The Onlooker from Foley, Alabama • 1

on on on ONLOOKER COMES TO THE MAN WHO GOES OUT AND GETS IT. Foley, Alabama, Wednesday, December 23, 1914. ROBERTSDALE Robertsdale- -Married, Wednesday afternoon Dec. 15th by Rev. A.

E. Shupe at his residence north of town, Miss Sabra Cooper, eldest daughter of Jack Cooper, to H. VanBendigan. The shock which our balmy southern atmosphere has received the past week has been somewhat out of the ordinary. The mercury seemed to have lost its balance and gone tumbling down and down until we were most uncomfortable.

We shall all survive it but our anxiety is for the thousands of acres of fruit trees, whether or not they will be seriously injured. The coming holidays are the topic of interest now. With Christmas the worlds greatest holiday, all are in sympathy. It is the time for the usual exchange of greetings and gifts. Much has wisely been said, and more action taken this year in regard to the giving of simpler gifts and giving more thought and assistance to the poor and needy.

Never has there been greater necessity for generous giving in our own large cities. Then the call from foreign shores for food seems imperative. Thousands have already been expended for food and clothing and before the winter is over it will probably reach millions. The town pump has been repaired with a new handle. Several posts have been set near it to vent the country people from ing onto it.

L. Glendenning has purchased the S. M. Chaney property consistping of two lots house and black- J. Sennett was a business visitor at Mobile last week.

The Royal Neighbors will give a dance at Dickinson hall Christmas eve. Dec. 24 for the benefit of the Camp. We did not learn until last week that H. M.

Low had lost their valuable driving horse. She was brought here from the North and aside from being valuable she was a family pet. They were at their cottage on the Coast having driven there a few days previous. Spaulding Peck and family are expected home in January. B.

M. Mumma was in town Saturday and drew a new single buggy home behind his other load of goods. Col. Mumma and wife went North a few weeks ago. He has returned but she will remain until the middle of A large possum was captured Thursday evening in the yard of H.

M. Low. It had come to visit a goose they were fattening for Christmas dinner. DAPHNE NEWS DAPHNE NEWS Mrs. Bryant and Mrs.

Cavanac of Point Clear are spending a few days in Daphne, the guests of Mrs. G. B. Stapleton. The stockholders of the Daphne Transportation Company met day afternoon and made definite plans concerning the boat which they will put on the bay in the spring.

Abner J. Smith, wife and daughter, Dicie, of Bay Minette, are spending the Holidays with Mrs. Smith's sister, Mrs. John Lea. The Washington Literary Society met this week and elected the following officers for the Second term.

Pres. Fred Oates; Vice Pres. Gladys Turner; Critic, Vonceil Brazil; Ralph Erikson; Chorister, Louise Johnson; Leslie Matthews; Censor, Vastine Oates; Marshads, Zeno Phleiger and Joseph Mannich, T. W. RICHERSON WANTS TO SELL the Onlooker do your running.

These little ads. at one cent the word will get results. Count each word including name and address and send stamps or coin with ad. Well cured native hay $10 per ton. Meder Stock Farm.

For sale, Poland China shoats, J. F. Smith. Foley. 30 For sale, 2 mares, cow and and calf.

Call or address, Freeland, Dixie road 5 miles east Summerdale. For sale, 2 male and 5. female ject Berkshire to pigs registration, 8 weeks $5 old each. sub- 100 I bales price straw 15c the bale. B.

L. Matthews, Summerdale. For sale, 4 Berkshire gilts, bred. Wesley. Widel, Loxley.

23 For sale, Improved 10 acres miles west of Foley. H. P. care of Onlooker. 12-2 tf For sale or rent, 40 acre farm, 20 under plow, buildings, mule, wagon and harness, 6 tons of hay, 2 miles from Robertsdale, 2, 1-2 from Summerdale.

J. M. Kissinger, Robertsdale, Ala. For sale, home grown Irish potatoes, 90c. H.

Brockmann. Foley. For sale, full blooded China brood sow, also 6 shoats. J. P.

Murry, Michigan road. 30 For sale, good time at the Program Dance, New Year's Eve. Foley Orchestra. Read our Ad elsewhere in this paper. For sale cheap, good upright piano.

W. 0. Young, Foley. tf For sale cheap, 80 acres partly improved, house and barn, 3 1-2 miles from Foley. A.

J. Horton, Foley, Ala. LOCAL AND PERSONAL Frank Barchard and family from Chicago are down to spend the winter on their place at Caswell. Miss Doris Starkey left last week to spend the holidays with here sister, Miss Marie, who is teaching near Gateswood. About thirty friends and neighbors sprung a birthday surprise on Fred Woodward Thursday evening.

Among those present were the Drietzler and Beck families, W. H. Monteith, Mrs. Richards, Mrs. F.

Kuhn and daughters Edna and Edith, Mrs. Nora Starkey and daughter Doris, Mrs. Fay Gifford, Miss Elsie Nelson and Miss Marion Dumas. J. H.

Kysor and J. H. Halladay from Goshen, Ala. were down last week looking over this section with a view of becoming intered. Word has been received from up state that Mrs.

E. R. Hichs, who formerly lived on the Gory place, died last week. Mr. and Mrs.

Louis Schindler have moved to Barnwell to settle. H. Koehler brought over Friday a load of things gathered in the Elberta district for the Salvation Army, in Mobile and shipped it. Miss Matthews, the teacher, is spending the Christmas holidays with her parents at Bay Minette. Mr.

and Mrs. W. Rapp made a trip to Mobile last week. The school children are enjoying the Christmas holidays. Sweet potatoes continue to roll at the rate of about a car a day.

Messrs Nichols from Michigan and Metcalf from Ohio came down on the excursion last week to look over this section. Messrs Laing and Purdy of Josephine were over Saturday on business. They made the trip in Mr. Laing's car. John Monroe has gone North.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Winsler came is Saturday from Iowa to spend the winter at Magnolia Springs.

Mr. Winsler says it was 14 below in Iowa and they found plenty of snow and ice all the way down to Birmingham and that the mild weather here felt good, W. C. Davis from Illinois is down with a view of becoming interested in this section. B.

A. Brown is clearing ten acres and preparing to fence the entire eighty of L. D. Patterson's of Columbus, Miss. who expects to set ten acres to citrus fruits.

Mrs. Feagin who has been in Mobile for some time is reported a8 being much better and expects to come home for Christmas. There will be a Christmas tree, program and cantata at the Baptist church Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs.

R. W. Doty from Indiana are expected, down this week for an extended visit with their eon, north of town. IF IT HAPPENED IN OR IS ABOUT BALDWIN COUNTY LOOK FOR IT IN Eighth Year, Number 7 ADVOCATES I RESTRICTION OF LATE SWEET POTATO CROP, AND DIVERSIFICATION. ORCHARD CO.

AND J. F. DALEY TO LARGELY INCREASE THEIR CITRUS ORCHARDS. J. F.

Smith, west of town, is of the opinion, that if the farmers are to shift from cotton to sweet potatoes, it would be well for this section to cut out to a large extent its late plantings, as he believes the markets will be demoralized. He would have the farmers go in as heavily as possible for early sweets and sell all possible plants, etc. but" when it comes late ones restrict their acreage to feeding and local needs. As the soil about here is getting more or less diseased he believes, that such late sweets as planted should be planted on newly brokground, the older soil to be en planted to peanuts or other crops to rest it from potatoes and free it of potato diseases. He also believes that much of the older lands should be sown to tame pastures as soon as poscible and that the farmers should continue to expand on the stock and feed on thei rown farms much of the products of the as farm as possible and thus sell it in the higher and more condensed form of meat.

In this respect, It might be well to note that the government realthe need of more stock on izing the Southern farms, set aside in the last agricultural bill to be as fund for experiments and demonstrations in live stock raising in the cotton states, which are being carried on and from which some defnite results are expected in the near future. Mr. Smith is a firm believer in rotation and in the fact that stock is an essential on a successful farm and that as fast as the farmthey should increase their ers can stock so as to be able to feed up what would otherwise be waste and to cut down fertilizer bills as much as possible by using manure from their own stock and by etc. In fact, he growing legumes, believes in making the farm areal productive factory as soon as can be done. According to their southern J.

F. Daley, the Bay La manager Launch Orchard company, south of town, will set about 150 acre more to citrus fruits this winter, and more if they can get the ground ready. Mr. Daley expects to set ten additional acres on his own place to grape fruit this winter, and is preparing six more acres to sow to velvet beans the coming spring which will be set to oranges a year from now. He will then have twenty acres in citrus with a border of pecans.

He has remodeled and added to his house rooms and porches until when it is completed he will have a modern nine room bungalow. There will be a Christmas program at the Lutheran church Christmas night. The public school children will give a Christmas program at the Progressive hall, Wednesday evening. The name of the Harmony hotel has been changed to the Foley hotel. Miss Lucile Ptomey expects to leave this week to spend the holidays with her folks at Pineapple.

Zollie Norred is here from Jonesmill, Ala, assisting at the depot. G. I. Weatherly's parents from Albertsville will spend the holidays with him. The Foley Fertilizer Co.

has according to Mr. Medder decided to purchase an auto for the company's use, Mrs. John- Manning has returned from a visit with her son and daughter in Mississippi. The lathing and plastering of the Lutheran church has been completed. -Miss Armistead who is teaching THE EVERYTHING LOXLEY LOCALS Mr.

and Mrs. Smith from New York City are here to spend the winter. Mrs. Marold received word last week that Mr. Post and family will be here to spend the winter.

Arthur Wade, Loxley and Miss Leona Foreman of Daphne were married Friday. Mrs. Wm. Ford is quite sick at this writing. Mr.

Atkinson has let the contract to build a house and barn on his farm south of town. Mark West is having 10 acres of land cleared to set to citrus fruit. He also has a large barn under construction. Mr. Atkinson is on a business trip to Georgianna this week.

Mr. Hodges and wife are spending their vacation with the latters parents in Stockton. D. S. Greene spent Sunday in Bay Minette.

Mr. and Mrs. Brook of Atchison, Kansas are spending Christmas with Geo. Brook. Quite a number from here are in Bay Minette this week taking teachers examination.

TO WEAR COTTON Cotton clothing for men, women and children will do much toward maintaining the prosperity and incidently the health of the American people. The United States produces 62 per cent of the world's crop of cotton; much of this could be consumed within our own country if cotton fabrics were substituted for expensive foreign-wove materials Most cotton goods is susceptible of laundering and its renewable freshness and beauty is its advantage over certain wools and silks. IMPROVING FERTILIZER PLANT W. D. Claybrook of Albertville wh ois general manager of the Foley Fertilizer Co.

is down looking over the plant and getting it ready to begin business, and states that they will be mixing within a few days. He says work will begin immediately on a new office building 18x30 feet that will be located near the plant and which will be strictly up to date. The removal of the office from its present quarters will give additional storage room. He also states that a dynamo will be put to furnish electric lights for night work. Mr.

Claybrook believes that potash will be prohibited in price this spring but thinks the farmers can get all needed by buying cotton seed meal and acid phosphate. The cotton seed meal contains from 1- to 2. per cent of potash which he thinks will carry them through one season. By curtailing the use of potash he thinks the price can and will be brought down. at Robertsdale spent the holidays with her mother and brother here.

Wm. Bishop, aged over 90, of Marlow, and one of the oldest settlers in the county died Sunday and was buried in the BrookCedron cemetery Monday. John Cox made a business trip to Mobile Saturday. William Potter of west of town has completed the erection of a new barn. Dick Coesens is preparing the ground to set 12 acres to citrus fruit next winter.

He has had the nursery company graft a thousand buds from one of his best trees on C.T. stock which he will use for the planting. Elder Wm. Edwards from Indana is visiting his two daughters Mrs. S.

Cole of Oak and Mrs. L. W. Motsinger of Foley, Last Friday was his 89 birthday and he enjoyed a dinner prepared by his daughters and Mrs. May Hatcher of Indiana.

He has been a minister of the gospel for 60 years. When he arrived here October 25, he had to be helped in and out of the buggy and lead around, now he can walk readily by himself. He likes the mild climate, the salt water and the fish and oysters, AN ACCURATE REFLECTOR of THE LIFE, PROGRESS and EVENTS OF THE COUNTY Fine Resources, Mild Climate SWEETS MOVING IN A LIMITED WAY. NEW SETTLERS ARE IMPROVING THEIR FARMS. EASTERN STARS ELECT.

PERSONALS. (Special to The Onlooker.) Summerdale-Last week the Farmers Society Equity shipped out two cars of sweet potatoes and the Producers Corporation, one. Most farmers are feeding their sweet potatoes since. at ruling prices they brnig larger returns feed to stock. The crewis side tracked here doing some work up the track.

The painting of the Masonic building will greatly improve the appearance of that structure. The body will be white and the trimmings gray. W. I. Cleverdon isin stalling at his mill a larger dry-kiln and a feed crusher of large capacity.

He is optimistic about the business outlook. Two new bridges on the Dixie road near the Louis Walther place have been constructed by the Oscars and Bergmans. Mrs. W. A.

Foster and Miss Edith Foster were Mobile visitors Thursday. Mr. MacCracken, of Louisville, and Mr. Brown, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, are at the Planters Inn for a few days shooting in this vicinity. J.

H. Lynn is breaking ground on his new farm and getting ready to build. Sam Cunningham, another newcomer, whose farm joins Bader's, is improving his place and -preparing for the spring planting. H. A.

Wilson, a also a new settler, is hard at work on his farm near the Underwood place. The Summerdale Chapter last Thursday night elected cers for the ensuing year as lows: W. Mrs. J. B.

McCall; W. E. E. Gulledge; Associate Matron, Mrs. Wylie Wynn; Cond.

Miss Thurza F. Glendinning Associate Mrs. W. A. Foster; Secretary, Mrs.

W. I. Cleverdon; Treasurer, Mrs. L. Glendinning.

Charley Leutner will visit his parents during the holidays. Art Nelson is now at work behind the counter in Cleverdon's store. Miss Ella Ellingson will spend Christmas with friends at Summerdale. She is the teacher at Gateswood. Willie Raber has purchased a new engine for his thresher.

Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Schaeppi have moved to their old home north of Bennett's. Thursday Mr.

and Mrs. L. Brock returned from Wisconsin, after a season's absence. They are now at home on their farm. W.

M. Sherman has bought the Langdon 40 which he is clearing 4for early sweets and rice. Mrs. P. G.

Dahl has been ill, but at this writing she is reported as improving. Last summer some ten or tweive men went to Bay Minette and took the examination for mail carrier on R. F. D. 2.

John C. Schmidt has been carrying the mail, pending report on the examinations. On the 16th, word was received that W. S. Owen was the lucky man.

He took charge at once. OPPENBORN-FELL Miss Anna Oppenborn was married to Mr. Riton Fell by the Rev. Peterson at the home of the brides parents near Elberta, Dec. 14.

They will make their home at Fort- Morgan. and Louisiana should not only become a great orange region, but become the winter vegetable garden of the United Mentphis Comm cial Appeal. WANTS TO ANNOUNCE Dances, Entertainments, Business. These little ads. at one cent the word will get results.

Count each word including name and address and send stamps or coin with ad. Moving picture show at Progressive hall, Saturday night at 8. ELBERTA NEWS Elberta- -A number oi old friends and neighbors, that have left us some time ago, have returned to us again. Mrs. J.

Nachtigall has come down again from Fort Wayne, Ind. and is living with her daughter Ida on their old farm. Mr. Nachtigall will follow in a few months. John Weiperth came down from Ohio, to stay with his folks.

Wm. Petersen has also again made his appearence in Elberta, he is staying with H. Schroder. Mr. Petersen said the weather got to cold for him in Davenport, Ia.

and besides, there is no other place like Elberta. Paul Haupt has moved on his new farm and is very busy fixing it up. Mike Schneider has finished his new house and moved in last week. It is said, that David Vollrath of Chicago, who is well known here has sold out his property in the north and will come down here to engage in farming exclusively. Mr.

Vollrath is well known in business, as well as in Church circle. We Elberta people would consider it a great Xmas gift, if the Foley people would keep up the street running east from the depot within the town limit, so we could drive in and buy our Xmas goods. We have so far kept up the Foley-Elberta road all by ourself and it seems to us, that Foley would like to see our Elbertean keep up the town streets but that is just a little bit to to ask. Is it not so Mr. Cooney? SILVERHILL Silverhill- Your correspondent who was on duty for Silverhill last week was caught napping in regard to the Satsuma Day details in Mobile.

While the key of the city was being delivered to Mrs. 0. E. F. Winberg by the Pres.

of the Commercial Club, Mr. Thomposn, a picture was taken of the scene by a Moving Picture Co. These pictures will be shown in all the Movie Houses in the U.S. There is a love storyt hat goes with the play. A.

W. and P. W. Anderson of Logansport, Ind, arrived last week and will locate on their place southeast of town, formerly owned or known as the Ben Johnson Farm. Chas.

Johnson of Chicago, is here looking after his property and at a future date expects to reside down here. Gust A. Kearney a business man from Evanston, Ill. spent the week in Silverhill, though stopping at Hotel Norden, he also visited with the Oscar Pearson and Jos. Kane families, formerly of Evanston.

Several of our young men have had their hands injured by machinery, George Lundberg and Raymond Peterson were lacerated by the saw at the saw mill and John Forland was using his shingle machine, when the end of his thumb was cut off, except to the tendom, which the Dr. sewed on. All are recovering. Mrs. Wahlberg, was ill for several days this week, the trip from Maine was too strenuous for her, but she is recovering.

Mr. Lundberg, was very sick for several days this week, he suffers from Asthma. Miss Lillian Johnson entertained the Loyal League last week. The Baptist Church will have their Xmas Festival on Friday Eve. and the Missions will give theirs Sunday evening, which will be composed of sacred songs and Xmas greetings.

John Isackson got disgusted. with the road to the Mission church, so after the rain was over, got busy with his shovel and the road or walk is fine now. Misses Mildred and Louise Johnson, are at home tor the holidays. BAY MINETTE Bay Minette, Services were conducted at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches Sunday morning. In the evening, union services were held at the Methodist church with Leon C.

Palmer, general Secretary of the Alabama Sunday School Association as the speaker, Rev. Daughtry, the new Methodist minister is now in charge of the local congregation. The local high school is closed for this and next week owing to the Xmas holidays. All of the teachers have gone to their various homes for a vacation. The new home of Mr.

and Mrs. C. D. Hall is now ready for occupancy. Good Roads enthusiasts will hold a two days meeting at this place next week.

for the purpose preparing for the meeting of the legislature in January. They hope to have new laws passed through the legislature. The work of re-frescoeing the court house is practically completed and the building now shows up much better. Mr. and Mrs.

James Coordes and children of Indiana are looking over this section with the view of locating. Xmas trees will be a feature at each of the churches on Thursday night of this week. Appropriate programs will be rendered. The letting of the contract for the city water works, lights and sewerage will. probably be done this week.

About thirty bidders were before the council last week and at the present time they have but three bids that are being considered. They expect to have the work started on improvements not later than the first of the year. The county commissioners report that about 15,000 to $20,000 will be spent on the county's bridges before the close of the year. They report that the recent heavy rains cost them considerable money in repairing the bridges which have been damaged. Fred C.

Hall, secretary of the Baldwin County Good Roads Association has announced that the members of the association will hold a general meeting at this place December 29, at which time a final effort will made toward the decision regard to a the large bond issue for the county. At the last session of the county commissioners, approximately $10,000 was paid for bridges. CITRUS FRIUT GROWING ON THE GULF COAST "A ri mot fifty miles along the gulf in the states of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana could be devoted to orange culture. The product could find a market in the lower. Mississppi valley.

"Realizing commercially on a fruit crop is in the ability to mass shipments in carload lots. "When a sufficient number of oranges are grown in the gulf territory to justify regular shipments and the establishment of agencies, the success of the enterprise would be almost assured. "People in Mobile and New Orleans interested in orange culture should form themselves into an association much as the truck growers along the line of the Louisville and Nasville road a- round Humbolt and along the Illinois Central around Dyersburg, Rutherford and other points in west Tennessee have done. "These truck growers sell their products at the depot platform. They agree among themselves to grow enough so as to justify a buyer coming to their shipping point.

"The orange growers in the three states of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana would do well to follow this plan. "There are splendid shipping facilities out of this region. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad has a line along the gulf from New Orleans to Mobile. The bile and Ohio, the Illinois Central out of Mobile and out of New Orleans can take trains and land them in Chicago and St. Louis within twenty-four hours.

"Freight rates from New Orleans to Chicago and from Mobile to Chicago, from these cities to St. Louis, Kansas City, Louisville, Memphis and Cincinnati ought to be slightly cheaper than the rates from Florida and decidedly lower than the rates from California. "Lower Alabama, Mississippi Now's the time to have your buggy repaired and repainted at J. F. Garland, Foley.

tf Wanted, to hear from a good well digger equipped to put down a 12 inch bored well. Write to E. K. Fogg, Seminole, Ala. tt We repair guns, file saws, make tools and repair all your breaks.

J. F. Garland, Foley. tf Now is the time to Repair your plows, cultivators, planters, and farm machinery. We carry a all complete stock of repairs and do first class as work at right prices.

J. F. Garland, Foley. tf Join the International Peace Society. No money required.

Weekly gatherings. J. H. Chandler, 2150 Railway Exchange, St. Louis, Mo.

To our up county customers at Summerdale, Robertsdale and Loxley, we pay freight one way on Repair work. Ship it to-day, get it to-morrow. Prices and work right. J. F.

Garland, Foley, tf Wanted, position to do general housework. Mary Stoll, Seminole. All kinds of common nails 2 1-2 cents the pound at Eckstein's Saturday. Fine line of Stationery, toilet sets, manicure sets, etc. for Christmas at Foley Drug Co.

Wanted, hauling or team work of any kind. John York, Foley. tf Moving picture show followed by masquerade ball at Elberta, hotel, Elberta, Ala. New Year's eve, given by Elberta band. ROBERTSDALE R.

F. D. 1 Christmas will be more generally observed in this district than has been the custom in former years. On Christmas Eve there will be a celebration in Elsanor school with a Christmas tree, songs, recitations, and presents for the children. On Christmas day the French Colony Community club will give a family celebrationi neluding dinner when presents from a former resident will be distributed a- mong the children.

On Sunday morning Christmas services will be held in St. John's guild hall. The entertainment in Seminole Friday night was attended by a number of people from this section. On Thursday last a dinner in celebration of his birthday anniversary was given for Abram Mac Master at The Hollies. The young people were entertained at a dance and supper Wednesday night.

Gregory Ecoeur has bought a large work mule while Karl Kedzora suffered the loss of a cow and E. S. Hunt that of a valuable milch cow. Peter Labissonier transacted business in Pensacola, last week. L.

F. Vorhis will spend the holiday, season with his relatives return in he Yorkers, N.Y., On will join the Order of Benedicts. E. S. Hunt will spend the holidays with relatives near Selma, Ala.

E. A. Hunt is spraying orchards under his supervision with Scalecide against white fly and soft scab. ORANGE BEACH Allen Pratt and Miss Nellie Lee from Chicago are spending the holidays with Mr. Pratts parents, Mr.

and Mrs. E. W. Pratt. Mr.

and Mrs. John Whiteman of Atlanta are occupying their cottage here. Mrs. Deitrich has returned to her home in Bryan, Ohio Mr. Deitrich will remain and complete the improvements on their place here.

Mr. Bradt of Miflin has the contract to break the R. R. Day place, G. C.

Krotter has let a contract to have five acres cleared. A number of Turkeys have been sold here. Capt. Foley was here Saturday with a load of oysters. WOMEN FAVOR PEACE.

The Illinois Women's Press Association, held a meeting in favor of universal peace. A feature of the program was an address on "War" by Ella Flagg Young. A man can lie out of a lot of things. But he can't deny it when he eats onions..