The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-08
It Is One Place Where No Poli- tics of Any Kind Can
 Be Found.
COST OF LIVING GAN BE
 SOLVED IN ITS PAGES
White and 70 CoIored Churches in City-Forty-two Public
 Schools Listed.
By BURR BLACKBURN.

The new Birmingham city directory is out, and delivery will begin today. The first thought upon opening the new white leaves is that, here at last is a place where no political lines are drawn. where amendist and anti-amendist lie down side by side. There is Marcus Veil hardly separated from Judge Weakley; Brooks Lawrence on the very next page to A. Latady, P. G. Bowman by the side of Braxton Bragg Conner, the exalted gov- ernor of Alabama. The name of George B. Ward Is printed in exactly the same type as that of Walter McAdory, and there is nothing to explain that Capt. Frank P O'Brien and Jere King are out after each others political scalps. In fact, they lie very peaceably between the covers of one book
 An explanation of the advanced cost of living is immediately forthcoming upon the perusal of this highly interesting vol umn. It shows that Bacon has gone up to 40, while last year it was merely IT, There is only one market Basket in the whole collection; Pork Is entirely out of sight; w. B. Veal cannot be found at all except by a trip to Ensley; Porter house steak is still on First avenue; the Cheeseman has moved to Woodlawn; F1nis A. Wheat is entirely off the market and has become a meat cutter; there is no Flour in town; meal has gone up so high that George. kho clerks for Blach & Sons. spells 1t Meahl, and, though John Medley and James M. Mealing mean we'll they haven't passed through the grist mill. The suggestion has been made that Cabaniss get out his Bowie; that Fisher take his Bate and catch Bass at East Lake. There are r Birds in town and "A Berrys, so in case of famine some hope remains.
 Smiths Again Victorious. The Smiths score an overwhelming vic tory this time over the whole city, mus tering 721 men and unmarried women, and 240 wives, a total of 961. The family of Williams is next in number with total of 757, but came very near losing out to the Joneses, who, though less in number, have been more successful in matrimony, having induced 1SO young ladies to change their names to Jones, while the unpopu- | lar Williamses only married ,S2 The total number of Joneses is 729. The Browns come fourth, with 57S names. The longest name in the book is D. Con sadine Ballabanos There are no names shorter than three letters, such as Lee, Ott and Orr.
 True to bible history, there is only one Adam, Joseph T., painter, who lives on Avenue c, though there be 1s4 Adams fha ignores the old gentleman.
 With the annexation of Ensley, Bir- mingham gets a Boer, named Frederick. The town is full of Archibalds and Regi- nalds, and Bobo, and Dodo. and Frufru. There are Angels, plenty of Bliss, and a Bonnyman.
 Evidences of Patriotism. Patriotism is notable in the use of Alabama in the firm name of business houses 6S times, and Birmingham 145 | times
 l The directory gives a full list of the | 112 white churches within Greater Bir-
 mingham, Methodist %, Presbyterian 19, Baptist 6, Episcopal 8, Adventists ?,
 Catholic 9, Congregational l, Evangelical l ?, Hebrew ?, Christion 4, and Christian | Science l. The negroes have 70 churches of which 8 are Baptist, 26 Methodist 4 Presbyterian. l Congregational and Epis- copal. The names of the colored churches
 range from Pilgrim Rest to Antioch, Lily l Baptist, Ebenezer and Sheep Skin. | There are 42 public schools in Greater
 Birmingham, Il of which are colored. OI | 10 fraternal lodges for whites in Birming-
 ham, g are Masonic, r Odd Fellows. z
 Knights of Pythias. and 29 miscellaneous.
 The negroes have 42 lodges.
 | The classified business directory is a
 valuable addition. It gives complete
 list of all the business houses, and pro-
 fessional men of the city, and will be very
 convenient for persons wishing to reach all of particular class.
 Product of Birmingham shop.
 The directory is the product of Bir-
 mingham printing shop It was gotten
 out under the direction of A. M. Wiggins.
 the local representative of R. L. Polk 7s
 Company. printed by the w. s. Ryall
 Printing company, and is considered one
 of the most complete ever put out. | As was announced some time ago, the | total number of names listed is 53000,