The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-08-05
SAVINGS BANK HABIT
STEADILY GROWING
BesSemer Workmen Lay BY for
Rainy Day
SOMETHING ABOUT FRUIT
Delightful Camp at West Lake, With
Varied Pastmes-lce Man Is
Flned-Notes and
Personals.

Fineo-NoteS and
Personals.
Bessemer. August Especial )-Today
is pay day at Smith mines. near Besse-
mer. and it is said that the pay roll was
unusually heavy the mines having been
worked steadily during the past month.
and a large output having been turned
out As a consequence. the Bessemer
merchants are experiencing a good trade
today, and the city reflects the general
atmosphere of prosperity seemingly in
all branches of business.
A tendency that is said to be growing.
however. is the disposition among the
laboring classes to adopt the savings bank
habit, and to put by their earnings from
pay day to pay day instead of contrib
uting so much of their toll to the enrich
places which offer tempting bargains to
catch the juicy contents of the pay en-
velope. A prominent merchant of the
city. In discussing this movement today
said that such a tendency was becoming
more and more marked in the business
life of Bessemer. He cited instances
where workmen had drawn amounts in
the neighborhood of $500 and $500 per
month. but who were nevertheless chary
of allowing the good coin TO be detected
from their purses. 1t is felt that the gem
eral tendency of this is good.
Fruit Raising.
Considerable has been said about the
fruit growing industry around Bessemer,
but It is a question of perennial inter
est to both trucker and consumer. While
the rains have injured the peach and
melon crop this year some fine speci-
mems of both have been found in the
to show that the soil In this locality is
admirably adapted to fruit culture.
The crest and slopes of Shades noun
tain seem to be especially suited for the
purpose under discussion A case is cited
of a man several miles below on the
mountain who bought and paid for a
good sized farm from the crops OF
peaches which he gathered from 1t, and
this within a very few years This same
man started out with practically nothing
several years ago, and by using his ma
tive MUCK and taking ADVANTAGE of the
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lor'apiy lAeu nnanclaAS iioni 'he pro
| ducts of the field and wood. AS the for
| ests are cleared and the game Is exter-
minated, the rich open soil remains invit-
| ing the new groves of the fruit trees
and the vine. They will flourish over the
beds of the coal and iron, and the min
eral and the surface rights may be kept
| separate without interfering with each
| other in the least. Observers declare that
| herain lies tho nossihilitv for tho sec
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tween inc mineral ana 'he agricultural
Camp at West Lake.
! On last Tuesday afternoon camp was
struck at lamp Morris" situated on the
hills overlooking beautiful West Lake
| one mile west ~ Ressen,er this Measure
and courtesy being rendered by Mrs. John
E. Morriss to some of her friends. The fol-
| lowing nersons comnose the marty. Mrs
! John e Morriss. Miss Emily Morriss
Miss Abotte StratI,n Miss MARGARET sims
Mic Hattie Rroolss Mr. and Mre =, II
| Conway Mrs Rohart Abbott ar uox,
| c1onway Master Iosenb Jobn and Mastar
arnbie McCrl,,re Quite a nnnher of others
,otnad tI,e nort,, ton,sbt among tber, Re-
w. nIa,,ar ~ Ntartin of Ioneshoro IA
fan,iIv
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shootina are ar,ono tho ,nanv feat,,res
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Notes and Personals.
Mrs. ]. S. Winters entertained Miss Kate
Price at dinner at her home Friday night
A few friends were present and the oc-
casion was a most delightful one for all.
The night card club of Bessemer will
hold its regular monthly meeting In EIks'
hall on Tuesday evening, August A.
Sol Erlicl has purchased the entire
stock of the Simpson j ohnson company of
birmingham and has removed II to his
emporium in this city
W. F. Kirby of Cleveland, Tenn, was
among the visitors in Bessemer yester-
day.
Miss Kate Price. who has been visiting
Mrs II. c, Grigsby for some time will
return to her home in Florence Tuesday.
Martin of Jonesboro, took encampment