Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-03-23
THIS NEW POLICY
HAYNEVlLlE.
Gossip From the Capital of Lowndes
County-Birmingham Gain
l., Her Loss

Hayneville, Ala, March 22.-(Special
Correspondence.)- 1.-The nominee of the
democratic convention for county tax
commissioner. Mr.. lessee A Coleman,
ESQ. of MI. willing, is one of the most
promising young men of the county.
He is a member Of the mercantile firm of
Coleman 8 Scarborough, prominent mer-
chants at Mt Willing. He will make
an excellent commissioner and will also
have the valuable assistance of our eff
Gent tax assessor Capt. w. H. Lee,
whose home is also Mt. Willing.
AS usual of late we have had lots Of
rain the last week and the roads are
impossible.
We only have three boarders in the
county Jail This speaks well for Lowndes
county
Superintendent John B. Holcomb has
forwarded his quarterly pay roll to the
state superintendent so as to be able to
pay his teachers promptly We are hay
ing at this place a fine school, presided
over by Prof. j. A. Haight and ably as
sisted by his accomplished wife. They
Nave now on the roll about forty-three
scholars in regular attendance.
The Goodwin Brewer contest is still
in full blast and the attorneys for both
sides occasionally have on their fighting
clothes.
Hon. A. d. Pitts, of Dallas, the genial
pleasant. able and agreeable Alecl. has
charge of the Brewer part Of the fight.
ably assisted by Col d. X. Middleton.
who Is reported to become Col. Brewers
private secretary as soon as the testi-
mOny is all taken. Col. Middleton is a
pleasant and agreeable gentleman fully
competent, and can be of assistance to
Col. Brewer, that is do the talking when
fhe colonel is silent
1t is said that some of the United
States senator's now occupying seats
were pages and clerks in the upper and
lower house and we bespsak for Mr.. Mid
dleton the same good luck. May he live
long enough is the wish of all his friends
Hon. Chas. A. Written and Messrs. Geo.
e. Gordon, H. r. Golson and S. W. Din
llns, of Troy. are looking after the inter-
ests of Senator Goodwin. These gentle
men are leaving no stone unturned ard
your correspondent will be able to re-
port the final result after the house has
acted. 1t is reported that Aldrich and
Goodwin may be seated, but you know
tits long lane that don't turn around
sometimes" This is an expression once
used here by one of our prominent cit
liens of foreign birth. now dead. but Bir-
mingham has the honor of having in her
midst his son, "Sigmund," a prominent
salesman in one of her large clothing
establishments and who reads the State
Herald daily. Birmingham has not dealt
gently with Lowndes county. She has
taken from among us William r. Hough-
ton, Esq, too we'll known to the people of
Alabama to here add to his ability as a
lawyer or his good citizenship. Then
comes old Tom Baine" beloved by every
body, good-hearted. kind hearted, hand
some and lots of other good things that
may be said about him. In fact we have
not fully surrendered Tom to Birming-
ham and we still have him on our books
particularly for letter heads. envelopes
and lots of other printing. Next comes
handsome Zebulon Rudolph. He seems
to have a good time in Birmingham, if
the society columns of your valuable
paper are a good witness. Zeb may try
to be a "Jeffcrsonian," but he can't for
get old Panther creek, the Rudolph
swamp and the old mill where, when he