Birmingham state herald., 1897-01-03


 fhtsfrs of any city in the world. Nature has with lavish hand spread her fleh- est blessings around about us. Let us utilize our natural advantages and build
 up here a great city. The records show that one and a half million dollars went into new buildings and into the improve
 ment of old ones in Atlanta. Ga. last year. With our sister city making such strides there IS no excuse for Birmingham
 to lag, # this city lags the fault to 8 great extent will lie with our own people.
 Every citizen of the city is materially
 interested in the prosperity of every other citizen. and each and every one of us are fnterested-vitally interested-in the prosperity of the community as whole. '
 Ifsas united and determined effort is made by the people of Birmingham in the direction of building up the city. be-
 ginning now and continuing without
 abatement throughout the year we can,
 regardless efsswho is right or who is -wpphG otf the political questions that have ssgitated thekminds of the people during
 the past year, make d record of progress
 for the city of Birmingham during the
 year loJi4 u WHICH we call pOll-l Nibii
 pride ins the future United and deter
 mined action is what we must have if
 we expect te accomplish that which should be the earnest desire of every cit !. .tzsn of the City. the upbui1ding of Bir-
 faiRgham. Hhe State Herald stands \ fSady to do every thing in it's power to Bring on here an era of good will, good
 business,s and good times. Every other
 public jourR#l in the city. we are sure, Heels the sap5e way about this matter and ifsghe people. and when we say the peo- I5fes we mean all the peopIe--the
 bankers, the merchants. the lawyers, the
 doctors. the clerks. the operators and
 owners Of corporations, the wage-earn-
 CTS, the contractors. the capitalists, etc,
 etc, will all put the past behind them,
 lay aside political bickerings and brush from among the cobwebs of their memo ries the unpleasant things of the past .alid resolve to begin right now with the
 beginning of the year 1897 to do every
 thing they can for this city. we will scarcely know ourselves in few months. The city of Birmingham will take on new life in a day, as it were, and in two weeks we will think our wives are pret- i tier, our children dearer, our sweethearts | sweeter. cur homes loyelier, our minis r ters more eloquent, our neighbors better. -our old time political opponents more
 reasonable. that the sun shines brighter and that life Is worth the living a thous- 1 and times over.
 1 We can't afford to remain divided when 1 the interest of Birmingham and of ev- 1 cry citizen within its borders is thereby | l man or the other man did not agree with us in his idea about what should be in 1 our political platforms and upon the men who should fill our public offices. I As stated above in this article, last year | was year of politics, and we all won, l first and last, and why not be satisfied. l There was so much politics and so l many elections last year that nearly 1 every man, in the state succeeded in get | ting his choice in the result of some one 1 of the elections. and we should therefore l be satisfied and content ourselves with | our political winnings, and get down to business in dead earnest.
 As a starter, let everybody resolve to make every effort within their power to l accomplish great deal in the way of l business this year. Such a. resolution will | at once bring the people all together on l that one particular question, and when 1 once we get together for business, re- solved and determined to do business, 1 the result will be that business, and a l great deal of it, will be done.
 We hope the people of Birmingham and 1 the people of every city, town and hamlet l in the state of Alabama will resolve to 1 do just as we here advise. and if they l will, Alabama will go right along and the | 1st of January, 1898, will find us hap | pier, better contented, and better peo- | pie.