The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-09-27
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Paving "Watcher"

T see the street railway company is using brick in its part of the paw ing of Eighth avenue, which will run from Birmingham to Ensley." said Ed Norton. The city will use asphalt, and I have heard comment about the traction company's re- sorting to brick.
 However, paving brick makes just as good road as asphalt, if they are layed properly and main If Eleventh avenue, south, had been placed in the care of a watcher such as they employ on the road ways in Europe, it would never have reached the deplorable state that ex sts today.
 Tn Europe the authorities assign walker. He goes over this roadway daily If a break has occurred in the bricks he takes out the bad one ard replaces it with a new one. Re- pidCeIHenL DTlchS are IO pe lOuHu III little heaps at intervals. That's the system the city of Birmingham should use.
 No matter whether asphalt,s brick or chert Is being used, laborers should be placed in charge in cer- tain sections, with authority to patch streets when little breaks oc- cur. In this way a perfect street would be the result, street that would last an eternity. The great trouble Is that the authorities put down a road and then expect it to take care of itself forever"
 To Help Inquiring Strangers
 "The Birmingham Automobile club IS asking permission at the present time of the city commission to make an exception or the club and allow us to mark the poles throughout the the Bankhead highway and the Bee Line highway in order to assist strangers to get through our city without the inconvenience of mak ing numerous inquiries. often incon- venient and annoying" said Charles G. Davis. president of the Birming ham Automobile club, yesterday.
 The same request has been made or the Southern Bell Telephone com rany and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. Loea- ton of markers through the city do- mated by the city commission. and which will be immediately placed. include Second street and Fourth avenue, Sixty-second street and First avenue, Twentieth street and First avenue, the Tutwiler hote1, West Twentieth street and Eighth avenue, Eighth avenue and Owenton college, railroad at East Thomas, Pratt City road at the junction of the road to Republic and two in Pratt City. These will be of great assistance to the thousands of tour sts that the Birmingham Automo- bile club expects to visit Birming- ham this winter
 Not Candidate
 "I had a funny experience yesrer- day when I rode up. to a service sta- ton to have battery in my auto mobile changed" said Mrs. Solon Jacobs. The man who waited on me told me he was going to vote or me, and when I asked him for what, he said, City commission. lie then looked over at another wom- an, who was sitting in her car, and told me she was going to vote for me as well. I asked him who he thought I was. and he said. Mrs. Jacobs, of course I replied that l didn't see how they could vote for me as was not a candidate for any thing.
 "The man seemed surprised to learn I was not one of the candi- dates for the city commission, and said that although he noticed my name wasn't in the list of candi- dates published in the papers, he supposed it was just mistake, and 1. had been overlooked" Many Wells Have Gone Dry q have never known so many wells to be dry in St. Clair county" said "Jud" Inzer of springville.
 T have several wells on one of my places which heretofore hay, always given an unfailing supply of water, but are now practically dry, and I have just gotten dynamite to do some blasting in the hope of opening some untouched under ground stream. I heard friend state that he had known a certain well for nearly a half century which was noted for always flowing when other wells about it had failed, but at Nesent it has ceased to give | forth any water. A great deal of drinking water is being hauled from the big Springville spring as many cisterns have been exhausted"
 Visit to old Home
 q have been planning for mum Der of years to go back on visit to my old home at Spring Hill, near Demopolis." said Judge H. B. Abe-- nethy. q have been away from the black belt for more than 20 years but have not forgotten that it was my home.
 Few sections of any country nave produced as good stock of people as that section, and l often thlnk