Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-10

cotton mill visited the South for the pur- pose of selecting location for branch mill. He naturally investigated all the Southern mills that came in his way. He was admitted to all except a colored print mill in Georgia.
 
 MIR. NICHOLS of the Dwight Cotton Mill Company says the labor employed in the Southern cotton mills is more intelligent than the labor employed in the Northern cotton mills. This is quite a compliment to, the "cracker.'' The truth of the mat ter is that the cracker has a great deal of natural brightness. The yankee school teachers who have come South have learned this, and it has surprised them. But there should be no surprise-the cracker is the descendant of the cavalier. The cracker has strain of royal blood in his veins. They are the younger sons of their noble ancestors. They are the lost tribe. They are the prodigal sons. They have strayed from the fold. But blood will tell.
 A BILL will be presented in the Legisla- ture to authorize the erection of barracks at Auburn for the use of students. This extremely valuable college does not turn out sufficient number of students for the reason that board Is too high for the poorer class of people to afford, and the class for whom the college was intended is barred from patronizing it. By the erection of barracks board can be reduced in price to nearly one-half, and it will be beneficial to the students in the way of discipline and in other ways. The bill was suggested by Judge M. B. Houghton.
 THE discovery of barroom under business house in Columbia, 8. C., was re- markable, and yet there are doubtless illicit distilleries operated in the heart of the larger cities. They are much more secure from detection there than in the country. They can sell their output direct to the dealer. Thus they get rid of crowd going and coming, which always betrays the moonshiner. And then the moonshiner loses a good deal in bad debts, for he is obliged to supply any man, whether he pays or not, for fear he will betray his dis tilery to the officers.
 HoKE SMITH is the head of the Atlanta Journal, the Constitution's most formi- dable rival. Hoke Smith, as Secretary of the Interior, has been charged with cut ting down the pension list. The Constitu- tion, in writing the rhyming obituary of a prominent citizen, takes occasion to give Hoke keen thrust as follows:
 '.He has climbed the golden his
 Heaven was always his intentions;
 Fought through the war; died with the chills,
 And never got no pension.'
 THE State constitution prohibits the Legislature from creating offices for the benefit of it's members. Section F of Ar ticle 4 reads: "No Senator or Rspresen- tatiye shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit, under this State, which shall have been created or the emol- uments of which shall have been increased during such term. except such offices as may be filled by election by the people,"
 
 HARRY MCCARTHY, comic actor, was tue author of 'sThe Bonnie Blue Flag that Bears Single Star." He was in Jackson with his troupe at the time the Mississippi convention passed the ordinance of seces- sion.- Mrs. Smythe had made blue flag with single star, which she presented to the convention, and this incident sug. gested the song. When McCarthy sung it that night the people went wild.
 THIS winter has been the coldest since the war, and has killed the orange trees of Florida, but 1t was not cold enough to kill the '.apple tree of Appomattox, which blooms perennially in the public prints.
 THE Washington Post is moved to pity at the suffering of the poor people of the Northwest from the cold weather, espe- cially as it is unnecessary, for they could easily move South.
 IT is to be hoped that the cold has not killed Justice, "veritas," "Pro Bono Publico" and their kind, that blossom out in the papers so often.
 IF sickness or other providential interpo- sition prevents judge from performing his dntits, the law does not provide for a sub situte.
 THE affirmative vote on the Cleveland