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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-15

Chicago Poultry Market.
Chicago, Nov. 14.-Poultry Firm;
turkeys, IA; chickens, 10; springs, IL.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-15
ST. Louis Produce Market.

st. Louis, Nov. 14.-Wheat = Dec,
$1.14A
Corn-Dec., ASH.
Oats-Dec., 80.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
THE RAUL LUMBER COMPANY.

Birminghams splendid geographical position, railroad facilities and great ad- vantages as a center of trade, have con- duced to the concentration in her midst of an immense lumber trade. Among the enterprising concerns who have made the city of Birmingham the headquarters for their active operations Is that of the Kaul Lumber company, whose general of fees are located in rooms 10SS, 1034 and 1885 First National Bank building. This is one of the largest and most extensive lumber concerns in Alabama. having a chain of saw mills In Clay, Coosa and Talladega counties, with an annual pro- ducing capacity of 40, 0O0,000 feet of fin- ished lumber. This company long ago made accurate and thorough investigation of the different sources of supply of lum- Der in this country--owning thousands of acres of the best timber lands in Alabam and are therefore enabled to guarantee the quality of all lumber offered, and to handle such grades as have deservedly given this company the highest of reputa- tion with the trade. The general man agement of the companys affairs is in charge of it's president, John l.. Raul. a practical lumberman, who brings to bear A wide range of experience in this im- portant branch of industry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21

employed, whilst a staff of three salesmen represent the house on the road. Tn the snort period of one year the Alabama Candy company's famous Elk brand of pure candies have found ready market With the best class of trade throughout Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Flor ida. As an example that the American public appreciates high grade goods. 1t is only necessary to state that the Ala bama Candy company has recently made shipments of two full car loads of their product, aggregating 50OO0 pounds of candy one car being consigned to the Southern Grocery and Drug Co.,, of Jack son, Miss, and one car to the Caldwell Spence company of Gadsden. Ala. The Alabama Candy company adheres to the principle of producing only pure candies, selling at a low margin and dealing straightforwardly which has won for this house not only the best class of pat ronage but the high esteem and regard of the trade in general. The officers of the company, Messrs. H. F. Shropshire, pres ident; R. K. Kay, vice-president; M. A. Bumstead, general manager, and Lewis Walton. secretary and treasurer. are men of large business experience and under their able guidance the business is ex- banding and developing in a most grati- flying manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
BROWNE 6 JOY.

Nowhere on the great American conti- nent today is there afforded wider field for the display of science and skill than in this ever expanding and ever advancing city. A mighty center of activity, with vast material resources, Birmingham con- tinues to make wonderful progress with each succeedipy year. An especially nota- ble feature has been the marked improve. ment In our buildings and architecture in recent years. The many handsome build ings and residences erected of late and the numerous others in course of construction speak eloquently for the ability of the architects and builders Among the most prominent and responsible engineers and architects here is the firm of Browne & Joy, with office in the First National bank building This firm has become widely and deservedly prominent as designers of fine buildings and residences, and have built up a large and influential patronage. Their residence work has attracted a great deal of attention on account of in- divdual style. which Is characterized by unique exteriors and especially for the quaint and artistic interiors which not only speaks we'll for their designs but adds to the ever increasing beauty of Birming- ham, They are we'll equipped to do all classes of work that come under the heads of engineering, ar. chitecture. and architectural engi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
BIRMINGHAM FERTILIZER co.

widely known and deservedly popular concern whose product Is in constant and ever increasing demand, is that of the Birmingham Fertilizer company, whose extensive plant is located at East Bir- mngham and offices in rooms 633. 634, 635 First National Bank building, connected with long distance telephone No. 713 This company, which produces the famous Birmingham brand of fertilizer, transacts a business which radiates throughout the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Tennessee The company's commo- dious modern plant (recently builD. in which 200 hands are constantly employed is taxed to it's utmost to supply the de- mand for this grand fertilizer-the annual producing capacity being 35,000 tons of acid phosphate and guano. The company, whose business was established seven years ago, is officered by Messrs Culpep- per Exum, president and treasurer, and M l.. Hanahan. secretary The company does business on the broad-guage princi- pie, and In view of the past success of the house 1t may confidently be predicted that it will still further extend its high reputation in the future and augment it's already valuable and influential trade and connections
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
CAROLINA PORTLAND CEMENT co.

The Carolina Portland Cement com pany, with offices at Charleston, Atlanta and Birmingham, is recognized as the largest concern engaged in the cement trade in the south. It transacts an ex- tensve business in all parts of the coun- try with large export trade to Cuba. Its extensive facilities and widespread influ- ential connections gives this company many advantages not enjoyed by any other concern engaged in the trade. The Carolina Portland Cement company con- trols the output of the Southern Cement company's mills at Ensley and North Birmingham. producing the brands of Alabama and Southern Cross high grade Portland cements, and the Magnolia high grade hydraulic cement. The company owns and operates the Keystone Lime plant at Hardyyille, Ala. the lar gest and finest equipped plant in the state, with an output of 1000 barrels daily The company is also sole sales agents for the Killian fire brick, manufactured by the Carolina Fire Brick company, at Killlan, S. C., with a daily capacity of 6OOOO. and have recently taken control of the output of one of the largest sewer pipe plants In the south. They are southern sales agents for Wm. G. Hartranft & Co.,, of Philadelphia, man ufacturers of the "Old Dominion" "Phoe- nix" and Glover Leaf" highest grades of Portland cement, and have the American agency for the Breitenburger- Hercules famous high grade German cement. Among the companys leading brands of Portland cement are: The "Old Domin- ion,' 'Breitenburger-H Hercules" Ger mania" Alabama Southern Cross' and Magnolia" The Carolina Portland Cement company are southern sales agents for Kings New York Calcined plaster; also handle the White Rock Cal cine plaster and Acme plaster paris and hard wall plaster, As a matter of fact this enterprising and progressive concern is noted for handling only the very best of products in it's line, hence its excellent reputation and extensive business. The company carries large stocks of It's products at all the principal ports from Baltimore to Galveston. inclusive-and Is thus prepared to promptly fulfill all orders. The Birmingham office, ware house and yards are located at Avenue A and Seventeenth street The general manager here Is MT. c. 1T. Dickinson, an expert in the trade, and an affable gen. tleman to transact business with.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
MEyER-MARx COMPANY.

No firm has contributed more mate riaIly or successfully to the importance of Birmingham as center of the wholesale wine and liquor trade than that of the Meyer Marx company, whose extensive establishment is located at corner First avenue and Eighteenth street, extending back to Morris avenue The house. which was established fifteen years ago. Is com posed of Messrs. Ben Meyer Morris Marx, D. S. Meyer and Leo Rich. It Is among the largest and most ably conduct ed houses of its kind in the south and a first-class exponent of the trade it rep resents They are extensive wholesale dealers in high grade wines, liquors and cigars. having the exclusive control of such famous brands of whiskey as 'old Frisco" rye, "Guckenheimer,' Bunker Hill Club Better Than Gold' and Pure Old Log Cabin They are exclusive wholesale dealers in the celebrated An- heuser-B Busch keg and bottle beer in this district The firms building. a handsome new brick structure, Is 50x1S2 feet in area, contains three floors and basement af- fording 39.600 square feet of floor surface. It is probably the most compact and compsehensiye establishment of it's kind in the south, embracing cold storage, bot ting house. warehouse, wagon yard rec tfying department, stables sample room, receiving and shipping departments, or fees. etc, all under one roof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
BIRM MlNGHAM TRUST
 & SAVINGS COMPANY.

No city can be properly described with out reference 10 its banks, and as these are secure and sound, weak and uncer- tain, so will the institutions of the city be. The valuable and distinctive feature of Blrmingham a wealth of fact not enjoy ed to so large an extent by any city within our Knowledge, is that every CT rpris. of any magnitude represents almost who'll ly Birmingham capital, and capital crys- tallized right here from the crude article deposited by nature in such abundance upon every hand. Not only is it home owned money, but homemade money, and the management of it is in the same care l full, conservative and able hands that made it. notable instance is the sub ject of this sketch-the Birmingham Trust and Savings company, one of the bold corner stones that form the solid struc- ture of the city It was organized by representative re citizens of Birmingham in 1887. with a cash capital of half million dollars, 1t being the pioneer trust com pany in this section of the country. Since it opened it's doors for business on the 9th day of December. 1887, the Birmingham Trust and Savings company's record has been one of the most creditabe and hon. orable. With each succeeding year this ably conducted company has shown marked increase of business in Its various departments, viz: commercial banking. trust departments, savings depar tment and safe deposit vaults. and today ranks among the strongest. best equipped and most popular financial institutions of the south.
 It is gratifying to note here that during the great financial panic that swept across the country in 1893, the Birmingham Trust and Savings company. then barely six years old. stood solid as the rock of Gibraltar. and met every demand with cash declining even to take advantage of the time clause on its savings deposits. It's assets at the present time are upwards of three million dollars, capital stock s500,0Oo, and surplus of s150.OOO That this bank is steadily progressing can be read iIy seen by comparing the last statements of 1902 and 1903 At the close of business on November 25, 1902. its deposits were g 527 o2oS4 and on November r, 1903 the deposits were $2.s4s. .S51.90 The Birming- ham Trust and Savings company occupies its own magnificent, commodious bank building on North Twentieth street. where
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
R. S. ALLEN.

review of our principal commercial in- terests demonstrates that Birmingham possesses facilities for promptly supplying the trade with high grade provisions. equal to that of any other commercial center of the country Among the prom inent houses here, and in fact one of the leading concerns of it's kind In this sec tion of country. is that of MT. R. s. Allen, the well known merchandise broker MT. Allen, who has been established in his present enterprise for the last fourteen years, has the reputation of possessing the best facilities for promptly supplying the trade with high grade provisions. MT. Allen has the sale of the famous products of the Cudahy Packing company of Oma- ha, Kansas City and Sioux City, and the John c. Roth Packing company Of Cin- cinnati. He utilizes for his extensive business two warehouses at Nos. 2201 to 2207 Morris avenue, aggregating 5O,O0O square feet of floor space. In fact MT. Allen has every facility and convenience at hand including first-class receiving and shipping departments and, last, but not least, without any exception, the finest cold storage in the south With such advantages and benefits as always result from able and experienced manage ment, MT. Allen offers inducements to the trade as regards reliability of product, economy of prices and prompt and honor- able treatment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
BIRMINGHAM WILL CONTINUE ON
 ITS HIGH TIDE OF PROSPERITY

1t has every modern convenience and safe guard for the prompt transaction of its extensive and rapidly increasing business Its quarters are without exception among the finest and most tastefully fitted up in the south. and reflect the highest credit on the taste and good judgment of its officers and directors. The equipment In cludes one of the largest and most mod ern safe deposit vaults, containing 1862 boxes of twelve different sizes, which are rented to patrons at from $5 to s35 per an- mum. Every department of this popular financial institution Is efficiently and care fully supervised, and 1t maintains today as 1t has from its inception, a reputation of the highest order for the superior man agement of affairs and sound and conser- vative principles upon which the business is conducted. The officers are as follows: Arthur W. Smith, president; Tom o. Smith, vice-president: w. H. Manley cashier; Benson Cain, assistant cashier, and Chappen Cory, secretary. Directors Messrs. Arthur w Smith, Tom o. Smith, T. H. Benners. Lee c. Bradley, J. NJ Caldwell, s. l.. Earle, w. H. Kettig, R. s. Munger. W. T. Northington, James Spence, R. A Terrell and James T. Wood ward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
eoopALL. BROWN 6 co.

The wholesale dry goods trade in its various departments has no more able and enterprising exponent than the we'll known house of Goodall, Brown & Co., of Birmingham. Close application to the business and a talented appreciation of the wants of the trade, combined with honorable dealing and thorough integrity in all transactions, are the basis upon which this house has built up it's splendid reputation and immense business. The firm, which is composed of Messrs. R. M. Goodall, c. B. Mccormack, C. M Brown and Erslkine Ramsay, was established three years ago. They are extensive im- porters and jobbers of dry goods, fur nishings notions, white goods and hos iery-ther popular Jefferson" brands being held In high esteem wherever in troduced. The firm employs a force of from seventy-five to eighty people and have staff of ten statesmen on the road, enjoying an excellent patronage for the best class of trade throughout the states of Alabama, Georgia. Mississippi, Louis lana and Tennessee. The firms main building, located at First avenue and Twenty-first street Is an imposing mod ern four-story brick structure, 5Ox150 feet in area, equipped throughout with every convenience for the proper accommoda- ton of the large and valuable stock car ried. The firm also utiizes other ware houses aggregating several acres of floor space. The stock carried by this firm is selected from the leading markets of Eu- rope and America and includes everything under the head of dry goods, furnishings, notions. white goods and hosiery--in fact, everything usually found at a frst-class and exclusive dry goods store. This house is a direct importer and a direct buyer everywhere; the choicest products of the loom are here side by side with the products of the skilled artii- cers of all lands. Not only is the stock the largest and most comprehen- sive. but it is the freshest In assortment and choicest in quality of any In the state which, combined with able man. agement, emphatically places this estab- lishment far in the van of progress where the purchasing power of the dollar Is the greatest quality considered. In conclu- sion, it is but just to state that the mem bers of the firm are merchants of the highest standing in financial and com mercal circles and are highly esteemed both as business men and private ciu- Zens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
THE ALABAMA NATIONAL BANK

Prominent among the most successful and substantial banks of the city Is the Alabama National Bank, whose well ap- pointed banking rooms are centrally To- cated al the corner of Twentieth street and First avenue. The bank was organ ized under the national banking laws In 1885. It has a capital and surplus of S250,- 000 with resources of upwards of s1,S00 900. and average deposits of $1,350.000 The Alabama National, which is United States depositary, has made rapid and substantial progress, and it's comparative statements show marked increase in it's various departments. In addition to 2 general commercial banking business, this institution also maintains a savings de- partment. The management of the Ala bama National bank is progressive and neglects no point of efficiency demanded by modern commercial practice, while at the same time it carefully guards the in- terests of it's depositors, scrupulously pro- tecting them against any possibility of risks. The bank Is ably officered and its directors are widely known in business circles for their executive ability, pru- dence and strict integrity. The list is IS follows J. B. Cobbs, president; H. H. Mayberry, vice-president; w. A. Porter cashier, and c. M. Williamson, assistant cashier. Directors Messrs. J. B. Cobbs 1T IT. Mayberry. B. r. Roden, c. s. Sim mons. ]. H. Robinson. E. w. Fucker, w. A. Porter, T. W. Pratt and John L.. Parker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
AMERICAN TRUST
 & SAVINGS BANK.

The banks of Birmingham have long held name and reputation throughout the banking world for their reliability and judgment. Their growth and usefulness has been in keeping with the progress of the city's commerce, and they constitute the bedrock upon which is founded its fu- ture prosperity. Among the popular finan- cial institutions of Birmingham is the American Trust and Savings Bank whose well appointed banking rooms are located at 1923 First avenue The bank has a capital of S100. GOO, deposits of upwards of The bank accepts deposits of $1 and up wards. Four per cent interest Is allowed on savings accounts, payable semi-an- nually. It transacts a business which comprises all within the scope of modern trust organization of the broadest policy consistent with conservative management By It's sound and liberal methods this bank has acquired considerable business, while at the same time 1t has been of great value to the working man who saves his earnings. The officers and di- rectors of the American Trust and Saw ings Bank are comprised in the following list of well known Birmingham citizens: G. B. Mccormack. president; H. l.. Bad ham, vice-presdent, and H. B. Urauhart, cashier. Directors: Messrs G. B. Me- Cormack, H. L. Badham. Erskine Ram sey A. NJ Shook. Walker Percy, T. G. Bush, Jones G. Moore. Louis V. Clark, David Roberts. P. G. Shook, James Bow ron. W. J. Dangaix. Culpepper Exum, H. R. Jrquhart, E. W. Barrett and John F. Tillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
PHIL scHlLLlNeER BREWING co.

In the whole history of manufacturing enterprises there is nothing more inter esting or remarkable than the growth of the brewing interests of the United States. For many years 1t was asserted that first-class lager beer could not be brewed in America. Our leading brewers idea by producing beer quite equal in purity, flavor and quality to the best brewed in the old country. As proof of this statement reference Is here made to the well known and reliable Phil. Schii- finger Brewing company, brewers and bottlers of pure lager beer. Every con- nosseur of good lager beer in this vicin- ity knows that the Schillinger brewery produces the genuine article-a high grade lager beer, guaranteed absolutely pure and wholesome Only the best malt and hops are used by the company, whose brewery has an annual producing capacity of 25,000 barrels of beer The plant Is com pactly built and perfectly equipped with modern machinery and brewers appli- ances. The Schllinger beer Is sold both on draught and in bottles, by the best class of trade in Birmingham and vicinity and when once introduced always gives satisfaction. From twenty-five to thirty men are employed by the company, which is among the oldest industrial concerns in this city, having been founded in 1884 The officers, who are well and favorably known as reliable business men, are: Au- gust Sehllinger president and treasurer. and Louis Schllinger, manager and su- perintendent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-21
AMERICAN ICE 6 INDUSTRIES co,

Birmingham enjoys the distinction of possessing one of the finest equipped ice manufacturing plants in the country. Reference is here made to the plant ot the American Ice and Industries com pany located at Forty-first street and Avenue A. The companys plant. which was erected last summer, covers 3O0x35O feet of ground and Is constructed after the latest approved plans, and equipped throughout with the best modern ma chinery and appliances known to this in- dustry. The plant has a daily ice produc- ing capacity of seventy-fve tons and a storage capacity of 800 tons, which will be increased to 1000 tons in the near fu- ture Every department is as near per feet as human skill and ingenuity have devised for facilitating the production of pure ice and rapid handling and proper storage of the product, all ice as 1t leaves the vats being handled automatically by means of compressed air machinery On the company's premises Is located mag niicent spring of pure water flowing 5OO- 900 gallons a day. This water is used ex- clusively by the company in the manu- facture of its justly popular product Distilled Avondale Spring Water Ice" The transportation facilities are excellent, railroad tracks connecting the plant with all lines out of Birmingham. When run ming full the company employs force of 12O men Experts who have inspected this plant pronounce 1t as among the very best equipped of its kind in the country. In fact no expense has been spared by the company in fitting up this plant and they exercise a most liberal and progressive policy. rendering frst-class service to their patrons, supplying ice at a lower rate than is charged at many northern cities The company also transacts an extensive wholesale and retail coal busi- ness, handling the famous brands of Ca- haba. Brilliant Corona and Ivy Leaf coal. The same promptness. reliability and un- form low prices which they have inaugu- rated in the ice business will also apply to their coal trade The officers of the company are w. O.. Drake president; o. C. Ehen. secretary treasurer and gen. era manager and A. F. Crane, vice pres ident Mir Eben, who has entire charge of the company's business. brings to bear a wide range of practical experience in this branch of industry. and Is fully con- yersant with every detail and the require ments of the trade and the public.