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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17
FOR RENT.

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 STORES.
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 ". B. LEEDY 6 co phones I2 112 North 2st St.
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ONE GENT 4 WORD. RATEs-one cent a word day, ns eu. taken for less than 25 cents Tor hrst insertion. Cash must accompany every order.
 LOST-STRAYED-STOLEN REWARD Of si0 viii be paid for infor- nation leading to the finding or the re- turn of set of light single buggy har- ness, rubber mounted, taken from stable PESO Highland avenue. Notify ". B., care Age-Herald office.
 SPRAYED OR STOLEN-Friday. Novem- Der 1, English bull terrier male pup; ears cropped; black spot on each side of head covering eye and ear; one black spot on back near tail. Return to 90s at. Charles street or phone 1903 and receive reward. 11-6-tf LOST-Large black pointer dog, with white chest, toenail mashed off on front right foot. Finder please call and get reward. Bell phone 30 N. Birmingham. LOST, strayed or stolen, small shaggy dog; disappeared about November ,; answers to name of Grover; tail curls tightly over back; return to 520 North 18th street and get reward; no questions asked.
 LOST-Gents gold hunting case Elgln watch, with J. S. c. and chickens paint ed on dial liberal reward. J. S. Cox, Agent, Louisville and Nashville railroad.
 H-14-It LOST-Gold bracelet, between Spiro's and McClures. Finder will return to Me- Clure's and receive reward. 11-15-4t LOST-Many dimes and nickels by not patronizing J. T. Boatwright, barber, First avenue and Thrty-ninth street.
 S-1S-10t-Su. sTRAYED-From our stable last Satur- day night, large bay horse, dark bay, weighing about 1150; has sore in left hind ankle and limps in right front foot. Reward if returned to Weller & Co.,. 25th street and Morris avenue.
 11-15-tf LoST-A plain gold bracelet with three small diamonds engraved on inside "B. E. F." Return to Mrs. R. T. Pitt man, 2710 Avenue G, and receive reward.
 11-13-2t-wd-su
 MISCELLANEOUS WANTED-50o0 men to buy si0 overcoats at s64S at Chamblee Bros. Panic Sale
 11-15-tf .cGsa-ssAs~ want to rent or room mod EszwsssS<e ern house in West End Pos fsNS~ session January 1. Davis, 402
 Jefferson bank. 11-15-tf PRESERVE your eggs nine months by my new, inexpensive method formula, s2.50s particulars free. T. r. McNelley. Dadevlle. Ala. 5-26-12t-su - - -------------=
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 so acres $1000-111a miles south of city; 20 acres cleared balance in original timber. Been offered $450 per acre for the tim Der and to cut nothing under 10 inches in diameter; Broom house, stable, fruit trees. etc.
 Lot 18th ave-. and 17th street, corner, 60x125, $1250; one-third cash, balance. 1 and years.
 FOR RENT-1900 11th Ave. S., rooms bath, gas and servants house.
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 Phones 11O1 and 485. 1S26H 3d Ave.
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LOST-A plain gold bracelet with three small diamonds engraved on inside "B. E. P.' Return to Mrs. R. T. Pitt man, 2710 Avenue G, and receive reward.
 11-13-2t-Wd-su
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ness.,sA.. want to rent or room mod
 sea sesse@ n1'ss Sanitary n west Baa paais ras ass
 Jefferson bank. 11-15-tf PRESERVE your eggs nine months by my new, inexpensive method formula, $2.50s particulars free. T. r. McNelley, Dadeville. Ala. 5-26-12t-su
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MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED-5O00 men to buy s10 overcoats at s6.4S at Chamblee Bros. Panic Sale.
 11-15-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-17

We have several very desira ble houses for rent in all parts of the city and at various prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07

Every one came hack enthusiastic. and when
work on the canal he need only call on the men
who have been there and have seen with their
own eyes and he will get them l understand
some Of the boys are enthusiastic that they
have arranged 10 have lantern slides made of
the pictures they collected. and that they are
going about their districts giving free lectures
on the Panama Canal"
The congressman who made the trip to Pan
anna in the first party J. " Graft. Illinois;
r. Wayne Parker. New Jersey: ID. l.. ID. Grang
CT, Rhode Island. J. Warren Keller. Ohio; +. g.
Ellis. Missouri; .. w. Gillespie. Texas, b. c..
Dawes. Ohio; &. r Davis. Minnesota: John Dali
zell. Pennsylvania; J. &. CLANCY. Indiana; Theo-
bald often, Wisconsin: Charles +. Scott. Kan
sas: a. j. BarChfield. PenHsy lvauia, George l.
Lillcy, Connecticut; d J. Foster. Vermont; g. G..
Gilhams. Indiana :. W. McC all Massachusetts;
+. Il. Chapman, Illinois; r. r. Broussard. Louis
iIna: j. r. Ransdell, Louisiana, William w.
Rucker. Missouri: Ben johnson, Kentucky: J..
NJ. GudgeT. jr.. North Carolina. H. G. Allen.
New Jersey: +. Il. Brooks. Colorado: r. l.. Tay
Tor. ir. Ohio: J. A. Hughes, West Virginia; r..
NJ. Pollard. Nebraska: b. :. Mcclure. Okla
homa. II. u. Cole. Ohio T.. w. Samuel. Penn
syIvania: Serene l.. Payne. New York; J. H.
Foster. Indiana: George A Loud Michigan: a
:. BUrlesOn. Texas: James Kennedy Ohio: T..
j. Hill. Connecticut: T. J.. Marshall. North Da-
kota: +. S. Holiday Indiana: J. T. Robinson.
Arkansas: T.. +. Achcson. Pennsylvania: :. G.
Smith. California; +. J. Garrett, Tennessee
John w. Inngley. Kentucky. and n. l.. Liley.
Pennsylvania
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07
GREAT PEACE CONGRESS.
Meetings in This City to Promote
National arbitration.

When the National Arbitration and Peace Con-
gross assemblies in Carnegie Hall a week from
to-day it will number in its ranks the repre-
sentatives of every class. creed and nationality
in this country. as well as of the entire world
Men. women and children from every organiza-
ton that exists among civilized nations have
been invited To meet together on the common
ground OF Il national movement toward perma-
neni international arbitration. New York City
has. perhaps. never seen gathering in which
so many representatives of widely divergent be-
lefs and tasks will labor together amicably fof
the one common interest upon which they cal
unite.
Every element in the congress will be repre-
scented by able speakers. and Il session will BE-
devoted 10 every aspect OF the peace movement
The congress will hold a musical service on
Sunday evening next. at which Bishop Potter.
Archbishop Farley ana Rabbi Hirsch will speak
on Monday afternoon its sessions will be for~
maly opened with speeches by Andrew Carne-
gle. Elihu Root. Governor Hughes and Mayos
Mcclellan. The international aspects OF tho
movement will be treated in the session OF Mon.
day evening by w T. Stead. Baron a Estour-
nelles de Constant Baron Deschamps, ''Maarten
Maartens.' Oscar S. Straus and Miss Jane Adj
dams.
On Tuesday "WOman's Relation 20 the Peace
Movement" will be the theme to be discussed
before a great gathering OF representative.
women among the speakers being Mrs Fred
erick Nathan. Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead and Miss
Mary +. WOOlley A session will also be devoted
on Tuesday afternoon to young peoples meet
ing, at which hundreds OF school children will bs
present representatives On the same after
noon great meeting will assemble to consider
1.-THE Commercial and Industrial Aspects of the
Peace Movement" The speakers will include
leading men in the commercial and industria
world. on Tuesday evening the college will
hold session at Carnegie Hall, and at Cooper
Union there will be n meeting to consider the
relation Of wage earneTS to the movement The
climax will he reached on Wednesday afternoon
in the session on Legislative and Judicial As
poets of the Peace Movement" and the public
dinner in the evening. President Roosevelt is
expected to- speak at this dinner, as are Earl
Grey, Governor General of Canada and James
Bryce, the British Ambassador
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07

canal is dependent on one man. Mr.. Stevens now
gives place to Lieutenant Colonel Cocktails. and
he in turn may give place to another engineer
and the work will go right on uninterruptedly,
precisely the work of the Post Office Depart
ment in no way suffers from change of Post
masters General The removal of any one man
cannot affect the success of the work 1t is to
be regretted that Stevens is leaving, but already
his place has been we'll filled
There is much to attract one in a visit TO
the canal zone In addition to delightful sea
trip and the great work of eXcavating the big
gest canal the world has ever known. there are
some quaint and interesting places to visit in the
vicinity of the city of Panama Our party went
out the old city Of Panama, which was burned
by an EngliShman. one Sir Henry Morgan in
l61l The ruins OF the old city are about six
miles from the present municipality Our party
started out in carriages and drove several miles
along the coast. Then the horses were I'M
hitched and we were told would have 10
take turn about riding the steeds. Most of Us
did so, but il was noticed that Mr.. Payne. the
Republican leader of the House. never offered
10 yield his horse 20 a weary brother. He rode
ali the way there and back, but he is a deli
most attractive ruins is that OF the old Catholic
church. and we all posed for photograph. with
the walls of the church a background. We
were told that we could see 4 beautiful old watch
tower by going a mile or more further. but Mr.
Payne was the only member of the party who
felt like making the further trip, and when we
got back to the TivOn he was. for reason
the freshest OF the lot, despite his 227 pounds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07
ALL PRAISE PANAMA.
Visitors Catch Presidents Enthusi-
aSm for the Work.
TFrom The Tribune Bureau.Y


Washington, April 5-Enthusiasm. not only
MS own but that which he succeeds in inspiring
~ others. is one of the chief factors in the Pres
ident's success in all that he undertakes. and
after his recent visit TO the Panama Canal
Zone he determined that the surest method of
inspiring an enthusiasm in the canal equal 10
ms own. OF fOrestalling criticism and securing
abundant appropriations for the continuance
OF the great work. 10 induce members Of
Congress TO so TO the isthmus and see things
Tor themselves. That the Presidents scheme
was good one is clearly demonstrated by the
enthusiasm OF those who have already returned
Lured by the Presidents glowing accounts OF
the work on the canal, forty-five members Of
Congress sailed for the isthmus as soon as the
last session adjourned. while a party almost as
large with Representative Mckinley as host
ana Speaker Cannon chaperon is now on the
isthmus
The first party. which has now returned 10
this country, and many members Of which have
reported TO the President their pleasure at find
ing so satisfactory condition of affairs on the
isthmus, included Representatives Payne Dali
zeH' keifer, CLANCY, Lilley Foster Mccall
Allen, Hill and Marshall
Americans going TO the isthmus cannot help
being amazed at what we have already accom-
plished," said Representative Marshall ct was
amusing TO hear some of the Democrats as we
were going down They kept saying that we
were only wasting money. that the canal would
never be completed. on the return trip they
were all talking of the time when it would be
finished accepting its completion as a certainty
I'VE really had delightful trip as we'll as
most instructive one We made our head0uar-
ter at the Hotel Tivoli. which is a really ex-
cellent hosiery. We found the sanitation prac-
ticaly perfect-far better, indeed, than il is in
many American cities. And sis is really sur
prising when you reflect that the big cities are
only few feet above sea level. The work done
by the United States on the isthmus in the way
OF sanitation viii serve as a model for all the
world. and its effect South America will be
well nigh revolutionary. The zone, famous as
a disease breeding pest hole, has been made as
healthful place one could wish to live in,
and az a cost which could We'll be afforded by
every South American municipality. The water
supply is practically perfect. Although we were
fun and the supply at all points abundant
AT Bias Obispo We were able TO see the work
Of excavation carried on at its height and we
were unanimous in the conclusion that after all
the problem to be solved is Of railroading.
The one difficulty is to provide railroad facili-
ties whereby sufficient number of cars can be
supplied 10 carry away the tons of earth and
rock excaVated by the great steam shovels.
I'VE were all impressed with the fact that
the time has passed when the construction OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-07
HIS OWN EXPERIENCE.

Hicks-Do you believe in miracles?
wicks-Yes. indeed, Cholly Slowpay came
around this afternoon and gave me that 1--WE doll
lars that he had owed me for ten years.-SOmer-
willie Journal.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

TT IS not surprising that the strone
Gus men OF affairs I'd 4 great we
tropolis like Chicago who are co9a-
PEELED to spend day after da> in sac
midst OF the turmoil of TIE city where
the clang of street car bells the "aeak"
OF rushing automobiles and enc rose 81
elevated trains arc continually iR sNesr
ears. seek the FIRST opportunity 81 prs
vide for themselves a country aeme
where their tired brains are rested ana
where. for brief time al least, they
may look upon peaceful landscapes and
enjoy the quiet life of the farmer.
The excellent transportation facilities
that have been pS~vided TO points
north and west of Chicago have at
tracted most OF these suburbanites TO
this part of Chicago and here their
suburbs de luxe" have been built.
Magnificent country seats adorn the
highways and whole sections of this
part OF the country have been converted
into natural parks where colonies of
these city people have come to live.
VIII J. Davis. owner of the Illinois
theater. was one of the many men of
Affairs who at one time looked forward
quiet country home and spend his leis-
ure time with his horses and his dogs
and avoid the smoky skies Of the city.
look over the trees and see the sun
sink in all the glory of the country
sunset
Finally the time came and he cast
about for a location. Unlike the other
Chicagoans. he did not follow their
paths to the north and west sides, but
discovered Crown Point and the nat
ural beauty of its surrounding country
In spite of the fact that it requires
the working of a miracle to get into
the place, and is next to impossible Il
get out after one has once left tn,
steps of an Erie train, he was so cap
tivated by it's beauty that he decided
to buy farm there and make that hi.
country home.
He purchased an old farm hous
northwest of the city, one that was hid
den in grove of trees and yet afforde,
a view of the grassy. undulating pas
lures for miles around.
A little creek fed by dozens Q
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The return TO the city was made
Sunday evening and day amid the
surroundings OF Winowdaie farm is
enough TO refresh a person for an en-
tire week
Mr. Davis is delighted with Crown
Point and its environs He believes
that some day there VIII be an inter-
urban road put all the way through
from Chicago TO Crown Point He is
OF the opinion that with adequate
transportation facilities and greater
tendency on the part of the people OF
Crown Point to make the most OF their
advantages. that city will become as
attractive to the suburbanite as is
Evanston. Oak Park or any OF the
other of Chicago's fashionable suburbs.
Mr.. Davis says If there was a good
interurban line through to Chicago the
trip need not take more than forty
possible for a man to live in his coun-
try home all OF the time and go back
and forth to his work
THE tendency nowadays" said Mr..
Davis. lis to get away from the city
and out in the country. There IS go
ing to be great exodus OF the wealth.
Ter families from the city. They ars
ging to locate in the country round
about Chicago. and Crown Point might
just as well become one of these fash
ionable suburbs as to continue its
sleepy existence as a country town"
) There is something distinctive about
Wnlowdale. 1t is the home OF true
| horseman withan there is a lack of
pretense. an absence of display that
: makes the owner seem an aristocrat In
the real sense Of the word.
The horses are not there because the
farm is a money-making proposition.
They are no more needed than are the
two or three dozen thoroughbred dogs.
Glover I, Glover II. and Clover III for
instance, they are there because Will ].
| Davis knows and loves good horses and
well bred dogs and is willing to spend
part OF his fortune to have the pleas
r ure Of owning them.
. Lake county should be proud of Will
Iowdale farm. 1t is the most widely
known country place in this vicinity.
1t is reported that VIII ]. Davis ex-
poets to erect fine new residence on
his farm in the near future.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

Davis and 1t was served in the old
southern style in an atmosphere of
southern hospitality.
The meal had not progressed very far
before Della. the old negro housekeeper
who has been in the family for the
past twenty years, came into the room
to report to her master the happenings
Of the week.
know what am goin to do about them
dawgs. They kill sonthin around he'a
every knight knight afore last they
killed one o my ducks and just shook
IN to death.
why. Massa Davis" she continued.
I'VE got so many dawgs around he'a dat
I can't find enough stuff to feed EN-.
Last night the whole pack o them
got a cat and mercy me. If they didn't
just pull that cat to pieces between
| en-"
her troubles and then replied in a
kindly manner: Well, Della, If those
dogs are acting that way I expect we
will have to get rid of them"
Della went out into the kitchen sat
isfed. and then Mr.. Davis remarked:
she has been with us a long time and
has been a faithful old nanny There
is nothing too good for her"
Then came the afternoon drive
through the country. the delight OF
being whisked over splendid country
roads behind a thoroughbred. The
beautiful fair ground with its perfect
half mile track was passed and only a
lack of time made it necessary to fore
go the pleasures Of a turn around the
course.
Although Mr.. Davis has never turned
out any worldbeaters from his Willow
magnificent horses. The trotting horse
Istrangewill. 2:19A. is the animal OF
which Mr.. Davis is most proud
Strangewill is a magnificent horse anc
is the pride of the wfllowdale stables
Will Davis, 2:17. pacing. by Faustino
l2I2A, dam by Red Heart, is another
fine specimen of which the Willowdalt
stables are proud.
| Sandy McWhorter is also a magnif
cent animal with a record OF 2:27A
He is the son of George Wilkes. dan
by Alley.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

springs yam through the place and in
sae ieWAands was hordered on both
Siaea wsth graceful willows. There,
was Use suggestion for a name. and as
seeo as Mr Davis had acquired the
place ii was called wnlowdale.
IN the years that followed. Willow
dale grew in size as this piece and that
piece Of the adjoining farms were add
81 until now the farm covers $50 acres
81 ground
The faithful old negro nanny who
had been In the family for years was
brought to the place, and here Mr.
Davis spent summer after summer, only
returning to his Grand boulevard man
sion 70 live during the winter months
Here Mr. Davis brought his horses
and dogs and bred them and was never
so happy and contented as when he
was in their company. Recently the
visits to the farm have been less fire.
the difficulty in reaching his place af-
ter business hours. and Sundays are
the only days left for these excursions.
Only a week ago Mr.. Davis made one
of these trips, and as he approached
the place and looked from the car win
dow across the meadow to the clump
of willows that partly hid the farm
from view, his enthusiasm was I'M
bounded.
This ten and that twenty were point
ed out and the merits of the soil were
discussed as knowingly as though he
had been born and raised on a farm.
The carriage was waiting for him at
the depot, and behind one of his famous
mares he was whisked to his country
home but a mile or so out from town
No wonder he loves the place. Ar
ld-fashioned country farm house was
snugly sheltered in a. most magnificent
grove of trees, and it would be hare
to select a more ideal place to live
Mr.. Davis takes a personal interes
in everything about the place. H,
spied a burdock going to seed, and al
he stepped from the buggy he took :
careful hold on the dreaded weed ant
pulled it out of the ground, showing tn
hired man how deeply it had rooted
He had no more than reached tn
house when half dozen dogs, col
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

Davis and his hired men walked, talk
ing all the time of this mare or that
horse or perhaps of the colts. In the
pasture the brood mares contentedly
nibbled at the tufts of clover and all
were so tame that it took but little
coaxing to get them together near the
gate.
Upon returning to the house steam
ing hot chicken dinner awaited Mr..
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

on the program was a trip around the
premises. First the garden was visit
ed, where the progress of the vege-
tables was noted, and then the path
led down to the creek, where a large
spring of clear. cool water gushed out
of a pipe and ran down the bank and
off into the stream.
Then the mint bed was located and
a handful of the green leaves was
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

lies and fox terriers, came out to
meet him, and their loud banks as
they danced around him called to
the spot other yelping CANNES until
it seemed that the barnyard must have
been alive with them. He petted them
and called them by name and took them
all, or most of them. into the house
with him. a privilege they apparently
did not enjoy while he was away.
After brief rest, the next thing
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23
Spending a Day With Will ]. Davis
at His Country Home in Indiana

o
o andH crownPo scoudb
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

was a pleasure that could not be de-
ferred until after dinner, and one after
another, Strangewill, Hoosier, Will Da-
Wis. Sandy McWhorter and other
splendid specimens of the noblest of all
animals were marched out for exhibit
ton.
Their coats were as shiny as fire.
quent currying could make them, and
as one after another was taken out Of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

the barn and proudly pranced around
in the sunshine it was enough to
arouse the enthusiasm of even the most
disinterested person.
Questions were asked about each one,
and apparently as a result of past ex-
perience the horses all nosed around the
pockets and hands of the master know
ingly and were rewarded with Jumps
of sugar.
From the stables to the pasture Mr.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-07-23

BY ROSCOE E. WOODS