Huntsville gazette., 1890-06-21

and Vernon to possess their souls
with patience, and fill up their va
cancies with home folks.
The Herald is somewhat surprised
tina: it's Birmingham cotemporary,
which claims to represent the NEw
SOUTH should raise the carpet bag
cry. It shows a spirit of inherent
meanness which mus ope ate very
seriously against northern people
seeking Birmingham as a place Of
residence or tor the investment of
capital. every man who comes
south to I've. not for The purpose Of
seeking Office but to aid in the devel.
opment Of this southern cou try, is a
clrpet baeger and especially if the
professedly liberal Age Herald is to
fling that in their teeth, the Herald
advises northern people to keep out
of Birmingham. 1t is no place for a
p ogresssiye man.
AS for Col. Snithson the Herald
knows but little of h history except
that he moved from Tennessee to
Birmingham nearly five years ago.
He is said to be gentleman who has
always stood high in every commu>
nifty where he has resided and no man
has ever questioned h abili y.
Mr. Vernon came to Chattanooga
from Ohio August II 1884 and has
lived ia the sou h ever since. He
did not come to this section seekin.
office but to live and aid in bu lding
up the south. He has brought to
he south more than $4,000 of his
own capital and investedait in.,var-
ious enterprises. OF late he has in
vested every dol ar Of his spare cash
in Alabama and while the owner OF
valuable real estate in Chattanooga,
has repeatedly offered to trade it for
Alabama property.
Neither Mr.. Smithson nor Mr..
Vernon were candidates for any
Office before the Republican con ven-
held at Montgomery. They were
both placed upon the ticket without
their asking.
The Age Herald in its issue of last
Thursday went 50 far as to say that
Mr.. Vernon was a resident of Chat
tanooga and that his family was still
at that point, all Of which is not true.
His family is living in his own home
here in Fort Payne, which is sup.
posed - y n $40 ef Ah0na. II
northern men, who bring their mon
cy into the south to aid in the devel
opment of this section and build
beautiful homes are to be abused for
their enterprise by bitter pa' tisan
newspapers, such papers will do this
section greater injury than can ever
be repa red. When men come south
for the sole purpose ofseeking office
then it is time to jump on them with
both feet but when plain business
men, whose sole purpose Sc in moving
to this section is to aid in the devel.
opment of her resources, are to be
called carpet baggers, then it is time
to call hault.
The Herald does not care to raise
such an issue and regrets that the
occasion demands these remarks but
it stands read. to defend all honor
able gentlemen, be they from the
north or south, from the malicious
attacks Of partisan newspaper II
it cannot accomplish anything else,
it has u northern audience of 15OOO
people who will be advised to Civ,
3i:mingha III wide berth. No mat.
ter what advantages place may
have as a manufacturing point men
Of capital cannot be induced to 10
cate there becaus-, they do not care
to be abused by a marrow minded
newspaper.
Ii the Age II. raid wants to keep
up this racket it can do 80 but the
Herald wants to inform it that it ill
stand up for the right and "bit /
where it ives, s,"-amony the capital.
lists Of the north, to whom il is ap-
pealing f-r money for the develop
ment Of its res urces and every fair