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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

and assistance of the greatest financial
interests of the city and the foremost
men of your own town. No flaws can
be found in it. 1t is as nearly a per-
feet and ideal a plan as has ever been
worked out. 1t is absolutely sure of
success, and the amount of that success
depends on the skill with which it is
handled alone. 1t does NOT depend on
the Worlds Fair. although we will de-
rive an enormous profit from our hotel
leases during the Fair, but these hotels
are to be removed Immediately after
wards. This property is now worth less
than it ever will be again. Your securi-
ty improves in value every minute, and
if our plans carry out with only reason
able success, your profit will be from
GOO per cent to 1000 per cent. besides
the return of your money; in fact, the
man or woman who has growing chill
dren to provide for who lets this op-
portunity go by to invest little money
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

not successful. The only way that they
can make anything on their own invest
ment and for their time and work in
carrying out this enterprise is by the
sale Of the land or the leasing of it at a
profit sufficient not only to pay back the
investors their money, but to pay divi-
dends on the common stock, which we
hold. The Board of Directors Of this
Company is composed of a number of
the best known bankers in the city of
St Louis. This entire plan has been
worked out in all its details in order to
allow the person of limited means to get
in on the ground floor and to help us
with his push.
You may not be able to build a SIS.
600 house, but a relative of yours
may be on the point of doing SO. Your
little interest in our enterprise makes
you an active agent for our property.
Several thousand such agents in the
City Of st. Louis mean a power that
cannot be overestimated. If you now
have your savings deposited or invested
at per cent or per cent per annum
they are not any safer than they would
be if invested in this land, because
when you put your money away in a
savings bank that savings bank i'm
mediately lends it on just such a prop
osition as this. and the bank receives
per cent interest and then pays you 3
per cent for your money which has been
loaned TO us on our land. You are
hedged about by every safeguard that
good business judgment can give you.
The men whose names stand at the
head Of this concern stand for all that
Is substantial, responsible and compe-
tent in the business world of st. Louis.
You are absolutely safe in your securi-
ty and absolutely sure Of receiving YOUR
fair division Of the profits. No one can
freeze you out. No big fish can gobble
the little. The man with the $40 bill
invested is just as good as the man with
$4,000, and receives the same pro-
portion Of the profits; in fact, this is an
opportunity such as never before has
been presented to the people of st.
Louis. 1t has received the approval
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

in this great enterprise, a few years
from now will look back with regret at
the loss of the opportunity of their lives.
A few hundred dollars invested in the
preferred stock should mean the school
ing of your children and the providing
of them with a start in the world at the
time they will need it most, or a
steady, liberal income at the time when
you yourself perhaps will be least able!
to earn one; a class of security which
will quickly be negotiable at any bank,
profit that has not before been equaled
in any legitimate business enterprise.
the regular 6 per cent interest on your
money, and a surety that you will re-
ceive fair and honorable dealings that
is as great as the integrity and reputa-
ton of the foremost business men of
St. Louis can make it. About two
thirds of this preferred stock has been
subscribed for. Only little Of it re-
mains to be subscribed for.
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with cumulative interest. This means
that the person who invests his money
in share of this preferred stock at
so is secured by the entire land and
all the improvements that are made on
it, and the basis of his security is a
valuation of about Sc per front foot.
The land across from us recently sold
at $50 per front foot. We made this
preferred stock first lien. 1t is exempt
from assessment, and every dollar of
profit received from the sale of the land
or from leases must be placed to the
credit Of the preferred stakeholder until
he has received his money back. We
went further thafi this-we made great
bank the trustee for the preferred stock
holder, to guarantee to him that every
dollar of his money would be used only
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08

a foreign country; to-day the finest resi-
dence property in st. Louis is west OK
Taylor avenue. This great growth and
increase in values has been directly
westward. aud that is where it is head
ing now. The West End along the line
of Delmar avenue on both sides consti-
tutes the finest residence district of st.
Louis. and property in the neighborhood
of Union Boulevard is selling NJ 500
to $500 per foot. OF all the kinds Of i'll
vestments that are known. none equals
good real estate and especially good
residence real estate in large city; alb
solutely secure it cannot be disposed
OF. OF mortgaged, or gotten away with,
without the knowledge Of the person
whose security 1t Is. Its own natural
growth in value is sure, constant and
ever-doubling. and the only objection to
it Is that a man who has little money
TO invest must buy little piece OF land
and depend on this particular little spot
for his profit. He may hold that little
spot for eight or ten years, and then
somebody may erect an Objectionable
proposition next TO it and lose him all
the increase In value that has accrued
to the property since he bought it. He
has no control over the surrounding
be built about him, what class of houses
shall be erected next to him. and what
kind of people shall occupy them; fur
thermore, his own little spot of land
must be sold in order to give him a
profit. In the most desirable location in
the West End of st. Louis, the highest
land there, overlooking the entire beau
tiful residence district, lies the Eighty
five acres of land owned by this Com
pany, directly at the head of Delmar
Boulevard. which is already planned to
be one of the finest avenues in the city.
100 feet wide. with a central park, and
with all tracks passing underneath it,
surrounded by land on which residences
costing from $4,000 to $4,000 have al
ready been built, adjoining land on
which in the neighborhood of Ten mil
lions of dollars are being invested in
improvements; reached By every car line
that goes West at &c fare. within about
thirty-five minutes from the heart of the
business district by surface lines. the
Land of University Heights stands out
to-day as the most desirable piece of I'M
improved property in the West End.
This great tract has been laid out by
US into the finest private residence place
in st. Louis. Already the contracts for
grading it and improving it have been
let; and this work must be complete by
August of this year. Building restric-
tons of $4,000 insure only the high
est class Of residences being built in
this property; beautiful avenues Dor
dered by wide walks and great trees,
sewers, electric light. gas and water,
private entrances with porter's lodges.
all Will tend TO make this the most de
sirable spot for first-class residences in
the city. This Company, owning and con-
trolling the entire tract as it does, abb
solutely dictates the development of it.
and insures to each resident that he shall
be surrounded only by beautiful homes
and desirable people. Constituting. as
we will. practically. separate city gov
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1T IS NOT WHAT YOU HAVE.
BUT WHAT YOU DO WITH IT.

This land has been there ever since
Noah left his ark; so has the land at the
corner Of Broadway and Olive street.
The success of any enterprise depends
more upon the integrity and standing
and ability Of the men behind 1t, and on
what they do with it, and on the honesty
of the administration of the enterprise,
than it does ON the enterprise itself. So
far as the honesty of administration is
concerned, the great bank which be
comes your trustee insures that the
money will be used only in the ways set
forth in our agreements; that not one
penny of it can be used for advertising
or the promotion of the enterprise; that
retirement Of the present mortgage, so
that your stock becomes the sole lien
on the entire land and all improvements
and for the making Of these improve
ments themselves; in other words, out
of the 100000 received from the sale
of this preferred stock. 100000 is used
to pay off the mortgage. so that the in
vestors in this stock take the place Of
the present mortgage holder, and have
the same security as the bank which
now holds this mortgage has, and the
other 100000 is used for improving
your security If this land, in its unim-
proved state. is worth enough so that
the banks will take a mortgage on it
for 100000. certainly the expenditure of
another 100000 on 1t will make it bet
ter security for the preferred stock. If
this land sold for about $40 per front
foot, the investors in this preferred stock
would still be safe, and would receive
their money back after having spent
100000 in improving the land; that this
land will bring less than $50 to 500 per
front. foot after the Improvements are
all made is unreasonable. II it brings
$50 per front foot, this means about
million and half dollars. while the
total amount Of the preferred stock is
but 100000. Now, in regard to those
behind this proposition: In the first
place. they have nothing to gain and
everything to lose if the enterprise is
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-08
lone Cent Per Minute Profit for Twenty
Years on an Investment of $6,5OO.OO,
Equaling Profit of $5,256.OO Per Year
for Twenty Years, Made in St. Louis
Real Estate by One rIan on One Lot.

The general public of St Louis has no
idea of the enormously rapid rise in real
/ estate values that is going on here now.
fOutsiders know it and are taking adj
vantage of II, but the average st. Louis
citizen passes, daily, spots which year
ago were vacant lots and to-day are
filed with beautiful residences without
fits true meaning coming home to him.
He puts his money in some "get-rich-
quick" scheme, absolutely without Sc
curity, in the hope of great profit, while
the safest, surest and most profitable
investment of all lies unheeded at his
door. This is usually so in all great
cities. The people who live in them go
about daily without recognizing the
signs that are on every hand because Of
the familiarity Of the objects about
them, while the outsider, who sees the
\ city to-day and then sees It year from
now again, realizes the enormous
growth that has taken place in the
meantime. No city in the United States
to-day equals in steady, substantial and
rapid growth ST. LOUIS. Never has st.
Louis had a boom, and its enormous
growth at present in fine residences is
simply the expression of the great pros
perity and wealth and increase Of pop
ulation that is taking place here. The
population of St Louis has doubled since
1880.
An increase In the value Of our proper
ty Of from its present value to an aver
ave of 500 Per foot, in 10 years, would
mean a profit OF nearly three millions of
dollars, or 80 per cent per annum for 10
lyears, part of which enormous profit
you would get every time foot of land
was sold. Is this unreasonable to ex
pect? Read below what has actually
happened here in st. Louis:
About twenty years ago a client Of the
Obear Investment Company purchased a
piece of property on Washington ave-
nue.. near Twelfth street, for $500. This
property was sold for him last year for
$4,000, or profit of one cent a min
ute-five thousand odd dollars "a year
for twenty years on an investment of
$4,000. About the same time the most
desirable corner on Grand avenue,
Grand avenue and Olive street, was sold
for 500 per foot; to-day it is worth
$1,000 foot. or profit of 100 per cent
n year for twenty years. About the same
time the northwest corner of Ninth
street, Ninth and Olive streets. was
sold for $4,000, and it is worth SS09.0O0
to-day. In the West End the increase
IN values has been even more remark
able. Bell Place was offered at 81. 900
an acre, or about 81 per foot. 1t is now
selling at from S175 to $500 a foot. Nc
Pherson avenue and Kings highway
sold ct SIS. 1t is now worth S175. West
minister place was bought at 50 per foot
1t is low selling at from $50 to S175
per foot. All down the line shows 100
per cent per annum increase in values.
At that time Grand avenue was out in
the country and fields. Only few car
lines went that far 1t was almost a
days trip to go.out and back To-day
Grand avenue is downtown But a few
years ago Taylor avenue was considered
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Dr. Lyons
 PERFECT Tooth Powder Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century
 PREPARED BY e< Me e2ro72. % cC
GADODEN WILL HAVE
 MORE ELECTRICITY
NEW WATER POWER PLANT TO BE ESTABLISHED BY CAPTAIN LAY ON WILLS cREEK-WILL SUPPLY INDUSTRIES.

Gadsden, July 14-(special)-Capt w. P Lay has announced that he intends to utilize the water power developed on his recently purchased property on Wills creek, near Attalla, for furnishing elec- tric power to Gadsden. Attalla and Ala bama City. It is his intention to con- struct plant on the big creek that will eventually develop five hundred horse power. and by the first of the year he will be in a position to furnish electric energy to all three of the towns.
 Captain Lay says that he does not in- tend 10 furnish electric lights in compe- tition with the present lighting system of this city. but that he will sell the power to manufacturers and small con- oerns using motors for various purposes much cheaper than they can make it by steam or other methods It is believed that this will be an inducement to many small factories to locate in Gadsden and will be the means of diversifying the in- dustries of the city to a considerable ex- tent. Captain Lay some time ago pur- chased this magnificent piece of property Oi " ia CiCtfAs II lS dulllidDiy dudpltu for developing water power and is one of the oldest mill sites in the county.
 Work has been under way for some time in constructing large dam. In few months more this will be completed, and in the meantime buildings will go up for housing the electric machinery Ca- lies for transporting the electricity to the three towns will be stretched, and by the first of the year the plant will be in operation.
 Captain Lay hopes to dispose of all the energy in short time, and no doubt will be able to do so. When the plant is In operation Gadsden will be the second city in the state enjoying electric power de- seloped by water, and she will be in position to offer unexcelled inducements to the small manufacturers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15

Health is a magnet which irresistibly draws the man to the woman in life'si mating time. Health does more than tint the skin with beauty it puts music into the voice and buoyancy into the step, as well as happiness into the heart. A great many women covet beauty and are constantly seeking aids to beautify them. Let woman first seek perfect health and all other charms shall be added to her.
 There can be no general health for women while there is disease of the delicate womanly organism. The first step to perfect health is to cure womanly diseases by the use of Dr. Pierce's Fa- vorite Prescription. It establishes regu- larity, dries weakening drains. heals inflammation and ulceration and cures female weakness.
 VI used four bottles of your 'Favorite Pre- scription aud one of Golden Medical Discov- ety,' writes Mrs. Elmer D. Shenrer. of Mount hope Lancaster Go, Pa. vand can say that am cured of that dreaded disease. uterine trouble. Am ip better health than ever before Every one who knows me Is surprised to see me look so well. In June was so poor in health that I tell everybody that pr. Fierce's medicines cured me"
 FREE. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing oniy1 7end 2I one-cent stamps for the book in aper covers, or 5I stamps for the cloth
 ,lrd volume Address Dr. R. V. Pierce,
 1nio. N. Y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
BOARD OP TRADE
 DIRECTORS MEET
ENsLEY IS ANXIOUS TO SECURE NEW BRICK MACHINERY co. ROD MILL WILL REMAIN CLOSED FOR SOME TIME.

Ensley. July 1A-tspeciai)-A meeting of the directors of the Board of Trade was held yesterday afternoon. Those present were: George R. Begrum, presi- dent; Mayor Scott c. F. Sharp, L. e. Waldrop. J. W. Clayton and John A. Bell.
 Several important matters were dis cussed. chief of which was the question of finding location for the instaIlment in Ensley of the Success Brick Machinery company of Atlanta. There seems to be no doubt that the Board of Trade will be successful in inducing this firm to estab- fish themselves in Ensley. Everything that is necessary for the manufacture of brick machinery is to be had close at hand, and Frank H. Reid has expressed himself as thoroughly satisfied that Ems ley Is the best place he has been.
 This Is but one of the many plans that the Board of Trade has in view to enable the city to occupy more prominent po- sition in the field of southern industries.
 Another matter that came before the board was the election of a secretary to take the place of John A Bell. Mir. Bell was recently appointed justice of the peace and this, with his other duties, makes it impossible for him to continue as secretary. The board unanimously elected W. l.. Little another of Ensley' s prominent citizens to the position and he will take up the duties at once. Several new members were also received. The meeting was adjourned until Wednesday afternoon al clock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
Plant Will Remain Idle.

The plant of the Alabama Steel and Wire company at Ensley. manufacturing rod, wire and nails, will not resume opera tions until the company manufactures its own steel at Gadsden.
 This information was given out this morning by E. T. Schuler, one of the high officials of the company who is in the city.
 It is expected that before the first of the coming year the plant may be able to start up again. The indications are that the necessary steel could not be procured from the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Rail- road company or a contract could not be made, hence the company will walt until 1t is in position to furnish it's own product.
 The plant at Ensley gave employment to several hundred hanos when operated. Many of these men have found employ ment elsewhere since the steel rod wire and nall mills have shut dswn. However, as soon as the work resumes these em- ployes will be taken back and given steady work. The plant at Ensley repre- sents an investment of two million dol lars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
TUSCALOOSA.
A Chapter of Accidents in the City of
 Oaks.

Tuscaloosa, July 4.-(special)- )-While crossing Nineteenth avenue Sunday after noon Mrs M. B. Donoho sustained pain ful injury. In trying to escape from frightened horse which ran up on the side walk she stumbled and fell breaking her arm just at the wrist. The fracture was set at once by Dr. W. G. Somerville and Dr. S. r. Leach and she is now getting on nicely.
 The fire department was called out yes- terday afternoon to the residence of Miss Dora Davis on Seventh street. The fire, which was caused from defective fue, was soon extinguished and the damage was small.
 The Retail Grooers' association is mak- ing extensive preparations for barbecue to be given at Meeks Springs near Lock tomorrow. The grocers will close their stores from Il to so as to attend and to also allow their clerks an opportunity of attending. A competent committee is in charge and the day promises to be most enjoyable one.
 J. w G. Ratterree, who for some time has been manager of the Tuscaloosa Plumbing company, has severed his con nection with the company and has opened a general repair shop of his own.
 Little Emma Brady youngest daughter of MT. and Mrs. John Brady, met with a painful accident Sunday morning. She was playing around the pit in the yard when she fell and broke her wrist. The fracture was set immediately and she is now improving.
 While riding a bicycle on Greensboro avenue near the Methodist church at noon yesteday. Charley Smtherman ran off a small bridge and received very painful in- juries. His nose was broken, his forehead severely cut and his face was badly bruis- ed. While his injuries are very painful they are not serious.
 Among the Tuscaloosians attending the summer outing of the Alabama Press association are Tom Garner, editor of the Tlmes-Gazette. his mother Mrs. J. T. Garner, Pelham D. Browne, Frank Clem- ents and others.
 pr. Robert J. Hargrove has returned from visit to Selma and Hattisburg, Miss.
 Mrs. T. D. Bealle and children have gone to B1ount Springs to spend the sum- mer.
 Judge S. H. sprott of Livingston Is in the city.
 Miss May Simmons, who has been visit ing her aunt, Mrs. Ellen Peter-Bryce, for several weeks, has returned to her home at Charleston, S. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
SELMA.
Negro Boy Shoots His sister--other
 News.

Selma. July 14-(special.)- esterday while resting at noon from their work, Rosa Barlow. the 17-year-old daughter of Robert Barlow, a well to do negro, who lives about five miles from the city on the south side of the river was accidently shot by her brother
 The girl was brought to the city and Dr.. Gay made an X-Ray radiograph of the wounded member. The negative was one of the best ever secured in this city and showed every shot, some of which had been lattened by striking the bone.
 An effort is to be made by Selma and Camden citizens to get the Louisville and Nashville railroad to run a train from Camden to Selma, arriving here in the morning and returning in the evening The advantages of such a train is obvious and it is pointed out that 1t would pay, as citizens living on the west side of Wilcox county would come to Selma and go down to Camden rather than drive across coun- try
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-15
SOUTHLAND.
Gun Club Organized With Thirty Mem
 bers-Busy Day in Court.

Courtland. July H.-(speclal.) 1.-The Courtland Gun club was organized here yesterday afternoon with thirty mem bers. Very few of the members of this club have ever shot over a trap, but a large majority of them are fine field shots and there seems to be no reason why quite a number of good trap shots should not be turned out. A trap and pigeons were ordered, and the club expects to get down to practice within the next week.
 There was something doing in the Mayors court this morning, when the city marshal brought in four sons of ham, charged with violating a corporation or- dinance in playing ball on the street.