The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-01
MARKHAM WILL bE HERE THIS WEEK President of the I. c. Comes
 for Inspection DATE IS NOT NAMED General Agent Stovall Receives News That High Official Is Coming to Birmingham Some Time
 This Week
DATE IS NOT NAMED

For the purpose of getting acquainted with his organization here, of meeting some of the industrial men of Birming- ham and of inspecting the Illinois Gen. tral and Central of Georgia properties president of those two lines, will arrive in Birmingham, probably tomorrow or the day following.
 He conveyed this information to Gen eral Agent E. F. Stovall of this city yesterday, and while he failed to name the exact day he would arrive, MT. Markham advised that he would be nere this week. He is to be accompanied by w. L. Park, vice president of the 1lli- nois Central, who has been in active charge of the operations for several months. It was not given out, however, that Judge Robert Lovett would reSch this city with MT. Markham, and a report that he was of the party of rail- road men was discounted
 MT. Markham will, by this visit, make his first trip to Birmingham in many years. Since leaving this part of the country he has been in the west, where he attained success after success. He Is a southern man, but is not thoroughly familiar with the vast developments which have taken place here since, as a boy, he grasped the advice of a Wall street sage and went west.
 The party of officials will arrive here on a special train operated by the H. linois Central railroad and will perhaps spend one day and one night around Birmingham They will inspect the in- dustrial improvements which have been made here recently and MT. Markham will doubtless be greatly impressed with Birmingham.
 The report that MT. Markham would arrive in Birmingham this week was circulated around the business district yesterday and many very prominent business men suggested that some off cal recognition should be taken of his visit here. As he is to play very im- portant part in the future upbuildlng of Birmingham it is stated that com pliment should be paid him by rendering him a banquet or some informal recep- tion It is recalled that such welcomes have been rendered prominent men in other southern cities and it is believed Birmingham shall be progressive.
 It is expected that the question of en- tertaining President Markham will be taken up this afternoon or tonight If it is decided that MT. Markham Is to be entertained it will be taken up through General Agent Stovall and the plan in that way communicated to President Markham.
 A degree of unusual interest has been created by the news of the first trip of inspection MT. Markham is to make to Birmingham.
 riety and carrying the planting over the full growing season these people always have some one or more crops that are profitable.
 Birmingham is buying sweet potatoes from Baldwin and Cullman counties now. There are no sweet potatoes in Jefferson county for sale. Now. this is not as 1t should be. If the people in these sec tions named can have sweet potatoes for sale in January and February there is no reason why the farmer in Jefferson county should not.
 "These potatoes of course are not grown in the winter They were gathered last fall and stored to wait profitable market. She growers in these sections not only know how to keep their pota- toes through the winter, but they are able financially to do so.
 "The bit of knowledge begets the other condition"