The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-01

l Here is a suggestion for a spring vaca- l ton.
 You have plenty of money but not time to go to Europe. It is most too early | to go to the coast, and then you do not like the crowds, anyway.
 | You want the mountain scenery of Swift zerland the fog and slush of London, the snakes of South America. the sunshine of Italy, the fertile reaches of the Nile, the beggars of Palestine, the antiquity of Egypt the religious fanaticism of Asia and the characters that abounded in the i fertile imagination of Dickens.
 You get it all in the prescription I am offering
 I have just taken the trip with my fam fly and can commend 1t to the most stren- uous minded.
 Take the Seminole Limited going north at the Birmingham Terminal station on Sunday morning at Il 45 o'clock. The train Is on time and you are off with a feel ing of gladness in your heart ac- centuated with bright anticipations of a variety of adventures.
 Before you can get your wife and two children, both girls, and ? years re- spectively, comfortably sseated you are skirting the city in a circular direction out Tenth avenue, north, past warehouses, through Little Liberia, out by Enon Ridge, through East Thomas, Pratt City, bid a short adieu to busy Enslev off to tine left and then you pieS up speed You are on the Frisco line. which is being used to Jasper by the Illinois Cen tral until the depression has been long er ough forgotten for the latter road to build its own line into Birmingham.
 At Jasper the train is delivered over to the Northern Alabama, which line is used to Haleyvile. The train is heavy one, and it makes very slow time over these two stretches of road, first on account of heavy traffic and dangerous trestles and second on account of light track and heavy grades on the Northern Alabama.
 You get to Haleyville just before O clock in the afternoon and hurry to the nearest hotel. You are told that there are two in the town. one as good as the other, but during the early afternoon threatening clouds have obscured the promising sun of the morning, and the wind is high and cold.
 The children shiver and you hurry to the nearest hotel. big, rambling summer affair, at the top of hill. It takes it's name from a bunch of mineral springs behind the hill and at the bottom of gorge in the mountains.
 .txt,t t.. oa11 rot tr1tt nd you plan a return home n the morning. But it is only one of lose reminders that spring always holds out to warn you against planting your asparagus beds too early or putting on your light and airy before she Is ready for continuous busi- ness.
 The sun is bright and smiling next morning. and you prepare for dash to the mountains after you have taken look at the town, the peach orchards in the vicinity, the new schoolhouse that the citizens erected at a cost of I5OOo when they failed to land the county high school in competition with Double Springs, the handsome churches and the bank. the new lodge hall and other points of interesta about the town. N
 You learn that Haeyville is new tesn that has sprung up since the buildts o- the Northern Alabama railroad, a'o nos taken on still newer life since tfe ouiiu-
 ing of the Illinois Central, whic' now mas it's terminals at this place. Ten years ago Haleyville had 165 peope. one year ago when the census wes taken there were HI people. ny5ethers have been added during the past year
 Won are told that back 24 years ago there was 4 neighborhood postoffice here called Ark. Abouf that time C. L. Haley and his hrother opened the first store. ,,.,,o later ths Northern Alabama came ,,org Though this was at the top of the mountair almost the top or Alabama the railroad officials did not like the name AK. and they had it changed to HaIeyvle in honor of the pioneer bus mess man.
 perbaps the first name of the place orig mated from the appearance of the post office building perched on the top of the mountain.
 Your next point of destination is Double | Springs 22 miles east in the heart or
  within a quarter of a mile of the geo. graphical center of the county and the location was selected for no other reason. the eseh tmec eve cew ec wemew ecei
 The liverman wants s6 and expenses for you over. The expenses Will DO at least S2 It will take part of two days and you must feed the horses ana the driver. You may get out at SlO You begin to realize. but not as fully as you lot ba COnNenienCeS road transportation.
 You finally arrange to drive the team yourself and send it back by someone next day. This will save board Tor the driver A shoe drummer has gone to Double Springs ahead of you. He is on wagon and might like to bring your team back You arrange this by telephone and get the service for 8 and board for the horses.
 Leaving Haleyville you strike immedl-