The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-17

THE BIRMINGHAM l
farmer, his home being six miles east
of Brandon, where he is accounted one
Of the biggest as well as one of the
most prosperous farmers in the state.
About 40 years ago he came to this coun-
try from Germany and landed in Jackson
without dollar. Walking around hunt
ing for work he contracted with farmer
to make crop on shares. With the pro-
ceeds Of that first crop he bought
horse and rented farm. He now owns
not only that little farm, but about 1000
acres around 1t, and is as Independent
as any man need want to be. He stated
in town a day or two since that he was
raising cotton in spite of the boil weevil
which has been with him several years
and has put many of his neghbors out
of business. II have just as good cotton
as if the weeYil was not there" says Mr.
Misterfelt, but worry along whether
make any cotton or not" His success
is due to the use of brains as well as
muscle, to early planting as well as good
preparation of the ground and careful
cultivation, and war to the knife and
knife to the hilt' on the weevil.
ALBANIAN PROMOTED
Since the establishment of Camp Swep
Taylor in the western suburbs of Jack
son, Lieut.. R.. r. Pickering has been
chief mastering officer, and it is due
to his vigilance that SO many of the old
national guardsmen were rejected and
returned to their homes. A day or two
since he received a letter from the war
department informing him that he had
been promoted to the rank or captain,
and it is now Captain Pickering, u. s. A.
He has been stationed in Jackson in
structor and inspector of the Mississippi
National Guard the past year or two, and
a few weeks since married a pretty and
| deservedly popular Jackson girl. He is
a. native of Alabama and graduated at
West Point In 1904
TO TALK ON MARKETS
Emmett A. Jones of Montgomery, Ala,
has accepted an Invitation extended by
the Young Mems Business club of Jack
son to address them next Monday night
on the subject of markets. He is under
stood to be chief of the market and inn
migration bureau of the Alabama de-
partment of agriculture, and as such has
visited jackson before spending sometime
with Commissioner of Agriculture Blakes-
lee. In the event the 600 members of the
Y. M. B. c. turn out to hear him he
will have g. good, big audience
BEGIN SELLING COTTON
The board of trustees of the peniten-
sell 500 bales of cotton and three to
five carloads of seed to the highest bid
der at the Parchman convict farm
Wednesday, September 20, the bids to be
filed by 10 o'clock that morning. Sam
pies of the cotton may now be seen on
the farm counters. In view of the fact
that this Is ell staple cotton, 1t Is con-
fdently expected it will take more than
20 cents per pound to get it. That is
s10c per bale, not counting the seed. A
month ago the trustees expected to get
5000 bales of cotton, but now they will
be surprised If they get COCO.
OLD CAPITOL REPAIRS
Great quantities of brick, manufactured
on the convict farm, big piles of sand
| from the banks of Pearl river, and mon
strous beams of structural steel from the
American Steel company are now on the
ground around the historic old capitol of
| Mississippi, and the promise Is bright
| that ere long the halls and corridors that
once resounded to the eloquence of
| Prentiss Clay Davis Lamar George
and others will have been restored to
| their original glory. Architect Link of
| ST. Louis Is here, and has his forces
organized for actual and active work.
VARDAMAN IN DEMAND
| During the past week four kilograms
Senator James X. Vardaman, asking him
| to join the democratic campaign forces
| III the doubtful states. Two of these
came from Chairman Kramer of the
! speakers bureau, one from the national
committee, and the other from Senator
| Reed of Missouri, who wanted him to
assist in the whirlwind wind-up in that
state between October rs and November
IT, Senator Vardaman has not yet re-
| turned from Washington but is expected
| to arrive tomorrow, via Birmingham.
TO USE HOMEGROWN PAPER
| III. E. Blakeslee director general of the
| Mississippi centennial exposition, an
nounces that the exposition authorities
| have decided to make paper made at
| Moss Point the official paper of the ex-
position. The color will be little off,
but it makes a neat and attractive let
terhead, envelope, etc. This paper is
made from pine slabs and other refuse
from the sawmills in south Mississippi,
and in course of time will come into very
general use, as great many business
mer are already using it in order to live
up to the slogan MADE in Mississippi"
BRANTLEY ON WARPATH
z. A. Brantley, state game and fish
commissioner, is making canvass of the
state in the interest Of the game and
fish law enacted by the last legislature
and against which an initiative and ref
erendum election would long since have
been ordered except for an injunction re-
straining the secretary of state. Mr..
Brantley finds that objections to the law
are due largely to a misunderstanding of
it's provisions, and once it is explained
he has no trouble in making conversions.
The people had an idea they could not
hunt possums orarabbits, and were riled.
They had it in their heads that a farmer
could not kill a squirrel or coon that
was feasting on his roasting ears, and
they were "agin it, This game law
like the liquor law now on the Missis-
sippi statute books, came from Alabama,
and it is understood here that the game
law, at least, is very satisfactory to Ala
bama folk. However, both laws are tied
up in the Mississippi courts with injunc-
tons against an election. their friends
fearing to give the voters whack at
them.
Panama Is Being Made