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Evening star., 1924-10-10
TEXAS ROAD WINS
EFFICIENCY PRIZE
Trolley Line Finds 24,0O0
Lots and Helps Patrons
Build Houses.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY. October lO.-The
Northern Texas Traction Co Of Fort
Worth. Tex. today was awarded the
Charles A. Coffin prize for accomplish
ing more outstanding achievements:
than any other electric railway in
the United States during the last wear
The prize. consisting Of 81, OOG cash
and gold medal. is donated annually
by the General Electric co. through
the American Electric Railway ASso-
cia ton.
The winner scored heavily in nopu-
larizing service. creating good wiz
ana maintaining friendly relations
with its employees. 1t also made no
Ia bic accomplishments in effectinr
economies. improving" construction
preventing accidents and financing.
Helped Build Houses.
Activity in causing the building
OF several hundred new homes along
us lines had much to do with the
company's victory In a desire B
increase traffic, particularly on shorf
hauls. the company made survey
OF all vacant lots within four blocks
or ITS lines and found there wer.
Ei'ooO or them. 1t then ENCOURAGED
the building Of homes on many Of
these lots.
Use of the colloquialism How'd.
also helped gain goodwill. Several
cars were painted white and tb-
erecting. Howdy, glad, to see Won.
iiue and save the difference" was
painted on the cars The crews wera
supplied with special uniforms sim
liar TO those worn by Yachting can
tains
baltimore Road Second
Al! cars are repainted every Dfua
months and kept scrupulousIy clear.
al all times. Company employees mar
tlclpate IN all civic affairs. Sessions
VI courtesy school are run regular
y information cards distributed
among passengers brought criticism
from only 3 per cent.
Convinced that people would rather
rae In street cars than busses, the com
pahF recently supplanted d bus lin.
win traction service and increased
the receipts from $50 TO SlYO a day 4
public celebration marked the omen
ing of the line
The United Railways & Eloctri,
Company of Baltimore. and the Inter
state Public Service Company. of In
dlanapollS. We're runners up in the
race for the award, Fort Worth win
ming by only a shade.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
FUNDS FOR COTTON CROP.
Bankers Are Ready to Furnish
S1o.Ooo.ooo in Credit.

NEW YORK. October l0.-Fina ne
Ing of d large percentage of the cot
ton crop handled BY the Texas Farm
Bureau Cotton Association again will
be underta ken by banking group
headed by the Seaboard National
Bank and Goldman. Sachs & CO.. by
means of d revolving credit not to ex-
ceed $4,000. 600 at any one time. it is
announced here
Evening star., 1924-10-10
M staken Identity.

from the " orccStrr Gazette.
AS | was crossing the brid.a tho
other day" said an Irishman, Il met
Pat OBrit 'O'Brien.' says |, How
are you?''
Pretty well. thank you. Brady.
says he.
Brady says / that's not my
name
Faith, says he. and mines not
O'Brien.
We again looked at each other.
an sure enough it was naythur of
US"
Evening star., 1924-10-10
WOOL PRICES HIGHER.

NEW YORK, October 10.-The
American Woolen Company has an
nounced additional price advances on
"a fabrics made of all wool or wool
and wors1ed yarns, rejecting the in
creased cost of wool content in these
fabrics. Host of the advances ranged
from 2l2 10 5 yard, with few from
10 to Is al yard.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Maple Sugar in Quebec.
rom the indianapolis News.

+
The Province of Quebec is con-
Quoting a campaign to increase Its
production of maple sugar, of which
it accounts for 85 per cent of the
Canadian production. The maple
sugar crop of 1928 amounted to
1.250,250 gallons and maple sugar to
S,215,475 pounds.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Overcrowding.
From Lie

Ruddy was in an automobile accident.
Jane-Yes, Betty Cuddie crowded
him off a country road.
Mary didn't know she drove a
car.
Jane-She doesn't She went for a
ride with him.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Diplomats.
From the Edinburgh Scotsm.

From the Edinburgh Scotsman.
He (cautiously)-Would you Say
"yes" If 1 asked you to marry me?
She (still more cautiously)-Wou
you ask me to marry you If l said
would say yes" if you asked me to
marry you?
Evening star., 1924-10-10
Modern Mems Grills.

From the Louisville Courier journal.
What you got here?'
"A business mems lunch"
Il see. PatroniZed by happer
stenographers.'
Evening star., 1924-10-10

TPartls 'Nifa. IParanie N preferred stu e
'''ihpnn 'H'"s 81 gwen IN the Hhov" table
srp tho annual "a>h pay cuts based on the
'a''S' a. a~'"r'' %" ha1t-yearly declarations
'n'eSs ofhnrwi~" noted. extrs sppci.'
dividends no. included.
Evening star., 1924-10-10
New York Stock and
Bond Averages.

Thursday. October o.
STOCKS.
Total stock sales. So, 500
shares.
Twenty industrials averaged
101.48; net gain. Al.
High, 1924, 104.13; low. 9O.27.
Twenty railroads averaged
S9.!S; net gain, .2S
High. 1924, 9S.15: low, s10O
BONDS.
Total bond sales (par value),
$13 029,000.
Ten first grade rails averaged
$3.50; net gain, IA
Ten secondary rails averaged
SS.23; net gain, .25.
Ten public utilities averaged
91.32; net gain, IL.
Ten industrials average
95.13; net loss, .07.
Combined average, 91.01; net
gain, IL.
Combined average month ago,
90.Sl; year ago, S6.zs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
GLENN SUPPORTER
 OF FORD,S OFFER
Heads Realty Brokerage Firm At
 Muscle Shoals \.

One of the closet students of the de- velopment of Muscle Shoals is Walter H. Glenn, head of really concern bearing his name, which has been an active organization in the district for 32 years. ..s
 Glenn, as are the majority<cf, other longtime citizens of the. community, is . supporter of Ford, but he has enough faith in the development of the dis trict, to vision its progress irregardless of who operates Wilson dam.
 But there is this much about it.', Glenn says, s.the magic of Ford 's name would attract the, cream of industries here. He would have; an immense amount of capital forsth development of the country's resources. and for that reason the sentiment is strongly in favor of him. Y z s5 {
 '.The Alabama Power company has been practically eliminated from the running. Their motive was entirely selfish in the first place because they are afraid of the competition Ford could make. If refefendum should be held here I doubt if the power com pany would get even one vote !
 The Glenn company does . large amount of rental business in the dis. trict, acting as brokers entirely, and not developers. They act sas agents for IS large mercantile establishments in the three cities, Florence. Sheffield and Tuscumbia, ...- ss.}- sa ze.-s si ..,s ss :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
CHARLES SUMNER
 . ROOMS REALTORS
Sheffield Man Went Through Birminham
 Development

Alabama, particularly the Birming- ham district, needs no introductione to Charles Sumner, who has organized the Sumner Realty company, with head quarters at the Sheffield hotel.
 Sumner went through the boom of early real estate development in Bir- mingham from 1892. an experience which he says is mighty helpful to him in Muscle. Shoals Improvement.
 .Birmingham had wonderful possi- bilities; it still has, Simmer declares, but in it's golden moments do not be- lieye it could surpass this distrist. It has nearly all the resources of the Magic. City and few of its own. Then, too, Muscle Shoals has the added ad- yantages of highways, schools, auto. mobiles and being the best advertised section this country has ever known"
 Asked what the main element in the development of Muscle Shoals was barring the dam and nitrate plants Summer quickly answered "real estate agents"
 .sThere have been 90 subdivisions opened here and every one has drawn people from various parts of the coun try who have bought and gone ava, satisfied, Many plan to move fhei families here while others are onl, awaiting power to remove their indus trial plants to the district
 Y While the bulk of Summers bushes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
UTILITIES AWAIT
 M. s. EXPANSION
Complete Tri-Cities Serv- ice Maintained By Shef-
 field Company

When the rapid expansion comes to the Muscle Shoals district public util- ities service will await it. The Shef- field company supplying power and street railways for the Tri-C Cities, Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia, and water for the latter two, has planned with an eye on the future and will be we'll able to handle increased patron age:
 The water plant of the company built upon the Tennessee river with the power plant, has a capacity of a million gallons and this production may be multiplied by six if the occasion de mands The water is here filtrated and treated to the point where it is the one of the few plants outside of Birming- ham which turns out a product judged as 100 per cent. pure.
 In regard to the street railways op- erated by the company, eleven miles of trackage are maintained between the three cities with srevice every 20 minutes. Last year the cars handled 1.314,000 passengers at increase of nearly 100000 over the previous year.
 J. F. Cannon, general manager, is actively in charge of the Sheffield com pony. He went to Sheffield in 1899 with a successful record in public util- ity concerns of Birmingham and Bes- semer.
 Besides Cannon. officials are Hen ry Parsons, president W. S. Hatch, vice president; k. H. Hopkins, treas urer; and o. W. Hunter, auditor.
 The company is owned by Henry Parsons sons, having no indebtedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

ing parking space to an unusual de- gree. The city planners, well versed in the needs of city, attended to the most minute detail, and the result, already hinted at, will no doubt be satisfactory.
 They say Rome was not built in a day, but in this swiftly moving age a city can almost spring up over-niRht. Those in Muscle Shoals will testify to this. Two years ago Ford City was simply four square miles of country land, covered with trees in. part, culti- vated by farmers on the other part.
 Today it is laid out in such a fashion that even to the casual eye it presents itself as a modern city, soon to be bust ling with activity. Wide boulevards through it and circling, sidewalks laid electrically supplied. waterworks com pleted, business section ready for build ings, residential sections divided into lots and twenty-five houses going up {!
 It is a significant fact that the ma jority of those who have bought lots in Ford City have signified their inten- tion of building homes and living there. For long time the buying and selling of land in Muscle Shoals was more or less of gamble, and while busy trading went on it was done mostly by specula- tors. rapidly being sold again. Today, a different type of investor has entered. the conservative man and woman buy ing lots to build upon when the ac- tivity begins.
 It will be interesting indeed, when Ford City is entirely completed to see the city which was planned in every detail and built accordingly. It should be wonderful place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
SHEFFIELD BOARD { { HAS HIGH STANDARD
Body of Realtors Eliminates
 Wildcat Operators

The Sheffield Real Estate Board, organized two years: aeo, shas accom- plished much in the elimination of wild cat, operators from the dis trict.
 Members of the board are bound by high ethical standards and pledged to insure honest investments for their clients. The board tolerates no mis- charges of which are considered sufficient grounds for expul- sion of members,
 In its work the board has inspected subdivisions with reports on the prob- able market value of the property. It's aims are for permanent development of the district and sales not based on mere speculative fluctuations.
 One of the organizations proposals which is directed toward raising the professional standards not only of the entire district but of the state as well. is the advocation of adoption of state law under which all real estate opera tors must be licensed. This idea has been carried out in past by the board under its national organizations which limits the use of the term 'realtore to .its members.
 W. T Archer is president of the board: J. H. Palmer, vice president, and W. E. Sanford, secretary and.treas- urer. It consists of twelve members. : is with Birmingham buyers he has also interested capitalists of the northern and eastern states in Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
BANK AT TUSCLlMBIA A TO HAVE NEW HOME

The First National. Bank of Tus- cumbia will pass another milestone in it's successful career May l, when 1t moves into its new home. enc of the pfettiest bank buildings in the state.
 [, The new building, "a two-story struc- ,ture, has q frontage of 60 feet and a depth, of 100 feet. Upper floor win be devoted to offices. "
 A financial statement of the bank shows liabilities and resources at $63S ,306, with deposits at $592, 1g2. Capital is listed at $75, 600. % <. Officials of the bank are; w. c. Halsey, presidents; Harry Perry, vice president; T. R. Jones, vice president ; Isaac ". Del6ng, cashier, and H. s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
Biggest Development
Ovitt Heads Largest Single Project In
 United States

]. Managing the. largest single realty development, in the United States and the largest realty sales or ganization in the. United States is the daily task of Spalding W i Ovitt, ..presi-
 dent of the Muscle Shoals Railroad and City Development company, Inc. Its q nan-sized job, but Duke. as he is .affectionateIy called by his friends, the name being a survival of. Yale days, manages to be q good fellow along with all that.
 He has promoted Ford City. which is rapidly assuhaifg. tiH size of a real city, and he is the youngest .city builder" in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

is with Birmingham buyers he has also interested capitalists of the northern and eastern states in Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

the northern states. who are encouraged to visit the grounds.
 Our only problem is to get them to come down here" Nicolopooplos de- clares. Once they are here we feel pretty confident of winning them over to our view of the matter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
GOOD ENOIIG;H

k Young Wife-This dish, dearest, is an original competition of. mine X
 Hub (after sampling it)-In future, my love, perhaps you'd better cook saft- CT, the old masters.--F From the Boston
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
NICK WELL KNOWN ,
 AT MUSCLE SHOALS
G. P. NicOlOpOOplOs Reputed As
 Natural Salesman

There are two very good reasons for remembering G. P. Nicolopooplos. The first is his name, which he jokingly re- marks contains five times as many o's as there are in the alphabet, and second ly, his personality. He is another very good reason why prospects have an ex- ceedingly difficult time in passing up Mnscle Shoals real estate.
 Nicolopooplos, more commonly known as Nick" is one of the select gentry of natural salesmen." He sells through the sheer joy of it and his par ticular- amicable and unruffled methods have made him an outstanding figure at Sheffield, where the main office of his real estate firm is located.
 He came to the Muscle Shoals dis trict two years ago from Newport. News, Va, urged by an aeropla1.e photograph of the ground in. the picture-section of a New York newspaper. The publica- tion reached him Monday morning and after a days pondering over the view and the possibilities of development which were plainly visible in the cut, he made up his mind. ...-..=.
 That evening he told his partner he was going to Muscle Shoals. 5. '-
 Nicolopooplos arrived in Sheffield about the time real estate commenced to take on the aspects of a boom and by some quick trading was able to pur- chase two large subdivisions. The first of these, Brabson Park, devoted to resi- dential property, is now largely sold out, but the second and the hobby of the realtor, Industrial Plant Gate, has but recently been placed on the market. This subdivision is situated one mile south of Wilson dam on the Wilson dam highway leading from Sheffield. It is about three blocks from nitrate plant No. 2 and logical place, the realtor says. for development of the industries.
 With this in mind he has plotted the ground for industrial locations only. Residential buildings are to be restrict ed. Plans for the grading of streets, water mains, sidewalks and other con veniences for industrial growth are now being planned
 Most of the firms business is con tracted through agents with persons in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27

Sargent. assistant cashier. Directors are: A. H. Carmichael, Issac W. De- long, E. D. Fennell, W. G. Halsey, T. R. Jones, Harry Perry and H. s. Sar- gent .ls.al..l...
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-07
Chicago Produce Market
Chica go. MAY 6


Cold and wet weather in the Cana
dian northwest causing delay to seed
ing, had share today in bringing
about higher prices here for wheat.
advance, May 1.o4s to 1.O4s and July
l.O6s to 1.07. Corn finished unchanged
TO &c off, oats at shade to &c. gain
and provisions varying from &c lower
to rise of &c.
Enlarged trading here accompanied
the rise of values in the wheat market,
and especially during the last of the
day there was considerable buying in
Chicago against selling at Winnipeg.
Talk of a probable 10 per cent. de-
crease of the wheat acreage of Saskat
chewan had some bullish effect, and so.
too, did gossip about likelihood that the
Argentina strike would be prolonged.
and that Europe would require liberal
supplies OF wheat before harvest. Be
sides, the Winnipeg market has gained
on the Chicago market recently so that
the two markets were less than one
cent apart.
Improved milling demand here for
wheat today gave more confidence to
the buyers of the wheat market in gen
eral. The milling purchases were of no
great volume, but taken in connection
with hopeful indications as to foreign
trade were sufficient to evoke comment,
particularly in view of the late steady
European absorption of big imports of
wheat. 1t was pointed out that world
shipments to date have been ahead of
the previous season and that the Cana
dian visible supply has fallen to sew
eral million bushels less than the total
year ago.
Coarse grains Jagged as compared
with wheat. except that May oats were
in demand from ca h houses. The corn
market was adversely affected by slow
ness OF eastern shipping call and by
sales into store here.
Moderate buying on the part Of pass
ers steadier provisions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-07
LARONE

When Mrs. Pearl Mitchell stopped
to give her horse drink at the pub
lie tub near Alt. Everett's, the animal
took a sudden freak and ran away
but was stopped at w. II. Bigefow's
and Mrs. Bigelow took him back to
meet his driver. Luckily no damage
was done. This water tub appears
to be in the danger zone as other
horses have recently left their driv-
ers at this place.
The w. +. b. met May with Mrs.
C. c. Luce and demonstrated the
making of freless cookers. The meet
ing was interesting and enjoyed by
a full attendance with few visitors
present. Dinner was served at noon.
Guy Brooks is getting along as
well as could be expected from the
serious accident he had in having the
fingers on one hand cut off in a wood
saving outfit.
Friends Of Miss Wilmer Forbes,
granddaughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Puffer will be panied to learn of her
serious illness at her home in RUM
ford.
- Albert Willett. our veteran wood
cutter. who resides in the camp on
the Albert Jewett farm has pur-
chased a COW Of Elmer Carl.
The little baby. boy of Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. A. Stevens has been on the sick
list but Is now better.
Angie johnson has sold his farm
on the Waterville road to party
from Brewer.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. e. Campbell and
Miss Marie OF Wilton were over Sum
day visitors in town.
Ed. Hicks Of Hinckley was this
way last week and purchased stock
Of r. w. Farley.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-07
New York Produce Market

New 4OTk, MAY "
wHEAT-spot firmer: No. ] dark
northern spring New York lake
s s,"i rail .4oS: No. hard winter
lake and rail 1903; No. / MANITOBA 90
1iTs and No. . mixed durum do. l;its.
coRN-spot easy. No; Ssw ye YorS
and No. . white = I TRACK s;~ nsw 40 *
All BY rail 81. and No. mixed s ~
SoATs-spot steady; No. : wn''e %
@IfoARp-steady; middle west 1Leo@
Sther articles unchanged. ,oos,.
RTfTTER-Easier; receipts, Ie:uoA'
creamerv extras, 90 score, So: gSss.
igTsEEs-Steady; receipts 61:s4i. an.
pSTATOES-Dull; New YORK D PYLE
nor $50 mounds 800 so: Maine 4'ooW
Pe an. ~ T,orida new 4.25 OTIS.
''Vei RRAGaEs-Easier; southern per
Raw sugar was higher early To-Day on
increased buying by operS.o ~
"a sed of and closed net uncnanseo a.
S.yy ot ameS eb by the action Of raws and
,r;vata ,,nfavorable political TepoIIss
FFrons Cuha. raw sugar futures aasanSeu
~ 10 noints but later easeo unoer
,...i;vinr and closed points lower se
10 h;gher. May closed Al jury f'e''
S Sen S 4. 40. December 4.0s.
Not much inquiry was reSu. nvad et
canned sugar with prices uncnanseu o.
- e., ~ 40 for fine granuiateo.,
refined futures were nominal.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-07
Chicago Cattle Market

Chica go. May s.
CATTLE-Receipts 10000; beef
steers and yearlings closing more &C
tive than early. mostly 10 to Is lower
than Yesterdays high time: spots OF
more on medium yearlings: later class
numerous; top matured steers 12.25:
few loads II 90 a 11.75; part load long
earrings 100; best in load lots 10
numerous loads light beef heiferS So
6925; some S.S5 a 1000; fat she stock
less desirable quality considered about
steady, slow; bulls closing weak to Is
lower: bulk bolognas 4.S5 q 4,65: vealefs
mostly IS higher: bulk to packers 500
firm: bulk 6.156S.50: meaty qualified
kind upward TO 1900 on country ac-
HoGs-Receipts $4,000: uneven; de-
sirable weighty butchers steady to
strong: light weights steady to- low
er: packing sows steady. to 10 higher:
closed slow: mixed offerings steady to
weak; killing pigs unehanged; bulk
ers 7.40G7.55; top 7.55: bulk better
grades 100 to 225 pounds 1900 AS;
bulk desirable 40 to 1J0-pound aver
age s.S007.10: bulk packing sows SO
$3.50: bulk good and choice strong
weight killing pigs 5000 $50; estimat-
sHEEP-Receipts $4,000: fat lambs
strong to 25 higher; mostly 10 to Il
bulk desirable clipped lambs 1850
1885; top 1856; few spring lambs
1e.00n1750: good to choice clipped
wethers s.25: best Clipped ewes 500;
choice medium weight wooded ewes up
ward to 800.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-07
worth of fuel moved abroad durin

worth Of fuel moved abroad during
the year.
Shipments of automobiles rank a
close third; American manufacture
ers exported s162.271, 900 worth of
vehicles during the period examined
by the government officials. Autos
and other machines are coming to
figure very largely in the American
export trade. In fact, it is predicted
that within another decade the trade
Will be primarily manufactured
commodities instead Of raw materials
as formerly.
Lumber stands at the foot of the
list Of the ten most important ex-
port commodities. Shipments of
that commodity were appraised at
SS1 ,0J7, 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-05-07
CORNVH.LE
Wesserrunsett Grange

Wesserrunsett Grange enjoyed a
very pleasant entertainment Satur-
day evening. Miss Winifred Gard
ner played a piano solo.
A song by the choir followed and
then Hon. Clyde Smith of Skowhe-
gan was presented to the brothers
and sisters. Mr.. Smith spoke with
eloquence and comprehension on the
now all important public highway
question. His idea Is that good
roads will pay for themselves by the
saving in time, tires and gas.
The grange charter was draped in
mourning for Sister Sadie Flanders.
Miss Flanders has been a member OF
Wesserrunsett Grange for % years,
having Joined in May. 1903.
Miss Florence Tracy Is having q
few weeks vacation and passed the
week end with Miss Mildred Smith.
There will be dance at the Grange
hall Friday. evening. May ..
Roland Patten and Ivory Home
stead of Skowhegan were guests OF
Wesserrunsett Grange Saturday
evening.
TIE road machine II now smooth
ing the State road.
The mems division Of the Farm.
Bureau met with George Foster FRI
day, May .. r--+5-