The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-08
MEN, : WOMEN
AND THINGS

day, and therefore it was with interest
that l accepted an invitation from John
Dunaway to be present at West Dallas
Farms, Orrville.
It was to be a sale of model Duroes.
the ninth one held by Dunaway & Lam
bert, and it brought together quite a
large crowd not only from the surround
ing counties and throughout the state, but
there was also sprinkling of out-of-
state buyers.
1t looked like all of the leading citizens
of Chiffon county were present, and 1
saw representatives from the various
parts of Alabama. believe John Cart
wright was the only one from Birming-
ham. but his farm is not very far away
from where the sale was held.
B. F. Pool, who was formerly in the
lumber business at North Birmingham,
but for several years past citizen of
Linden, was in attendance an interested
onlooker for he had a sale scheduled for
Wednesday and Thursday, and was TAX
ing dots
was struck with the offerings of the
Linden Live Stock and Auction Sales
Bulls. cows. boars, sows, pigs. stations.
jacks, saddle horses, Shetland ponies,
goats, white rabbits, wagons, buggies,
Surveys, automo biles, farm implements
and 200 acres of land. The hand bill
given out read: Bring anything you have
to sell or show
Ben wanted mo to go down with him
and came mighty nigh getting me as he
told me that they had planned a big arbor
meeting, but that Evangelist Wolfe had
gotten his dates mixed and couldn't be
on hand, and he would put me up in his
place. 1t was a mighty big temptation
for one of my old friends, Or. J. v.
Dickinson, who used to be associate ed
itor of the Alabama Baptist when I
owned it, is the pastor
I am afraid that Pool would have land
well booked ahead, and then I remem-
bered an incident which happened when
Ross Smith was the business manager of
The Age Herald. We were talking about
field meq for papers, and he told me that
one of his best men was Baptist
trouble with him was that IL he happened
to get into town where a meeting was
going on or one was needed he would
forget all about the paper and join in.
told Ross that he had better turn his
preacher agent over to me- and l hired
A. D. Glass, one of the sunniest-hearted
men I have ever known, and whose tragic
death in an automobile wreck shocked
the whole state. Mr. Barrett has given
me mighty free hand since I have been
with the paper, and while preach some
where nearly every Sunday, 1 hardly
think it would be doing him right for
me to take on revival work, and so I had
to decline Ben Pools offer.
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But back to the hog sale at West Dallas
Farms In the first place Dunaway &,
Lambert have gone into the cattle raising
and hog business as il they meant to
devote the remainder of their lives to
it. l think it can be said without ques-
| ton that they have one of the finest hog
| barns in the entire south, and that their
pens are as fine as can be found any
where, and that their yards or runs meet
every requirement needed in hog Gull
| tur.
| Just word about their up-to- date sales
barn. There may be few in the coun-
try which cost more, but l am sure there
are none better arranged. The seating
capacity is large and the acoustics good.
Every detail from the auctioneers stand
to the show pens evidence the fact that
whoever planned the building knew what
they were doing. This means much COM
fort for the buyers, for the sales can be
the offerings as they come into the ring.
| The scale was scheduled for 1870, but
visitors and buyers began to arrive from
is on up to the hour when the gong was
sounded. The show pens were filled with
splendid specimens 1t was a treat to
watch the hog experts lean over the pens
and point out the fine points of the va
rious entries They had been gotten in
excellent show condition I heard some
hog connoisseurs state that whoever han
died them had put velvet finish on them.
This was a compliment to w r. Greene S
thorough care of his red beauties.
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sat by an out state buyer a merry
faced, shrewd Indianian. He was only
after the vest best The As listed in the
sale had some great ones among the num-
Der He was never interested in hog
until it had passed the $500 mark. Then
he began to sit up and take notice, and
pay for the privilege of taking it home
He lost one he wanted, and / heard him
say: 'I'll make him come across on the
next one. He stayed in one time to the
tune of $500 until he was able to take home
the pork.
When Dunaway & Lambert went to the
market and bought fancy Durocs the
people in the county put them down as
plungers who had lost their common
sense. 1t took years of work, nerve and
money to show their neighbors that it
paid to raise the best l confess it seemed
strange to me to see people start hogs
at 500 and run them up to $500. The