The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-25
SOUTHERN STATES
BUILDING ROADS
Will Be Most Popular Touring
Ground in the World
MEMPHIS is GROWING
lanes G. Cannon, the Banker, Com
piles Some Interesting Facts
About Greatness of New
York City
ny ROBERT LEE CARTER

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good ones. too. Georgia is said TO be
one Of the most progressive of the g. ates
In this line, but the others are not far
behind The automobile is primarily re-
sponsible for this, but the farmers are
getting the benefit, and with the agricul-
turists the liking for good roads is an
appetite which grows with the feeling.
Joseph W Jones, a good roads enthu-
siast, has just returned from the south
afisr sxtenda7 Journey in his ear.
II have no hesitation in predicting"
said Mr. Jones a few days ago, that
within five years the south will be the
most popular automobile touring ground
in the world It has the climate and the
scenery. too of the three essentials to
touring. The third is. of course, good
roads, and these are being constructed
very rapidly.
New York lawyers are watching with
keen interest the appeal made by Geor
gia lawyer, John r. Cooper of Macon, to
the supreme court of the United States
in behalf of Solomon Brantley, a negro
under conviction OF murder. Brantley
was found guilty of manslaughter on his
first trial A new trial was secured and
hs was found guilty of murder in the
first degree. Mr.. Cooper conltnds that
man cannot be put on trial for murder
after he has once been tried and found
guilty of a less grave offense.
There are several cases of this kind in
New York.
Frank D. Jones of Memphis. who was
An eff tel m
Tennessee city is growing wonderfully.
1.-The census of this year will show
that Memphis has made the most phe-
nomenal growth of any city in the coun-
try. except Seattle said Mr.. Jones. 1.-THE
population was 102, 600 10 years ago. 1t Is
now 100000. This growth is due to natural
advantages and to the fact that a larger
number of trunk lines center in Mem
phis than in any other city of the south.
1.-THE town is getting to be the market
for the immense cotton crop of the sur
rounding country Then Memphis claims
TO be the largest hardwood market in
the world. Besides there are large struc-
tural ironworks and all the materials
70. the IS and 20 story buildings that are
going up are assembled there.
For population the city draws from all
over the United States. The south is
attracting people nowadays largely on
account of the immense advantages Of
the cotton-raising industry, which is
profitable. The value Of real estate in
the business portion of Memphis has
more than doubled in the last five years"
New York is to have a Texas society.
Plans for the formation of tie society
already have progressed to point where
It is a certainty. Among the Texas New
Workers. who are interested are B. F.
Yoakum, C. n. Whitehead OF the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas, and other
prominent men.
Among the southerners in New York
this week were Mr.. and Mrs. George
Baxter of Knoxville, Tenn; DR. and Mrs
A. ]. Kemp of Leslie, Ga; Mr.. f. r.
Berry of Atlanta and Mr. D. D. Thomp-
son OF Louisville, KY.
That New York is pretty sizable city
Is very generally recognized, but even
New Workers. themselves do not realize
now big it is until some gentleman with
statistical turn of minds comes along and
shows us how it compares with me bal
ance of the world.
Mr. James G. Cannon, the noted bank
er. is one of that kind of men who know
things and also know how to tell what
they know so that the simplest of us
NAV understand IT, He recently present.
ed to the chamber of commerce some in
teresting facts about New York. Here
are some Of them:
or all the cities Of the world New
YORK is
First In domestic and foreign trade and
shipping.
Second in area, population and finan-
ciai power.
Third or fourth in higher education,
science and art.
And is easily first in all these particu-
lars among American cities Chicago,
1904 Philadelphia, 1914; less than half
the area of greater London.
Water frontage, 444 miles-the distance
from New York to Roanoke, Va.
New York has S74O miles of streets
equal to her distance from London. The
1905 miles of paved streets would reach
from the Battery to Amarillo. Tex.
Population, 45e4.792; average annual in
crement of 125,ooo the past nine years. or
% per cent in eight years showing more
rapid growth than London. Paris, or any
other important American city.
New York could he divided into three
cities the size of Chicago. Philadelphia
and Pittsburg It's aggregate population
EQUALS Boston. Baltimore, Cleveland, -uf-
, ealo. San Francisco. Cincinnati. Detroit
Milwaukee, New Orleans and Washing
ton.
valve of FOREIGN commerce in 1919 ST.
s91 oes.noo Valre OF Domestic water-borne
crrnr,erce nearly I'll NM. 600 900.
c-e1+ne- Of Industrial cities in the
r-ri.oa states is New York showing one
terih of the ratior's nanufa ctured prod
rr+e Ter f0o+cries produce half the
4 r+rfi,a r,a7c IN che country and she has
/, Is nr- errt n tho total ceoital invested
r. iha r,riutin- INDUSTRIES If tho land
~e- nor eent or sls59'7n0oon, OF the
bori-'nr mower ~ the world Is In New
Wi ana. witch London. Paris and Ber-
iir s,,is CITY is a leading world money
marlSet.
N-err York IN 7ooe had "A per cent OF all
money in the TINTED States-s493 00O
Ier bank clea~ines in 1909 were 90 per
cent Of the eountry's total, being $685. Ss.-
r3S.920
peal ard personal property valuations
IN New York aggregate s7,25o.50.55 per
ce-t of the estimated wealth of the
United States: u gain for the city of 10H
pe~ cent in 10 years. as against an in
crea SO of 30 per cent in the national
weaith
ve-rs - 100 400 go or s5n7 oon.o00 more than
TTrifel ctates.
Tho 1910 New York budget is sis3 12s go
ans ,11 aitv's net bonded debt stands at
sTia 6s7.sss. citizens of the greater city
raia 81 IS no~ capita for municipal gov
e-rnlent in 1907.
twelve hundred churches furnish reli-
s-iors onn9rtunit'es for New Workers.. who
a1so read * re1ena ners and witness mu-
~seei and theatrica productions and hear
feetnres ia more than a hundred opera
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