The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-31

| fellows. Hundreds of them look as if
they hadn't enough to eat Thin and
eadaverous. There are some good sized
men; not many. I am not booming the
business of the BARRIERS, but If the men
would shave more frequently they would
make much better appearance in every
! way.
birmingham has got too many old To-
! giles in 1T. Too many men going around
on Sundays with faces on them long
enough to eat oats out of a churn. On
Mondays they are cut opposing every
thing for the eity's good. This class
of people is a detriment to any conf
munJty. Not very prosperous them
selves. Don't want anybody else to
prosper. Always talking about their
neighbors. Dr. Schoolffeld, who is car
rying on a revival at the First Methodist
church is doing lots of good. He is hot
stuff, he is. He is telling the people
OF Birmingham some truths. He Is pour
ing hot shot into them. He is knock
ing things sky west and crooked He
Us telling the hypoerites things they don't
like to hear. He says Birmingham is a
wicked city. So I. lis. In some respects
it is like a frontier town. A few more
| iCo lfOl, lOtlcSu pTtdCneI like LII. OCnUti-
! field will do this place more good than
| anything else that could happen to 1t.
I like the way he talks. He calls things
by their right names. He despises sham
and hypocrisy. I have heard of at least
an hundred men in this town who pro-
! TESS great sanctity on Sundays that
! would cheat you out of all your money
on Mondays. Some of them pretty well
off, too. Always thinking about getting
dollar. Don't care how they get it.
OF course they would not steal 1t out
right, but they will beat you out of it in
a trade whenever they can. Some of
them are gigantic liars.
may have oldfashfoned ideas of the
mannsr in which the law should be en-
forced. 1 may be out of fashion. But
L know 1 am right. If half is true that
Il have heard since have been in Biz
mtnghams this town is pretty we'll crowd
ed with 1'ed-handed murdererz. Hun
ureds OF men, occupying responsible po-
sftfons, claiming to bslong to lhe best
circles OF society, are murderers. Muir
der after murder has been committed in
the state of Alabama without hardly a
pretense of a prosecution or enforcement
of THE law. There is an excuse for ONE
man killing another when IL it is in self
defense. j stood for thirty minutes
few days ago in the lobby of one of the
hotels in Birmingham, and while there
| ten men came who were pointed out to
me as each having Killed a man. These
| were murderers. / was informed that in
| seven of THE ten cases There was not
| even a sembAsnce of a prosecution, yet
no enc claimed that any of the acts were
| In self-defense. I naturally asked the
| question how it happened that they were
| mot either c,onv1J. ed or acquitted before
| the law. THE only reason assigned was
| that Iuhay belong ito soma of the most
| prominent families, and it was not
| Thought advisable ITO get them into any
complications with the courts. I think
new ais L said to the man who gave
me the information, dhat he must be
mistaken. THAT 1 did not believe that
there was such gross negligence of the
enforcement of the laws in this state,
as his statement would warrant me in
believing. These ten men all looked
prosperous. They were we'll dressed and
had the bearing not of murderers, but
of gentlemen. 1 have no respect for
man who kills anoLher in the heat of
passion, unless he has reason to believe
that th'4 other man is going to kill him.
I believe murderars should be either
hanged or placed in the penitentlary
for. life. j don't believe that any man.
no matter what may have besn the cir
cursstancets of the killing, can ever ex-
perience "a perfect days or nights hap
piness if the blood of amy mortal lis upon
his 'hemds. The taking of another per-
IL. A..
take it, urless they are hardened to all
| sense OF humanity. Murderers have no
place in the society of respectable people
The murderer is "a criminal, and the
stain can never be removed. Parents
who have committed murder must ex-
pect their children ito commit murder. I
have been told that 60 per cent. of The
men of Birmingham Go armed. This
seems incredible If this Is true, 1 don't
wonder at the number of murderers. The
man who commits murder does not leave
| a rich heritage to his children 1 be-
1ieve as firmly as believe in nature that
a man is haunted by THE spirit of the
murdered man from the moment it hap
pens till he goes to his grave. If MUIR
derers don't go to hell, nobody should.
I believe in maintaining manhood and
principle, but don't believe In unwar-
ranted murder. There are but two cases
in my opinion, where murder is 5ustifi-
able. One is self-defense, and the other
is where a man deceiveS "a young girl
Men may have honeat differences OF
opinion, and this may lead ito hostility
and falling out between them, but 1t
does not necesstate a murder. If the
laws of Alabama were enforced restrict
sng the carrying of concealed wepons,
there would not be one murder In this
state where there are now thousand.
The number of murders that have taken
place in the State of Alabama, as we'll as
other states in the south, rs a disgrace to
modern civilization.
I don't believe the public will endorse |
the provision of George NJ Pulman's |
will in prac ically dfsinher1ting his two
sons. He died worth almost $4,000, 900. |
He left four children, two daughters and |
two sons. To each OF the daughters he |