The age-herald., 1898-02-20

Tins would have tendency to refute the charge that is often made that young men are more subject to temptation when charged with responsibilities, and espec- ially when handling mony not their own. The young mans future is before him. but with the man who Is approaching the sum set of life it is different
 met in Admission, Percy Clarke, of Selma, editor of the Selma Telegraph. I knew MT. Clarke for a number of years in Wash ington where he was newspaper writer on the New York Herald. MT. Clarke is now candidate for congress. In the cam paign of 1899 MT. Clarke was assigned to do campaign work by the national commit tee. He was to go upon the stump to in huence his hearers to vote for Cleveland and Stevenson as against Harrison and Rsid MT. Clarke made number of speeches which were well received, rem dering grsat service to the party. It 50 happened that in one of the cities in which he was to speak a billy-goat got possession of his manuscrpt and goat-lilxe, proceeded to chew it up. MT. Clarke made the dis covery of the loss of his manuscript and its lodging place. He did not have time to make another manuscript, therefore he was in great trouble. The manuscript used by MT. Clarke was not his speech in it's entirety, burt a compilation of figures which no person could be expected to retain in memory, therefore he carried it with him in his hat. MT. C.arke's first impulse was to kill the goat but that wou1I do no good. T'he manuscript had been mascerated. MT. Clarke was, however, equal to the emer- gency He permitted the goat to live and eliminated from his speech that part con- stunned by the animal.
 The good roads convention was presided over by a young gentleman possessed of am extraordinary amount of ability His home is Montgomery and his name is Tennent I.omax MT. Iomax was not a czar dn his official capacdty as presiding officer, but he approached the rulings of MT. Reed in a good fashion. There was no foolishness so far as Lomax was concerned. He has evidently besn a close student of parha- mentary law and usage. He was not called upon to make a quorum, though I have no doubt he could have found quorum whether it was present or not. He was in the chair for business and much of the good accomplished by the convention was que to MT. l<UHldA DtCtiuSC oA iAAS PoA'S-'0 methods as presiding officer MT. Lonax seems possessed of tirat invisible something which people call personal magnetism. AS a stump speaker, l am told he has no equal in the state. l was told at Anniston that he was natural born orator and that he could do more with a crowd of people when speaking to it, than any other man in the south. There is a clean-cut vein of
 ;e laii iolatf Il humorous whsn he does not know it. He IS a good thinker and is level-headed
 
 I had the pleasure of meeting in Annis- ton. Major W. w. Screws, editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. I have known Mai. Screws by reputation for the past ten or fifteen years; but had never before seen him. I had imagined him very large full-bearded, bushy-headed man, who would weigh about 300 pounds, wear ing glasses, with a disposition to fight everything and everybody in sight. l had imagined that he was man who was go- ing around with a chip on his shoulder and daring anybody to knock it off. do not know how I became possessed of this impression concerning Maj. Screws. h. stead of my imaginary man, he is just the opposite. A pleasing face, with a gray mustache and gray hair, thin on the top of his head, merry twinkle in his eye, a splendid fund of humor, an interesting talker quick in movement, and I would judge from seeing him as being man who possessed large heart and exhibiting a wealth of generosity. Maj. Screws is, in l fact, handsome man. An ideal southern gentleman, not particularly of the old school, but of the correct school. I cannot help thinking him little off in politics, but he may not be responsible for it. He should be forgiven for having held an office under Grover Cleveland. Maj. Screws is too broad man, too handsome man, too generous a man, too magnanimous a man to be a mugwump.
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