The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-28
BIRMINGHAM WELL REPRESENTED DOWN ON THE GULF COAST Trip to Gulfport Shows What Truckers Are D0-
 ing in That Section GREAT SEASON FOR THE RADISH GROWERS Cox Is Already Planning to Interest More Birmingham People in His
 New Subdivisions
ny JOHN c. MOSES


 l came down here from Birmingham for few days stay to enjoy the balmy spring weather of the Mississippi coast land I bought on Bayou Bernard It looks better every time I see it. And the Birmingham people met with made me feel at home.
 The first person met Monday morn- ing was John H. Enslen, who left Bir- mingham about eight years ago.. Mir. Enslen was an old buggy and wagon maker who was located across from the courthouse. He is now at the head of cash-and-carry grocery store, working some half dozen clerks, and is figur- ing on putting up office building on the prominent corner he owns in the busi- ness section. MT. Enslen told me he had made money in Gulfport and found it ideal to live here the year round.
 In the same block 1 shook hands with Frank Smith, formerly of Ensley, a mem ber of the Smith Hardware company. He now has the best hardware store on the coast. He came here four years .ago and says it's a great town.
 Around the corner business I found Edgar Taylor, formerly with D. B. Bird & Co., Of Ensley, He looked prosperous and reportsd everything running his way
 
 progress in his line of business.
 MONKS A FARMER
 Down at Pass Christian l found F l. Monks tucked away on his little farm on the water front He and his wife are enjoying life to the limit. MT. Monk has hundreds of friends in Birmingham especially among the lawyers and news paper men. While he loves old Birning- ham, MT. Monks has no desire to return to AInh ha ma he p1if al climate, which he states is ideal the year round. He stated that the coast country affords four crops of vegetables a year.
 At the Great Southern hotel I found a crowd of northern tourists having a good time. And while strolling through the lobby some one struck me the back. Turning around. I faced B. C. Cox Birminghams hustling real estate who has sold more Gufport farms than all the native agencies here put to- gether. MT. Cox insisted that l spend the day as his guest in seeing the truck ing section of the Gulfport country. He has just bought two large pieces of acre. age, near in and will put these on the market in a week or so through his Bir- mingham office. One of the new pieces of acreage lies close to the beach front in the heart of the trucking section. On some of this ground is a crop of vege- tables about ready to ship. They cer tainly looked good after spending the winter in barren Birmingham. The cold est weather here only reached the IS above mark.
 ACREAGE PRODUCTION
 asked the men cultivating this land what they expected to get out of their radish crops this spring. They told me that the ground around here produced between 40 and 60 barrels of radishes to the acre. and that they expected to get S10 barrel out of the first crop and about $6 a barrel from the second This figures between s400 and $600 to the acre from the earliest crop and from $40 to $50 for the second. And the way this black sandy loam makes truck is enough to inspire any man who loves to work in dirt.
 After getting the second crop of radishes everything else in the truck line can be put into the ground. Leaving this subdivision we went to the other one just purchased by Cox. It comprises 176 acres of beautiful flat trucking ground. Around this place we visited some dozen or more truck farms and in conversa- tion with the owners I learned that Cox had placed at least three-fourths of them on their little 10-acre tracts Most of them were from Birmingham. Some were putting in cucumbers in especially made hills; other melons: still others Irish potatoes. Many of them had onions, rad ishes, beets and other stuff ready to market in another week. AMONG BIRMINGHAM PEOPLE We passed the little farm of D. E McLendon, Jefferson countys tax as- sessor. Next to this was the farm of F. B. Bowers. former tax collector. On dc wn the road we struck Little Birming- ham, so-called because of the large num- Der of people here from the Magic City. I began to feel at home. Our next stop was at the beautiful little farm of Mrs. Mary M Thayer, who for some time was secretary of the Young Womans Chris tian association in Birmingham. Mrs. Thayer has six acres in cultivation, and expects to make nice clean-up on rad ishes this spring. She also has a nice start in poultry, COW or two, good horse, and nice home. "The best place in the world to live is the way she de- scribed her surroundings. And believe it, too.
 Near the Thayer place is the home of T. l.. Martin of Woodlawn. Next to this farm is the home of Dr. A. Hrabe of Woodlawn whose family has moved down to stay, and it's up to the doctor to fol- low suit, as the home folks say they are here to stay. Dr. Hrabe is putting out Satsuma oranges and other fruit, and is preparing to go into the poultry bus- ness with his neighbors
 Another East Lake man met with was w. M. Burney, Who has resided in Gulf port two months. He has picked up about 10 pounds in weight, and says the salt air is fine. His wife backed him up in all he said. and she looked the picture Of health.
 Dr. M. H. Jackson, for several years located at the Wilmington pharmacy, is here looking toward improving his acre. age. He has some land adjoining mine The doctor is now at Sylacauga. but is expecting to move here soon to stay.
 Along down the road little further we came to the 3O-acre farm of J. H. Call, formerly of North Birmingham He has improved his place nicely, and has . fine Satsuma orchard started.
 And still further along the trucking sec- tion we came across the farm of Dr. C. N. Carraway of Pratt City. who owns 2O acres, which he is now developing The next place along the road was owned by George Edwards. general store man ager of the Republic Iron and Steel com pany- in Birmingham. MT. Edwards is on the federal food board of Jefferson county.
 S. c. Johnson. broker on Morriss ave- nue, is developing about 50 acres here. FOR SALE One Ford .soo dcfov.. o1Y1ncf yooxxy