The age-herald., 1898-07-31
THE PLEASURES AND TRIALS OF
 MAKING MORNING NEWSPAPER

Many men stopped taking the paper be- cause of refusal to print their type-writ- ten eruptiens. But these same fellows always buy 1t from a newsboy.
 There are those who stop their adver- tisement because they don't like some ut terance of the paper These men seldom know their business. No sensible business man ever print an advertisement in a newspaper because he happens to like the proprietor of the paper. or the editor, or somebody else connected with it. He ad- vertises in it because hg believes it will pay him to do so.
 The Age-Herald has had troubles It has been sued for libel. It has been boy cotted and it has had other diseases that newspapers are subject to. Probably the meanest act ever committed against it was that of the Birmingham Druggists Asso- citation, which took offense because The Age-Herald printed an advertisement of the Soss Pharmacy cutting rates on drugs and patent medicines. Some of the ex- tremely intelligent gentlemen of this asso- citation conceived the idea that The Age Herald was the instigator of the drug war and saw fit to write a circular letter to
 
 cines, who advertise, and beseeched them to stop advertising in The Age-Herald. These able gentlemen seemed to think that would break The Age-Herald. But it didn't. The patent medicine manufacturers sent these letters back to The Age Herald, many add. ing humorous comments. They knew that the papers with the largest circulation were the papers in which to advertise. Doubtless some of the druggists who insti- gated this movement sorry they did it. It was a rather small thing to do, but it didn't make any difference The Age-Her- aid didn't retaliate It wouldn't say any thing unpleasant about these people. They should have known better. But that per- haps is not the fault of the prime mover. God makes man with brains, and God makes man without brains. All of them are, however, good fellows if you nurse them tenderly and develop their virtues instead of their vices.
 After all the fellow who hasn't got the nerve to fight Is not worth having in a town But he ought to know he is fight ing for just cause.
 Birmingham is not only good town, but it's good town in which to print news- paper Some people get mad with a paper at times but they get over it. No man can eriticise newspaper when it is fighting for the right. Everybody realized that when The Age-Herald demanded dollar gas for Birmingham it was fighting for the right. There have been some legal diff. faculties in the way, but it will not be long before these are settled and Birmingham will have dollar gas Dracticallv rather than theoretically.
 A fight was made for purer water for Birs mingham and for more equitaby adjusted rates. The water Is much better now than it has ever been, but it is not yet pure. It should be filtered The city council and the water company are fighting over rates, and this fight, though it may take time, will eventually result in equitable and jusr rates for water.
 All in all, Birmingham is gradually be- coming metropolitan city. The people are becoming more and more interested in affairs of their city daily. They are bee ginning to think more of it. They are bee ginning to patronize home industries. They are beginning to claim that they have the best of everything. They have the best manufactures, 'the best stores the best street railway system, the best passenger depot, the best lights and sewerage, and the best health. They are soon to have the best telephone system, and they have three daily newspapers and many weeklies, which are keeping up with the procession. At least this is the best opinion of
 NED BRACE.