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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

Contrary to expectation, the week just ending yesterday, the SOth, has been more generally active in homes and resident lots for improvement than the preceding week, and when 1t is noted that the prior week referred to was better than the week before, we have cause for gratiflca- tion that the volume of business in this class Of property has shown steady and healthy increase, notwithstanding the ! weather" upon which weak humanity is so disposed to saddle so many of his burdens and criticisms. But then the shoulders of the weather are broad and ample; we also can afford to stand our roasts for the sake of having the sun shine
 There is never an effect without a primal cause. and we may attribute this favorable condition of things to large extent to conservatism on the part of a goodly number of owners who are in clined to sell many of whom have made reasonable concessions that have influ- enced buyers looking out for such prop ositions to purchase
 There are many owners yet long way from Jaw, with fertile imagination pill ing up prospective 'loaded" margins, but the buyers usually shun this class Of ln- vestments, held above market value, as they would a pestilence, or as the lamb would scamper away from the shambles. It is a hopeful indication, however. that the bulk of our vacant and improved res idence property is offered on reasonable basis of value, considering the great city that even & wayfaring man, though a fool, can see looming up in the distance; only few extra choice locations coming under the head of unreasonable quota tions, and these cannot in its true sense be really considered on the market.
 There are numbers of choice homes, to il rooms each, modern, up-to-date in every respect and attractive. in various parts of the city and suburbs that are procurable at prices under present condi- tions that will not likely obtain indefinite ly. Buyers will pay more for some of these places if they delay purchasing. Trading in central business property for the week just ending, and for some weeks past. has been stagnant and feat ureless, sellers wanting the earth with a gold band around 1t, when they quote, and buyers wanting gilt-edge business property at the price of second-rate busi- ness property; and these two extremes will not and can not meet; and hence trading in that class of property is dull with little indications of a revival, cer- tainly not until either buyer or seller re- cede from their present attitude.
 We have a good town, but there are plenty of 'gold bricks" (of the wrong = = - - = = = =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
Valuable Farms

$1000--107-acre farm, S+. Clair county Ala. 60 acres under cultivation improved. s15,000-Fine 960-acre Tennesse river farm; river front valley farm: miles from Huntsville; 600 acres under cultivation; richest farm fin Madison county, Ala. $20 an acre-Rich 1560-acre bottom and up- land farm; s miles of Eufaula richest and most productive farm fin Barbour county, Ala; live stock, crop, told. all go in 960 acres rich bottom and upland under cultivation; well improved fine for stock; perpetual pastures and water; river front.
 s25 an acre-1500-acre farm; 500 acres un- der cultivation; 10 miles of Columbus, Ga; Russell county, Ala; claimed to be one of the finest farms In the state; make over a bale of cotton and 75 bushels of corn to acre: running water and springs; fine pasturage; dwellings; 30 tenant houses; never been on market before; grand 100-acre hickory and oak grove surrounds the two dwellings,; can be made to pay 400 bales of cotton an nually, besides ample grain and live stock.
 $2O an acre-1500-acre Coosa river bottom land farm; Calhoun county, Ala, IS miles of Anniston; 1000 acres beautiful, rich loam, level river bottom under cultivation; several miles of Coosa river ITO0L, Tdlse Udlc Ol COttoh nio 'o ptoiiOio of corn to acre. A fortune for the right man. Might consider part exchange in desirable city rent paying property on its cash basis value.
 $12, ,500-700 acres; Murphy's Valley, Ala, near Oneonta; 12--room, modern house; 6 tenant houses; 250 acres under culti- vation; 300 acres virgin timber; 100 acres choice white oak; bottom land black, sandy soil; 500 tree young bearing or chard several small creeks; q fne place.
 s4oC0-26O acres; 100 acres under cultivation; 80 acres virgin pine; first class. S-room house, cost 5000 to build: stable; negro cabins, etc.; h mile from church and railroad, Wilcox county, Ala. 80. acres--Tallapoosa county Ala, miles of Central of Georgia railroad; fine graphite and gold quartz on place; 90 acres under cultivation; splendid well and spring; 5-acre orchard in full bear ing; a bargain.
 s1o00-4o-acre farm; DeKalb county, Ala. $500 cash, $500 per year; would ex- change for Birmingham surburban prop erty.
 s40O0-410 acres; dwelling cost $500; 100 acres In cultlvation; bottom and upland; orchard, pasture; stable, tenant houses, good water, etc.; would sell tracts to suit, or exchange for mules and horses; Mt. Enterprise, Rusk county, Texas. $14OO-47-acre farm. Bucatuma, Miss; all under fence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

$16oo-2A acres on Bessemer car line; Groom house; nicely located; 13 cash.
 Several small acreage propositions in Shades valley, with houses and oth- CT improvements. $500 Cash, balance like easy rent at per cent; a modern S-room home in 11s blocks loop car line; price, $5000, and well worth it. $3750--6-room cottage, nearly new on South Highlands; small cash and balance easy; or will accept as first payment Woodlawn lot or home some cost and balance long time; per cent, easy payments; this is good proposition for you. $65o0-S-rooms; blocks east of 20th street; one block from Highland ave-; deep lot; terms. $35oo-50x1eO bringing 121s per cent; takes only $500 cash, balance easy; low rate interest. 495o-7-rooms and basement; North Highlands 3 blocks car line; 55x 190; servants house; walking dis oiSo SOntoi VI Sity, ohiy Y'oo Sooh' balance $50 month, 6 per cent in- terest.
 $10,00o Each--Two beautiful 11th ave. homes; big corner lots; nothing prettier on South Highlands for any thing like this price. Terms. $525o-South 18th, near 11th ave-; T. rooms 1s cash; easy walking dis tance city.
 $20O Front Foot--150 feet on End ave. Terms.
 $55o0-5th ave-; 50x140, near 18th st.; rooms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

REALTY is preparing to publish some facts and figures relative to the present cost of the construction of residences, as com pared with the expense year ago. These data are being gathered with great deal of care, and the showing which they will make will be comprehensive as well as thoroughly accurate and trustworthy. Altogether, the article will be of unusual interest and practi cal value. It will be published as soon as possible, certainly not later than Saturday of next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
B. F. EBoRN.

S16oo-2A acres on Bessemer car line;
 Groom house; nicely located; F
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

$3500-14sx1e3, a corner with good as new, modern, 7-room, one-story cottage; over looks city; Fountain Heights: moderate cash payment; balance $50 per month, east front; well located.
 $1O00-107-acre farm, 60 acres rich land un- der cultivation; bordered by creek; house and fruits; near Ashville. Ala, St. Clair county.
 3O-acre vineyard and truck garden at Fruithurst, Ala.
 10-acre vineyard at Fruithurst. Ala; both in frst-class condition: neither has a house on them fruits in their prime, ! to years old; will sell or exchange. 3G0 acres at Mentone and Loring Springs would sell or exchange.
 $3000-A lovely new, modern, 7-room, one story home; we'll located; on car line; east front; s350 cash, 80 per month. $3000-Two-story 7-room house; fine condi- tion; choice location 60th st.. near Ful- ton or 60th st. station.
 s1650-Neat, new, broom home; near 63d st, station and car line, Woodlawn; easy terms.
 s1O0 per acre--So acres suitable for sub division in edge of Gadsden, Ala; only "a of a mile from the great steel mills. furnaces and industrial plants; quick money maker: wouldn't mind joining a party buying a slice of this land myself: looks like a quick winner: s100 an acre means less than $25 for 50 lots, allowing for streets and alleys; and one could hardly miss making money on this, no matter where If located as this is, with in "a to Ia mile of five million dollars worth of steel iron and other industries, these plants being built on the most modern basis and on. large scale. s42O0--A splendid 2-story, Broom, modern home; choice lot and location; comfor- table and well built near 24th st., North Highlands; terms only s750 cash, bal. ance easy at 6 per cent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
EALTY QUOTATIONS AND MARKET REPORT

kind) floating around that need the judg- ment of careful assayer to test their merits.
 There is a tendency in some locations to build finer houses than these locations and their surroundings justify under pres ent conditions; and where such Is the case they could not be disposed of If owners attempted to sell except at loss.
 This does not apply to f1rst-class, or even second-rate resident locations, when the Improvements are general and fixed and divested of visionary ideas, that are claimed in some quarters where isolated property some distance out in the suburbs, and away from car service with nothing but pretty hills below and a blue sky above. to recommend them, while at their base there are fixed objectionable set dement's which beckon with their shad- owy hands to the hilltops, calling out to them, thus far and no farther shalt thou go.
 The central portion of the Southside would long ago have come in for its ac- tive and natural share of attention, but she has carried too great load, and now her burden is greater than she can bear
 First, Pigeon Roost," covering about twenty acres or more, about four blocks from the present union depot, or heart of the city, and then, as if that were not enough to black the eye of this other wise invi. ing close-in investment prop erty, this Pigeon Roost' has been per- mitted to be absorbed by the Red Light District" which is injurious. not only to the general and higher class development of the Southside business district, but is exercising q baneful influence on the city at large, and is misleading abroad and to strangers coming in, giving them a wrongful and hurtful impression of our city
 We cannot build our sky-scrapers on sandy foundations. nor can Birmingham permit canker to be fastened to her very heart and life blood. and not feel the effects of it's poisonous influence.
 If yellow fever, smallpox, leprosy or cholera. should break out in Birmingham tomorrow, our people would be a unit in insisting on the house being disinfected, and each case being isolated, and sent out to properly arranged and located deten- ton camps beyond the city limits; and if a worse pestilence than all these com bined rears It's 1urid visage and flaunts its brazen red flag almost within the shadows of our churches and temples of justice, and our great sly-scrapers. why not quarantine? Why not disinfect?
 The law of self-preservation will ulti- n1ately demand it. The sooner the easier; the earlier the better for the future of q great city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

l00x190, Ave. G; can make 1t pay hand somely and 1t Is where it will rapidly enhance; these are good points and this property has 'em It Is going to sell. See It.
 $2e5o--5ox1sO, well located. 1-story, 7-room cottage; one block from the car line; good neighborhood, fine elevation, east front, edge of South Highlands; house Is comfortable and conveniently ar ranged; good as new and in fair condi- tion; terms s650 cash, balance $25 per month; been offered s2600. This means that its going, and that soon. $11, ,500-Rental $1250, 9 new brick stores and lots on 20th st.
 sOOO-Rental $9eO 100x14O, with eight 4 room houses, good as new; about five blocks from the center; what better or safer investment are you looking for than over 13 per cent in the center of Birmingham? Consider the sure en- hancement, to say nothing of interest, and answer.
 $2750-Two- story modern, 7-room home; 1ls blocks of car line; will be in two hun dred feet of new car line; southern front; location good; terms $500 cash, balance $30 per month.
 s350O-Why run rough shod over a good thing and wake up with dull memory after the other fellow has secured It? This $500 buys if you are quick, 2- story, 9-room house, 1Ka blocks of 20th st., South Highlands, on 50 it. lot and you couldn't build the house for the price. No harm in waiting (except to yourself).
 $600-50x16S: east front; overlooks city; blocks of car line; Fountain Heights. $3000-A perfect little gem of home; new, modern broom, hall in center; gas and electric lights; combination chandeliers; porcelain bath; easy terms and the very thing for a small family, who know a good thing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01
FOR SALE

Barbour county farm, 1560 acres, 96J rich river bottom and upland under culti- vation; balance fine timber miles from Eufaula, Ala. A fine estate well inl- proved; would sell off part at S22 per acre. Terms reasonable.
 E. ERORN.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-07-01

In the meantime, we would say that this comparative showing will be very en- couraging to those who would like to build homes this summer, but have been detened by the erroneous idea that the cost of con- stuction has increased considerably within the year. Our investigations already war rant us in advising such persons to go ahead and build General conditions in the dis trict were never more promising, and those connected with the construction of residences are better than ourselves had supposed them to be.
 BIRMINGHAM REALTY O.
 2ils FIRST AVENUE.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25

ingS and making small investments.
Everything he touched seemed to yield
good returns. BY 1890 his private bust
ness was of such magnitude that he
decided to retire from his railroad posi-
ton and devote himself to looking after
his investments. A few years more
and he was on the list of millionaires
Six years ago the Nebraska legsla-
ture was engaged in selecting a sue
cessor to William V. Allen in the
United States senate. There was a
prolonged contest, and Thompson was
one of the leading candidates, coming
within seven votes of securing the
honor. President Roosevelt appointed
him minister to Brazil in 1902 and now
advances him in the diplomatic service
by rendering him the post resigned by
Ambassador Edwin II. Conger. Mex.
leo is country in which Mr.. Thomp
son is much interested, and years age
he showed this interest by making eX.
tensive investments there.
Mr.. Thompson is noted for his gen.
crosby. While the Omaha exposition
was in progress he sent all the chill
dren of Lincoln between the ages OF
eight and sixteen to see the sights of
the show. Every Christmas he gives
away a whole carload of flour. Dur.
ing his connection with the Burlington
road he established a system of res.
taurants which yielded him a yearly
revenue of from $4,000 to $4,000. 1t
was only a short time before he came
so near being chosen senator that there
was bigger rush than usual in one OF
these restaurants one day, and Mr..
Thompson, who then gave them his
personal supervision, CHANGED to be on
hand. Seeing that group of men
were not securing attention, he STEP
ped up, took their orders and brought
them their food as if it were a mere
everyday affair They did not know
until afterward that they had been
waited on by a millionaire.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25

now instituted suits for recovery of
funds alleged to have been Illegally
paid Mr.. Hamilton.
To a friend who met him at the pier
on landing in this country Mr.. Hamil-
ton said: 81 am here prepared to meet
any charges that may be made against
me. My hands are clean, and | have
no fear of the result If anybody sees
fit to get after me with a gun he will
find out that am armed with cannon"
Mr.. Hamilton was born about forty.
eight years ago in Albany, where he
now has handsome residence sur
rounded by spacious and well kept
grounds. He was educated in the pub.
lie schools, was admitted to the bar
and began the practice Of law. For
awhile he found it hard work getting
ahead. Then he got into partnership
with Hugh Reilly, prominent Albany
practitioner. Reilly was elected dis
trict attorney, and Hamilton became
his assistant. He also served for two
years as a civil justice and in conse-
quence of this has since beeh called
Judge" by his Albany neighbors.
On Mr. Reilly's resignation as dis.
trict attorney in order to become a
judge of the court of claims Mr.. Ham.
ilton succeeded him in the office. 1t
was during this period of his career
that lie made the acquaintance of An
thony n. Brady, an acquantanceship
which resulted in his being received in
the inner circles of high finance. Bra
dy admitted him to the councils of the
Ten Ten club. which met in little
back room in saloon known as the
jug of Blood" famous for its beef
steaks and musty ale. Here the mem.
bers played penuchle and other games
and Matched up neat little schemes
promising profits for all belonging to
the club. SO much wealth resulted
from these schemes that the coterie
came to be known as 1.-The lucky
bunch" Brady and Hamilton became
intimate friends. Some years ago Bra
dy's son married Hamilton's daughter.
1t was during these days that the late
John A. Mccall. then state superin-
tendeht of insurance, belonged to the
Ten Ten club, and it was at the jug Of
Blood That his acquaintance with Mr.,
Hamilton began.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
THE TROLLEY,

If there is any talk about running a
trolley line anywhere through the com.
munity where you reside go forth and
meet the projectors more than halfway.
give them TIE right of way across your
land and take stock in the company and
push the enterprise along. for it is the
best thing which coull possibly hit you.
Some men whose eyes are set too close
together don't DO this, but hinder and
hamper the work in every possible
manner. The trolley line means full
municipal privileges and opportunities
FOR the country resident, wider and bet
fer markets, better schools and more of
all that makes life worth living. Near
~ every farmer appreciates the tele.
phone and the rural mail systems, and
the trolley road is the keystone to this
Improved type of country living.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
STILL A WORKlNGMAN.
John Burns Remains Il Labor Leader
as Cabinet Minister.

John Burns Remains Il Labor Leader
as Cabinet Minister.
1t is now "the Right Hon. John Burns,
r c., NJ. p, president of the local gov.
eminent board" yet he is the same
John Burns who led the great dock
handlers strike and who was impris-
oned for constructing the public high
ways" and insisting upon the exercise
of the right of free speech. He is now
a British cabinet minister and enjoys
salary of $4,000 year, but he lives as
simply and unpretentously as he did
gineer or when he had to support him
self and his family on the 1900 raised
for him annually by workingmen in or
der that he might devote himself to
their interests in the house of COM
mons and in the London county coun-
Gil, no salaries being paid members of
these bodies. Both in England and in
the United States men have begun at
the lowest round of the ladder and
risen to eminence in the business or pro-
fessional world and then have had of.
fees thrust upon them or have thrust
themselves into the offices. But that is
not the way John Burns came to enter
the British cabinet. He is neither
merchant prince, a captain of industry,
a king of finance, a corporation lawyer
nor even a successful politician in the
ordinary acceptation of that term. He
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
DamlttOn
Ynd the
yellow Dog"

~NHE unexpected Homecoming Of
Andrew Hamilton. confidential
x legislative agent for insurance
companies, has rekindled pub
lie interest in the subject of the so
faleI yellow dog" funds about which
there was 50 much mystery during the
progress OF the late investigation into
life insurance matters. Much money
oy the New York Life the Equitable,
the Mutual and other companies The
Fowler committee composed of trus
tees of the New York Life. appointed
TO inquire into the affairs of the COM
pany. brought in a report in February
which held Mr. Hamilton responsible
for S79J, 96i of the funds of the society.
Of this amount the company's bureau
Of legislation and taxation at Albany
under Mr. lIamilton's direction receiv
Ell $705.5717.54. according to statements
MeSsrs. Hamilton and Mccall were
held jointly responsible for $219.500
The Fowler committee found that d
certain sum of $23J.000 paid on the
"home office account was given IT,
Mr. Hamilton On the order of President
Mccall, and for this reason the latter
refunded the money. sacrificing his
splendid bone ut Long Branch in Or
der to DO So
Beginning with Il hill for legal serv.
in
work for the New York Life seemed
to increase rapidly in value, for the
payments to him thereafter grew enor.
mouSly, until the sum for the thirteen
years up to 1905 went above S130O,000.
How much of this money was for per-
s0nal services, how much was used for
payment of taxes and how much for
other purposes the Armstrong commit.
tee and the Fowler committee both
tried to ascertain, but without success.
At the suggestion of the Armstrong
committee John c. Mccall, son of the
late president of the New York Life,
went to Europe with the view of per-
suading Mr.. Hamilton to return to this
country ana appear before the com4
mittee His mission was fruitless in
this respect, as he reported that Mr..
Hamilton was taking treatment at a
sanitarium and was too i'll to return ut
that time. Instead of returning to APP
pear before the committee Mr.. Hamil-
ton sent a statement as to his expendi.
lures, which did not explain them
however, to the satisfaction of the in,
vestigators. In the meantime John A.
Mccall died. The New York Life has
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
A NEW WAR AUTO.

will be made for use in Russia, Rnd
while they may not be needed for
foreign war at present it can readily
be seen that such death dealing We
hicles might be used by the govern
ment to advantage in fighting enemies
at home. Those who operate the war
auto are we'll protected from assault
by the bullet proof plates with which
the carriage is covered. These plates
are of steel, and they present strong
resistance to rifle balls. The car is
equipped with a rapid fire gun which
can be turned in all directions and is
capable of discharging 500 balls
minute. The motor of the car has from
twenty-five to thirty horsepower, and
the carriage can make Il speed of twen-
ty miles an hour on the level despite
the weight of its bullet proof plating.
THE COUNTRY HOME.
Did YOU ever stop to think that the
prospect of Il visit to the country home
is usually hailed with delight by both
young and old alike? The spirit of hos
pitality. comfort and plenty which per-
vades the Whole atmosphere of the
farm home is delightful in the ex-
IRENE, especially to those who come
from city homes where economy is
practiced on every corner and the
good things so appetizing in the farm
home mean a good substantial tug at
the pocketbook when purchased in the
city. The hostess in the country home
cultivates and enjoys her friends. She
can afford to be hospitable with re-
sources at her command which meet
the demand of every occasion. She
makes her guests feel at home and
happy, while they in turn respond to
the freedom and lack of formality with
great eagerness.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-05-25
IInmune TO Colds.

"a Quakeress." said a physid
"never catches cold. Her immunlU
due to her bonnet. If | had my VI
all Of us, women and men alike, va
wear Quaker bonnets This bon
protects the back of the head and
nape of the neck. two very ten
spots. The nape especially is tend
Let a good draft strike you there
just a second and III guarantee 20
weeks cold. The Quakeress' bon
may not be beautiful. but. prOteCl
her nape as it does, it keeps her .
from colds year in and year OUT
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