The age-herald., 1898-12-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

| well, and numerous other structures in the
 city and district and therefore feels at | home in Birmingham Being pointedly
 asked tho purpose of his visit at this time, | Mir. Wallace said:
 "It's nothing at all. I am here merely
 looking around visiting old familiar scenes | My, how Birmingham has walked up. She
 has caught the right step at last, and l | never saw before such an awakening. Oh,
 Birmingham is all right. There is life here,
 and there Is going to be more of it.
 MT Wallace was urged to allow himself
 to be interylewed but he declined reso-
 lutely declaring that he never had any
 thing to say to newspaper men.
 "Wallace is not here for his health,' ob-
 served a friend of his. There is something
 up. l heard he felt some interest in big
 office building that it is proposed to erect
 in Birmingham; but don't know as to the | truth of the rumor.'
 What is MT. Wallace doing here?' was
 asked of L. B. Musgrove.
 Merely looking after small private in-
 terest of his own," was the answer "iie
 came in response to a letter from me, and
 his visit is private
 Notwithstanding all this, it is very en-
 couraging to see men like MT. Wallace
 'looking around" the town
 | Former Congressman Tom Williams, of 1 Fillmore, was in town yesterday. He is as
 rosy faced, benevolent and full of good
 will and charity as ever he was. His hair
 is white as snow, but his eyes sparkle, his | laugh is merry and the world seems to | grow brighter to him with the advancing years.
 "I have got nothing to talk about for the press,' he said. q don't know any news, and don't know anything. in fact, of any interest. I am busy looking after my pri- vate business, and haven't much time for anything else. Come and see my wife and
 me, and we'll make it pleasant for you. My wife doesn't grow old. You know she | has got an idea that she must overlook 1 everything in the house and about the place, from the kitchen to the Nparlor. I
 tell her if she had the finest cook in all
 Paris she'd still insist going to the kitchen to see that the cooking was right.
 She admits that I am correct on that proposition. We getting along happily, and we are thankful for many good | things"
 "Colonel Williams is one of the largest and most successful planters in Alabama" | said friend, "and has magnificent place outside of Wetumpka. For number of | years he represented the old Fifth district | in congress, and was accounted the most attractive stump speaker in Alabama. A more picturesque or luminous figure than | that of Tom Williams is not on the canvass | of Alabama's history. He is one of the very best and most lovable men in all Ala bama or out of 1t. His brave heart em- | braces all mankind, and no sturder or honester man ever looked the world in the l face. Many years ago Colonel Williams
 suffered an unspeakable sorrow in the drowning of favorite son while bathing in l the Coosa river, and while the shadow rests upon him, it has not embittered his gener- ous life."
 Sam Jones is prospering and continuing | to do great good" said c. N. Patterson, of 1 Cartersville, Ga. "His income is sometimes l as high as $S5,000 year, but he expends it | all on the comfort of his family and in l charity. No seeker after aid ever leaves | Sam Jones unsatisfied. He Is the most gen l erous of men, and scores of young men | about Gainesville owe their start in life | to him. If young fellow desires to get | married, for example, he goes to Sam Jones l for money The principal bank in the town l has stacks of notes from young men and | old endorsed by him in the generosity of | his spirit The poor he remembers always. | Last Christmas he gave away ten carloads | of coal He gets in his carriage and drives | from house to house. and if he finds any | family in need it's necessities are promptly | supplied. Nobody shall want long if Sam l Jones knows it.
 l "He has organized public enterprises for l his town. and himself become the largest | stockholder He is always looking after the l interests of Cartersvflle and the Cartersville folk. His own home is beautiful, and he l keeps open house. Members of his family have everything they wish There are plen- ty of horses and carriages and traps of all sorts Every member of the family has his | or her own turnout. He is great lover of fine horses, and believe in an emergency he could show up fifteen different pleasure vehicles properly drawn. Yet he gives away l so much money that he is really poor
 man. The mans life is filled with good
 deeds"
 eve don't get large fees like we used | to- said a successful lawyer. "Our work | is perhaps as great as it ever was, but we | receive nothing like the pay, though we
 haven't much cause for grumbling. Litiga- tion is on a smaller scale. Land titles, to
 mention one matter, have been finally set
 tied in most cases, and that shuts off a
 valuable source of lawyers incomes You
 hear much about big fees, but such fees are
 few and far between, as the old phrase | goes There is one firm in Birmingham
 which has collected $S1 900 since last Jan- | uary; but that Is exceptional"
 Captain w. C. Ward continues to progress
 towards a full restoration of his health. | He is now able to be all about the house
 and enjoy himself, and Is rapidly regain | ing his strength, after the extraordinary | recovery from his late illness. He may be | expected down town within few days. | R Gra1,ar1 of Talladapq wh n mo do 1o