The age-herald., 1900-12-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

affairs will go on as usual. but be careful of sickness, and those in employ may lose it"
 A child born on this day will be very quick in temper but not fortunate by any means, whether in employ or in business for itself"
 Astrologer Raphaers prophecies for Wednesday, December 19, 1900:
 "Very uncertan.'
 Beware of quarrellng and keep myself cool and avoid accidents; in thy business thou wilt have a successful year"
 "The young will court or marry"
 "A child born on this day will be very good-behaved and much respected; in bu- siness it will be fortunate; it's temper will require improvement"
 That enormous stores of gold are hid in the hills and valleys of Cleburne County is a fact of worldwide importance which the world is beginning to recognize" said Hon. Jourd White, the noted editor of the Edwardsville Standard News, who was in Birmingham yesterday.
 Gold is there, gold in vast quantities, gold that is most easily workable, gold that will pay immense profits for the working, gold on the surface, gold in placers gold in quartz-gold, gold gold in imperial richness awaits the touch of de- Velopment in Cleburne.
 Those of us who are seeking to attract the attention of the world Of capital, and are now beginning to succeed, do not ask any man to take our say-so in these par ticulars, but we do invite all men who de- sire to make money to visit Cleburne County and personally inspect the gold fields
 "Edwardsville, the county seat of Gle burne, is directly on the main line of the Southern railway, between Birmingham and Atlanta, and not far from the Georgia State line, and it is therefore easily ac- cessible to all travellers who journey from every direction to Birmingham and to At lanta
 About the middle of the century that is passed, except for a few days, the gold discoveries in California startled the world and changed the course of the worlds commerce. It would not surprise me if the world of the new century make a similar discovery in Cleburne County The world is bound to know ultimately what some of us know now concerning the marvellous richness of the Cleburne Coun- ty gold deposits.
 Prom hole the size of mans hat a man in Cleburne County took twelve hun dred dollars worth of gold and new dis coveries, including the largest of nuggets, are being made almost daily. Investors are beginning to come into the district We had two visitors who came mysteriously the other day, evidently men of money and business standing. They investigated the Al. gets, and hurried away, pledging them selves to return as the direct representa- tives of two or three millions of capital.
 "These are facts which we don't ask the public to accept off-so and thereon invest their money; but ask that all men inter ested shall come and see the great gold fields of Cleburne, which are of extraordi- nary richness, and which will be as great for that county as coal and iron are for Jefferson and Birminghamn
 '"This has been the busiest day in gen. eral trade I have observed in my long ex- perience of Birmingham" said a long time resident last night.
 "Never on any previous day did I see such great numbers of people in the streets and never such crowds of customers in the stores. Trade in every conceivable com modity was excellent; in holiday goods it was enormous. In the greater stores the people were so numerous that I got the impression that all of them could not pos sibly be waited upon, since most of the customers appeared to have waited until after clock in the afternoon to go shop ping.
 "All persons having purchases to make should be urged by the Age-He to visit its advertisers in the forenoon. This morn- ing shopping would be more satisfactory to the houses that advertise and to their cus- toners as well, for business could be pro- ceeded with more leisurely. From O clock to seem to be the favorite shopping hours of ladies; but if they would change to the hours from 10 o'clock to l they would de- rive greater satisfaction themselves and would add to the pleasure of the store peo- pie generally.
 "The point Is simply this: the stores are most eager to attend to their customers promptly and to please them in all things, and customers do not like to wait or to be over-rushed. Therefore if daily shopping. especially the unprecedented rush of holi- day shopping which began unusually early this year, was begun early in the forenoon it would greatly increase the satisfaction of buyers and sellers alike. Ladies read their morning paper at breakfast, and dis cuss what the stores have to offer, and can make up their minds what they wish to buy; then they should go at once to the stores.
 "Birmingham's retail holiday trade is now enormous, unprecedented. and the rush has reached it's height several days in advance of the rush of previous Christmas holi- days"
 Trade generally is better now than 1t was ever before," said MT. Emil Loeb, the New York resident member of the great firrn of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb. MT. Loeb reached Birmingham night before last and will remain here until after Christmas He had the pleasure of seeing a great many of his houses customers yesterday afternoon,