The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-25
Prosperity in Dekalb County

Prosperity in Dekalb County
 Captain of Police Robert H. HawlSin! returned from a visit to Fort Payne yes terday, where he attended the fair whicf was in progress there He reports good big year for the people who live 1T the surrounding country
 T enjoyed myself to the utmost said Captain Hawkins. T was most agree ably glad to find every one prosperine and talking enthusiastically. The people o1 DeKalb county have not been crying hard times by any means, and judging from the excellent fair they had this year they are wide-awake They are contin. ually boosting for their town"
 Tt was great pleasure to be greeted by my old friends in such a cordial man. ner Fort Payne people are noted fol their hospitality, anyway, but I think they outdid themselves this time. The city was crowded with visitors for tho fair from all the outlying sections, ant big time was had by all The crops look very good indeed. Cotton is selline at good price ,and the farmers in De
 
 Signs of diversification are evident or all sides. Corn, truck, oats, cattle ant fruit are being looked after with an eyt to good profits for the farmer. I came back to Birmingham thoroughly satisfied that prosperity is not only in this city but all over the state"
 Dog Story
 People don't have the same feeling about dogs these days that they used to, ,'' said Ben Fowler. night manager of the Tutwiler Taxicab company.
 T remember the time when a man or woman who would kick or abuse a dog was looked upon as a person not to be trusted. It isn't so these days of dog tax. dog extermination, and general dog gonness.' People seem to like to do some thing to put the dog on a basis of a treacherous animal instead of mans best and truest friend.
 Before I changed positions, I had charge of the taxicab office on Nineteenth street and Second avenue One cold drizzly night a shaggy, ill-kept, mongrel made his appearance at the office and ieisurely walked up to me. The dog looked at me in a pathetic way, He seemed to say, T am a tramp and have no home. I am hungry I went to restaurant nearby and got some scraps and fed them to the poor animal. We became good friends from then on and every night when I went on duty l would look for the dog and he was sure to show up sooner or later He never came around in the day and don't know where he went when he left tl1e stand every morning about four or five o'clock
 T left my old company and took a position here at the Tutwiler. To tell the truth I did not think about my dog friend, but he had evidently remembered me very we'll The second night I was on the new job Tramp made his appear ance. He was apparently tickled all but to death to see me and commenced to bark and jump as if he had found his only friend. No, I look for him each night and he never fails to report. haven't the slightest idea how he found out where I had moved. but 1t only shows that he never forgot my Kindness and never will. I would not trust any man or woman who abused dumb brute Generally dog will let you know whethe, or not he likes you on first acquaintance which goes to show that dog has a, least one good trait that many people fail to possess