The age-herald., 1897-09-26
MATT MINOR GETS
 DOWN TO BUSINESS

I am not Kicker, but I krow a had
 slaing wlssn see 1t. So does everybody
 else. Rut I do k.ck on the street clsan-
 irlg department running it's slweepers
 through ahe slre,ts without first xptnk-
 ling The st.iee.s with water. On more
 ifan one olscasion I have seen great
 clouds of duSt almost bI.rtding. All per
 feetly d.y. Sweepers Kicking up a grsat
 tillat lPedeei1fans on the sidewalks aun-
 ming into business houses to kesp out
 of the way of it. Lungs get full of dust.
 This is a disgrace to the town. Not an-
 ether city in t.he world where it is psr-
 mflted Why not have the streets we'll | spIfnkled before uhe sweepeTs paeis?
 Then the dirt in the Streelts can be &C.,
 cumulaIed- JAS it Is now it h-es every 1 where and settles in the streets after the
 sweepr is gone. Then its as bad as be-
 fore. What is the uEe eff pa aying for | street sweeping when it is net done
 properly? would like 70 see this ex- pelfment tried. Other cisies can do tt.
 No reason why Birmingham cannot. Be-
 cause Birmingham flas never done 1t Is
 no reason why 1t cannot. | =
 Peculiar thing about many people in
 Birmingham. Great gozslpers. Gosip | too much. II ann a stranger here. Lds
 of people have told me about other peo- | pie. Told me things I don't calre to | knew. Some things I had no r.gflt to 1 l0n-lw. Motlt ceitalinly something mo-
 body had Ia r,gtl- to talk about. Saw a l genfleman going down-a street. dhe
 other day. I was talking with a man
 wfllom I Enlew. asked him who the l gentleman was. Rather fine-lool5ing
 man. Atbnaoted my att. enlion. He told me more than I asked. I simply asked
 him his name. Man told me all about | him. Nothing good. All bald Even
 told me how much money the fellow
 owed. What he owed it, for. How he
 went broke. Said he had a lot of no es
 hanging up i'm one of the iba.nl1s Said
 the bank threatened suit. Fellow was
 begging off. Then told me something of
 the mans family. Everybody seems to
 be running other persons down. Th.s is
 not right. I despfse gosspers. They are
 of no special benefit. eo the town. Keep
 the town back. The above is only a
 sample. Have heard enough to make a
 page in The Age-HeIald if printed about l people in Birmingham. No reason why
 I should know any of it. I don't want
 to know bad things about people. Rath- | CT have lthe bright side of every persons | life. If a mans a criminal IFS am T. ght l to be informed on that subject If he | has committed a crime that Is different. | So long as a man altends to his own | business thlats ihis business, and not | everybody ehsehs business. Ought to be
 an asylum for gossipers.
 1 Had Inc pleasure of meeting Bob Jem- | ison the other night. Handsome fellow l GoCd-naItured. Looks like he enjoys life. | Like to bdih see him and hear him l laugh. Makes tlhe world seem brighter
 He stn runs those cemetery cars. Won't l charge them- Or at least he hasn't yet l Didn't say he would. Guess Bob don't 1 cc,nmi. himself often. Coats money ito 1 buy cars. Maybe the company hasn't 1 golt it I can tell him h-m he VIII get more. He should Jake up a lot of those l annual passes. Every time I come down l town I see we'll dressed men and ladies l fash up annual passes. All look like 1 they were able to pay their street car | fare if nothing else. expect Bob's being l imposed upon. Guess his good nature | getis away wi tn him. If he takes in more | money on his road he can give batter l service. I'd issue a nelw order taking up l the palsses. Cannot run business with | dead-heads. Too mainy people in | town who do pay their fare that are l compelled Ito ride on a cemetery car l because another class of people don't l pay any fare. Make everybody pay.
 Play no favorites.
 
 l Lot of society fellows in town doing some heavy kicking Kicking about | Grider and Shook. Think they're kick fpr
 May not be as good looking and as popu- 1 far as Grider and Shook. Glider's nice l fellow. Popular with everybody The
 ledies especially. Got lots of push about
 him. Going right to the front So is
 Shook. Shook Ines handsomer than Grider Both fine fellows. Make their l mark in the world. Envious fellows l kicking on GIfdsr. Say he gets up | theater parties, followed With late SUD- | pers at the Morris. Grider gets the | credit for it. Girls all think he's very | 9iberal Has his name in the newspa- | per as being host upon these pleasant occasions Later on sends bills around to the boys asking them to chip in and pay their slfare of the expsnlae. They charge Shook with giving trolley parties. Having all the pretty girls fin town. Fine time. Out to East Lake. Every body pleased. Ladies thank Mir Shsok for 0lis kindnsss, thoughtfulness and g'ensrosity Other men of the party ng. in 1t with many of the girls. Few days after the ride boys have to put up their share, while Shook gets the aonors. I think this kicking is dead wrong. The fact is GIgdsr and Shook are more popu- Gar with the girls than any of the other fellows. And besides the girls are glad 1 to go with these gentlemen when they aire tlle hosts Everything well ar- ranged. Nothing goes wrong. Most de- l lightfui occasions. I don't see why the 1 other fellows should kick anyhow. If | they are not willing to pay their pro l rata sdlante of the expense they ought not