Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-01-20
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An Interesting Letter From the County
of Pickens.

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of Piclxens.
Carrollton, Jan. 19.-(Special Cores
pondence, Hon H. d. Money has been
the representative of the shoe-string dis
trict in congress, which embraces the
county Of Noxubee in the state of Mis-
sissippi. Noxubee lies by Pickens, and
the people of this county have become
well acquainted with him and feel much
interest in his career. They regret ex-
ceedingly that he went to Cuba to make
an investigation as a member of the
committee on foreign relations Of the
house, and did not have the prudence to
keep silent until the proper time TO
speak. If SUCH men are entrusted with
diplomatic affairs, this government
would have to face a nest Of mad hornets
in dealing with every power on earth. 4
democrat OF this county says that Her
nando De Soto Money had better go to
that splendid representative of his state,
Senator Edward c. Walthall for advice,
before he speaks of cur foreign relations
with Hayti, Jamaica, Cuba, or any other
island.
The present code of Alabama was pre-
pared by Robert c. Brickell. Peter Hamil-
ton and John P. Tilman, and 1t has been
often referred to as the best work of the
kind that has ever been adopted by the
legislature of Alabama. The people can
live under the laws as they now stand
lOT ten years longer. "A JUSTICE OL the
peace of this county states that the rep
resentatives should see that we get a
better system of laws before the code of
1896 is accepted. There should be no
radical changes in the fee bills for coun-
ties like Pickens except in deyiSing some
better method of collecting the dues of
officers, particularly in state cases. At
present the sheriff, clerk. justices of the
peace and constables do not get just
compensation.
q dax TO re ,;e. ,f.ra xya,x
conservative. They believe that our
senators should be elected by the men,
bers of the various legislatures instead
of being selected directly by the people.
They are delighted with ideas of sena-
toriaf dignity, their secret sessions and
their rules for illimitable and intermina-
bic talk, as all these things were devised
as contrivances to act a breakwater
against the impetuouS members of the
house, but when the lords of the upper
chamber demonstrate an eminent fitness
for debating on both sides of every ques-
ton and waiting at all times to hear
from the crossroads, the majority of the
democrats Of this county want to get tho
political soalps of several venerable gem
tlemen representing impraeticable theo-
ries in the United States senate. Many
of them are regarded here as veritable
Pickwicks in SO far as doing nothing is
concerned.
A leading democrat of the county
states that the republicans whipped the
democrats on the issue of sound money,
but before they have assured control of
the government, it has been made evil
dent that their leaders design to cut off
ell trade with foreign nations, so that
the question of money as medium of
exchange, except as a matter of trade
among ourselves, becomes no longer a
tenet of that party; and If they could be
successful, nothing would be left for
the democrats to fight over.
The railroad through Pickens will be
built, and the line has not yet been de-
termined, except so far as a preliminary
survey. The route will be somewheie
near Reform, and perhaps several miles
south of that point.
The presence of an engineer and a
corps Of assistants will give much en-
enlargement to the people of Pickens.
Mrs. Jane Sterling, who was 70 years
DID, died last week in this county. She
was the wife of Mr. Thomas Sterling
who is 81 years old. They were married
sixty years ago, and have been living
in Pickens during that time. They have
four children by their marriage, DR.. Sam
uel J. Sterling, Mr.. Jeptha Sterling, Mr.
William Sterling and Mrs. S. C. String
fellow, all of whom are prosperous and
are among the best people of this county.
The Tom bigbee river is again in boat
ing order, but the cotton has gone to the
railroads, except in a few cases of per-
sons who continue to ship to Mobile as
in times past. Some planters hold to
their cotton until the river rises, and 1t
is reported that they get better price
by waiting.
1t is not expected that the committee
on foreign relations will act hastily on
the general arbitration treaty between
this country and Great Britain. Some
persons here say that this should be so,
but that this same committee have so
acted in regard to the resolution recog-
MIXING Cuba, that no one knows where
to place several republican members.
others state that the republicans are
patriotic enough to give Cleveland credit
for the browning glory of his administra-
ton, so that hereafter when there is any
difficulty between us and our kin beyond
the sea, there can be no rumorsi of war
to disturb our trade relations with our
mother country.
There has been but little rain in this
county during the winter, but our wealth
er profits assure the people that they will
get enough in the spring to give them
the average rainfall for six months, be-
ginning with the LIST of January, 1897
They have been little off in predicting
SHOWS several times, and no one will be
surprised If 1t be ascertained that the
parties who assume to act for Old Probs
have been making statements without
consulting a barometer or goose bone
The heavy rain in the forenoon of last
Sunday prevented several ministers from
filling their appointments in this coun-
ty.
An old democrat in this county states
that it is time to call the attention OF
the legisla ture to a primary election law
He thinks that much off the confusion and
noise incident to canvass can be avoided
If political parties have to abide by fixed
rules in selecting candidates
Many persons in this county have call
ed attention to the fact that a mere
clerical error of the mana gers of elections
should be correctads as matter of
course, and that a law should be passed
requiring such corrections to be made
without a contest in every instance.
Nothing should be left to an enterpreta-
ton at variance with the actual vote cast
at the election. When this can be ascer-
tanned the officers should be required to
do so
TOAIRIG RFE