The age-herald., 1898-02-25
HIGH PRAISE FOR
 THE AGE-HERALD Generous Expressions From the Citizens
 Of Birmingham ON ITS EXCELLENT SERVICE The Special Cuban News Is Attracting
 Widespread Attention.
AHEAD OF ANY PAPER IN THE SOUTH
The Great Gas Victory Will Save Thousands of Dollars to the People An Up-to-
 Date Newspaper

From all over the state encouraging words are being spoken and written about The Age-Herald. The press has been very generous in it's congratulations of the re- cent victory of The Age-Herald in its urgent fight for cheaper gas, on the splen- did and up-to-date special telegraphic news service it is giving it's readers, and on the big Carnival edition of the paper last Sun day.
 Not only the press, but the business men of the state and the public in general are showing their appreciation of The Age Hefald's superb enterprise.
 The Age-Herald's special Cuban cable service is exciting intense interest. Every paper in the office is sold out daily and none, are returned from the newsdeaers. The news companies on all the railroads centerlng in Birmingham have largely in- creased their orders. some of them being doubled, so great is the demand for live Cuban news.
 All of this goes to show that the enter prisng, up-to-date newspaper has the ap- preciation and support of Alabama peo- pie.
 A Few Opinions
 .. Below are given few opinions about The Age-Herald from prominent business and professional men of this city:
 Mayor Frank V. Evans: 'I was at one time a newspaper man myself, and know the difficulties of turning out a good news paper in this state. 1 am frank to admit that The Age-TIerald is the best newspa- per the people of Alabama have ever had"
 is ain ply uneoualled. l buy all the New York papers, but find that I have read all the news in them over thirty hours before in The Age-Herald.'
 Webb Crawford: "No newspaper in the United States has better Cuban news than The Age-Herald. I read number of other southern newspapers, but don't find any of them to equal The Age-Herald.'
 Louis Saks: 'I have just returned from New York where I have been reading the New York papers. l believe that The Age Herald will rank with almost any of them in enterprise and Journalism. It is the best newspaper Birmingham or Alabama ever had, and better than l ever dreamed we would have"
 l.. Berger: "No paper in the south can touch The Age-Herald. Its victorious fight for cheaper gas and it's fearlessness in ex- posing anything and everything that is not for the best interests of the people has stamped it peer among the newspapers of the south."
 w. M. Malone: "Thes Age-Herald is cer- talnly up-to-date. It Is indeed a great newspaper, and everybody in Birmingham is justly proud of it."
 J. A. Brown: "The Age-Herald is the best newspaper in the south. I like 1t not only for its excellent news service, but be- cause it is decidedly outspoken in its op- position to all forms of oppression of the people, and I am sure the people are ap- preciating these eqorts."
 w. c. Garrett: "I am very much gratified at the splendid news service of The Age- Herald. Both it's local news and it's tele- graphic service is far ahead of any other paper in the state. No other agency is doing so much for the advertisement and upbuilding of Birmingham as The Age Herald"
 S. Marcus: 'The Age-Herald is the only metropolitan newspaper in the state. The amount of money that will be saved to the people of Birmingham by The Age-Her- aids victorious fight for cheaper gas will in itself amount to a saving of thousands of dollars annually. I send numerous copies of the paper to people in other cities just to show them the enterprise of Brming- hams citizens"
 William A. Porter: 'I have been in New Orleans recently, and none of the papers I saw published there equaled The Age Herald. The Age-Herald is doing a great work for Birmingham"
 R. P. Wetmore: "The Age-Herald keeps strictly up with the times, and its news service, both local and telegraphic, show it to be a most enterprising newspaper. Its work for good schools, good government and good citizenship are many of it's most commendable Features. No better policy could be adopted by a newspaper"
 Reuben F. Kolb: q find the Age-Herald ahead of any other paper in this section of the country It never hesitates when there is question of public interest at stake but unhesitatingly declares itself on the side of the people,"
 Walter Moore: "The Age Herald is giv- HIS more news and better news than any paper south of New York It Is the news fest, wittiest, and altogether the most en- terprising paper around this section of the 
 Gen. Louis " Clark "I am surprised that such a good paper can be made in 
 Gen. E. w. Fucker: ''We are all justly proud of the splendid newspaper the Age Herald has become. It is doing a great work in giving us the news and in placing conspicuously before the world"
 T. D. Davidson: There is nothing slow about the Age-Herald. It is strictly up-to- date with it's local and telegraph news, and will fight circular saw if 1t were in the interest of Birmingham or her citizens"
 J. A. vanHouse: "The Age-Herald is showing a lot of enterprise in getting out a thoroughly attractive newspaper. I have never put too much faith in the reports sent out by the Cuban reporters in Ha- vana, but when 1t comes to getting these reports the Age-Herald is not behind any paper in the country. Its work for good schools and for the upbuilding of Birming- ham are two of its policies that assure it's success"
 John IT Miller: "The Age-Herald is get ting out a good hustling paper now The Cuban news service of the paper Is splen- did, and the carnival edition last Sunday was most enterprising paper in every particular"
 Capt. F. L. Demere: "I consider the