Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-08
ALABAMA EDITORS.

Editor Hildreth of the Decatur Adver-
stiser is now furnishing his readers with
"a handsome seven-column, eight-page
paper. ~
The Evergreen Courier has found
man clear above prejudice; Mr.. Long.
one of our enterprising merchants, has
in his store an interesting family of cats,
which he has named Ruth, Esther and
Marion. He does not mean by this to
be regarded as gold standard man,
but a man above prejudice. Mr.. Long
may be a little short on naming cats,
but when it comes to selling goods he
is full length"
The Baldwin Times thinks the guberna-
torial race will be between Johnston and
Shelley, and that Johnston will win in a
walk: Colonel Shelley and Capt. Joseph
F. Johnston will most likely be the con-
tending candidates for the democratic
nomination for governor. Both OF these
disting uished gentlemen are well quah-
fled for the position. but Captain john
ston being a straight out free silver man
will doubtless win in walk, and be the
next governor of Alabama"
The Fort Payne Journal thinks all
former democrats should be welcomed
back and given seat by the fire. Our
private opinion expressed publicly is that
it would be wise policy on the part OF the
democratic party of Alabama not only
to welcome back all the former demo-
Gratis who are willing to come back ana
give them a good seat by the fire. but
also to send out missionaries with an
earnest exhortation and promise OF am
nesty to induce them to return. AS Cap
tain Johnston said in speech last year.
we need them in our business.
The Selma Morning Times of Sunday
makes the following announcement:
Having accepted the business manage
ment of the Birmingham State Herald,
l will hereafter be absent from Selma a
good portion of my time. My father,
Capt F. S. Nunnelee, will preside over
the editorial columns of the Times, While
Mr.. L. H. Nunnelee will have charge of
the business of the office as heretofore.
1.-The Morning Times will run along as
usual and will continue to uphold the
standard of democracy. Right here L
will take occasion to say that it will give
all the nominees of the democratic party,
from constable to president hearty,
earnest, enthusiastic support, whether
they believe in the doctrine OF SOUND
money or silver.
II have been asked several times If the
Times was for sale. 1t is not. am TOO
much attached to the people OF the olacK
belt to sever my relations with them. L
have too many true and tried FRIENDS 10
tear away from them, and owning the
Times, which is clear of debt, ana having
bought a little home here. my residence
will be in Dallas, where I shall continue
to deposit a democratic vote at each
election for the nominees of the party
and against republicanism in Whatever
form it may show its head.
with these few words leave the des-
tiny of the Times in the hands OF It's
friends I go to Birmingham because 1t
affords a wider field of endeaNor: Ihat
town ought to support one morning pa
per and I believe the Birmingham state
Herald under the conservative course
that has been mapped out, will be sue
cess both from financial standpoint ana
as a newspaper. Respectfully,
~. II. NUNNELEE.
The MONTGOMERY Journal will not be-
lieve the Daily State was swallowed up
by the Age-Herald. The Journal has
doubtless read the story of the snake that
swallowed the OK all but his head ana
horns and what CONSERVATION was ere
tied among the people of the land When
the OK stalked about snugly clothed in
his snakeship costume, Indifferent to the
bite of the pesty flies:
"The effort of the gold bug press to
make it appear that the Birmingham
Age-Herald swallowed up the State or
that there was consolidation or the Two
papers is really painful 1t is hardly nee
essary to say that there has been no con-
colidation. The State simply purchased
the Age-Herald and absorbed it. The
truth, the plain, simple truth is, two
morning papers cannot live in Birming-
ham no more than Montgomery can sus-
tain two afternoon papers. There is no
city in the south, outside of New Orleans,
that can sustain two afternoon or morn
ing papers. Not even Atlanta, with its
100000 population, can do it,and only re-
Gently one of the managed afternoon
papers in the south was forced to suspend
after becoming involved over $4,000 or
$4,000 after a brief struggle for exist
ence. What Birmingham wants and
| what Montgomery wants is to build up
| one respectable morning and one respec-
| table afternoon paper that will creditably
| represent their growth, intelligence and
| enterprise at home and abroad. In other
words, papers that the people of the two
| cities can point to with pride wherever
| they may go and say that paper is pub
| lished in my town." The Journal not
| only congratulates the State people on
| getting possession of a good newspaper
| property, but congratulates the people of
| birmingham on the prospects of the pub
| LEGATION in their midst of a paper that will
| be credit to the progress and intelli-
| of oil