The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-12-05
|. CALLYER DOWN
COMES AGAIN


The carnival ds for Binmingham-al of
Birmingham.
Il am glad eyes are opened. Emil Les-
ser got his dlandsr up yesterday. and
as he is president of the Carnival society,
I just reckon thu old man will see that
it goes Through right and that all Bir-
mingham will get a fair show to gather
the p!ums that fan from l.he tree. Ih2t's
what the carnival is for. We want p5o-
ple TO come hereto see what we've got.
Wen give ehsm show worth 1.-The money.
Well give them better than that-a
good time. And, after ALL that's what we
ara in The world for. We are all locking
for a good time The bright side of kfe
is the side 1 ann looking for. L would
rather have merchant tell me a clever
nsw sbory THAT 1 could laugh we'll at,
than for him to give The e-Herald a
whole page advertise ment.
Good stories are few and far between;
advertisements come of. en-. Anybody can
make money. Few people know how to
get out of life the Nuggets of nutriment
There are to BE- found i'm it.
But I ann getting AWAY from the SUBJ
ject. Here's a card which csme to The
Age-HeaaICd yesterday.
To THE Editor of The Aee-Herald.
I'm yesterdays edition of your valuable
journal there appeared over the signature
of II Callyer Down" the following par
agraph,
81 hear two or three men i'm town are
trying to make money for themselves
out of the carnival ito be held here next
February. If we are going to have "a car
nival, it ought to be for THE good of
Birmingham and not for the good of amy
one or two schemerst This thing should
be gotten up by 1.-THE whole or elise 1t
should be snuffed out. Nothing so adverL
tises city and SO benefits 1T ais "a WE'LL
regulated carnival but don't let it be
made the means of advertising any two
or three men,"
q happen to be nhe president of the
Carnival society and feel it my duty to
correct the eronsous impression which
this para graph may, or will create.
No Individual, firm or corporation has
ever made. or will In the next cauniva1
make amy money ';for themselves" ex-
cept as dncid nrbal no the big trade and
traffic thalb the large crowd of visitors
and strangers may bring to every bust
ness interest in Bfrmingiham; amy state
ment or suggestion ITO the contrary Is
absolutely without any foundation in
fact
The carnival is designed for the benefit
of Birmingham as a whole, and not for
any individual interest. 0t is gotten UP
for i'he whole people; it has been, and
will be conducted by the Carnival soci-
city, composed of good 9itizens, and which
any one of good repute can join.
In conclusion, would like to say that
ths mex telarnival will eclipse al previous
ones. The Rex ball will be greater than
anything ever before attempted in this
section, and uhe Carnival society invites
new members and the corporation of the
public. Respectfully,
p. LESSER, President
Birmingham, Dec. 4.
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Now, I am doubly glad I. wrote the
paragraph quoted. Emil Lesser will snuff
any schemers out and make the Carnival
a week of merriment and jollfty. Let
us give the people who come good
time Let us not do the Atlanta trek
Of raising hotel rates on them or make
them pay for incidentals usually free.
Throw the town open to them. Give
them access to everything we have;
near Inelr STORIES anu tell them those
we know. They will like us better for it.
By the way, 1 heard a story yesterday
which will stir up some people in the
state 1t is MO more nor less than that
when that proposed constitutional con-
vention is called there will be big fight
in it over where the state capitol shall
be located They tell me all north and
west Alabama will make a fight to have
the capital moved to Birmingham. The
people of these sections want it here be-
cause Birmingham is the center of pop
ulation of the state the railroad cenlter
of the state and the most convenient
point in the state for the great mass
of people
Montgomery is a good town. Several
thousand clever people I've there, and
we all like to go there at times. 1 think
1t would be we'll enough to have the cap-
ital there, because, if you bring it here,
I won't have any place to go occasionally
on a junket where I know the people
will treat me handsomely. But these
selfish people up in this neck of the
woods say they want IT and shall have 1T.
Well, they'll have a jolly good fight
over getting it, and I reckon 1 can get
job as an impartial war correspondent
and tell the people all about it.
I hope Birmingham will have dollar
gas before that time. Old man Rodem
seems to have his nerve with him. They
tell me he SAT- up on a ten rail fence
with pitchfork in his hand and told
the aldermen who 4rovered around him.
Eyes, I have done It,; what are you go
ing to do about to"
The aldermen went off into the neares.
woods to caucus and they are there yet
That young fellow Drennen seems to
carry his nerve with him. He shot into
a den of financial lions last week. 1t
was a plump shot. 1t scattered the
game. I Hike THAT fellows nerve He's
got big store that might be boyco-
ted, but he had sworn to do his duty,
and he did 1t as he believed 1t to be,