The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-16
0. N. SHELTON WINS
AD CLUB CONTEST
Gets $25 for Correctly Sup
plying Missing Words
in Story

The Birmingham .Ad club announced
last night that o. M. Shelton, 1914 Fourth
avenue, was.th winner of the s25 in gold
that was offered for the best answers to
the Missing Word story contest held
during the recently closed Home Products
exposition. Mr.. Shelton was the only
contestant who wrote the story as the
orginators planned 1t.
The original story was written by John
Henley and Sidney Lazarus of the Ad
club.
1t was stated last night at the office OF
the secretary of the Ad club that rs per
cent of the answers turned in were en-
titled to a grading of 80 per cent.
Following is Mr. Shelton's story:
John Smiths Monday. A Home Prod
ucts Story With Moral and Prize"
ION Monday morning at 6 o'clock John
Smith heard the alarm clock on his man.
tel ring and jumped out of bed He had
rested we'll on the Dixie Felt Mattress
manufactured by Birmingham Mattress
company. Remembering that he would
have to put in some sewer pipe made by
Southern Sewer Pipe company that day,
he frightened up his atex garters, manu-
factured by American Textile company,
put on his new pair of shoes manufac-
tured by Cato Shoe company, and drew
from his trunk, made by Birmingham
Trunk factory, new suit of No. 104 Over
alls, manufactured by Phillips-Hendon
company.
1T was rather chilly and he poked up
the fire in the crate made by Thomas
Crate Box company, and went into the
dining room. He heard his wife sweeping
the kitchen with a broom made by Biz
mingham Broom company. He called 10
her and she Immediately lit the Clark
Jewel range just installed by Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company;
while he went out into the yard to give
his cows their breakfast of cotton seed
huilS manufactured by Farmers and Gin
ners Cotton Oil company. When he re-
turned to the house he found the table
set and on it was a cup of Royal Cup cof-
fee manufactured by Batterton Coffee
company, plate of fresh, crisp crackers
manufactured by A. b. c. company, bowl
of Alabama rolled oats manufactured oy
Alabama Grocery company, some hot bis
cults made from the Roller Champion
flour by w. M. Cosby Flour and Grain
company, and some Golden Rod" bacon
from the plant of Birmingham Packing
company. ~
His wife told him that the rug In the
parlor needed cleaning and that she was
going to phone the Southern Steam Car
pet Cleaning company to send out and
get 1t. She also said that she was going
downtown to buy a new chandelier for
the dining room from Isherwood Chande-
lier and Manufacturing company, as the
one they had was badly tarnished.
.He put The Age-Herald In his pocket
to read on the car and lit a MI r. cigar
manufactured by Cuban Cigar Manufac-
turing company.
"On getting off the Tidewater car he
was handed a transfer made by Southern
Coupon company. and stepped into a
nearby store and bought a bag of candy
made by Birmingham Candy company.
When he reached the place where ne
worked he noticed that the ground had
been well prepared with harrow, manu-
factured by Inter-Harrow Cultivator COM
pany, and the ditch wherein the pipe was
to be laid had been br1cked with brick
from the Southern Face Brick exchange,