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The First National Bank
Of Birmingham, Ala.
Statement December 31,
REiiOLUCES
Loans and Discounts ....113,
Overdrafts ^.
U. a. Bonds tpar) . 1,
U. S. Treasury Certificates 3
Liberty Loan Bonds. 2,
State of Alabama Bonds.,
Stock in Federal Reserve
Bank .
Other Stocks and Bonds. . 1,
Banking House .
Other Heal Estate.
Customers Liability Ac
count, Letters of Credit
Interest Earned Not Col
lected .
Cash: _
In Vault ...$ U67,i 31.0$
With Banks. 5,046,377.69
With U.S. Tr. 7 0.0U0.0U
With Federal
Reserve Bk. 1.797.386.21—
1018
015,466.62
1,460.41
,500,000.00
,133,500.00
,282,350.00
127.O00.u0
90.000.00
125,421.47
260.000.00
41,034.90
1,200.00
39.625.02
7,881,974.96
$29,629,533.38
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock ..I 1.500
Surplus and Profits
Reserved for Taxes .
Circulation .
Reserved for Dividend ...
Custcmers' Letters of
Credit .
Interest Collected Not
Earned .
Depuiitii
Individual .$21,307,000.49
Bank ...... 3,143.653.00
LJ. S. 156,000.09
Federal Re
serve Bank,
1,526,
11,
1,400,
45,
000.00
542.68
559.63
000.00
000.00
74,
200.00
077.58
Atlanta.
Fiscal AgL
462,500.00— ?5,07i,158.43
$29,629,533.38
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clothe* do not
make the man,
but they cer
tain 1 y help
sometimes. A
(toll ceman or
soldier in plain
clothe* attract
no special at
tention.
I
JOHN H. CORNETT.
Headquarters Company, 167th in
fantry, now at Sinzig, Germany; son
of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Cornett of Bir
mingham. In a recent letter he writes
interestingly of a sham battle he had
just participated in which was fought
before moving picture cameras and
will soon be exhibited in America.
He says at the height of the action
his gun, which fires a shell one inch
by seven inches, went at the rate
ef 36 shells a minute.
Fifty Delegates Here
For New Era Meet
of U. S. Presbyterians
Dr. Koonts, One of Principal Speak
ers, Is Well Remembered for
War Work Here
The New Era conference, held at the
t.'ifth Avenue Presbyterian church yes
terday, was attended by 50 delegates
..from various Presbyterian churches in
this city and Gadsden of the U. S. Pres
byterian church.
The meeting started at 2:30 o'clock,
and the welcome address was delivered
by Dr. J. M. Broady, pastor of the en
tertaining church. Dr. T. G. Koonts
of Wheeling, W. Va., and D51 F. L.
Wier of Huntsville were the principal
speakers of the evening.
- Dr. Koonts will be remembered here
for his able assistance jn helping di
rect the Liberty Loan and united war
work drives last spring. He was for
merly camp pastor at Camp McClel
lan.
The subject of his address, dialing 1
With the crying need of the church for
close organization in the trying times
of the coming reconstruction period,
was “Evangelism—The Need of the
Hour.” His impressive bearing and
convincing personality lent much to his
speaking and his thorough familiarity
of the subject rendered him most con
vincing to his audienco.
Dr. Wier delivered a talk on the same
general lines, under the subject of “The
New Era Movement.” He also deliv
ered a talk at the evening session on
"Stewardship."
Immediately after the afternoon
■speaking, an organization conference
was held for the men by Dr. L E.
baker of Ensley, and for the women by
Mrs. J. M. Broady. The purpose of the
conference was to form plans for the
complete individual organization of
each church in the district, .with sep
arate working plans for the men and
women.
Luncheon was served the delegates
and officials at 6:30 o’clock by the ladies
pf the Fifth Avenue church, and the
meeting was resumed at 7:30 o’clock
with song service, after which the
following programme was rendered:
7:45 p. m.. address, ‘The Church and
the Hour.” Dr. George Mack, Nashville:
8:10 p. m., address, “The Church and
the New Era,” Dr. Frank L. Wier;
8:30 p. m., address, “Power for the
Task,” Dr. Thomas Gri/er Koonts.
FATHER AND SON
BANQUET AT THE
SOUTHERN CLUB
Arrangements are being made by the
boys' department of the Young Men s
Christian association for the big Father's
and Son’s get-together banquet at the
Southern club Saturday night.
, , Dr. D. W. Daniels, a lecturer, educa
tor and humorist of note,” will be the
speaker of the evening. The Young
Men’s Christian association is sending
out general invitations, and a full at
tendance is expected.
Every man present is requested to bring
a son, real or adopted, and vice versa,
with the boys. It is the hope of the boys'
department to get fathers and sons in
closer touch at this meeting, and ali
"members, as well as the public, are in
•<vitad.
Why Expose
Yourself
Phone for a Jenkins
Franklin and ride in
comfort
City rates, licensed, ex
perienced drivers.
Jenkins
Cab and Auto Co.
PHONE 13T3
FARMERS CALLED TO
MEETATTHECAPITOL
TO PLAN MEASURES
TO HOLD UP PRICES
President J. O. Thompson
Outlines Serious Situation
Confronting Farming
Interests of Alabama
At This Time
Joseph O. Thompso^, president of the
Farmers' Protective league of Alabama,
and Samuel M. Adams, secretary and
treasurer have called a meeting of the
organization at the state capitol in
Montgomery, March 5.
The league is made up of representa
tive farmers of Alabama and the ob
ject of the meeting is to see that farmers
get proper prices for their products. All
farmers who are interested are invited
to be present. President Thompson, in
his official call, outlines some of the
chief problems confronting the farmer,
as follows:
“To the Farmers of Alabama: One of
the most serious situations now con
front the farmers of Alabama within
the history of the state. Decision day
is fast approaching; the day when every
individual farmer must determine for
himself whether he is going to continue
diversification or lapse back into the
semi-slavery of the all-cotton system.
“We have in the past four years made
cotton subject instead of king, and with
in that time have become more independ
ent and made more progress as a whole
than in any previous 10 years of our ag
ricultural life in the south. Shall we
criminally continue to destory the value
of cotton to ourselves? By doing away
with diversification, and growing such kn
abundance of cotton that the English and
New England cotton spinners shall name
the price instead of ourselves? Remem
ber, four years of divesification has paid
more debts and freed more farmers than
any previous 10 years in the south.
“It is true we have had trouble this
year marketing hogs, cattle, velvet beans,
peanuts, corn, etc. But these are little
troubles; troubles that we can regulate
here at home by proper organization and
co-operation, but when wre make a tre
mendous surplus of cotton and fail to
grow the things we have grown in the
past four years, and thereby become de
pendent upon the generosity of the cot
ton milling interests and cotton specula
tors to furnish us the money to buy sup
plies from the west, we are certainly at
once put back under the domination of
King Cotton, and at the mercy of the
men who will sell us the things we should
raise, and have raised for the past four
ORGANIZE COUNTY UNITS
“We have a Congress—we have a leg
islature—we have the courts, and we do
not hold that the big five are stronger
them. We cannot correct these wrongs by
government, and the people will regulate
the wrongs that are being practiced upon
them. We cannot corect these wrongs by
abandoning the fight for diversification,
out of which system, if we continue it,
we will evolve a progressive and inde
pendent agricultural people in the south.
We should stand up and fight like men;
we should come together, and bring
about concerted action.
“We have learned that there is more
in properly pitching and marketing a
crop than in making it. We have paid
too little attention to what we shall
plant, and how we can best sell it. If
the farmers of Alabama and the south
will properly organize into virile county
units, they can soon correct all the diver
sified marketing trouble by such co-op
eration under legalized organization.
“The legislature of Alabama meets
again in July; the legislature belongs to
the people. We think we have a good leg
islature; we believe they will give us such
laws as we will present to them to cor
rect the evils which now exist against
the farmed in this state. Unless the
farmers themselves, the men who have
cattle, hogs, peanuts, corn, velvet beans,
etc., to sell organize and stand by their
organization, all the progress we have
made in the past four years will be lost
to us.
“Shame on you, who have determined
to lay down on diversification, and are
planning to put even your fence comers
and back yards in cotton. The time is
not far distant when such cotton hogs
will be held up to the contempt of their
neighbors. Such men are the worst pos
sible enemies of their families and their
communities. We are strong advocates
of cotton, but we advocate planting one
third of the acreas in cotton, and two
thirds in other crops, and we contend if
that is done throughout the south that
we will get a9 much for the one-third
as we would if the three-thirds wer*
planted in cotton. As an example Ala
bama has been producing in the past an
average of about $150,000,000 of farm prod
ucts; she produced last year $358,000,000
of farm products, not" including hogs,
cattle, sheep, horses and mules, etc. We
could this year cut out all diversification
and plant our entire acreage in cotton
and would not receive half as much for
the production of the entire acreage in
cotton as if we planted one-third of the
acreage in cotton.
CANNOT LIVE BY HIMSELF
"We recognize that the farmer cannot
live unto himself alone. We acknowledge
the mutual dependence of man on man;
family on family; interest on interest.
It Is but a chapter of the great law of
others, as others are dependent upon
others, as others are depnedent upon
him, but let’s see to it that it Is a mu
tual co-operation. The law by which
commerce and manufactures and agri
culture support each other is the same
law, in virtue, of which the thirsty earth
owes its fertility to the rivers and rains;
and the clouds derive their waters from
the rising vapors; and the ocean is fed
from the secret springs of the mountains;
and the plant that grows derives its in
crease from the plant that decays; and
all subsist and thrive, not by themselves,
but by others, in the great political econ
omy of nature. This being true, we do
not accept the theory that the big and
little malefactors of wealth can continue
to take from the farmer the fruits of his
labor much longer.
“All this can be corrected by a prop
er organization of the farmer. ' The
most important thing for us to consid
er at this moment is the cutting down
of the cotton acreage, keeping up di
versification and driving throughout
the south a propaganda for the hold
ing of the present stocks of cotton
in the hands of its present owners
until the cost of production can be
realized. Under the high cost of every
thing that entered into the making of
the 1918 crop 30 cents is the mini
mum price a producer can sell his cot
ton and come out with a profit. A de
termination to reduce this year’s acie
age will enhance tremendously the
value of the stocks on hand. Let's
teach the world we are the dominating
power in the cotton industry and not
the England and New England spin
ner and the Wall Street gambler, and
that we intend to use this power for
our welfare (with justice, however),
and not for the welfare of the fav
ored few. Cotton has not paid ex
penses of production for 50 years, with
two single exceptions—the two years
we practiced diversified farming. The
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100-Gallon Still Is
Captured in Heart
Of City Yesterday
Purity Squad Jails Nicholas Colias of Colias Candy Com
pany, 2227 Second Avenue, and Confiscates
$7500 Worth of Property
By WILLIAM HAOGAllD
A whisky still, said by revenue officers to be the largest still ever
operated in the south, located on the second floor of the Colias Candy com
pany, 2227 Second avenue, was yesterday afternoon seized by Detectives
Patton and McGill of the local purity squad. Eight hundred gallons of mash
and 10 gallons of whisky were confiscated, and Nicholas Colias, proprietor
of the company, was placed in the county jail by the officers.
upon receiving a tip that whisky was
being made there, the officers yesterday
afternoon raided the place and found
the still in operation, the whisky being
found running out of the cooling worms
into 5-gallon jugs. They immediately
phoned Government Officers Robertson
and Allison, who were at the government
building, and upon arrival the experi
enced revenue officers declared that the
still was the largest they had ever
seen, and believed it to be the largest
ever operated in the south.
The ^ boiler for the still was lpcated in
the basement of the building 20 feet below
the sidewalk and pipes through which
steam was run to operate the still were
run through the floors of the building to
the second story in which the still was
stationed.
When the detectives arrived steam was
flying in every direction and the still
was running in full blast. When the ofti
cers reached the second floor, where th<
W. S. S. AIDED BY
CALLING OFF OF
Crowder Believes People
Will Concentrate On Small
Bonds Now and Union
Meeting to be Called
“The fact that the fifth Liberty Loan
has been called off* by the treasury de
partment will strengthen the War Sav
ings campaign," said State Director Ar
thur C. Crowder yesterday. “It will help
our campaign in that it will enable the
people to concentrate on War Savings.
It will assure stronger government sup
port, and will make the patriotic appeal
to the people stronger."
The government will be able to put its
full strength back of the War Savings
campaign, since there will be no other
bond issues to divide the attention and
the work of the departments and the or
ganizations throughout the country which
have been behind all Liberty Loans. In
view of the fact that every member of
a family may buy a War Savings bond of
the face value of J1000, and bearing inter
est at the rate of 4.27 per cent, makes
these very attractive.
J. J. Bowers, assistant state director,
and Field Agent Thomas Cobb yesterday
held a conference with W. L. Harrison,
president of the Alabama Federation of
I>abor, with the view to organizing sav
ings societies among the laboring people.
Mr Harrison gave his approval to the
plan and stated that he expected to call
a meeting of union representatives at
an earlv date for the purpose of consider
ing a number of important matters, and
that he would advise the committee in
time so they could appear and explain
the War Savings society organization
plans to the labor leaders. The state
committee will endeavor to have Silas .
Davis, district director, present on that
occasion to explain matters.
Mrs. R. F. Johnston, state chairman
of the women’s committee, and Miss Rosa
Strickland, director of school organiza
tion work, met with the principals of
the Birmingham schools and the mothers
of pupils at the meeting of the Central
School Improvement association yester
day and in short talks outlined the plans
for organizing savings societies in the
schools. Mrs. Paul H. Earle, president of
the association, introduced the speakers,
herself making a strong plea for the or
ganization of such societies.
At the conclusion of the talks a poll
was taken, showing that a number of the
schools are already 100 per cent in this
matter, and representatives of the other
schools promised that organization work
should be undertaken at once.
RUBE LEWIS WILL
RESIDE IN GOTHAM
Reuben A. Lewis, Jr„ son of Mr. and
rs. Reuben A. Lewis, is visiting his
i rents for a few days prior to going to
ew York, where he will embark in the
*wspaper profession, being associated
tth the Journal of Commerce.
Mr Loewis was among the first of the
Irmingham boys to go into the army,
id he has been at Camp Jackson, t.o
mbia S. C., for several months, where
> made a fine record as a soldier.
Mr Lewis is a former member of The
ge-Herald staff and his many friends
Birmingham as well as his colleagues
i the paper wish him much success and
■oeperity in his new home and work.
bankruptcy cases
Involuntary petition in bankruptcy was
filed in the United States district court
yesterday by V. Qilb & Son. by petitions
of H I. Goldstein, D. Friedman and J. i* ■
Ehrliart of Birmingham, creditors. The
petition states that the firm owes debts
of $1000 and over and is insolvent.
■William D. Suther, a Pratt City grocer,
filed a petition in bankruptcy in the
United States district court yesterday.
His liabilities are given a $5,871.03, while
his assets are $2125.
New Incorporations
Incorporation papers were issued
yesterday to the Fairfield Grocery and
Drug company, doing business in F air
field The capital stock is $5000 in
shares of $100 each, all common The
corporations was formed by H M.
Smitherson, W. P. Sellers and C. J.
Woodruff.
Mortgages
Title Guarantee Loan & Trust cora
,any, to R. A. Terrell, $125,000, on the
ollowing security, 1359 %acres and 19
ots in Ensley. The collateral is made
iut in 13 notes.
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MX) gallons of mash was found, they
state that Colias grabbed the 5-galloi
jug in which whisky was running, cut off
the stream and ran to the first floor,
where he concealed himself in a closet.
•The officers followed the proprietor of
the candy company and placed him under
arrest, which was the only arrest mane. ;
With the exception of two negroes, who
were employed in the “candy” depart
ment, Colias was the only occupant of i
the place at the time the officers ap- ;
pea red on the scene.
The confiscation includes $50,000 worth j
o:' real estate, the contents of the build
ing, which will amount to several thou
sand dollars, and the revenue officers
state that the copper still, which was of
100 gallons capacity, when junked will
net $200. Of the total amount of the !
confiscated and sold, the detec- J
tives will receive one-fourth each, the
sheriff of Jefferson county one-fourth and
the other one-fourth will go to the city
and county.
The building is owned by .lebeles &
Colias. Jebeles, it being understood, is
a part owner of the candy business.
REALTY DEVELOPERS
CONFER HERE ON
Twelve of Largest Develop
ers In United States To
Hold Conference At t
the Tutwiler
Birmingham will be host to twelve of j
the largest realty developers in the United j
States Thursday, Friday and Saturday, j
when the conference of developers of
high-class residence property will be held
at the Tutwiler. Robert Jemison, Jr., a
member of the conference last year, in
vited these men from all parts of the
country to come to Birmingham and to
study the development and town-planning
put on by his and other realty concerns j
here.
The conference will open Thursday j
morning at 10 o'clock and each day's
session will be featured by talks from j
members on particular lines of work in j
which they have had experience. The \
Real Estate exchange will entertain the 1
party at a luncheon at the Southern club
Thursday at 1 o'clock, where talks from
several of the visiting realtors will be
made.
The following members compose the
committee:
E. H. Bouton, president Roland Park
company, Baltimore, Md.
Emerson W. Chaille, president Emerson
W, Chaille company, Indianapolis, Ind.
John M. Demarest, vice president Sage
Foundations Homes company, Forest
Hill, L. I.
J. E. George, president George & Co.,
| Omaha, Neb.
‘ Paul A. Harsch, E. H. Close Realty
company, Toledo, O.
Robert Jemison, Jr., president Jemison
Real Estate and Insurance company, Bir
mingham, Ala.
Harry S. Kissel, president the Kissell
companies, Springfield, O.
Duncan McDuffie, president the Mason- '
McDuffie company, San Francisco, Cal. 1
J. C. Nichols, president J. C. Nichols
Insurance company, Kansas City, Mo.
Lee J. Ninie, president the Wildwood
companies, Fort Wayne, Ind.
H. E. Prather, Dallas, Tex.
King G. Thompson, president the King
G. Thompson company, Columbus, O.
Automatic Signal Installed
By the B. R., L. & P. Co.
On Its Fairfield Line
Operation of the Naehod automatic
signal on the mile and half of single
track on the Fairfield line of the Tide
water division of the Birmingham Rail
‘ way, Light and Power company between
the last switch and the “Y” terminal
at Fairfield, was begun yesterday.
The signal is known as “the Counter,”
because it registers numerically every car
entering the lock and keeps the danger
signal displayed against opposing cars
beyond the block until every car has
passed out of the block.
The installation of this signal facili
tates the movement of cars to and from
the industrial plants of Fairfield and vi
cinity and is a material aid to safety.
Peculiar Mystery
Surrounds Constable
Carlisle’s Injury
Joe D. Carlisle, constable of Beat S7,
was found In his auto at the corner
of Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth
street in an unconscious condition,
blood streaming from a deep gash in j
his head over the right ear and the j
car engine running. He was not se
riously injured. He has been removed
to his residence. 1017 Nineteenth street,
south, and was reported as in no dan
ger last night.
Mr. Carlisle refused to make any
statement whatever to Reporters re
garding the manner in which he came
to he injured. A peculiar mystery
surrounds the entire affair.
Officers Nab Alleged
Robber of Greek
Andrew Jackson, a negro, identified
as one of the negroes who several
weeks ago entered the store of Theo
dore Orphus, a Greek, and held him
with occupants of the store at the
point of a pistol while the cash reg
ister containing $100 was carried off,
was yesterday afternoon arrested by
Officers Matlock and Daly and lodged
in the county jail on a charge of high
way robbery.
The negro was arrested at Third
alley and Nineteenth street and imme
diately after the arrest Orphus, with
customers who were in the store at
the time, came to the jail and identi
fied him as the one who carried away
the cash register. The robbery was
committed about 10 o’clock at night
and Herbert Ellis, one of the alleged
gang who was arrested by the same
officers a few days after the holdup,
was a few days ago given a prelimi
nary hearing in Judge Abernethy's
division of the municipal court and
committed to jail without bond.
UNCERTAINTY" IS
CONDITION OF IRON
Practically Every Iron Mak
er and Dealer is Marking
Time Waiting for Some
thing to Happen
"What Is the iron situation at pres
ent?" was asked of a number of iron
makers yesterday. The composite of
their answers was "uncertainty.’* Every
body seems to be waiting to see what is
going to happen.
Prior to the signing of the armistice
when the government was taking practi- i
rally all of the output in the Birmingham
district either directly for its own con
sumption in gun and munition plants,
or for delivery to other plants working
on government contracts, or for delivery
to England to replace iron purchased
there when the American army first
went to France, the local makers filled
their books with orders that would take
the greater part of the production up to
July 1 of the present year. Most of these
orders are still on the books of the com
panies but deliveries are not being called
for to any great extent.
Consumers all over the country are re
ported to he waiting to see what w’ili
happen; whether prices will be lowered or
maintained at approximately the figurec*
now prevailing. The recent shading of
the $34 quotations failed to bring pur
chasers into the market, or to stim
ulate the market in any way. One com
pany that is booked up to about July 1
is beginning to pile up some iron on its
yards. The January shipments of this
company were fairly satisfactory but
since the first of February there have
been very few calls for deliveries. Fur
chasers in many instances are reported
to be seeking either a cancellation of
the contracts or a considerable shading
of the contract, price. An executive ol
this company states that unless shipping
orders are received before very long
one or more of the furnaces now’ in bias'
wrill be shut down.
"We do not intend to make iron at
present high cost and pile it up on our
yards," he said. "This is no time to
accuminulate stocks in view of the almost
certainty of lower prices within the near
future."
The demands of purchasers who placed
their orders during the summer and fall
of last year for a reduction of the con
tract price is not meeting with favorable
responses from the manufacturers, it is
stated, although some of the local com
panies have been selling at around |3«
to $31 a ton since January 1.
Several furnaces in the Birmingham
district have been blown out since the
first of„the year and two or three others
will likely be shut down before the
end of February. Those that are now
in blast are not producing as much iron
as in former days, a condition said to
due largely to the inferior quality of
raw’ materials.
Tw’o hundred tons of iron have been
shipped from Bessemer to Mobile for
export trade within the last few days
and other shipments are expected to be
made within a few days.
Cast iron pipe from the Bessemer
plant is also reported to have been
shipped during the last few days to
Japan, the first pipe exported since the j
war began. 1
March Term Federal
Court Convenes March
3, Judge Grubb Presiding
The March term of the United States
district court for the southern division
of the northern district of Alabama will
convene Monday, March 3, at 3 o'clock,
with Judge VV. I. Grubb presiding.
Court will only be In session through
March 7, and all cases set after that date
have been postponed by Judge Grubb
ur: t il a later date.
Claries J. Allison, clerk of the court,
requests all attorneys interested in cases
on the docket and who desire to have
subpoenas to be issued to witnesses to file
precipes in the clerk’s office.
Marine Recruiting Station
Moves to Hood Building
The United States marine recruiting sta
tion, which has been located in the post
office building for the past two weeks,
has moved to the Hood building, on Third
avenue and Twentieth street.
Sergt. Wiley Hill, who has charge,
stated yesterday that he expected to have
everything in readiness at his new office
foi visitors within a few days. Although
a large number of applications have been
received since the reopening of the of
fice, only a few men have been accepted
for service.
Recruiting Branch
Opened In Sheffield
I,leut. K. I,. Matthews In Birmingham,
In charge of the local United States navy
recruiting station, left yesterday for Shef
field where he will open up a temporary
recruiting station. He was accompanied
by Pharmacist Mate T. B. Rogers and
during his absence Chief Yeoman A.
B. Crull will be in charge of the local
station.
Since the station was reopened in Bir
mingham several weeks ago a large num
ber of men have enlisted and been sent
to training stations. "We have orders
now to send the men on any train,”
said Chief Yeoman Crull, “while here
tofore we were forced to send men on
specified trains. This is quite a saving
of time and does away with delays."
DR. DANIEL SPEAKS
AT STRAND SUNDAY
“The Measure of a Man” will be the
subject of the timely address by Dr. D.
W. Daniel of Clemson college. South Car
olina, at the Strand theatre, next Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Dr. Daniel is one of the most eloquent
speakers of the south and is a great
favorite on the Chautauqua platform. He
has devoted years to the preparation of
this gerat lecture, which is an inspiration
and uplift to every man who hears it. He
comes to Birmingham under the auspices
of the Young Men's Christian association
to deliver this lecture to the men of the
city.
Examinations Held
Civil service examination for stenog
raphers and typists was given to three
applicants yesterday at the governmenv
building, under the direction of the local
secretary, Albert D. Guyton. This exam
ination was to All vacancies in both de
partmental and field work for the gov
ernment. Since the press of war work
has demanded Buch a large number of
workers in the clerical department these
examinations have been held in Birming
ham weekly.
ATTENTION, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR!
The members of Wood la wo Cem
naasdery No, 31, K. T., are requested
to meet at the Masoalc Temple, Fifth
avenue and 10th street, at 3 o'clock this
afternoon to act as an escort for de
ceased Knight Howard A. Blue. Bring
full uniform and sword.
ERNEST MATTHEWS, Commander.
J. A. MeCARTNKY, ReeotHer.
American Trust & SavingsBank
Birmingham, Ala.
MENDER OF FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Authorized by law to and does act as executor, committee,
assignee, administrator, trustee, transfer agent, fiscal
agent, guardian, receiver, registrar.
G. B. McCORMACK, Chairman of Board
W. W. Crawford, President C. M. Williamson, Cashier
H. L. Badham, V. Pres. H. H. K. Jefferson, Asst. Cashier
J. Kirkman Jackson, V. Pres. Alan J. Daly, Asst. Cashier
G. L. LEMON AND COMPANY
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Moro Land Co. Divides
Ensley Tract Into Lots
Real Estate Shows Signs of Activity, According to Robert
Jemison, Jr.—Apartment House to Be Built Soon.
Building in Norwood
The Moro Land company, recently irv |
corporated, is dividing the 40-acre tract
of land in Ensley acquired from Frank
Nelson, Jr., and Leo K. Steiner, into ,
residence lots, with the view to placing
them on the market. This property is lo
cated in the outskirts of Ensley, toward
I’ratt City, and is equally accessible from
both places.
Leo K. Steiner, one of the incorpora
tors of the Moro company, stated yester
day that engineers are now making sur
veys and platting the property and that
within a very short time lots will be of
fered for sale. These lots will be sold at
prices ranging from $250 to $500.
Real estate shows some signs of ac
tivity recently, and agents are hopeful
that out of the numerous inquiries they
are receiving a good proportion of them
may materialize into actual business. The
inquiries are mostly for residence property
at moderate prices. The scarcity of de
sirablo residential property for rent and
of apartments that are not already occu
pied is influencing a great many people
to enter the market as purchasers. It is
almost impossible to find a desirable res
idence or apartment that is now vacant
or that is likely to be vacated at any
near date. Owners are advancing rentals
rates from $5 to $10 a month, the higher
rentals to become effective April 1, gen
eral moving day in Birmingham.
“I think there is considerable activity
in real estate now,” said Robert Jemison,
Jr., president of the Jemison Real Estate
and Insurance company yesterday. “We
have a great many inquiries from people
who want to buy, and are making a good
many sales. The real estate business
has been very dull for a long time, but
I think it is due for a revival soon. These
revivals come in cycles. We haven't had
one in real estate since about 1906, though |
I believe we would have had one thro!*.,
AT AN EARLY DATE
All Members of Jefferson
Delegation Return to City
Yesterday. Investigation
Follows Shortly
All of the Jefferson county mem
ber* of the legislature returned
home from Montgomery yesterday
and no noon an they have looked
over the situation they will begin
the probe Into Jefferson county af
fair*.
Bepresentative Augustus Benners In
troduced a resolution in the house sev
eral days before the adjournment au
thorizing the appointment of a spe
cial committee to sit during the recess
and investigate conditions in this
county. The resolution was passed by
both houses and the state senator and
the seven representatives from ^his
county appointed on the committee.
Members of the delegation stated
yesterday that in providing for this
investigation they had no particular
officeholder or ofTice in mind, but they
believed that certain conditions called
for an investigation.
"Jefferson county collects a great
deal of money in the way of taxes and
is always in debt." Mr. Benners said.
'•We want to know why this condition
exists."
All of the members of the delegation
interviewed disclaimed any informa
tion reflecting on any Jefferson county
official, stating that they would mako
the probe as complete as possible, and
based on the Information thus ob
tained recommend such changes as they
might deem necessary, if any changes
at all are considered to be necessary.
They have not yet fixed any date for
beginning the investigation, but will
start it in time to go fuly into all
questions bearing on the matter before
the legislature reconvenes.
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or lour years ago if it had not been lor
;he war.
“The iron makers have had theirs, the
umber manufacturers have had a period
>f prosperity, and so have those, engaged in
other lines, since there was much activity
n real estate, so I think we are due
me.”
The high cost of materials and high
wages are holding back building aetivi
:ies, according to architects and contract
ors. Plans and specifications have been
isked for by a large number of prospec
tive builders, but when cost estimates
ivere made that ended it for the time be
ng.
“We have been busy making plans and
specifications,” said Hugh Martin of the
architect firm of .Miller & Martin, "and
>ur clients seemed anxious to build until
hey found out about what it would cost
them. 1 do not look for any great amount
of new building until there is a decrease
r; the cost of materials and labor.”
The Birmingham Realty company are
understood to be about ready to begin
the erection of 10 residences in Norwood,
which they expect to sell as fast as com
pleted.
An apartment house to cost about $50,
XX), rumors of which have been in circu
lation for several days, it is stated, will
be built at once at Crescent and Jeffer
son avenues, by Herbert J. Baum, David
V. Markstein and Sam Phillips.
Fourteen building permits were issued
in Birmingham during the first two weeas
:>f February, mostly for repair work, the
average cost of the improvement being
only a little more than $500.
This is a big decrease from January’s
total of nearly $50,000, but these figures
ire expected to be boosted considerably
during the last half of the month. In
fact, if all the new buildings that have
been mentioned as early probabilities ma
terialize, the February total may ap
proach the record figures of a few years
GOV. OF FEDERAL
Former Birmingham Man
Gets Promotion in Atlanta
Was W. P. G. Harding s
Secretary
L. C. Adelson, a former Birmingham
boy, has been elected deputy governor
of the federal reserve bank of Atlanta,
according to a telegram from Atlanta
received by Manager Alex E. Walker of
the Birmingham branch reserve bant:
yesterday. The election took place yes
terday.
Mr. Adelson has been in Washington
since the organization of the federal
reserve bank, having gone there with W.
P. G. Harding and for a time acted as
the latter’s secretary. Hater he was
made an examiner and subsequently re
?eived other promotions at Washington
Before going to Washington Mr. Ad-1
aon was private secretary to Mr. Hard
ing when he was president of the First
National bank.
Two other Alabamians were affected in
lie changes made at the federal reserve
bank of Atlanta. \f. B. Wellborn of
Anniston, who has been chairman of the
board of the Atlanta bank for several
years, was elected governor and Josepn
A. McCord was elected chairman of tne
board and federal reserve agent.
Joseph M. Slattery, formerly of Annis
ton, was elected secretary of the banK,
nnd assistant to Mr. Wellborn. All of
these changes take effect March 1.
Children Cry
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