The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-08-28
MYNOR
AT AUGUSTA.


others not so broad. Just like great
big park. To a stranger it seems very
beautiful, but how it would be to live
there for life time might be altogether
different. People very hospitable. The
men in Augusta are very much like they
are in Atlanta. Ask you to take drink
every time you turn around. know very
few people in Augusta, and those 1 do
know I can say very much for. Truth
is all of the. citizens of Augusta whom
know met away from there. There's
great room for Improvement in Augusta.
The Arlington hotel where I stopped is
nit. Got depot worse than Atlanta,
and that's bad enough. Good street car
system in Augusta but cars make too
much noise. A man told me that Augusta
was full of nice people. 1 expect 1t Is, but
lfe's too short to hunt them out.
Augusta has never had many distin-
guished men. The only real big man
there now, SO peopl say, who live there
is "Patrico" Walsh 1t is not reces-
sary' to say that everybody knows Patri-
co because they do not. He is supposed
to be the editor of the Augusta Chronicle,
which is the worst newspaper printed in
the English language. 1t has little inf1u-
ence and less circulation. Patrico Walsh
is a big hearted fellow, however. He has
held great many offices and by mere
accident broke into the United States
senate. was always surprised at Walsh's
taking that place. 1t was Offered to Crisp
and he declined 1t. Patrico was second
choice and glad to get it. You bet Patri-
co wouldn't decline. He wasn't like Cae-
sar. You know Caesar declined a crown,
but Patrico didn't decline the senator
ship.
and few people cared anything about it.
Patrico was ambitious and he trampled
the grass down for long time and Gov
ernor Northern thought it was about
Patrico's size and gave him the job for
four months. I tell you Patrico swelled
out great deal when he went to Wash
ington. Was invited to speak before
Tammany once and made complete
failure. Got his speech printed, however,
in the New York newspapers. Patrico
wanted all the southern papers to print
it but many of them declined, with the
exception of his own, the Chronicle. Pat
rico has worked for twenty-five years to
make newspaper. It's worse now than
when he started. People told me in Au-
gusta they were talking about running
Patrico for mayor. Think Of 1t. Once a
ponderous senator in the greatest de-
Lucrative body IN the world, then come
down to mayor Of a little city. Looks
little tough, but expect Patrico will take
it, No doubt but he'd make good may
or, and If the people of Augusta want
him I'VE no objections. I give my con-
sent-the city can have him.
After leaving the bad hotel I walked
I'D a. street which I was told was named
Broad street--a very beautiful thorough
fare. Found SOME newspapers worse
than Walsh's; whole wreck Of newspa-
pers. Guess these papers were not very
ed ON the door. 1t looked like it might
have been put there by the business man.
ager. 1t told the tale. Didn't take much
to tell it. All 1T said was "Closed." which
meant that it would never open up again.
Didn't even say goodbye, but just went
out of existance, as one failing into
eternal sleep.
Walked around town while longer and
found another newspaper. This one was
edited in an alley. Got as close to the
Office as I could without being in danger
of the building falling on me. I knew
there was great deal of weight in that
building 1t was here that the poet.
Bayne, writes his great poems. Bayne
also writes editorials. Somewhat difficult
to tell which is the editorial and which
is the poem. If you read one you'll wish
you had read the other. An bad. Bayne
aspires to be great editor, but I'm
afraid he missed the chute.
Handle powerful lot of cotton in Alt
gusta. Was escorted down through cot
ton row. Great piles of cotton on either
side, and a few hundred or more lazy
people sitting around doing nothing
Many of them playing checkers on the
cotton bates. Don't seem to get much OF
hustle On them for business there. II q
man don't come in and buy they don't sell.
Stood around like Enoch Arden, seeing no
sale from day to day.
Was introduced to a gentleman known
as Char:;y Estes. Seemed to b. a square,
up kind of citizen. Showing some signs
of age. That doesn't make any difference
with him, though. He's a good talller.
Told me some cid stories. Same stories
he has been telling every stranger that
has visited Augusta since 1855. OF course
laughed at them. I think laughed at