The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-17

 was a good proposition and should meet with favor.
 ways, and as she fell ripped and fell on the table, my head falling into the pah. The pan turned up and the dough stuck to my face and head while the loose flour fell all over me. Before I could get up the old lady had come after me with the churn stick and commenced beating me with 1t. I was blinded, of course, and 1t took two or three minutes for me to get the butter and dough out of my eyes. during which time I received an unmerciful beating from the old lady and the girl, who had jumped up and started beating me with her fists, while both of them were screaming at the top of their voices.
 'I managed to run into the back yard with both of them right behind me still screaming and hitting at me. By this time the commotion was attracting the neigh bors attention, who began running over to see what was the matter. Two men were passing and ran into the yard. As soon as they saw the women beating me
  gathering crowd soon ran in to lend a helping hand in thrashing me. I sup pose they would have continued to beat me until was dead if policeman hadn't come up very quickly and secued me. I couldn't hit the old woman and little girl. but 1 managed to get in few good whacks at the men. I was hauled to the police station, where l put my head and face under a faucet and tried to wash some of the dough and butter off. A charge of assault and battery was docket ed against me and I was given my free dom upon my putting up $50 collateral. went straight to a barber shop, took bath and shampoo, sent tp my hotel for my grip and put on some clean clothes, the coat and pants of my other suit being completely ruined. As soon as I got my self In decent shape. I went to the hotel, paid my bill. took my grips and caught the next train out. Lexington will always be horrible nightmare to me.
 Works Only In Mornings.
 ''I only work in the mornings from 9 until 12, as I find 1t Is next to impossible to sell anything in the afternoons, and IL BtHeTdly lakeS dDOuI two to IOur weeks to work a district like Birming- ham. With the exception of the first three months in which I worked the graft I have never failed to make less than $50 per month after paying my ex- penses. which are rather heavy. as I do not stint myself The highest salary ever made before tackling 1t was s90 per month, and then I worked fifteen hours a day cooped up in an office. I have made as high as 1925 in one month in working the regular graft, and for four nonths at the St. Louis exposition I av- eraged over s4ooo per month. This was extremely hard work, however, from g o'clock in the morning until midnight, and was not canvassing. I carried small stand about the grounds and had all sorts of small tricks to sell.
 Trips to Foreign Countries.
 q have taken trips to England, France, Germany, Mexico and South American countries, though I did not do any sell ing in them. I am planning for trip around the world beginning next Septem- Der, and trust that the United States and Japan will not tie up, as I intend start ing from San Francisco, going to the Hawaiian Islands, Phillipine Islands and Japan first.
 'The knocking about tbat I have re- ceived during my seven years of graft ing has almost completely changed my nature. I used to be grabbed and cranky. but have had 1t all knocked out of me. I used to be sensitive to the slightest thing. but now can stand almost any thing. I am getting to be broadminded and have received education that no books can give. My health is excellent and the constant walking I have done in my house to house canvassIng, together with a little exercise I take every morn- ing when I get up, has made me excep- tionally strong.
 q am going to Atlanta In a day or two but will return to Birmingham in about month with a dust remover that will startle the natives"