The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08
IN ,ROTEl4 HOBBIES
Tennes,cc R,ver Deve,onment

| to navigation and the development ol Shoals are of inestimable value to the material progress of Alabama, declared United States Senator John H. Bankhead. who passed through Bir-
 mingham yesterday on his way to Washington.
 T was very much impressed with the monster banquet held at Florence week ago to exploit the interest of this river development The enthusiasm of the people of that immediate sec tion as well as prominent men from all sections of the state is an indicat tion of the real value that is being placed on the proposed work.
 We have at Muscle Shoals really the finest water power in the United States, surpassing in some respect that at Niagara Falls. The conservation of this water power means millions in the future development of the state, to say nothing of the great advantages to be obtained through the opening of the river to adequate navigation.
 Congress cannot ignore the demands ioI llliS lHupION clliCHl HC NilA nv oS the desired appropriation at the pres ent session; that Is not expected, but it is my opinion that the next ses- sion of Congress will give the subject serious attention and It is possible that the improvement may. be provided for.'
 New Golf Course
 Mrs. George H. Miller, the eminent landscape engineer of Boston, Mass, who is in this city, has accepted an invitation to submit plans for laying out our 1s-hole golf course and grounds in cooperation with our local architect" said member of the Roebuck Springs Automobile Golf club, "and we are expecting something. great as the varied topography of the grounds and the abundance of water give these artists ideal materials with which to work. It is our intention that Bir- mingham shall have a country club unequaled elsewhere in the south in spa ciousness of grounds, beauty of landscape effects and modern club conveniences."
 Branching Out in Candy Making
 MT. William Fisch, vice president of the American Bakeries Candy company, left Saturday afternoon for the east, where he goes to purchase the latest and most highly improved candy making ma chinery for his company" said business man, "and regard the fact as of general interest to the people of Birmingham and the south.
 Tn a conversation before his departure Mir. F'isch said that when the machinery which he purposes to purchases has been installed Birmingham will have the most extensive and best equipped candy factory in the south, including cold storage for chocolates. The large building of the company now operated as candy fac- tory, and admirably adapted to the pur- pose, will call for little or no remodeling to accommodate the new machinery, to such an extent as to require the em- ployment of a large additional number of workers and thus swell the payrols total of the city. The "A. B. C. has already that 1t can manufacture candies equal in quality to the best pro- duced anywhere, and I venture to pre- dict it will not be long until Birmingham candy is as famous as the Birmingham steel rail. It is certainly gratifying to note how Birmingham is developing on widely divergent lines of manufactur- ing"
 Mardi Gras and Ash Wednesday
 In the ecclesiastical calendar today Is known as the first Sunday after Epi-