The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-28
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Instead of the Perfection Mattress COM
pany having been DougGt out by Messrs.
G. B. Mccormick and Erskne Ramsey, it
seems that the capital stock of the concern
has been Increased from $4,000 to SIS geo,
and that Messrs. Mccormick and Ramsey
| are large Stockholders in The concern. Mr..
Z. W. Dixon VIII remain president of the
| Greater Perfection Mattress company, and
| Mr. Fred M. Jackson will continue as Sec
| rotary and treasurer.
This is one of the most prosperous con-
| eerns in Birmingham Its mattresses are
| popular in all sections CT uhe country. In
deed, they nave become so popular re-
certify THAT it mas been found necessary
| ito establish branch factory in Baltimore.
The concern is making tremendous divi-
dends on The capital invested, and promises
to be one OF the best dividend producers
| in this seeldion OF tie country.
Mr.. G. L. Norman, the famous architect
of Atlanta, has decided TO move to Bir-
| min siham. He has done so because he be-
| Heyes Atlanta has attained a majority of
| it's growth, and uaat the growth of Bir-
| min slaarn is still in its incipiency Mr.. Norr-
| man believes that Birmingham should be
| tae great city ce 1ae south. II1s speciaaiy
| is in handsome residences and business
| blocks. He was the architect of many of
| the handsemest residences IN Atlanta, sew
| eral eff the large office buildings and one
| or two hotels. Mr.. Norman has already
designed several prospective buildings here,
| and is now engaged on plans for modern
| raotel. He has furnished the citizens COM
| 'mittee with some handsome designs for
deooralting the city in G1onor of Admiral
| iSehley.
Speaking of decorations for the city in
honor CT Admiral Schley's Visit, Birming
| ham is capable of both beautiful and art
| istic embellishments. Electric arches down
Fist avenue and out Nineteenth street
would make a beautiful display. The fact
| of the matter is, Birmingham is amply able
to adorn itself gorgeously and there is no
reason why the display in honor of Admiral
| Schley's visit should not 5e more beautiful
| than ehat of any osEer city in the south.
| Speaking of pies and gflings,'" said a
prominent Twentieth street restauranter,
yesterday, "do you know uLnat Birming-
ham is great pie-eating town? OF course
I have no way of estimating just how many
pies are consumed daily by the pie-eating
brigade of the city, but judging by my own
| business 1 would say the exact number,
df a known quantity would astonish the
natives.
| "Pe article of diet, especially res
tauraEt pie, is usually associated with the
| Cheap man-1ae fellow Who is looking for
| his moneys worth. In other words, the
fellow who has or 10 cents ito spend and
wants something to fill up on. This is a
mistake, for you would be surprised to
know the fondness of Ihe average man fer
pie. have given the subject some study,
and have about concluded that The appetite
| is hereditary with tLse human ,flnly, based
on uae presumption that the remains of the
apple which caused 4ae expulsion of Adam
and Eve from the Garden of Eden was
afterwards made into apple pie and formed
the principal part of She menu Of the first
| family
Some authorities. however, differ with
| me in my conclusion, and 1 am frank to
| ADMIT that 1 may be mistaken, for it is
easier to believe that -,Gre taste is acquired
rather than hereditary, when we reflect for
a moment and remember The good old pies
that all mothers used to make.
yes, Birmingham people, like all other
People, are great pie eaters Lemon pie
is by far the most popular, with apple,
cocoanut, mince, peach, berry, prune and
other brands following in regular order
The. fondness is not confined to any special
class, and While the humble fellow eats it
out OF necessity The bester class of people
en5oy ut as relish. To prove the truthful
hess of tIEis statement, viii say that one
of my best Pie customers is a bank presl-
dent.
1t Is interesting to watch people come in,
especially lunch counter customers. who
usually are in hurry After seating them
selves comfortably on stool, they knit
their brows, and if their minds are not al
ready made up as to what they will eat
they almost invariably order pie, with
either coffee milk.
"Oh, there comes some hot ones just from
the oven; won't you try pieee?" and as the
hungry pencil pusher picked up the last
crumb of crust with his finger, the good
natured boniface gave hearty laugh as he
said, Il see you are an officer in the regi-
ment yourself"
II understand" said J. B. Tfmberlake.
the representative of the Pioneer Hat COM
Pois, VI w eDetSii, 1Hu., III the lOpDy HeSter-
day, that Birmingham has had a monkey
farm, or at least that a company was or
ganzed for the purpose of raising monkies
to be used as cotton pickers
81 have been told that it was huge Joke
perpetrated on one of your lec ling bankers
and promoters, but it reminds me that Wa
bash also has a similar enterprise, except
that ours is rabbit farm and that the
product is put to a practical purpose. The
project originated with the president of our
company, who conceived the idea that the
Belgian hare could be raised successfully to
provide fur for the manufacture of crush
hats.
Eight acres of land were procured and
$50 hares were imported from Antwerp and
arrived in good condition. The number was
| increased to 800 animals and if the expert
| merit proves successful the farm will he