The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-11-28
MATT MINORS
SOLAR PLEXUS BLOWS

I met a very handsome and intellectual
! young woman ait the reception given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Haskell Tu sday evening,
who complained about the criticisms
which I have made regarding Birming-
ham. She did not indicate THAT the crit
ieisms were not deserved. but objected
on the grounds that she supposed 1 had
come from Atlanta here, anFd did not
thinZ that those VINO had lived in At
! lanta had any right to criticise Birming
ham. Taking that view of the case,
/ think the young lady was eminensly
right in her premises. 1 want to say
that did met come from Atlanta to Bir-
ninglnata. I .Sens through Atlanta on
my way here. I did not stop there but
a few minutes, Consequently did not give
| the Atlanta people an opportunity Of go
ing through me. / was forced to come
through Atlanta i'm coming from New
| York and Washington no Birmingha m
I haus never lived in Georgia, and am
| glad of it. Georgia is a good state, I
| suppose. ann willing to assume that Ut
] is. but have no desire to gain .nforma
| ton from personal experience. 1 ann sure
don't want to live in Aslauta. / would
| rather live in vain than to live In At
| lanta.
Speaking of where people came from.
reminds me of the fact that 1 have heard
| of "a great MANY people jumping all over
| me because I am mot a native of Ala
| bama. Some go so far as to say that I
| have no right to live i'm the state, and
! that not having been born tn the state,
and not having livsd here until recently,
| I should not presume to say anything
! but the mceit pleasant things of all its
| persons and institutions. Suppose I was
| not born i'm the state of Alabama. Whose
business is 1T? have as good right to
| live in this slate as any other person,
| so long as l conform Ito the laws of the
| state. There is too much prejudice in
| this city against those who are not ma
| tive Alabamians. If THE same rule ap-
| piled, for ins.a nce. in New York, there
/ would be more than five Thousand people
There originally from this state who
| would be driven from that city.
| Thousands and thousands of dollars
have been expended in this state
to induce people to come from
other parts of the country and
| find homes and settlements hsre
| Yet thousands of people are kicking be-
/ me- f,Sap, 9th ohe
| SETTLE here, and take "a hand in the gen.
eral affairs of the state and community
| This prejudice evinces THE most intense
provincialsm Imaginable. How many
| native Alabamians are there in Birnning-
| ham who lpape contributed amy particu-
lar effort Ito build up this city? There
are, of course a. number of them, but I
dare HaIy they are few when compared
| with the residents in this city who calme
| from other sections of THE country I
| don't know THAT it is any particular honor
| to have been born in Alabama. There is
no reason why lit should be. Neither is
| Ut a disgrace. One of the greatest states
men in the early formation of this coun-
| try was man who was born In 1.-THE
| West Indias HE left his imprint upon
public opinion, and THE manag ement OF
| public affairs, as much, almost, as that
| of Thomas Jefferson. This was Alex
auDer Hamilton. 1t would BE- a good
| thing for Alabama If this narrow, peev-
| ish, contemplate prejudice was driven
| from the minds of the people. 1t is
old fogyism of the most intense school.
| Alabama has sent it's sons and daughters
| 10 all parts of tine United States. They
| have a right Ito come and go as they
| please. A perfect right to 7ave in any part
of Hhe country that may suit them best
| I had seen something of the south be-
| fore I came to Birmingham. There Is
| mot a. ngressioraal district In all the
| southern states that I have not been
| in. I am not exactly "a tender-foot,
though I have never "ki1led my man."
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"A very peculiar lawsuit was filed rev
DAVIS ago in one off 1.-THE courts in Mont
gomery county, in Maryland. 1t was one
of the most novel cases have ever read
of. "A Mrs. Peters, who, of course, be-
longs to one of the FIRST families" of
that county, has two very lovely daugh-
tiers In the same neighborhood res.d=s
a Mrs. Gathers, who is the wife of one
of the leading business men of Gathers
burg, the town being named in honor Of
the "distinguished family" Mrs.
Gathers is charged with having written
a number of anonymous letters to high
society people throughout Maryland and
the District of Columbia, in which she
charged that Mrs. Peters and her two
daughters were not good women. That
| is that they were not chaste, and should
not mingle in respectable society. This
RAISED a great row. The whole state of
Maryland is very much stirred UP about
it. Both sides to the suit belong to the
oldest and best families" All belong TO
| the highest social people in the neighbor-
hood. Mrs. Peters, the plaintiff in the
case, demands 100000 damages, $4,000 for
herself, and $4,000 each for her two
daughters. just why Mrs Peters repu-
tation is worth $4,000 more than either,
or both of her daughters will, no doubt
be a delicate question for the court 10
| decide. Mrs. Peters has BEEN married for
a number of years. She is described as
being stout, coarse and not at all good
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