The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-30
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
AND HOTEL LOBBIES

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inent in Alabama polhtdcs. He has been
a representative. he has been governor
| and he has had aspirations to be sem
ator.
Gov. Oates once had an experiences
| with a circus" said a gentleman at the
| Florence yesterday, (which he will never
forget. It was not many years after
| the war when he was rapidly rising as
an attorney. He was residing in a little
country town located in the district he
afterwards represented In congress. Al
circus came TO town. AS with many
others there were several games going
on to fleece the unwary. Before tina
performance began. Mr. Oates was
standing talking Ito some friends when
an old negro came along and addressed
the young lounger.
"'Marser Oates git me dat watch
what them show folks done gone and
tuck from me-
Coates began making an Investigation.
and he found that a good many had
been robbed The managers of the Cir
Gus soon found that he was an infiueTf-
tial man in the community. Two of them
came and called him to one side. THIS
fellow drew from his pocket $50 in bills
and made a proposition 10 Oates TO take
it and keep silent. Oates took the
money and turned to the crowd, say,<
ing:
"'Boys, look there what they have
offered me to let them go on stealing
There was a row. but of course this
ended in favor of Oates. He finally de-
clared that the circus gra1ters' had to
return all the money they had gotten
by their gambling devices. This they
did, and Oates stood by as every one Of
the boys walked up and received what
he had lost. Tine happiest one in the
crowd was the old negro. who was given
back his silver watch"
'sThere Is one member of the Georgia.
legislature who is trying to do some
good for his state" said R. H. Henry,
Jr, drummer who believes in and sells
printers ink, at the Morris yesterday.
HE is Joe Mansfield. While the rest
of the legislature has been hammering
away and accomplishing nothing, he has
been trying to get bills through legaliz-
ing several favorite sports. FIRST he
tried to get a bill Through making peHze
fights and bull fights lawful. He failed
in this and NOW he has come to- the
rescue of the poker players. Several
of his friends from Savannah were an
rested for playing poker in Atlanta
This aroused Uncle Joe, and in a. few
days he will introduce a bill to 1egalize
the game. Uncle Joe Is emphatic i'm the
declaration that If the legislature was
composed of Nansfieds he would have
measures past to insure prosperity for
Georgia. HE says prize fighting woalid
bring millions, bull fighting thousands
and pol0sr playing contentment and hap
piness to ALL
81 saw "a ludicrous Incident at the cir
Gus the other day." said a genthaman
who generally observes everything 60
ing on.
"If YOU remembe I'M GIl1e sidlshew
There we've two 81 Is who did an acrob stc
dance end then one who did the couchJe-
couollee. A trio Strolled i'm the tent tIhat
ATTRACTED lHltls attention. Tlhsre was an
old countryman with muddy boos and
cIJthss bearing various and sundry
patches. Then there was an old woman
with a clean cotton check dress and a
bandana handlcerchiaf owen her grey
hadr There was also a NANCY, yellow
dog They stopped in front of the plaS-
form where the two black-haired girls
were doing this acrobatic dance. The
the old mann was in "a STOPPING posture
flnhent on seeing how it was done or eIhat
no clothes wens ripped. while this was
going on a long, tall girl was going
through the evolutions of the 1couchee-
couchee in the middle of the tent. The
old lady was watching ahis, and every
once in ~ while She looked shamefully
around Ito SIZE if amy ONE was watching
her just thein THE dog began shaking
ais though he was very much bothered
by fees. He did this for some moments,
and the old lady looked ait hAm with
rising anger. Turning, she grabbed the
old man by the arm so Violently that
SHE ALL but threw him down.
DON'T you see that cur dog trying to
act like THAT nasty gal? Old man, you
j.st got to kill him.
Col. C. II. White, OF Barnum, Tex,
WAS in the city yesterday. Col. White Is
a native of Alabama, having been reared
ait Russellvtlle, from which point he en-
listed in the army i'm Ghs Sixteenth Ala
hanna regiment. Col. White has been q
resident of Texas for molle than thirty
years, and duldng this year HE has made
his first visit back to the state wfIhdn
that time.
In Speallnng OF lIe COufleSl lOr lho
senatorship In his adopted state, Col.
white said that in his opinion There was
qittle doubt but what Senator Roger @.
Mills would be defeated for ne+electiom
and that his successor will more than
likDely be ex-senator John III, Reagan.
Gov Culberson Is also a candidate, as
we'll as a number of others, but public
sentiment is largely favorable to the
election Of Mr.. Reagan
H. A. Jones, of Tuscaloosa, was alt the
Morris yssteHdayv
J. B. Paisley, of Memphis, is alt iths
Morris
Hugh Carlisle and J. L. Burke, of Cum
tersville, were at lthe FLORENCE yeSter-