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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
LIVES OF MANY
ARE ENDANGERED
BY GUN ATTACK
Man Whips Gun From
Pocket And Fires Near
Hillman Hotel

A gun attack by one man upon an
other. endangering the lives of scores
of pedestrians, started mysteriously in
front of the Hillman hotel, Saturday
evening and ended. as mysteriOusly, in
the maize of Birmingham negro
roughfare-Eighteen street.
The attack was accompanied by the
firing of six shots and occurred early
in the evening when traffic was at its
heaviest. One of the bullets narrowly
missed woman in front of the ho-
tel; a second crashed through an un-
occupied delivery truck of the Williams
Music company and third buried its
nose in a telegraph pole two feet from
where George Russell, negro, was
standing in the alley between Eight
zenith tand Nineteenth streets.
Details of the incident had not been
made clear to police at late hour
Saturday night.
One witness reported that both were
white men; another declared one to
be a negro; and a third vouched for
the belief that man was chasing a
woman.
The first notice taken of the pair
Il revolved in front of the hotel and
fired shot at retreating figure. The
man in the lead dhcked into Third
alley with the second following close
OH his heels and firing internationally
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
UTILITIES READY
TO START PAVING
First Avenue Improve
ment To Begin Soon.
All Parties Agree

j. S. Pevear. handling the affairs OF
the Birmingham Electric company, in
formed President u. Z. McLendon OF
the city commission Saturday morning
that his company was ready to pro
coed with the paving of First avenue
from Forty-first to Fifty-seventh
streets.
This put the paving matter squarely
up to the county, First avenue being
all intrastate highways in which the
county bears part of the expense OF
improvement and maintenance.
The city is charged with the laying
of sidewalks, cutters and curbing. The
utility company will pave between the
rails of the car line and for Is inches
on each side. The roadway between
the ear tracks and the sidewalk will
be paved by the county.
City Is Ready
Mr.. McLendon said the city was ready
to go ahead with its part of the work,
as soon as the necessary ordinance
calling for the Improvement is adopted.
1t was stated that word was re-
ceived 1from members of the board of
revenue that that body also is ready
to take the necessary action III get
ting the work done.
Condemnation proceedings against
property abutting on First avenue at
the narrow stretch in the part of the
thoroughfare designated have about
been completed and when the paving
is laid First avenue will have a gen
eral breadth approximately the same
as the width of the First avenue via
duct.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
MISSION TO CLOSE
MEETING TONIGHT
Hadley Will Relate Life Work
And Experience

Final meeting of the Mercer-Hadley
mission that has been in progress dur
ing the week, at the Church of the
Advent will be hled Sunday night at s
o'clock. with Henry H, Hadley the
speaker. He will tell of his life work
and experiences.
At the early communion service Sun
day morning at Z 80 o'clock the must
cal program will probably be the best
of the day. The choir will he aug
mented by members of the First Meth
odist. and Independent Presbyterian
church choirs. Church school and
Bible class at 9:30 O'Clock. children's
hour at 10 80 o'clock at the parish
house.
Easter morning services will be
held at 10 80 o'clock with second cell
ebration of holy communion. morning
prayer and sermon, the Rev. Middleton
IS. Barnwell officiating. A special
program of Easter music will be rem
dered by the choir. Mrs o. J.. Ste
phensOn. SolOist.
There will be two meetings in the
afternoon. At 3 80 o'clock the annual
children's festival will be held, at which
they will present their Easter offering,
gifts of flowers and sing Easter carols,
DIR. Barnwell will tell Easter stories.
At 4 30 O'Clock there will be mass
meeting at the church for young peo-
pie with Mr.. Hadley as the speaker.
All young people whether members of
the church or not are cordinally in
vited
At 6 o'clock the young peoples serv-
ice league will meet
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
BLUE SKY LAW
WILL BE TESTED
Appeal On Fort Ruling Before
Supreme Court This Week

The Alabama blue sky law. enacted
the prevent fraud in stock deals, will
be attacked and defended in the Ala
bama supreme court this week. when
hearingAvill be held on the ruling by
Judge W. E. Fort of the circuit court
in which the law was declared uncon-
Solicitor Jim Davis announced Sat
stitutional.
urday that he would represent the
prosecution at the hearing in Mont
g0mery and seek to obtain a decision
that would make possible a retrial of
the officers of the bankrupt Preston
Motors corporation, who were released
after the law under which they were
indicted by the Jefferson county grand
jury was declared unconstitutional.
Solicitor Davis said the hearing on
the case would be held either Monday
or Thursday and that the evidence
would be presented orally, rather than
by means of affidavits and citations as
is the usual procedure before the SUI
preme court. If Judge Forts ruling
is sustained, the case against these of
ficials will be dropped.
Assistant Solicitors Willard Drake
and i. H. Etheridge also will be in
Montgomery most of this week repre-
senting Jefferson county in cases ap-
pealed to the supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
MUSCLE SHOALS
BOARD WILL FETE
STATE REALTORS
Convention To Be Held At
Sheffield On Friday
And Saturday
PRESIDENT DUSKIN
WRITES MEMBERS
A. A. Gambill Of Birming-
ham Board Is On Pro-
gram For Address

The Alabama Realtors association
will be guests of the Muscle Shoals
Real Estate board for their second an
nual convention to be held at Sheffield
Friday and Saturday.
Besides an extensive entertainment
program arranged in their behalf, real
tors will have chance to study de-
velopment around the Tri-Cities, per.
haps the most active real estate mar
ket in, the country today.
Among the leading speakers on the
program is A. A. Gambill of the Biz.
mingham board.
Urges Attendance
President J. f. Duskin of the state
organization has mailed letter urg'
ing full attendance at this meeting. II
follows:
Montgomery, Ala,
April 16, 1924.
Dear Sir: We are glad to advise
that our annual meeting will be held
at Sheffield on Friday and Saturday
April % and %. The meeting will
begin at p. m. Friday at which time
we will be shown all the government
property at Muscle Shoals. On Fri
day night, the business session will be
held. and on Saturday morning all
those who wish to remain will be shown
all of the Muscle Shoals subdivisions
We feel sure it will be a matter oil
great information, and we especially
request that you be present at thai
meeting.
I'VE will be glad if you will advise
Mr.. w. 7. Archer at Sheffield, Ala.
as soon as possible and make hotel res
ervations, Yours very truly,
ALABAMA REALTORS 1ASSOCIA
TION,
BY J. E. DUSKIN, President"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
TO REQUEST TRIAL
OF SILVA ON MAY 5
May Docket Already Set, But
Change Indicated

Assistant Solicitor J. P. Mccoy said
Saturday he expected to ask that Ivan
hoe Silva, charged with participation in
the robbery of the Hill Grocery COM
pany warehouse, be tried May 8 The
May docket has already been set but
may be changed at the request of the
attorneys concerned.
Silva was placed on trial nearly two
weeks ago before Judge William Il.
Fort, but the case resulted III mis-
trial after the jury had been deliberat-
ing for 40 hours.
The robbery occurred in May, 1923.
Cannon Ball" Wells was arrested in
connection with it soon afterward and
sentenced to 20 years in the state peni-
Tertiary. Silva was arrested in In
diana on another charge and returned
to birmingham, being subsequently in
dicted by the grand jury ON charge
of taking part in the robbery.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
SOUTHERN WOMAN
HONOpED BY RELIEF
Mrs. Florence T. Uhls Named
Chief Nurse

The appointment of Mrs. Florence L.
Uhls, Southern woman, as chief nurse
for the Near East Relief in the entire
Armenian area, was announced Satur-
day by DIR. Henry T, Edmonds, state
chairman for the Near East Relief in
this state. DIR. Edmonds is particularly
pleased at the recognition given this
North Carolinian by the national or
ganizatiOn.
Mrs. Uhls is the wife Of DR.. Russell
T. Uhls, a native North Carolinian,
who has attracted international atten-
ton by his successful crusade in the
Near East against trachoma. dreaded
eye disease. Announcement of her APP
pointment has just been received by DR..
Edmonds from headquarters of the
Near East Relief in New York.
Mrs. Uhls' appointment was made in
recognition of her services in organizing
several nurses training schools for
older orphan girls in Armenia and
other parts of the stricken Bible lands,
and in directing this establishment,
which was the first public health nurs-
ing service in the Armenian Republic.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
glenn INDICATES
NO ACTIVE DRIVE
FOR BOND ISSUE
Public Must Take Initia.
tive For Passage Of Elec-
ton For $3,5O0,0O0

1T is for the people to determine
to what extent and how soon the ex-
listing congestion can be relieved and
the Birmingham schools made safe, sani-
tary and educationally efficient
This statement, made by the city
board of education early in the year,
when the city-wide educational survey
was completed, still remains the policy
of the board. DIR. G.. b. Glenn, super
intendent of schools, said Saturday.
No. Active Campaign
NThe inference was drawn that the
school board will not wage an active
campaign for the passage of the $780,
600 school bond issue recently recon-
mended by bankers and citizens cam
paign committee, but that the issue will
be left squarely in the hands of the
people.
According to DIR. Glenn, the education
board is anxious for the people to take
the initiative in the campaign. The
board, he said, would, of course, stand
ready and willing to give the public de-
tailed information concerning the needs
of the schools and the plans which have
been made for expanding the bond
money.
Other than this, the board members.
or a majority of them, feel that they
should remain more or less in the back
ground and let the people lead the fight.
Whether the board later on will de-
eide to become more active was not re-
vealed, but the impression prevailed
in official quarters that the position
previously announced would be strictly
adhered to.
Plans Taking Shape
= Meanwhile, plans are fast taking
shape for meetings in all parts Of the
city in the interest of the bonds, at
which the scores of members of the citi-
zens' committee will describe the situa-
ton revealed by recent inspections of
the schools.
The bond campaign was informally
discussed by members of the education
board after their business session FRI
day afternoon, but no steps were pro-
posed for an active campaign.
Voters of the city will decide on May
Is whether the school bonds shall be
floated. At the same time they will
pass on $3.50, 900 issue for the public
library.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
WEST TO RETIRE
FROM BOARD RACE
soon, IS BELIEF
County Board Of Educa-
ton Is Drawing Interest
OF First Rank
DIR. BAKERS FATE
RESTS IN BALANCE
Official Force Being Used
= inst y-.Tect N Fight
Is Indication

c. r. West of New Castle, within
the next few days will announce his
retirement from the race for the county
board of education, his close friends
said Saturday.
This will leave the race to J. w
Minor, now a member of the board,
and j. w. Leggett of Bessemer.
Developments of the past week have
widened interest in this contest to such
an extent that it now is pushing the
board of revenue race for first rank.
Mr.. Minor, who has been leading
figure in educational affairs in the
county for more than 20 years, is ask
ing reelection on his long record Of
service.
Official Force Hinted
Mr.. Leggett is running on plat
form of consolidated schools and bet
ter pay for the teachers"
In announcing his withdrawal. it is
learned that Mr.. West, who is princi-
pal of the New Castle school, will as
sert he was forced out of the race by
threats from official sources that if
he did not get out he would not be al
lowed to serve longer in his present
position, His statement is expected to
produce a sensation.
Shortly after the primary DIR. \. r,
Baker, county school superintendent
will come up for reelection, and his
fate rests on the outcome of the race
between Minor and Leggett, it is
learned.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
NO DENGUE FEVER
IN CITY IN MARCH
Report For Month Is Is
sued At City Hall By
Health Board

March was the first in many months
to 60 by without case of dengue fever
being reported. There were mo- cases
on record for the March report of the
board of health.
Despite the worry about smallpox
this spring, two other communicable
diseases showed more new cases in
March than smallpox. There were 401
cases of measles; 143 Of mumps small
pox came next with 1874 and pneumo-
MIA next with 100 cases. There were
20 cases of influenza. Diphtheria
showed very low with a total of three
cases.
The report for March was released
at the city hall Saturday morning.
Comparative figures on the death
rate, having little bearing on the an
nnal situation, showed a slight in
crease over March, 1923; among white
people there were 100 deaths against
124 year ago. Among the negroes
there were 179 deaths against III in
1923.
During March six Diaries began pas
Irritation of milk instead of selling it
raw.
Coleman Arrest
Hannah Coleman of ParkstOwn was
arrested on charge of practicing med
icine without license. The case was
tried before Judge Taylor of the Ems
ley inferior court, and the defendant
fined $685.. The court confiscated
and poured out all medicine, with the
exception of labelled medicine.
The department of sanitation made
$3.50 inspections in March against l.
sos for the same month a year ago.
Officials of the public nursing de-
partment made 2,069 visits during the
month in cases where trained nurses
were needed.
In the laboratory there were carried
out 1888 diagnostic' procedures. In
connection with the diaries LA spec
linens were examined. 1861 of these
being on specimen of milk.
More than 1000 specimen were sent
in for examination by physicians us
ing the various specimen substations
established in the city and county.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
HOWARD WILL GIVE
GRADUATE COURSES
Special Features Planned For
Summer School Sessions

Graduate work leading toward a
masters degree in education will be the
newest feature of the Howard college
summer school, according to announce
ment Saturday by w. e. Bohannon, di-
rector.
This work will be accepted by east
ern colleges and universities as full
credit toward Pho. degree. Under
the instructOrship of Paul de LLaunay
and Madame Olive de Launay, lessons
will be given in public school music
piano. violin and pipe organ. A num-
Der of new courses also will be offered
in the department of education leading
toward the bachelors degree!
The summer school faculty will in
clude 3S members. The first term
will open June . and continue for six
weeks. The second term will open
July IA and close August 16.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
Efforts To Help Hillman
Repetition Of 30 Years Ago
Pioneer Women Of Birmingham Started Hospi
tai Movement Greater Facilities Now Needed

Efforts of the Jefferson county board
of revenue and interested citizens to in
crease the hospital facilities for indi-
gent people of the county that have
been under way for the past few weeks
are practically a repetition of the early
struggle by public spirited women of
the county SO years ago in their initial
steps to acquire for the then small COM
munity place where those without
funds could receive hospital care, and
which resulted in the later establish
ment of the present Hillman hospital.
In the summer of 1883. during an
epidemic of sickness in Birmingham,
and awake TO the serious need of better
hospital facilities for the city and
county, a number of prominent Biz
mingham women took the first steps
toward the establishment of charity
hospital. At a meeting presided over
by Mrs. J. NJ. Martin, with Mrs.
Samuel Ullman acting secretary, a
committee was appointed to raise funds
for financing a building
Lot Is Purchased
A short time later a lot was pur-
chased at Smithfield and building
erected. For six years the work of the
organization was conducted at this
place until destroyed by fire in 1894.
After the fire, temporary quarters were
secured in the same building with the
Birmingham Medical college, at that
time located on Twenty-first street,
near Third avenue.
Service was maintained at this place
for about a year when n site was pur-
chased on Nineteenth street, near
Fourth avenue. The Charity hospital
was operated on these premises until
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
PATROL ORGANIZED
DeMOIay Order Plans Extensive Drill
Program

The Birmingham chapter of DeMo-
lay has organized patrol under the
supervision of DR.. r. F. Ashworth and
with an intensive drill campaign in
store expects to make credible show
ing at its first public appearance to be
held soon.
The patrol consists of As members
with Jack Groves. captain; Norman
Smith. first lieutenant; Audrey Hol-
ley. second lieutenant. and Winston
DODbs, quartermaSter sergeant.
A social club has also been formed
in connection with the organization,
headed by the following: Paul Meeks,
president Edward Hopping, vice pres
ident Michael Alexander, recording
secretary. and John Watts. treasurer.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20

February, 1902, when the property was
sold and a cottage secured on Avenue
D, near Nineteenth street, south.
This place, it was found, was en-
tirely inadequate to the needs. Bir.
mingham had added several thousand
in population and as a result the mum
Der of persons to be cared for had in
creased correspondingly. Acting on
this the ladies in charge of the work
decided to undertake to- raise a suf-
ficient fund to provide permanent and
suitable quarters for carrying on the
work of the organization.
Response Is Generous
The response was generous. Among
the names of subscribers to the fund
appeared several with large amounts
Largest of these was one for $4,000.
made by Mrs. T. r. Hillman. Two
months later, April, 1902. the first
shovel of dirt was turned for the new
structure on the present site of the
Hillman Mesdames r. G. Bush, ST.,
Lyons, Stratton and J. NJ. Smith turned
the first dirt. Mr.. Krebs made a talk
and taking a shovel with three different
colored ribbons said This shovel is
tied with different cOlors showing har-
mony and variety-the hospital will
care for all colors and creeds.
Work was rushed on the building and
few months later was ready for oc-
cupancy. In 1907, the demand for
charity hospital work became SO great
that the directors saw the absolute
necessity of providing permanent means
of caring for the current expenses of
the institution. The demands had be.
come so great that it was practically
CONTINUED On Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
TRYOUTs ARE HELD

Tryouts for freshmen and sophomore
orators to participate in the annual
defamation contests at commencement
exercises in May, were held at Bir-
mingham-Southern college. .....
Speeches were limited to five min
utes. Five freshmen were chosen as
winners from their class by DIR. Harri-
son A. Trexler and DIR. Wilbur B. Perry,
faculty members acting as judges.
These we're Robert Sapp, Clarence Fos-
sett, Spencer Kimbrough, Arthur
Brown and Clarence McDorman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
NEW RECORD MADE
IN CRIMINAL COURT
approximately 800 Cases Dis
posed OF During Week

+ Approximately 900 cases were dis
posed of during the past week in the
criminal division of circuit court, this
being the largest number handled in
single week in the history Of the
court, according to county officials Sat
urday.
Most of the cases were misdemeanors
appealed from the city courts and those
in which bonds have been forfeited by
failure to appear for trial. George
Frey, prominent Birmingham attorney,
and Judge II. V. Evans Of the civil d-
vision were assigned as special judges
to assist Judges H. =. Helm and w. f.
Fort of the criminal division.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20

tracts and manufacturing facilities
could supply their needs and business
would be paralyzed to the uttermost
parts of the earth
But it is not of these material things
which perish with the using. upon
which l would delight to dwell.
Spirit of Birmingham
There is spirit in man" There is
a spirit in this beloved citys people.
and it is of the fruits of this spirit
that | would speak. A few years ago.
one of its leading newspapers offered
a lOving-cup to that person who should
be adjudged its most useful citizen
Who received the first cup? A humble
minister of the gospel. whose thirty
years of unselfish labors had pointed
the way to better things. And the sec
ond? A man grown rich in this worlds
goods by his own intelligent efforts,
but whose heart had grown richer by
his benefactions to every worthy cause
And the third? A cOnsecrated woman,
whose labOrs are responsible for an
industrial school. has stirred YOUR
emotions to deeper depths.
birmingham. where peace plenty and
prosperity abound. Birmingham! where
the blessed trinity of health. holiness
and happiness are pushing back the
cohorts of that malrvolent triad. sin.
sickness and death. Birminghma, where
every prospect pleaScS. whose men arc
fine and whose women are divine Bir-
mingham. its future is in the hearts
and lives of 100000 men. women and
children like unto three | have desig-
mated.
AND THE BIRMINGHAM REAL
ESTATE BOARD is THEIR
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
LOVE NOTES
PERFUMED;
SPRING HERE

Spring is here, no matter what the
weather bureau says about it, ac-
cording to Postmaster r. 3. Smyer.
He pointed Thursday to the heavy
increase in the number of perfume
scented letters as his proof.
More love letters-we believe
that's what they are--pass through
the office in the spring time than
1uring any other season of the year.
the postmaster said.
The mails generally have been
heavier than usual in the last few
days. and Mr.. Smyer thinks it is
due to two reasons--the approach Of
Easter and politics.
The candidates are beginning to
get busy" he remarked. Campaign
literature is picking up every dag.
but the bulk Of it will come throusl i
during the last 10 days of the cam
paign."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-20
EDUCATION BUREAU
TO BE FORMED SOON
A. T A Plans To Inform Public
Of Conditions

A bureau of information for the pur-
pose of acquainting the people of Ala
bama with actual conditions obtaining
throughout this state in the field of
public. education will be organized soon,
according to announcement Saturday
by DIR. E. NJ. Shackleford, president of
the Alabama Education association.
The bureau rs to be organized and
maintained in accordance with instruc-
tions given the executive committee Of
the A. F.. A. at the meeting in Mont
gomery the LIST of April.