Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-09
BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD

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The Fort Payne Journal is q vigorous
and able representative of its city.
The Southern Idea seems to always
have something good in it's "insides"
One of the first duties of the Democrat
ic party is to reunite the white men OF
Alabama.
More men are seeking investments in
and around Birmingham now than at
any time since 1887.
There has been mined since 1850 more
gold and silver than there is now gold
and silver money in the world.
larged to an eght-page paper and shows
other signs of a we'll deserved prosperity
The Jacksonville Republican is one Of
the ablest papers in the State and seems.
like wine, to get better as it grows older.
The Hot Blast seems to freeze up at
the sight of silver, but probably does not
go so far as to refuse it over the counter
The authorities of the Ohio Wesleyan
University refuse to matriculate any stu
dent who uses tobacco in any form what
ever.
The manufacture of steel pig by our
furnaces is the greatest stride that has
ever been made in building great city
here.
Whatever opinion the press has on the
silver question there isn't member of
the fraternity who is not glad to receive
it at par.
AS distinguished citizen of Alabama
and as a member of the cabinet the State
Herald welcomes Secretary Herbert to
Birmingham.
The Sheffield Standard says that 1t is
strange that the Montgomery Advertiser
did not have a word editorially to say or
Colonel Troy's death.
The Decatur News is very fond of
bumping heads together Sometimes 1t
projects it's own into the business rather
than fail to get up any excitement.
Brother Anderson of Eutaw writes so
forcibly and vigorously that doubtless he
often reflects that a wise moderation
sometimes accomplishes great results.
The spirit of concord seems to be grow
ing amongst the press of Alabama and
there is every reason why it should con-
tinue to grow until all discord shall cease.
Mr.. Roberts, vice-president and Mr.
Bowron, treasurer of the Tennessee Coal
Iron and Railroad Company. have each
recently purchased handsome residences
in our city.
The Troy Democrat would carry more
weight were it more tolerant and in
dulge in less harshness of criticism.
Threats of political hell will not build
up the party.
Tt is reported in the London World that
James Gordon Bennett will soon wed
Nine. Annenkoff. the widow of the Rus
sian general who constructed the Trans
caspian railway.
The telegrams yesterday gave graph
&c account of mob numbering father
and son and shooting daughter for dar-
ing to accept freight at price not salts
factory to the mob.
The marbles of Talladega and Bibb
counties have never had the recognition
their merits deserve. The time is coming
when the demand for marble here will
give great value to those quarries.
The Buffalo Commercial Rep.) says
that 1.-THE people are not interested in
tariff discussions. What they want to
know is not what started the business
boom, but what is going to keep 1t up"
The Mercury and Tribune of Hunts
vile will under no circumstances sleep in
the same bed. Whether the beds are too
small or these brethren be too large to
lie comfortably together seems ouncer-
tain.
The prayer by DR.. Glenn, the welcome
addresses by Mr.. Rhodes. Mayor Van
Hoose and Mr.. Tomlinson and the reply
by Mr.. Bricken were all in excellent taste
and heartily received by the press gang
yesterday.
In October, 1892 the newspaper men
were called together by the campaign
committee and persuaded to stop whack-
ing each other and devote their energies
to the common enemy. Perhaps that
might be well to repeat in 1895.
The silver convention to be held in
Scottsboro on October IL will be ad-
dressed by the Hon. Jesse Stallings,
member of Congress from the Second
district of Alabama, who is one of our
ablest statesmen, and other distinguished
speakers.
If the newspapers of the State would
only recognize the fact that there are
honest differences of opinion on all great
political and economic questions we
should have an end of bitterness and I'M
fair criticism. Let us all pull together
to unite our party and build up our
State.
Galveston is in a state of trouble Her
ship agents and others have discovered
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