The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-16
.uEN, WOMEN
AND THINGS

was way behind on keeping up with
its many improvements, for in the mat
ter of stores and houses and industrial
plants it is on almost boom.
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| Now 1 have always had a fondness
for Gadsden, for many of my friends call
| it home, and then it is such clean
and home-like place in spite of its many
industries, and then the river and the
mountains add just the right kind of
variety to redeem the valley from its
monotony.
| Evidently the people of Gadsden know
good preaching when they hear it, and
covet the talents of the leading preach
ers in the state, for 1 found three of
our former Birmingham ministers To-
Gated in it, and of course the trio was
proof but merely record their names
The Methodists drew on us for two,
Drs. s. C. Dobbs and Frank Brandon,
and the Baptists for one, DIR. ]. NJ. Shell
burne.
| I also had the pleasure of running
across my educator friend, Prof. w. C.
| Griggs, who seems to be fixture in the
educational life of the Gaddenites, for
he has been in their midst for quite
awhile, and from the good things heard
about him is liable to continue. He must
like them for know he has had some
flattering offers from other cities.
| One of the best evidences Of growth in
a city is in its inability to provide for
the influx of school children. Birming-
ham is in about as good condition to
properly place its boys and girls in school
as is Gadsden, which means that both
are woefully lack in buildings and equip
ment. Now Birmingham Is preparing to
remedy the situation, and so is Gads-
| den, and if Professor Griggs' plans are
realized it will mean much for his home
town. ~ -4sE,
| I called on smother Birmingham man
that is Jesse Wadsworth. He is COM
fortably situated with his bank in a
handsome building. Now Jesse is not
only a business and social asset to any
city, but he weighs heavy in it's re-
| ligious life, and while he is staunch
Methodist, he can always be depended
upon to do his part when called upon by
another denomination.
out dropping by to see Ike Saks, the
son of my friend Herman, and whose
mother was one of Eufaulas lovely girls.
found that he was east on buying
/ trip but got to go through his up-to-
date store. Like Louis Saks here, he has
seen the value of putting In handsome
show windows and his place is attrsc-
tive both inside and out.
trict's improvements s9rss are push
ing their way from the beautiful post-
office, which looks moi ike an ttal-
ian palace than a governraeat ouidirE.
Down to the Samson mo alent 81 taa
foot of the street. Not oH'y TINS, the
side streets are building up oisdiy asr
no prophet. but I expect e. live O see
to Alfalfa will be built up j1st 4 Will
be the one separating Birm.nshs4n ana
Bessemer.
Now if you go to Gadsden b. . sec
trio line which leaving Attal'a
through Alabama City and thu o
down through several blocks OF iovely
homes before 1t reaches the BUSINESS
portion. and get off and go away glthocs
making trip through some of The 5Gnsf
residential streets. you will have ol. %
poor idea Of the real lovelintas or ne
Gadsden homes, for it has not oniy sgue
fine types of past years, but IS dfted
with newer specimens with wsn ssut
lawns
T drove through Moragne patE, W2irh
skirts the Goose. 1t is a be tifut tSirss
LOT virginia. woods and is hie 81 b.
ing made a great recreation spo, a kne
we are told that we ought not to soys,,
but somehow when I see the river Just
can't help wishing that Birmingham had
one at it's doors, but this being impos-
sible for goodness sake let's hurry up
and make it easier to get to the Warrior
|
1 was glad to find that the Rotarians
and the Kiwanians in Gadsdeh were on
the same friendly footing as these two
clubs are here and that for quite awhile
they met together as there were mat
ters of mutual interest to themselves and
the city to be threshed out. JEFF" Bailey
lis some little organizer and wherever
he goes they are glad he went. Sure
this will bear two interpretations, but
Jeff knows how I mean it.
Gadsden is a good church going town
and is to be congratulated OH it's church
buildings l learned that the First Bap.
fist church which was built only a few
years back has however become too
small and there is talk of buying a new
lot and rebuilding. The Episcopalians
have the foundation laid for handsome
new edifice
/ got to look in on the Etowah Baptist
association, and let it never be said
again that city church can't serve
dinner ON the ground for the members
Of the First Baptist church of Gadsden
set out a spread under the oaks just
across the street which would have done
credit to any community in the county.
The only city thing different about IL