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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-15
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his life to the mania for speed. VIII
liam Bradley, mechanician for Hubert
Anderson, who was driving a Marion
car, was the man to lose his life. The
car crashed through the fence as 1t
turned into the home stretch and so
badly injured Bradley that he died
within an hour.
The only 24-hour race ever attempt
ed in Birmingham had fatal termina :
ton 1t was held a little over a year
ago at the Fairview track and Strick er
was the man to lose his life In the
thirteenth hour of the race, by the
exploding of one of the tires. 1t was
not match here, but Strang and
Stricken were working in relays, en-
deavoring to lower the 24-hour rec
ord.
Anderson was winning quite a rep
utation for daring driving and his ac-
cident yesterday is greatly regretted
Recently he made quite showing on
the indianapolis speedway with the car
he was driving at Brighton Beach. LII
tryout of the car on the speedway
he made 100 miles in the fast time OF
87:35.
Just how much road is improved
when worked by convicts is given in
the following by Lee J. SHIFTS, the pub
licity man who is making the tour with
the Glidden pathfinder car:
Next to his wife and family and a big
cigar. Dali H. Lewis, the plump and ruddy
faced route maker of the American Au-
tomobile association relishes a good road.
He knows all about roads and breaches
the gospel of highway improvement in
every town on the Gldden pathfinding
trip.
Probably the very best going the
Chalmers 3d. logging this years tour,
has encountered was 10 miles of hard clay
pike entering Dallas, Tex. The county
road commissioners take great pride in
that pike and are rapidly extending 1t. A
car can go 40 miles an hour over this
road while man reads a newspaper in
the rear seat.
Coming into Dallas the pathfinder, es-
corted by President Sacksteder of the
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Corey Highlands, the
Newest Residence Section
Beautiful Woodlands Transformed Into
Home Sites-The Great Investment
Opportunity of the Hour

The placid farms and woodlands
alongside the Dolomite pike road In
the region of Corey will soon be thing
of the past. With the march Of III
dustral progress, which means the To-
cation of new industries, they are
rapidly transformed into factory and
home sites.
The historical Rutledge lands. stu
ated on the 'Possum Valley pike road.
ore now sub-divided into home sites.
Corey Highlands Is the new name of
this beautiful property. 1t ad1oins ane
overlooks the great properties of the
United States steel corporation and IL
. within walking distance of the new 49,
100000 plant of the American Steel and
sRire company, rod mill, Harbus- Wal
= refractory plant and the by-pro-
ducts plant.
There is no more beautiful property in
all this section 1t Is ideal for home
sites for the thousands of workmen
who soon will find employment at the
various plants.
In short while this beautiful val
ley will be flooded with tens of thous-
ands of Industrial workers. The United
States Steel corporation, which is now
carrying out gigantic developments
here. which means the dawn of new
era for the Birmingham district. This
corporation is not building for today
or tomorrow out LOT generations to
come this section Will be the manu-
featuring and distributing point, not
only for the south and west. but also
for Central and South America and the
Orient.
Corey Highlands is undoubtedly des-
tined to become the residence section Of
the great Industrial center. It is now
being developed by Corey Highlands
Land company of which Ed Warren. j..
X. Warren and w. ]. oliver are the
leading spirits. Elsewhere in this pa
per Is published an attractive adver-
tisement setting forth the advantages
of this property. Monday morning
bright and early starts the sale OF these
valuable lots. Judging from the num-
Der Of Inquiries and the interest man
Tested by the public, the sale will begin
most auspiciously
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FARMER HELD COTTON as YEARS
In 1872 a Georgian Put n Price of 10
Cents on His PrOduct-Gets 1t Now
the Baltimore Star.

From the Baltimore Star.
jackson, CAT will get 16 cents a
pound for this bale of cotton or L will
never sell it, was the declaration made
by T. H. Greer, 3s years ago. He kept
his promise and got his price, but it
took him 3S years to do it.
Back in 1S72--December 10, to be ex-
act-T. H. Greer, prosperous farmer
of Butts county. ginned bale of cot
ton by water power, and the old hand
lever press was used.
The market was 16 cents at that sea-
son, but as this bale was late in being
turned out from the press the marker
had slumped and after loading the bale
on his wagon Mr. Greer took it to
Griffin, only to be refused 16 cents.
Whereupon he would not sell for less
than that figure. Accordingly he car
ried the bale of cotton back home
Recently Mr.. Greer drove to town and
an offer of Is cents pound was made
to him and he accepted it. The cotton
was bought by Etheridge, Smith & Co.,
well known local buyers. They have
placed the cotton In the front of their
store, and 1t Is being viewed by hun
dreds of persons.
When first ginned the bale weighed
sos pounds. Only one time since II
was first packed has it been repacke ed,
and that was In 1905, when 1t was
found to be perfectly sound. SO far
as known, this is the oldest bale Of
cotton on record.
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new USE FOR
THE "DEADHEADS'
Novel Method Employed by
Wide Awake Merchants
TO GET THE CROWDS
Crowd and the People Follow
as Is Their Custom-Scheme
of NickelOdeOn

from the ST. LOUIS GloDe DeiIlocrdl.
The "deadhead," so called, perhaps, be-
cause he does not pay for his theatre
ticket, is not alone confined to the theat-
rical business.
He is an important factor in many lines
of retail and wholesale trade, and he is
legitimate helpmate to the merchant
starting out in the somewhat uncertain
sea of commercial enterprise.
There is an old saying that if you look
prosperous you will prosper accordingly
and if you show sings of business activ-
ity more people will come to buy from
YOU The average buyer is not attracted
by the empty, dusty shop, where there
seems to be nothing doing" 1t is nearly
always the busy corner grocer who gets
the trade of the new neighbor because
he '.looks busy" To see other people
patronize him is quite, enough to induce
others to do SO, and the idle storekeeper
suffers therefrom, though his wares and
service may be Just as good intrinsically.
There are few lines of business in this
big city which do not have their dead
heads" These take on various forms and
are used in a number of different ways,
which are both amusing and clever, and
so ignorant Is the general public of the
effect and operation Of these "deadheads'
that they follow them as closely as the
sheep follow the goat to their death in
the stock yards. The deadhead Is not
confined to retail nor wholesale trade
circles. and he will often be found doing
service on the premises of the manulac-
turer He Is a necessary factor to BUS
mess life. and it is no wrong on the part
of the merchant to use him. He Is just
as legitimate as any advertising medium
To illustrate the extremes to be 1ouno
In the use of 'deadheads,' the case of
certain St. Louis nickelodeon proprietor
NAV be cited. He erected an expensive
building and introduced the newest Inn
provements in picture showing. but an old
established picture show around the cor
ner was the place where everybody
goes"
II was IN to the newcomer to get some
of this trade going in his direction, and
to do SO he brought the 'deadhead' into
play
On the night of his grand opening. ne
hired crowd of idle people from down.
town district, who, for car fare, dinner
and the right to see the show free. agreed
to spend the evening about his place He
had them washed up, fed them and
trained the crowd There was a rear
door in the building and these men and
women passed through the entrance, paid
their admittance. remained a few min
utes in the show and left by the rear
door. They then circled around the block,
talked Of the new show around the
corner and re-entered again. This was
kept up all evening and the so this pro-
prietor spent In dinners tips, ETC., ne
considered money well spent.
People saw the crowd going to the new
show and they followed the crowd; the
public has a strong tendency to follow
the crowd
But nickelodeons are not the only es-
Establishments where the "deadheads' may
be used to attract trade.
v A certain grocer moved into South
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Dallas Dealers club, came 10 spot
where a score of men with mules and
scrapers were busy building more pike.
That's what 1 like to see." Dali ex-
claimed Look at all those sturdy farm
ers digging away to improve the road.
That's enterprise. Those men have the
right spirit and more foresight than the
average. Say, R wonder what that fell
low over there with shotgun thinks he S
going to get here?
'Dai pointed to a lean, swarthy young
man on pony.
HE is waiting for one of those enter
prising roadmakers to slide out of place.
He's a prison guard and those are con-
victs, said Sacksteder.''
Amateur motorists are finding much
valuable information in a list of 10
"Donts" which the Hudson Motor Car
company has prepared. 1t is contained
the Hudson company is publishing for the
benefit of users of its cars:
Don't race the engine. If you release
the clutch the engine will run away.
Close the throttle. You cannot abuse
the motor worse than by allowing it to
race at high speed without load.
LON duNdHce Tie SPARK iSNCf WITCH
cranking.
Don't shift the gears without first re-
leasing the clutch.
Don't apply the brakes hard except in
an emergency
Don't start before seeing to the gaso-
line, oil and water.
Don't tear the motor to pieces. Lo-
cate the trouble first.
Don't allow the machinery to be COW
cred with dirt. Wipe 1t often.
Don't let in the clutch suddenly.
Don't hurry when operating the car
and gear shifter lever.
Don't allow motor to knock by reason
OF having the spark lever advanced too
far ahead on heavy grades or when pull
ing heavy load. The driver will, how
ever, And 1t best to keep his spark ad-
vanced where the pull is slight as the
motor works cooler and uses less gaso-
line.
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Tray1or g
Stanton
Opticians
EACH TREE COST PINT OF RUM
,kfttery Point, Me-, Is Noted for Album
dance of Magnificent Films
Ground Floor Empire Building.
"Good for the Eyes,"
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
One of the most striking attractions
of the old town of Kittery Point Me-.
has long been her abundance of majes-
&c towering elms. They rise magnif-
Gently above trees of all other varieties
and in summer with their foliage, en-
compass her quaint streets In delicious
green GOODNESS, transform the fine old
place into a veritable seashore fairyland
and last, but not least, enrapture the
summer visitor.
Knowledge of the circumstance at
tending the planting of the giants will
doubtless cause certain worldly persons
establishment that Kittery Is not today
as thickly wooded as the forest prime
val. while others will regret that the
town is not as bare as Sahara, II rem
dered beautiful at such price.
: The truth of the matter is that
Maj. Thomas Cults, one of the old town
fathers, who conducted fishing bust
tavern in the famous Pepperell mansion
Guilt 1852, conceived the very COM
mendable idea of identifying his ma
tive town by setting out trees.
Accordingly, in 1871, he gave one
Samuel Blake the contract. Samuel
remuneration was nothing more or less
than a pint of rum, doubtless brought
from the West Indies by one of the
majors pinkies, for each tree planted.
The question now arises, why, under
the circumstances. we're no more trees
planted? The only logical answer
seems to be that Samuel. under the
circumstances, may have thought that
he planted 1870 trees instead of 80.
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| from time to time are presented with a
| hat or garment by the management.
| Even the gentle, medical practitioner
must at times give his business boost.
| The habit of driving heller SHELTER about
the city is an old one. The impression Is
conveyed through this means that DR..
Jones is fearfully busy and much in de-
mand, and, presto! everybody wants him
| Immediately. Those who scorned to call
| in sit up and take notice.
| The programme is quite simple.
At 8 a. m. DR.. Jones rushes from his
room. calls up the livery stable. clamors
for his turnout and makes all haste to
get ready. The liveryman passes the word
along that DR.. Jones Is the testiest man
he ever saw and that he must have lot
Of business. DR.. Jones jumps into the rig
at one bound takes the reins from the
hostler and swings the corner on two
wheels. He rides down one street and up
the other at a gallop Women peer out
of the windows at him. After driving in
this manner for an hour, and firing out
the horse. DR.. Jones returns to his home,
perhaps not having made a single call en-
route. But in two weeks he has got a
greater practice that he can possibly at
tend to. ta
| A. business man who knows the value
of appearances in business has habit
of leaving his light burning in the office
1 every night. He also leaves the light
burning in his study. People often re-
mark about thing of this kind, and 1t
| Is the sort of remark that has a good eff
| feet upon the business.
| For the man of business, whether he is
a small retail trader or a jobber of large
estate, the "deadhead" is a perfectly
proper institution. 1t is not always a
man, woman or child, but may be con-
stituted in the plan of Dr. Jones. 1t
never hurt any business organization yet
to put on a front, and perhaps never
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-15

A run of. the Birmingham Motor club
from Birmingham to Atlanta is being
proposed for the latter part of. June.
DIR. James f. Dedman. president of tar
club, has just returned from Atlanta,
where he was extended an invitation
by the Atlanta Automobile association
in this regard.
THE roads between here and Atlanta
are being put into great 81 ape Much
of 1T is already macadamized, while
other parts are being macadamized as
rapidly as possible. At least 100 cars
should make the run, and / see no
reason why there should not be at
least this many members of the Bir-
mingham Motor club who would like
to enter it."
1t is possible to make the run be-
tween Birmingham and Atlanta in a
day. many cars having made it in
IL hours, while the record is 10 hours
Should the entrants like to take it
easy, however. there are nice hotels
along the route where the night may
be spent.
Plans are also being proposed for
runs down to Gadsden and Admission
and return runs to Birmingham of the
enth usiasts there. These runs could
be made in a few hours and a good
time enjoyed. there being hospitable
folk in those two towns.
The three towns being so closely
allied, it Is suggested that the An
niston autoists make run to Gads-
den on the same day the Birmingham
ers do, and that the Gadsden contin-
gent take a trip over to Admission at
the time the run Is made from here.
Then Admission and Gadsden could com
pine on run to Birmingham
These runs would undoubtedly serve
to stimulate interest in automobiling
and good roads, and for this reason
every autoist should do his part TO
make them a success.
E BY strange fate, every 24-hour au-
tomobile race is marked by a tomb
stone. An exemplification of this fact
was given at Brighton Beach yester-
day, when one man paid forfeit of
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Professional. Who ere In Demand

Professionals Who ere In Demand
From the Success Magazine -.
A great many people cannot under
stand why professional experts charge
such enormous pirecs for their services
why an eminent surgeon, for example,
should charge 5000 or even $4,000 for a
simple operation. or great law special
list like Elihu Root, $500 for a few hours
work In cross-examining a witness
They do not take into consideration
that the surgeon has spent years in
learning how to perform quickly and
efficiently the difficult operation which
saves a life that might have been lost in
less skilled hands.
Much of the training of the specialist
IS to enable him to meet the unusual,
the unexpected demand. The surgeon
trains for the rare operation, the possible
emergency. He knows that there are
times when it is knowing what the ordi-
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Climbing the Mntterhorn
Maurice Stenmann in the Wide World
Magazine.


Magazine.
Attempts to reach the summit of the
Matterhorn were numerous, but for a
long while unsuccessful. In 1865, how
ever, Whymper. an Englishman, sue
ceeded in reaching the goal, but his
victory was unhappily dearly paid for,
four lives being lost in the descent.
Afterward the Matterh orn was climbed
at rare intervals, and 1t is only of re-
cent years that as many as SO ascents
have been made In one season. 1t must
not be forgotten, too, that the dan-
gerous corners are now well known,
and three or four chains and ropes have
been fixed where wanted. In spite of
all this, each year adds to f.he list OF
Victims for the Matterhofn defend
itself without cessation with the stones
and rocks which constantly thunder
down its Hanks,
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From the PItlSDurE D1SpdtCH.
Greensburg, PA check almost 100
years old was presented to the cashier
OF Greensburg bank for payment re-
Gently. 1t was found among the papers
Of the late William Hillis Of Young
wood, who died a week ago, aged 81
years. The check was unearthed by his
son and it was dated Greensburg, No
vember 81, 1914.
1t directed the cashier of the Green's
burg Banking company to pay to tn G
bearer $23.23, and was signed by Joseph
Wiegley. 1t was never before presented
for payment. The successors of the
Greensburg Banking company know
nothing about the check, and it is said
to be worthless except as a relic.
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Frank II. Gafford

The present Street Commissioner candidate for election
in the City Primary June Goth.
Mr. Gafford is thoroughly equipped for this important
office He has lived here thirty years and has filled several
important offices for the city before He has also engaged
mining business with several of the big corporations Mr. CAT
II
ford is also railroad builder and of course familiar with
grading and street building and used to handling and
teams In speaking of his candidacy Mr. Gaford had this
say 81 stand for better Streets cleaner streets and
water them and good sanitary conditions. am willing to
stand reputation the people here who know me-
and my work since Unsupported commissioner
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the ground should slope southwark, and
the slope should be sufficient to insure the
ready running off of water. so that the
fowls will not wade about in the mud.
Millet or ground corn and wheat makes
good feed. Fowls should be encouraged
to scratch for their living, and where
they cannot be turned out on range the
feed should be widely scattered to make
up for the loss of exercise in hunting their
food.
Fruit trees flourish in chicken yards and
the chickens keep insects killed of.
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No Remedy

From the New York Tribune.
THAT remedy" said Senator Tillman,
of profound piece of legislation. rs
as impracticable as little George Wash
1ngton's.
George Washington, you know. when
his father spoke to him about the cher
ry tree, said:
Ives, father, / did chop down the
tree, but can easily make the evil good
.'How so. my boy? the father asked.
why said George, If I chopped 1t
down, can't l chop 1t up?'"
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nary surgeon did not think it worth while
to learn that may save life. There
are surgeons now living who never had
dozen emergency cases in all their exc
perience which called into play the ut
most power and skill of which they are
capable. but it was these few extremely.
dangerous operations which gave them
their great reputation and enabled them
to get enormous fees.
1t is not the good surgeon, but tho
superb operator, the man who knows a
little more about anatomy. who has a
little steadier nerve, more acute touch.
a little better education, that is sought
to perform the delicate operation in the
emergency when life hangs by thread.
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Humor of the Stump

HumOr OF the Stump
From Judges Library.
During the last campaign an "old tim
err took the stump in Indiana. Wheth-
er he gathered many lost sheep into the
fold of his party or not, he certainly did
not detract from the humor of the sit
uation. On one occasion a crowd of
people gathered to hear him speak.
Fellow citizens he roared, 'our OPP
ponents are resorting to every form OF
vi1eness, to dishonest and underhand
tricks, to uncomfortable meanness. to the
corruption of voters; but we warn them
his thunder shook the roof-"we warn
them, fellow citizens, that that is a
game that two can play att
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From Judges Library.
'who are the greatest fortune tellers
In the country"
"Bradstreet and Dun
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One case Of Ingram Lithia
Water costs $1.5OLone case of
Typhoid?
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from time to time are presented with a
hat or garment by the management.
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BY strange fate, every 24-hour au-
tomobile race is marked by a tomb
stone. An exemplification of this fact
was given at Brighton Beach yester-
day, when one man paid forfeit of
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-09
The Mania for Expositions.

According to report from Brus-
sells. Kaiser Wilhelm. while in that
city. declared an opposition to any
povem ent toward holding a worlds
fair in Berlin. He gave four reasons:
First. Berlin isn't gay enough for
pleasure seekers; second. Berlin isn't
hotel room for such crowd as would
attend a worlds fair; third. the Der.
liners are free only on Sunday. and
on that day; fourth. Berlin is not pop
ular enough with foreigners 10 attract
exhibits.
II this story be not true. we NAV
be sure il was not invented by an
American. What American could have
conceived such arguments There is
not a city in the United States above
the rank of country town that would
admit FOR itself even single one of
the kaiser's objections Should any
body urge them all against Il there
would be row
That American communities are
often ORGANIZATIONS is indisputabie:
but the spirit is good. Il is excelient
TO have Tailholt advertise itself as a
pleasure resort with ample hotel &C
contradictions and a welcome for the
Torld.-New York Evening World.