Birmingham state herald., 1896-12-16
AIABAMA A.

them, thirty years have rolled by and I stand here today not as soldier striv- ing to defend your country, but come to- day tnf times of peace seeking more light. Passing through your beautiful town so often, l have noticed the imposing build ings which I was told was the home of the Girls Industrial school of North Carolina. Having heard so much of it's fame, I determined to stop here and get the benefit of the experience of the managers Of this institution. I told the 400 young ladies assembled in the chapel that l had found in President McIver an honest man, a man who had the courage and the honesty of purpose to discard the shans of female education and put in its stead the real, the true and the practical. A man to the manor born who realizing the needs of our southern wo- men has not hesitated to adopt the true and shGn the false"
 This school with it's faculty twenty five strong, besides tutors, is doing a grand work. I found there as bursar and, instructor in bookkeeping a For hey, kinsman of our lamented Gen. For ney. a
 As I looked around at the massive buildings and the splendid equipments l told the young ladies stood appalled,, but thank God not discouraged at the humble beginnings made by Alabama fer the industrial education of her girls.
 '"I felt when l saw what liberal advan- tages Were given the girls here why it was Alabama stood so low in the scale of intelligence. I felt I could see why it was Alabama stood only third from the bottom in the list of illiterate states. It WaSsfrom the fact of the non-educa- ton of her women. I spent two days in this grand school and was royalty enter tained by it's president MT. McIver 1 saw and learned much that will greatly benefit ns in cur school in Alabama. Be- fore l return home I expect to visit other schools of like order and inform myself fully concerning this great work com- mitted to my care"
 Capt. Reynolds said furthermore he had been promised an interview with Speakef Reed t his week in regard to the passage of the bill.
 MonteyalIo had the first store burned last night in her history. About o'clock the alarm of fire was sounded and the millinery store of Mrs. McCauley and several other small buildings adjoining it were discovered. in flames. The fire spread rapidly and but for the blowing up of w. g. Cary'S law office with a keg of powder, quite a serious loss would have been entailed. AS it was buildings to the amount of perhaps S1,500 were de- stroyed and asstock of millinery valued t about S1,2C0. the latter being fully in- sured. About the same time fire was seen out in the country, which proved to to barn belonging to MT John Tancher He lost two mules. and horse and quite lot of corn and hay. The fire was thought to be of incendiary origin.
 Messrs. Morgan & Meroney, fearing their store might burn last night, suf- fered considera ble loss in moving their stock out in the street.
 MT. N. A. Ora ham, of Calera sustained serious loss in having his new printing outfit burned. He had just gotten in new press, etc, and would have issued paper this week to take the place of h6 IT xxybi inI ho, discontinued.
 The lew offices of J. M. Reynolds and w. s. Cary were burned but their books, papers, furniture, etc., wefe all saved.