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Of Birmingham, Ala.
STATEMENT, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919.
Resources
Loans and Discount*.S16.612.846.81
Overdraft* . 1,003.45
Government Bond* and Cer
tificates . 4.627.200.00
Othe* Stocks and Bond*. 1,786,893.7 4
Stock in Federal Reserve Bank 90,000.00
Banking House. 250,000.00
Other Real Estate. 26,350.60
Customers* Liability, Accept
ances, ete. 44,212.97
Interest Earned Not Collected. 47,989.17
Cash:
In Vaults.8 787,624.89
With Banka... 6,249.730.49— 6,987.856.38
Grand total.830,473,852.12
Liabilities
Capital Stock.8 1.500.000.00
Surplus and Profit*.. 1,667,177.<6
Reserved for Taxes. 56,388.22
Circulation. 1,400,OOQ.OO
Customers’ Acceptances, etc... 44,212.97
Interest Collected Not Earned 90,217.16
Bills payable Federal Reserve
Bank . 1,500.000.00
Deposit.. 24.215,856.01
Grand total.830.473.852.12
ROUTINE MAHERS
AT WEEKLY MEETING
City Commission Passes No
New Business of Im
portance at Session
The weekly meeting of the city com
mission held yesterday at the city hall
was taken up entirely with routine
business. No new matters of import
ance were introduced and there was a
marked absence of individuals with re
quests and petitions on which they
sought action by the commission.
The following are the most important
of the matters handled at the meeting:
Approved certain vouchers, pay rolls
and estimates.
Confirmed improvement ordinance
No. 10-D, providing for the construc
tion of certain sanitary sewers.
Confirmed action of commissioner of
public safety in reducing, commuting
and suspending certain fines and sen
tences.
Confirmed action of city comptroller
in paying claim and judgment of Ivey
P. Lewis. amounting to $3136.19.
Authorized Commissioner Brown to
sell fishing privilage at East Lake
temporarily to W. TV". Lumpkin, for the
sum of $4 per week.
Granted Watkins Tire company per
mission to extend small pipe ten feet
above sidewalk from their building at
No. 1924 Fourth avenue. North.
Granted Birmingham News permission
to construct platform on west side of
its building at 4th avenue and 22nd
streets, ten feet above sidewalk.
Granted revocable permit to B. R. L.
and P. company to erect stairway on
west side of 19th street between Powell
avenue and the general railroad right
of way.
Adopted improvement ordinance No.
15-D. providing for certain improve
ments on Sth Court, South, from 41st
street to a point 420 feet west of 4fst
street.
Adopted grade ordinance No. 327-C,
i establishing the grade of 8th Court,
South, from the west property line of
41st street, to % point 420 feet west of
the west propelty line of 41st street.
Adopted improvement ordinance No
14-P, to provide for certain improve
ments on 4th street, (formerly John
street) from the north property line of
Sth avenue to the south property line
of 9th avenue
Adopted grade ordinance No. 326-C,
establishing the grade of 4th street,
formerly John street, from the north
property line of Sth avenue, to the south
property line of 9th avenue.
Directed city attorney to acquire cer
tain land by purchase or otherwise, for
the purpose of connecting up Altamont
road.
Adopted ordinance to prohibit the ob
struction of gutters.
jybproved bill of Andrews Grocery
company, $5, rent polling place election
August 18.
Accepted bid of Hahn-Forman Roof
ing company of $840 to repair roof of
West End Library. '
COURT OFFICIALS
LEAVE FOR ANNISTON
The fall term of the United States
district court will convene in Annis
ton tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock with
Judge W. I. Grubb of the northern
district of Alabama, presiding. The
grand jury will be empaneled at
this time, and it is stated that there
are several important cases to be in
vestigated by this oody. •
Among the court officials to go from
Birmingham are Judge W. I. Gruob,
Uharles J. Allison. clerk of the court;
Jim C. Smith, deputy clerk: Erie Pet
tus, United States district attorney:
Ralph W. Quinn, assistant United
States district attorney; H. A. Skeggs,
United States marshal; G. W. Brown,
court crier; P. J. Davis, deputy marshal,
riaire Collins, secretary to Erie Pet
tus.
Thirty-three cases have been set for
trial at this time and include whisky
cases and camp cases. Court will prob*
ably be In session until Saturday.
Business Concluded
in Federal Court
A verdict for the defendant company
was returned in the case of William W.
Adams, pro ami Mrs. M. F. Adams,
against the Linde Air Products company
in the United States district court yes
terday. The plaintiff was seeking dam
ages for alleged personal injuries re
ceived while employed at a plant of the
defendant company. At the conclusion
of this case court adjourned.
You are invited
to hear the Oc
tober Victor
Records.
Now on sale
Jwmg this Hrmyoo
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LIFE SENTENCE IS
GIVEN DEFENDANT
IN ROBBERY CASE
1C. S. Owen Convicted in the
Criminal Court for Rob
bery of E. B. Turner
on Oxmoor Road
A verdict of guilty as
charged and the punishment
fixed at life imprisonment in
the penitentiary, was the find
ing of the jury in the case of
C .§. Owens, who was indicted
for the hold-up and robbery of
E. B. Turner and Mrs. E. Blan
ton on the Oxmoor road several
months ago.
The case went on trial Monday
morning: before Judge W. E. Fort, in
the criminal division of the circuit
court, and went to the jury yesterday
afternoon. After about three hours’
deliberation, the jury returned the ver
dict as above. The maximum penalty
for robbery is death, the minimum, 10
years in the penitentiary.
According to the testimony, the rob
bery occurred on the Oxmoor road, be
yond Green springs, on ,he night of
July 8. State witnesses testified that
as Turner was turning his car around
preparatory to returning to the city, he
was summoned to halt by Owens, who
had steped out of a neamv w'ood.
Looking around to see what was
the matter, Turner was shot through
the face, the bullet coming out at. the
back of his neck.
Owens then robbed him of his watch
and $16 in cash, also taking a wrist
watch and three rings from Turner's
companion, Mrs. E. Blanton. The jew
elry was afterwards found in t4ie pos
session of Owens.
Yesterday morning defendant took
the stand in his own behalf and denied
any knowledge of the crime. Stating
he was at home with his wife at the
time the robbery occurred. He ac
counted for the possession of the jew
elry found in his possession by stating
that he won the articles in a craps
game. When cross-examined, Owens
admitted that he had served two years
in the penitentiary for gambling, being
sent up from Fort Payne.
Turner took the stand for the state
yesterday afternoon and identified the
watch as his property and the other
articles as Mrs. Blantons
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Delegation Will Leave for
Huntsville to Assist in Or
ganizing Club—Active
for Highways
Members of the Birmingham automo
bile club are having a hard time just
now finding delegates to go to all the
places where their presence is de
sired. Last night President Thornton
Estes headed a party that went down to
Bessemer to assist in the organization
of an automoile club. Motorists of
Bessemer have been working on the
idea for several weeks under the leader
ship of John A. Schneider. The new
club started with more than two hun- |
dred and fifty charter members.
Tomorrow a large delegation will
take the train for Huntsville to show
the automobilists how to form a club
and start them on the road to success.
It has been planned to go by auto
mobile but that Huntsville committee
said that they wanted the Birmingham
delegates to be in town as long as
possible, as they were planning to
show them a good time and turn over
the keys of the city to them. Among
the events of the day will be a real
old fashioned barbecue and every one
is asked to bring a good appetite with
him.
These two clubs are the result of
the efforts of the Birmingham club to
get similar organizations in all the
towns of the state, with the idea of
eventually combining them in a state
automobile association with headquar
ters in Birmingham and branch offices
in all communities where a club is
organized.
DELEGATES FOR MONTGOMERY
New clubs are not the only things
which are being attempted by the local
;lub. It is working hard In the interest
3f everything advantageous tt> the mo
torist. It had delegates in Montgomery
working to secu>e the passage of the
highway bill and tomorrow several ot
the members will attend a meeting of
the Albama State Highway Improvement
association in Montgomery called by
President F. j. Crampton to formulate
plans for the campaign to insure the sue.
'ess of the S25.OU#.O0O bond issue which the
people of Alabama will be called upon to
vote early in January. The local club
will have charge of the campaign In
North Alabama.
The club lias for some time advocated
the passage of a federal law making the
mere theft of an automobile a crime ’Vith
a minimum fine of $1000 and one year's
Imprisonment. It ha* interested Senator
Underwood in the question and a let
ter received from Mr. Underwood yester
day stated that the Senate committeee
on interstate commerce had agreed to the
resolution and that it would come up in
the Senate within the next few weeks for
i vote.
CONDITION OF ROADS
Any one who has gone to Montgomery
■ecently knows the condition of the roads
Largely as a result of effort* exerted by
the Automobile club there is to be an
mprovement. The following letter from
1. W. Gwin, president of the board of
'evenue. is of interest to all motorist*:
'Mr. Clarence Lloyd, Secretary Automo
bile Club, Birmingham. Ala.
‘‘Dear Mr. Lloyd: In reply to yours ot
he 23th. in regard to the Montgomery
lighway, will say that road is under con
ract to the Southern Bithulithic com
>any and will be made 24' feet wide, and
mticipating some of the accidents which
rou notified US about we have designated
200 foot guard rail for the various curves
in this road going up the mountain.
"Tours truly,
"J. W. GWIN. President.
The Tickle Make* Yea Coach
HATES’ HEALING HONET Stops the
rickle. Heals the Throat and Cures
he Cough. 35e. A free box of GROVE’S
J-PEN-TRATE SALVE for Chest Colda.
Head Colda and Crpup with every hot
He. •
Agriculture and Stock
Produced In State In 1919
More Than $500,000,000
Value Exceeds Previous Year By Over $100,000,000 Ac
cording to Federal Reserve Agent’s Report—Bank
Clearings Doubled in Birmingham in Year
In his last monthly report to the
Sixth district reserve bank. J. B. Cobbs,
assistant federal reserve agent, con
nected with the Birmingham branch,
states that the 1919 crops, includ
ing cattle and swine, in .Alabama,
will have a valine, according to esti
mates at the time of gathering the
data, will exceed those of 1918 by over
1100.000.000. The figures for the two
years, based on imports from every
county in the state received by him
are. for 1919, $521,989,000. and for 1918,
$409,204.00#. an increase of $112,872.
000.
Bank clearances for the month re
ported make even a better showing,
the percentage of increase heing near
ly 100 for the cities of Birmingham,
Mobile and Montgomery, and In excess
of 100 per cent in Birmingham, the
exact figures for Birmingham being
$53,055,305.34 in 1919. against $24,964.
259.42 in the corresponding month of
1918. The combined totals for Bir
mingham. Mobile and Montgomery
were $68,311,035.18 in 1919. compared
with $37,224,451.75 in the correspond
ing month of 1918.
In his report on stock raising, MV.
Cobbs says:
“There is no let-up in the matter of
raising cattle and swine, and the farm
ers who are pushing this industry are
getting rich. It is estimated ’ that
beeves for slaughter in 1919 will pro
duce $32,284,000. and swine $36.326.'*00.
Instead of buying pork and beef in
large quantities, as was the custom
many years ago. farmers not only
raise enough for home consumption,
but will sell over $68,000,000 to the
markets this year.”
Kesidence Construction
Leads Building Permits
The monthly report of the city building department, ren
dered yesterday, discloses the fact that during the month of!
September a total of 419 permits were issued for buildings and
improvements amounting to an estimated cost of $283,510.00.
Of this sum $131,742.00 was expended for residences.
The greatest number of permits was issued for repairs to
frame buildings, a total of 248.
Permits for the most important classes of work were issued
as follows:
No. of Permits. Class of Work. Estimated Cost.
.Frame buildings.S131.742.00
61.Other frame buildings. 12,967.00
248.Repairs to frame buildings. 44,148.00
4.Brick buildings (business). 62,500.00 !
_^4.Repairs to brick buildings. 23.014.00 i
AMERICAN LEGION
LEADERS OF SOUTH i
MEET HERE TODAY
Colonel Lindsley, Executive
Committee Chairman, to
Preside at Sessions.
Many Are Coming
A meeting of the heads of the Amer
ican legion in all the southern states will
be held at the Tutwiler hotel at 10
o’clock this morning. This meeting was
called by Col. Henry D. Lindsley, chair
man of the executive committee of the
American legion, for the discussion of
certain questions of vital interest to
those states, among them being that of
assuring the attendance of an adequate
number of representatives from the south
at the approaching national meeting of
the legion. Colonel Ltndsiey will preside I
at the meeting.
Matt H. Murphy or Birmingham is i
chairman of the legion fn Alabama, and
returned to Birmingham Monday for the
special purpose of attending this meet
ing. lie said yesterday that at least 50 !
delegates would be present from the va- I
rious southern states and that they ,
hoped that as a result of this meeting
it would be possible to arouse greater
interest In the legion all over the south.
Up to the present time charters have t
been issued for the formation of only
14 chapters of the legion in Alabama.
MANAGER1ENKS TO
ATTEND MEETING
Chamber of Commerce to
Join With State High
way Association
C. E. Jenks, acting manager of the
Chamber of Commerce, will go to
Montgomery tomorrow to attend the
meeting of the Alabama highway im
provement association. He stated yes
terday that the Chamber of Commerce
would aid in the good roads movement
n every possible way, even to the ex
tent of supplying funds and speakers
if requested to do so.
"The Chamber of Commerce,” said
Mr. Jenks, “is deeply interested in the
subject of good roads and is ready to
join forces with the Alabama highway
improvement association or any other
organization working for that cause.”
Officials of the Alabama highway
improvement association stated that as
soon as necessary arrangements can
be made they will open headquarters
in Birmingham from which campaign
matter and speakers will be sent out
through all north Alabama counties.
It is the intention of that organiza
tion to carry the campaign for the $25,
)00,000 bond issue into every county in
the state and to enlist the best speakers
obtainable to tour the countries.
to you without delay,
ply of luxurious motor cars is
so great that we always have
one at hand for your emergency
call. Then, too, our chauffeurs
are careful drivers, which in
sures your safety. Don't forr
our phone number.
Jcokins
SITE ACQUIRED BY
STOVE COMPANY FOR
BIG FACTORY BERE
Initial Investment for Plant
at North Birmingham to
Be $250,000, With En
largements to Follow
Deeds are being prepared and in a
day or two will be forwarded to the
new purchasers whereby the Orbon
Stove company acquires the site of the
old Birmingham Car and Manufactur
ing company at North Birmingham.
The deal for this property, consist
ing of eight acres or ground and the
buildings formerly used by the car com
pany, has been closed and telegraphic
instructions were received from Presi
dent H. A. Bengcfelder. of Orbon Stove
company of Belleville, Ills., yesterday
to forward the deed to him with draft
attached,
Mr. Lengefelder, who was in the city
two or three days last week looking
after the matter, left for his Illinois
home Saturday but before going in
structed the industrial committee of
the Chamber of Commerce, which aided
him in securing the property, to notify
him as soon as they secured the site.
The committee completed the deal at
noon Monday and wired him to that
effect. His telegram of acceptance was
received by the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday morning.
The Orbon Stove company, one of the
old stove making concerns of the coun
try, will begin the shipment of ma
chinery to the North Birmingham site
at once and it is announced that they
will be making stoves there within
sixty days.
The initial investment, it is under
stood, will be about $250,000, with en
largements to follow as the business
may require.
The visit of President Hengefelder
here last week and his decision to locate
his plant at North Birmingham were
announced in the Age-Herald Sunday.
Case Submitted Without Ar
gument and Verdict Re
turned in Seven Minutes
A jury yesterday brought in a verdict
of not guilty in the case of A. W. Phil
lips. indicted on a robbery charge. They
were out only seven minutes. The case
was heard before Judge H. P. Heflin
and took up the entire morning. It wai
charged that Phillips, a police officei
at the time, held up and robbed a negro,
D. F. Flemming, of twenty $1 bills. ]
Testimony was to the effect that
Phillips found the negro wandering
around First avenue, near Crawford’i
garage, at 1:45 o’clock in the morning.
Ho stopped him and asked him why he
was out so late and was told to mind
his own business. Becoming suspicious
he proceeded to search the negro foi
concealed weapons, finding nothing, he j
ordered him to go home.
Shortly afterwards the officer found ,
him at Crawford’s garage and asked
him why he hadn't gone home. The J
negro told him he was waiting for a \
taxi to take him home.
Later Phillips was warned that a (
negro was looking for him with a gun. ;
he met Flemming and searched him .
again, but found no gun. The negro
then telephoned to headquarters stating
that he had been robbed of twenty fl
hills by the defendant.
The negro's testimony was not sup
ported by any other valid evidence and
the case was submitted to the Jury
without argument by counsel for either
side.
To Drive On< Malaria am Balls C*
Ike System
rake the Old Standard GROVE’8 TASTE
LESS chill TOXIC. Tou know what you
ire taking, as the formula is printed on
ivory label, showing It is Quinine and
Iron In t tasteless foim The Quinine
lrlvee put the malarle. the iron builds up
the system, co cents.
E
IN RATES ON PIG
IRON TO BE FOUGHT
Increase Will Shut Birming
ham Out of the Northern.
Eastern and Western
Markets, Is Claim
In the proposed upward adjustment
of freight rales, which is announced to
take effect at an early date, the iron
industry of Birmingham is struck »
blow that may seriously affect it in the
future.
Iron manufacturers are bringing
every influence possible to bear upon
the railroad administration and the in
terstate commerce commission not to
put this new increase Into effect, claim
ing that it will shut them out of the
northern, eastern and western markets,
which in the past have drawn heavily
from this district.
Protests against the increase wrere
filed with the government agencies
several days ago and a hearing has
been set for next Monday in Apanta,
at which the iron interests of Birming
ham will present data to substantiate
their contention.
In addition to representatives of the
iron companies. Secretary O. L. Bunn
of the Birmingham Traffic bureau will
appear before the committee. He has
prepared a great deal of statistical in
formation which he will present to the
committee, and upon that and other in
formation. he and the iron represent
atives will argue against any further
increase in the rates to the north and
OVER 100 PER CENT ADVANCE
Speaking of the proposed rates, an
official of one of the leading interests
said yesterday:
“Within two years prior to the United
States Railroad administration assum
ing control of the trunk lines of the
Birmingham district, the lipes them
selves, acting independently, advanced
the rates on raw material consumed in
the manufacture of pig iron more than
100 per cent. The railroad administra
tion's action, in what is known as gen
eral order No. 28. effective June 25. 1918.
as ordered promulgated by the. then
director general of railroads. W. G. Me
Adoo. forced a further advance in thq
adjustment of the same rates, bringing
the total percentage increase up to
more than 30ft per cent within a period
:>f two years.
“Under general order No. 28 the rates1
in pig iron from southern producing .
territory were advanced 25 per rent,
irid by such an advance, destroying the
existing differentials by increasing the
total advance to a greater extent, from
the southern producing furnaces to the
markets of* eonsumtplon in the north
md east, than from the northern and
•astern producing furnaces to the same
markets of consumption in the north
the present year the southern furnaces
have found it extremely difficult to
market their product to the points of
consumption in the north and east,
against the northern and eastern com
petition.
"As the northern and eastern fur
naces have much lower rates on pig
iron to the markets of consumption,
than have the southern furnaces, it is
necessary for the southern furnaces to
equalize deliveries by absorbing the
difference between the freight rates
from northern furnaces to the northern
points of consv ‘iption, and the south
ern furnaces to the same points of con
sumption.
ADVANCE 70 CENTS PER TON
“The northern lines now propose t«
arbitrarily advance the rates from the
Virginia gateways and Ohio and Mis
sissippi crossings, lf> per cent, which
will result in a further advance in (he
pig iron rates from southern furnaces
if an average of 70c per ton. With the
high cost of labor entering into the
•ost of producing iron in the southern
territory, and the fact that only 33 1-3
per cent of the iron produced in the
south is consumed in the south, the
southern producers are placed at such
i disadvantage, that it is difficult for
hem to foresee how they can keep their
furnaces in operation, and meet the
competition of their northern and east
ern competitors."
Announcement was made several
■veeks ago that the rate to and from
he south on all commodities would be
ncreased from 3Mi to 8 per cent, based
>n the classification, and for the pur
pose of protesting against this discrimi
lation against the southern shippers
Secretary Bunn and traffic managers
>f chambers of commerce in several
)ther southern cities went to Washing
on two or three weeks ago and ap
peared before the director of traffic of
he railroad administration and the in
erstate commerce commission.
Ever since the war forced up wages
he southern iron makers have been at
l gre^t disadvantage, the disparity in
•ates from the south to the north and
he east and from northern and east
;rn furnaces to competing points, cut
ing Into the profits of southern fur
laces almost to the vanishing point.
One large consumer of iron whoso
?lant is located only a short distance
'rom Birmingham, is paying 400 pee
?ent more in freight charges now than
prior to the war. This makes it almosl
prohibitive for that concern to continue
pperations.
The increase to plants in the iinme
liate vicinity of Birmingham runs as
ligh as 200 per cent and in one or two
nstances 300 per cent over pre-wai
'•ates.
Compared to these sharp advances in
the south those in the north and east
lave been very slight, and the proposed
iew advance, if carried into effect, will
’urtlier burden southern iron makers,
f it does not put them out of business
entirely, so far as the markets north-o!
he Ohio river is concerned.
DECEIVING STOLEN
PROPERTY IS CHARGE
llarry Meholis. who resides at 1608
FV>urth avenue. North, was arrested
resterday on a warrant sworn out be
ore Kenneth Charlton, United States
jonvmissioner on a charge of receiv
ing property stolen from interstate
ihipments. It is alleged that Mehalos
eceived 5000 cigars which were stolen
rom the express company on September
He was arrested by city Detectives
Surg and Browd and turned over to the
rovernment authorities. His bond was
ixed at $500 which he made and he will
>e given a preliminary hearing before
’ommlssioner Charlton on September»
, at 2 o’clock.
Now Is the Time
to hava your furnace Inspected and
eee that It la In shape for next win
ter's fires.
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Now Ready
Our new unit of Safe
Deposit Boxes has been
installed and they are
now ready to be assign
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to keep waiting.
ON SAVINGS
American Trdst & Savings Bank
Or BIRMINGHAM. ALABAMA
Member Federal Rrwm Syafem.
G. L. LEMON AND COMPANY
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
1702 America* Trust Hid*. Pkone M. 1024 Birmingham. Ala.
NOTHING BUT REAL ESTATE
We are offering: for sale 25x140 feet with a three-story brick building located there
on on First Avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth Street*. If you are interested
in something centrally located that will bring a handsome income on the investment,
see us at once.
A. A. GAMBILL REALTY COMPANY
Jefferson County Bank Bldg. Main 8 Birmingham, AIa,
Shot Fired at Miners, Had
No Connection With Strike
Strike Officials Report Situation Satisfactory But Claim
No Accessions to Ranks—Conflicting Claims Re
garding Situation at Several Places
Except for a single pistol shot and a
lurry of excitement near one of the ore
lines on Re<l mountain, south of Kir
lingham, there were no new develop
ments in the strike situation yesterday.
Negroes going to the mine from Bir
mingham and points between the city
nd the mine early yesterday morning
rcre startled as they crossed an old field
y the report of a pistol and a bullet
hissing near them. It struck a tree
.*ly a few feet away.
The negroes beat a hasty retreat and
pperted the incident to the authorities,
heriff Hartsfield dispatched Deputy Lee
V'bitf* to investigate th-* matter. He ve
orted later that so far as he could as
ertain the shooting had no connection
rith the strike, and was probably fired
y some man at a larkct. or for tne pur
ose of scaring the negroes.
Strike officials still claim to be satis
ied with the situation, although they
lake no claim of accessions to their
anks.
Whatever hope they may have had of
machinists and other organizations join
ng the strike seems to have gone glim
mering, as no action in that direction
as been taker! up to the present time.
Conflicting claims are made with ref
erenec to the shops of the Birmingham
Southern railroad, owned by the Tennes
see Coal. Iron and Railroad company,
and the American Steel and Wire com
pany. The strikers contend that work
is almost completely stopped at the rail
road shops and that some of the depart
ments of the American Steel and Wire
company arc not running.
Official denial is made by both com
panies.
Company officials assert that produc
tion yesterday and the day before was
up to that of last week, which, accord
ing to information coming from the same
sources, was greater than for any other
week since the beginning of September.
The return of representatives of ‘he
united mine workers who attended the
national convention in Buffalo. N. V.. is
awaited by members of that organization.
One official of the local union states that
the contract with t.he operators v ill he
terminated on November 1, in accordance
with the action of the national conven
tion. and that as soon as the Birming
ham representative returns home th
matter of a new’ contract will be taker
up.
The miners and operator^ are now o\
erating under an agreement entered int >
during the war which, under its provi
sions. was not to terminate until tho
declaration of peace.
(EEP UP FIGHT FOR
ROADS, SAKS CRAFT
'_
lufhor of $25,000,000 Bondj
Issue Congratulates
Age-Herald
In a letter to the editor of The Agc
lerald, congratulating him and The
ge-Herald on the Important part they
ave taken In the movement for good
Dads in Alabama, Senator John Craft
f Mobile urges that the fight be kept
p until the $25,000,000 bond issue fight is
on.
“I want to especially thank you for
to co-operation that you. have given
le in my endeavors to take the people i
f Alabama out of the mud,’1 he writes,
as the invisible mud tax has been a
reater burden than all the taxation
le people have had to bear.
"In these days of modern activities,
ith the coming of the motor trucks
nd the automobiles, and the fact that
labama has only 4800 miles of main lines
f railway and 52,000 square miles of ter
tory, it is absolutely necessary that
le people’s transportation system
lould be constructed along the high
<t type of roads, perpetually maintained,
his is a great economic social problem,
Host vital to the people, and 1 respert
llly request and urge that your great
aper help to inaugurate a widespread
impaign of education for the adoption
I the constitutional amendment for a
indern system of highways that can be
aversed 365 days in the year and every
our in the day.’’
Senator Craft is author of the $25,000.
X) highway bond amendment to the
tate constitution, which will be sub
litted to the voters of Alabama at a
pecial election to be held shortly after
ie first of the new year.
The two big constructive measures that
enator Craft fathered and was largely
\strumental in putting through the leg
ilaturc. were the highway and Mobile
arbor amendments, the latter, if rati
ed. authorizing the state to lend its
redit to the improvement of Mobile har
or.
CALLED MEETING OF
COAL OPERATORS
Matters of Grave Import
ance Confront Coal Indus
try, It Is Stated
A meeting: of the Alabama Coal Oper
ators’ association has been called for
next Friday morning at 11 o’clock, at
the- auditorium of the Chamber of Com
merce.
"Matters of grave importance confront
the industry,” said Secretary Joseph
Davidson, "and it is the object of the
meeting to consider means and methods
of preventing a further loss of tonnage,
caused by the car shortage: severe com
petition from the coal fields of Kentucky
and Tennessee, and also the insidious but
affective replacement of coal by Mexican
fuel oil.
"The imposition of the coal tax, while
regarded as seemingly trifling or insig
nificant by the legislature, coupled with
the additional burden which will b.s
shortly imposed through the operation
-T (he workmen’s compensation bill, both
tend to substantially further increase
osts which are now probably higher
ban in any other important coal field,
and the highest in the history of the
•Vlabamn industry, consequently militat
ing against any further immediate ex
pansion of the trade.
"The meeting will be largely attended,
is the coal trade has not been confront
'd with such unsatisfactory conditions
since 1914.”
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