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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26

Bright Prospects on Gulf
 Coast Where Work on Oil
 We'll Is Soon to Be Stdrte q

than 25 oil fields, has been in consultation with developers along the coast recently, and gives an expert opinion that he be- lieves from all signs and surveys that both oil and gas underlie the coast coun- try, and that one good we'll wiR start an influx of many investors who get in on the ground floor of each new field.
 Business men of Gulfport and Biloxi are discussing the subject of organizing home companies to sink several wells back from the gulf front so to be in on the boom should there be paying strikes, such as were made at Burkbur- nett Tex, where the town grew from 900 to 10000 in 20 days, and where id gushers are now running If these wells are put down they will be financed as the one at PascagoulssS without stock fea- lures.
 Farmers and land owners are becom- ing rather skeptical. as there has been some heavy buying of lands on the quiet. but with the news of coming develop ments, owners of land holdings have frightened up aIRl are willing to walt and see what developments are to come from the maiden well soon to go down. They have read of how Texas farmers receive large royalties on oil from vets on theie farms.
 But all is expectancy now, andgwill be until the first drill gets down about 7o9 or S00 feet, at which depth the first signs of good or bad news originates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26
COLUMBUS TO HAVE
 TEN STORY BUILDING

Probably the most important construc- tion announcement of the week in the southeast is the official statement by the Merchants and Mechanics bank of Columbus, Ga, that it will erect To- story bank and office building at cost, including site. of approximately si0o,o00, says the Industrial Index.
 Recently the bank purchased a site 50 x140 feet at the northwest corner of Broad and Twelfth streets. in the heart of the business section of Columbus. Possession will be had by october 1. or sooner, and the construction contract will be let as soon as the plans and specifi- cations are completed and approved. The architect has not been definitely select ed, but plans probably will be prepared by a firm specializing on office buildings of this size and type possibly in col laboration with Columbus architect.
 The building will be of reinforced con- crete construction with brick exterior. The first floor will be devoted to bank ing quarters and possibly two stores. The other nine floors will be devoted to of- flee purposes altogether. and the tenta-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26

While industrial activity is not yet in full swing, there has been marked inn provement in many lines. A note of op- timism pervades the country. The prophet of good times will not be dis appointed, for the United States is sure to enter upon an unprecedented era of prosperity before the end of the present year. In the meanwhile there will be a gf adual readjustment of industrial con- ditions throughout the summer.
 The awarding of the railroad admin istration's contract for 2O0000 tons of steel rails will be of substantial benefit to the Birmingham district. What the Tennessee company's allotment will be has not been announced, but it will be large.
 activity. Inquiries for the pig metal are nore animated than they have been for seme time and within the past 10 days the volume eof sales has been appre- ciable. A brisk buying movement may be expected soon.
 One of the best business barometers is cement. A great deal of activity in the trade is noted- Business in our line is good, and it will be growing better right along. said J. |. McCants, well known cement sales manager. This is significant and cheering, for it indicates a solid improvement in construction.
 Never has there been such a forward movement in highway building as is in evidence throughout the south today, and every public road planned now calls for concrete The day of the make-shift high way is gone. Every mile of new road is of the best type; and that means. of course, an enormous demand for cement.
 Many houses are being built in the Birmingham district, and throughout
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26

Gulfport Miss, May 25.-(SpeciaL)- Without the usual stock-floating schemes the gulf coast will see it's first oil well sunk within the next two weeks. Henry Piaggio, millionaire and head of the ln- ternational Shipbuilding company. with headquarters in this city, together with NJ P Bouslog, a wealthy land owner along the Mississippi coast, are the main factors behind the new venture. MT Piaggio is a great believer in the future of this section. having recently erected $60,o00 home at Gulfport.
 Geologists and petrologists claim that the two great oil stratas-the Russian and Pennsylvania-on which all the biz oil strikes of the world have been de- veloped, cross each other along the Mis- sissippi coast. and it is on this theory that the men who are putting up the cash for this new field are working. They believe that wells of tic gusher type. such as were recently put down in Texas, are to be found
 The first well will be sunk at Pasca- gould, as MT. Piaggio has heavy equip ment there which was used about his shipyards, where he employs about 5000 men.
 Professor deLamorton, pioneer of more
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26
Progress Ln Industrial ReUiUal
 And Outlook Is Extremely Bright
Birmingham Apprecab Benefited Business Good and Will Soon Be BeerOptmsm All
 Prevailing -Tuscumba As We'll AS Sheffield Now Booming

Alabama and the south. Warehouses and other large structures, as well as dwell irgs are in course of construction. Wages and material are high as compared with pre-war levels, and they will continue so for sometime to come. Every city is short in esidences-Birmingham 5000 houses short It will not pay to wait until the cost of construction comes down. It is a safe prediction that the building trades will be humming every where within the next few months.
 Fl. Fontaine Little writes from Tuscum- bfa to The Age-Herald
 As a result of the Muscle Shoals in- dustries being established by the gov ernment in Colbert county, adjacent to Sheffield and Tuscumbh. both of which towns were 'boomed" and started on an unexampled era of progress and pros, perity, it would probably be difficult to locate two towns in the United States which jointly are expanding and improv- ing as rapidly and as extensively as are these two municipalities in Colbert coun- ty, Alabama,
 "By reason of it's splendid industrial acquisition prior to the inception of the Muscle Shoals development. Sheffield had already sat tained a splendid growth and thereby mnked with the better class os small industrial centers of the country Tuscumbia, because of its relation with the outlying country districts of the county, possessed an invaluable asset. which afforded a strong foundation for trade /acquisition, The growth of the town moved along more or less slowly than was the case with Sheffield.
 But today there is probably no city of it's size in Alabama which is showing a greater degree of progress than Tu5. cumbia and certainly none where more substantial building is being done. At this time there is under construction and contract here over s150,000 worth of busi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26
Active Construction
 Situation in Florida

The rapid revival in industrial and con sLauction conditions in Florida is well illustrated by the situation in the office of Turner & Bill engineers, in Jackson- vile. according to a special to the In- dustrial Index.
 In war times Messrs. C. " Turner and C. E. Bill, the gentlemen composing this firm devoted their time and thought to ire soution of various phases of the shpbuilding problems thas confronted the government. and in ne,r professional capacity rendertd' patriotic and efficient service. Several of their ideas were far aovanced, and with the prolongatlon of the war would have found concrete ex- pression on larger scale in proposed sfipyard., but with the sudden end of tie war their thoughts turned again to the practice of their expression along lines cf normal industrial and structural development After. a careful survey of the Florida fieid. they came to the honest conclusion that in the next decade no section Of the south will develop more rapidly than Florida and adjoining states perhaps none~so rapdly-and they de- cided to cast their professional tent In this particular field for keeps.
 I've believe that now is the hest time to enter the field" safd Mir. Bill to your eosrespondent and the inquiries we are already receiving, together with what we already have under way, certainly con firms our Judgment in having started when we did We opened up for busi- ness early in February. although some | of our friends thought we were fool~ l hardy to do so, We could not sec it l that way, however, and we as yet have i-psse ve arets.N @hateverN <, vsass NJ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26

There it is. what will you do with it?" asked Uncle Sam after he had ex- pended millions of dollars for the m- provement of our great waterway 10 the sea-the Warrior river, says the Alabama Coal Operator, Frank V. Evans, editor.
 Flowing through a stretch of coun- try rich in natural resources, yaT- preaching beds of coal, forests of tim- Der and fields of richest soil nature fashioned well the possibility or utilization and development from Mo bile bay to the headwaters of the War rior. The United States government recognized the value of the invitation to development and has lavishly pro- vided means for assisting nature Tn fully maturing plans for commercial utilization of the Warrior.
 Today the question is again force- fully presented to Alabama, what Will you do with the Warrior?
 The following message has been re- ceived by MT. H. T. DeBardelebcn, manager Warrior River Section Inland Waterways, whose interest in the de- veIopment of the Warrior has been manifested for many years.
 New York, N. Y, May Ia, 1913. ''Mr H. T. DeBaTdeleben,
 Brown Marx building,
 Birmingham, Ala.
 >"Through coal rates definitely au- thorized as tariffs can be published. Merchandise rates will follow just as soon as facilities provided to permit of handling at Warrior river transfer. Matter strictly up to Birmingham. We will publish joint rates through T'is- caloosa soon as terminal completed.
 BRENT"
 This means much for the immediate future of the Warrior, and that B:r- mingham and this district need only stretch forth hands to grasp golden opportunity. These through coal rates put the Warrior river route on an equal footing with the all-rail route, with advantage of port facilities at New Orleans, for storing coal ashore for ships,
 It is encourag ging to note that the government is still expending large appropriations for the utilization of the Warrior. The sum of $400,O00 is now being expended on the dams to afford depth of eight feet of water, and an increase of the minimum width of the channel to 150 feet. Work to be completed by January 1, 1920. Four steel boats to carry 1900 tons of coal each and three steel towboats of 900 horsepower, with a fleet of 20 wooden barges of a capacity of 500 tons each, will be ready by the first of February, 1920. These, together with the fleet of three towboats, 23 wooden barges and six steel self-pro- pelled barges will afford a carrying capacity of 9Oo,O00 tons of coal per annum.
 It is conservatively estimated that if the coal producers of this district will utilize this rail and waterway to a thoughtful and liberal extent within a short time they will succeed in obtaining reduction of 20 per cent or more of the present all-rail rate. When this is ac- complished our rate by river to Mobile will discount that of West Virginia tc Norfolk by 40 per cent, thus giving the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26
Warrior Riuer and the Great Opportunity ThatAwaits This
 This Section f ForDeUelopment

Birmingham coal district commanding position for export shipments to Cuba and Central and South American coun- tries.
 The wide-awake spirit of Tuscaloosa is to be commended. That city is already erecting river terminals and is almost ready to partake of the blessing of the lowest freight rates of any city in this section. Untl Birmingham awakens to the opportunity and builds terminals on the Warrior she must stand in the shad ow of Tuscaloosa on the question of freights. Birmingham must be up and doing.
 At present New Orleans affords mag nificent storage arrangements for coal sea-bound and awaiting full cargo Mo bile must have the same facilities, and the coal operators of Alabama should awaken to the importance of prompt acs tion looking to this end.
 Neglect of the present day opportunity for utilization of the Warrior may let die great wealth. It has just been an- nounced from Washington that the entire project of improvement on the Coosa river between Rome, Ga, and Dam 5,aoe- low Gadsden, including the maintenance and operation of locks and dams, is to be abandoned.
 The two reasons upon which the opinion of the board is based are
 {. On the section below GadSdeT, TOUT locks and dams and one dam without lock have been constructed, providing navigable channel but no commerce has developed and none is m prospect
 Above Gadsden the commerce is small and declining, apparently jlocal interests have made no special effort to develop transportation by water, and no termi- nals with improved facilities for handling freight have been provided The cost of even the modified plan proposed is be- lieved 10 be excessive when compared with probable resulting benefits
 Neglected opportunity? Let it not be so~ with the Warrior.
 Continued encouragement by the na- tional government in appropriating mil lions for the construction of boats and barges for the Warrior can and will be met by local appropriations for termi- nals and liberal patronage by the people and industries of this state.
 Recently agreed joint rates hy rail and the Warrior river would seem to make certain a successful utilization of the great stream. It only remains to be seen if the people will patronize the efforts of the promoters of the joint proposition by utilizing the offering. Throw ali busi- ness possible via the Warrior waterway and thus add strength to the develop ing hand of our great industrial district
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26
TEXAS OIL PIPE LINE
 OPERATIONS FOR APRIL

An Austin special to the Manufactur- CTS Record says:
 In statement just issued by the rali- read commission, the reports made to it by oil pipe line companies of their op- erations for the month of April are sum marized as followsI
 Crude oil owned and held by pipe lines, 1, ,74O. .3S4.21 barrels crude oil held for others, 2,5S3, 767.3o barrels; unified stor- age capacity, s,756s7o.5S barrels; total storage capacity, 11,0S10s2.o7 barrels.
 For the month ending March 3l the figures were as follows:
 Crude oil owned and held by pipe lines 3Ct,7 ,6S0,66 barrels; crude oil held for others. i, 2,2S6,S55 barrels; unified storage caracity, 4,079, ,2S9s0 barrels; total storage caLacity 10992, 670.S9 barrels.
 For the month ending April 90 1918, the figures were:
 Crude oil owned and held by pipe lines, S697 6S0G6 barrels crude oil held for others, 1912, ,039n barrels; unified stor- age capacity 5,09s, ,592. .55 barrels; total storage capacity. s10,7os, 2.92 barrels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26

ness buildings alone, besides many dwell- ings and rental houses that are being erected And the city is preparing to be- gin street paving on an extensive scale. These street improvements come as the result of activities on the part of Mayor o. B. Clark. the progressive mayor of the city.
 The business houses being erected are all on Main street and are confined to three blocks A handsome two-story brick business house is being built on the cor ner of Main and Sixth streets by Judge N. P Tompkins. and the investment az greates SS5,Oo0 Connecting with this building os the south side is business house being completed by D. O. Matthews at cost of s15.00G N. NJ Burns and brothers have begun work on modern motion picture theatre on West Main street, which represents an expenditure of approximately S25.00o. Near this build ing the WallSer-James Furniture company recently completed splendid two-story store building, costing about S15.o00.
 "A few days since Mayor O. B. Clark awarded the contract for duplicate of the Strand theatre in Birmingham, which will be erected on the east side of Main street in Tuscumbia, and which, with two store rooms will cost S60,000 and will be one of the finest buildings to be seen in North Alabama. H. Perry has awarded the contract. for a new two-story brick storehouse adjoining his present two story building on Main street, This build- ing will cost something overeSlo,oN.
 These improvements taking place in Tuscumbia, which conditions likewise eX- ist in Sheffield, when considered in con- nection with the governments Muscle Shoals development in Colbert county, indicate that this district of Alabama is firmly established, and will continue to enjoy growth and prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26
Archbishop Shaw Scores
 Bills Now Before Congress

New Orleans, May 25.--Denunciation et the Smith education bill now pending in Congress and of prohibition which would interfere with wine for sacmmenta1 pur- poses as federal invasion of religious rights was voiced here tonight by Arch cese of New Orleans, at a mass meeting and today at Pontificial high mass, open ing the 18th annual convention of the Louisiana federation of Catholic church. es 4st-f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26
Greatest Soldier in World
 Wants to Get Back Home
Ru Assnniatnd Pres,


 Washington. May &-Alvin C, York Of Pall Mall. Tenn, after spending four days in New York and, Washington as the guest of admiring fellow Tennesseans, during which time he was the honor per- son at banauets. met the Secretary or War and was congratulated by members of the house of representatives, left to- day for Camp Merritt, N J., to resume his old status as an ordinary sergeant in the U. s. A"
 Before he left Washington for Camp Merritt to be discharged Sergeant York; who because of his most unusual feat in the Argomie was acclaimed by his com mander. Major General Duncan, the greatest soldier the world has produced, said that he guessed he hnd seen about everything there was to sec and eX- pressed a desire to get back quick to Pall Mall"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26
Want Eight-Hour Day Ru Assnniata tod Prnss

Toronto, Ontario, May 25.--A general strike is threatened if an eight-hour day is not granied S0,000 metal workers now on strike virtual tie-up of all railway transportation in Ontario would be one result of such a general walk-out work sors- claimedv,,s- -.gv~sss s@~.,N \
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-26

tive plans call for POT offices. Three electric elevators will be installed. De- tails of heating. lighting, plumbing and
 ventilation. and the type of roof con struction, have not vet been determined.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-31
DRINK HOT WAITER
IF YOU DESIRE A
ROSY COMPLEXION
Says we can't help but look
better and feel better
after an inside bath.

To look one s best and feel ones best
is to enjoy an inside bath each morn
ing to flush from the system the pre-
viOus days waste, sour lamentations
aud poisonous toxins before it is alb
sorbed into the blood. Just as Goa, when
it burns, leaves behind certain
amount Of incombustible material in
the form OF ashes, 50 the food and
drink taken each day leave in the ali
mentary organs certain amount of
indigestible material which, if not
eliminated, form toxins and poisons
which are then sucked into the blood
through the very duets which are in
tended to suck in only nourishment to
sustain the body.
If you want to see the glow of
healthy bloom in your cheeks, TO see
your skin get clearer and clearer, you
arc told TO drink every morning upon
arising, a glass of hot water with a
teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in
it, which is harmless means of wash
ing the waste material and toxins from
the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels,
thus cleansing, sweetening and purify
ing the entire alimentary tract, before
putting more food into the stomach.
Men and women with sallow skins,
liver spots, pimples or pallid complex
ion, also those who wake up with a
coated tongue, bad taste, nasty breath,
others who are bothered with head
aches bilious spells, acid stomach or
constipation should begin this phos-
phated hot water drinking and are as.
sured of very pronounced results in one
or two weeks.
A quarter pound of limestone phos-
plate costs very little at the drug
store but is sufficient to demonstrate
that just as soap and hot water
eleanses, purifes and freshens the skin
on the outside, so hot water and lime
stone phosphate act on the inside or
gans We must always consider that
internal sanitation is vastly more i'm
portant that outside cleanliness, be.
cause the SKIN pores do not absorb i'm.
purities into the blood, while the bowel
pores do-Adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-31

! Fourth Sixteen:
Dumont Clarke, Eslwanok, SO, L. b.
Purnell, Baltimore, 49,
R. H. Jeffrey, Sciete, 81, P. V. Kane,
Oronimink, 81.
C. F. Watson, Jr, Baltusrel g. S. R.
Smith, Garden City, SO.
S. w. French, Annandale, 81, w. FL.
Martin, Sciete, 81.
G. L. Emmons, Baltusrel, 81, D. Frank
Dillon, Alpine, 81.
A. NJ. Reed, Ekwanok, 81, w. A. De-
Wolfe, Raltusrel, 81.
Jasper Lynch, Lakewood, 81, A. J.,
Walker, Richmond Co., 81
C. Darlington, Woodland, 81. Cabot
Morse, Wollaston, 9S.
Fifth Sixteen:
B. w. Godsee, Woodland, 90, J. A
Jeffrey, Jr., Cciete, SO.
E. w Taylor, Phila. c. c., SO, II. w
Carey, Van Setback Island. %
R. j. Francisco, Oak Hill, 60, L. Rus
sell, Tuxedo, 90
A L. White, Ekwanok, 100, C. G. Com
stock, Sleepy Hollow, 100
H. S. Pearson, New Haven, 100, I. 8
johnson, Rochester, 100.
c. V. Rich, Sleepy Hollow, lOl, E. Ste
vens, Mt Anthony, l0l
a. V. Conrad, Scarsdale, l02, E. r
Stillman, Van Schaick Island, l02.
G. l.. Fofman, Hartford G. c., l02, I
II. Collins, Worcester, 1903.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-31

Before the collapse of the German
empire it cost upwards of $4,500,000 a
year to maintain the twenty four royal
palaces and lesser dwellings of the Ger
man Emperor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-31

her parents, returned today to her work
in New York. Her brother, Franklin
Babb, accompanied her, making the
trip by automobile. Her sister. Miss
Hildegarde Babb, will return with him
to Brattleboro to remain during August.
F. W, Nichols and son, Francis, have
returned from a vacation spent in Bos-
ton and vicinity. G. NJ. Clay and Mrs.
Nichols went to Boston by automobile
and accompanied them back. Mrs.
Frederick Dyke of Somerville, Mass,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-31

New York 6 il
Chicago 8
Shawley and Hannah; Williams, Lou
dermlk and Schalk. First game. Ten
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-07-31
PERSONAL.

Mrs. William Cushman and children
of Guilford street and Mrs G. H. Palm
er will go tomorrow to Mortified,
Mass, where they will spend two weeks
in camp and attend the conference. Mr..
Cushman and Mr.. Palmer will go down
several times during their stay.
Miss Edith Babb, who had been
spending a month 3 vacation here with