 said to be member of the union, on
 a charge of disorderly conduct be-
 cause he placed one of the petitions
 in the Levy drug store, under the
 city hall. Massengale was Nlaced un-
 der bond for appearance Monday be- fore the recorder.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
MEMORIAL M E I SET F0R MONDAY
Historical Association Will Hear Talks On Confederacy
 By Officials

Memebers of the United Memorial and Historical association will have their first monthly meeting of the new year Monday evening at o'clock in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel. -t
 The meeting will be held under the auspices of the United Daughters of the confederacy.
 Ben Davis will deliver an address on 'why the Confederacy" Judge Hugh Locke will speak on the Re construction Period and How the South Overcame It." and Judge Vir- ginia Henry Mayfield will talk on the Daughters of the Confederacy." Thomas Dozier will have for his sub- Fleet, "Our Heritage"
 A brief sketch of the history of the Confederate Memorial association will be given by Mrs. Chappell Cory, president of !, the, Yancey chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Miss ". II. Snydam Will read The Sword of Robert Es Lee" and oze Broyles willread His Unlucky Day. A group of southern folksongs will be sung by owen Gillespie, ac- companied at the piano by Mrs. Roy Armstrong.
 Rev. Jack Benton, assistant pastor of the Ensley Methodist church, has been invited to pronounce the in vocation.
 The meeting will be closed with the song, God Be With You Till We Meet Again." by the audience.
 Miss Alma Rittenbery Is acting as general chairman of the program, Mrs. R. B. Broyles of Woodlawn, president of R. D. Jackson chapter. United Daughters of the Confederacy, will be chairman of speakers; Mrs. E. A. Mohns of Avondale chapter. will be chairman of decorations; Mrs. Hubert Seruggs, president of Pelham chapter, chairman of music, and Mrs. Robert N. Bell, vice president of Pel- ham chapter, will preside at the meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
.PORTER C0MP ANY
 PLANS PANS|0N
Long Lease Renewed On First Avenue, Providing Complete
 RemodeIing Of Building

Porter Clothing company of Bir- mingham Saturday announced the re- newal for a long term of the lease provides for complete remodeling. involving large expenditure which will make the Birmingham store one of the handson.est and most com plete in the United States, Work is to start February 1 on the changes. The plans provide for complete change in the front of the building with windows of striking beauty and design, marble flooring on the main or ground floor level and hardwood floors throughout the remainder of the building.
 In connection with these improve ments the firm will do extensive re- modelling of fixtures, including an entire new center arrangement and equipment on the main floor. What is said to be the finest lighting install lation in America will be provided after plans worked out by engineers of the General Electric company and other lighting specialists. Final de- tails of the plans were announced following the arrival last week of H. J. Porter, ST.. president of the company, who is now making his headquarters at the New Orleans store.
 Confidence In First Avenue.
 Aside from the fact that our plans prove our confidence in Birmingham and an appreciation of the growth We have already achieved" said Henry J. Porter. Jr., vice president and gen. eral manager "the fact that we have decided to remain at the First ave- nue location shows our great faith In this thoroughfare and proves our contention that we are in the heart of Birmingham For two years We have been giving the subject the most careful consideration and have weighed locations in all parts of the decided that we have the best To- cation in the city for our business the location where the business has so steadily grown and developed since we opened our First avenue store 20 years ago. With four big office buildings at First and Twen- tieth, with the Southern railway of- flee building soon to be on First ave- nue. with underpass giving uninter- rupted traffic on Twentieth street between the north and south sides. First avenue. the widest thorough fare in the city, is destined in our opinion and to prove its supremacy as the center of mems activity in Birmingham"
 "our friends may feel assured that when our present plans are carried out we will have an establishment of which all Birmingham can be proud"
 Porter Clothing company opened for business with 25 foot front in March. 1904. In 1908 the size of the | building was doubled Extensive | Improvements were made from time to tine and as the years went by the company opened large stores in Nashville, Jacksonville and New Or leans. Officers of the company are H. J. Porter, Sr., president; Henry J. Porter. Jr., vice president and gen eral manager, and w. S. Webster secretary and treasurer. -~