The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-21
News of Ensley

A walk around the world is the feat that Henry Terrier. a native of France is trying to accomplish, and up to date he | has covered 65,0O0 miles of his 7o,ooo-mile journey. Terrier was in Ensley yester- day and visited the steel plant and sev-
 eral other places of interest. He is an Italian by birth, but was reared in France. He left Paris on July 12. 1898, and has travelled through all of the countries of Europe. Asia, Africa, Australia and South America, and is going through the United States up into Canada and back to the
 Pacific coast to San Francisco. where his
 journey will be completed. He has until
 July 12 1916 to complete his journey, but
 he expects to finish the trip year ahead of his time.
 Terrier and IA other Frenchmen started out from Paris in 1898 to circuit the i globe, but since that time several of his 1 companions have died on the journey, and the rest with one exception have given up | the trip. At the end of his trip he will receive a little over S25, 600 from a society l in France. In return he will write a | book about .his journey, which the gov | ernment of France will print and dis l tribute free.
 Tie cdITleS d uld1y III WHICH 1t ildS tuc | signature of all the mayors and post l masters of the cities that he has visited in this country, and also the seal of the states that he has travelled through. As he goes from one country to another he earns his way by selling post cards, giving
 a brief history of his trip and a picture of himself. In each country that he has been in he has had made picture of him. self dressed in the native costume of that country standing near the capital or pal
 ace of the President King or Emperor of that country
 In crossing the ocean he has to walk
 on board the ship eight hours each day. and has to get the signature of the cap- l tain of the ship stating that he has filled 1 his promise. Since leaving Paris he has worn out 26O pairs of shoes and 2S suits of clothes, and at each town puts up | at the best place that he can afford. He will leave in a few days for Atlanta, and 1 from there he will go to Washington,
 and will visit President Wilson. Terrier l is about six feet tall and weighs about 15o pounds. He has brown hair and eyes and of preposessng appearance.
 1 Funeral services over the remains Of Brunette Arnold, a Confederate veteran, l who died Thursday morning at the fam l fly residence, S2O0 Avenue D. were held this afternoon with interment in Oakland cemetery. Camp Pat Claybourne, Confed- crate Veterans. turned out in a body to attend the funeral The deceased was "A l years old. and has lived in this city for a number of years. and has q num- Der of friends who regret to hear of his death. He is survived by his widow and l five children, who are as follows: Mrs. l ]. F.. Burchfield, Mrs. Charles Dorsey, Mrs. Will Cushen. John Arnold and Ed | Arnold. The following Confederate vet | erans acted as pallbearers: J. R. Acuff, | W. T. Dawson. M. A. Buchanan, w. R. Lowry, l.. H. Payne and A. NJ. Piper Friday morning about o'clock the con- struction shop of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company was almost de- l stroyed bl fire The cause of the fire 1 is unknown, and it had gained great head way before the alarm was turned in. The damage will be between $500 and 5000 Yesterday morning another alarm was turned in from the home of R. A. Martin on Avenue D and Seventeenth street The l fire was caused by a defective fue but little damage was done.
 T. P. Hay, Jr., is able to be out again after several days of illness
 C. F. Camp spent yesterday in Talla- vega visiting friends.