The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-22
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 have recently been down to York, the home town orDr. Henry NJ. Ed monds. and by the way he was down there with his wife on a visit to his lovely mother \and to lecture before the people about his European trip.
 He is one. prophet who is honored in his own county.
 Usually trip to York means that am on my way out to Frank Derby's great country estate, but this time he was busy winning blue ribbons and prize money at the fair at Me- ridian with Marshal Joffre as the big white Shorthorn bull won the grand championship and was the sem sation of the cattle show.
 Even Tom Cobb. proprietor of the New York hotel, my buddy" was away but I managed to find John EAltman, and through him got on to the situation in and around York. He told me one cheering piece of news, and that was that Judge Rainor, whom I met pleasantly at the Grubbs-AllfSon wedding, would make 21 bales of cotton on 21 acres of land.
 But the thing which interested me most was his showing to me a won dorful Irish setter. over which t,500 birds were killed last season, with an invitation to como down and go bird hunting with him and his pride when the season opened. A fox hunt had been arranged. but much to my regret was called off on account of the exceedingly dry weather, as the dogs were unable to follow tho trail.
 l dropped in to see Mayor J. H. Wallace and extended him a personal invitation to come up to our semi centennial. ahen went up to the schoolhouse and invited the Civic league and the Parent Teacher as- sociation, which were having a joint meeting, and on being invited to make a talk, talked. There is one thing sure, and that Is York has a live bunch of women, and a little bird told me that a political bee was bug zing around the bonnet of one of the most capable club women of the town who was thinking of running to be a member of the board of education.
 Of course l dropped into the edi- torial sanctum of tho Sumter County Journal. I had two reasons. One was to pay my respects to the editor and the other to congratulate him on the fact that one county newspaper had put up over it's place of business real live. readable sign. Here Is what was on part of 1t: Sumter County Journal, Game Cock City ot Alabama!' York led the way, which later Demopolis took up, of using roosters to raise money. York was for road, DemopoliA for bridge.
 
 was pleased to find that York was growing in friendliness towards Birmingham. was told by leading citizen that for | long time Merid- ian. being close by, got the majority of York's retail and wholesale tradel but that more and more the tide is turning to the Magic City. and that the only thing which was hindering it at present was the increased rail- road fare.
 For the encouragement of the com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce, which is hard at work to increase the jcbbing territory of Birmingham, 1 will say that on my recent trip down the Alabama Great Southern that at each town where l stopped off was that the people l met were more cordial and friendly in their talk about Birmingham than hereto- fore, and that more of the merchants were buying from our wholesalers.
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