The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-14

THE EDITORS
AND THEIR TALK
The esteemed sweet singer OF Chiggers-
Vile thus writes for the Lafayette SUM
The times are getting better +;
Since cotton took the rise,
And those who made the corn and meat
Have acted doubly wise.
The times are gettin' better,
We feel 1t in the air;
The women folks are jolly,
While the men are on "tare."
'Possums are selling at so cents apiece.
and then there are some people who squall
out hard times. even if they have potatoes
to bake with the grinning varmints.
Jim Brown Shaved
Jim Brown had a going-to Montgomery
appearance in Centrevile the other day.
The Press says:
Jim Brown was in town last week with a
clean shave and Sunday suit, and looked
as if he was going to Montgomery. 1t may
be he was "sent" for.
Garner Needs a Safe
Editor Garner needs a safe, and Editor
Nunnalee of the Centreville Press says:
Editor Garner, of the Tuscaloosa Gazette,
is advertising for an iron safe. We thought
Tom and the Gazette were prospecting but
when a newspaper needs an iron safe, they
must be doing business. They are used in
many Offices to keep the books of delin-
quent subscribers in. We are glad to see
ncighbor Garner needing a place to keep
his money. .si
Enterprise of Enterprise
The Enterprise Enterprise prints these
two boom notes:
Another new store house is going up just
beyond Harrison Bros. Hurrah for En-
rerarise.
The city dads are having a bran new
town we'll dug by Artist Ellis of Gerald.
Farmers with Cash
The Abbeville Times warns farmers not
to get 'bigoty.' It says:
The farmers have some money now and
will have more when they finish selling
cotton. Don't feel rich and start into buy
ing red wagons, buggies and lot of things
you can reasonably do without. Save that
dollar for the rainy day that is sure to
come. 4,,.tf# ilIl
The Dogs Did Fight
There was great excitement in Luverne
the other day, judging by what the Journal
says:
We had big dog fight in town between
Bob Loard's and Tom Horns dogs. They
fought for several minutes in the middle of
the street, near the school grounds, and
drew a large crowd. Prof. Champion
couldn't hold his boys in school, nor could
the merchants hold their clerks. All bust
ness was suspended near the dog fight.
Loards dog was pretty we'll matched, but
he got the best of the fight at last.
An Editor After Office
The Tuscaloosa Gazette says:
Jourd White, editor of the Moulton Adj
vertser, one of the Oldest newspapers in
the state, is candidate for tax collector of
Lawrence county, subject to the action of
the democratic party. Mr.. White has
served in democratic harness for long
time and in nominating him would be
merely rewarding him in a small degree for
his faithful services these many years.
As to the Governorship
Voters of Gilmore are attending to their
own business. The Wetumpka Herald
says:
Few men in Elmore county so far as we
can learn, appear to know who they pre-
fer for governor of the candidates who
have already announced. The editor of the
Herald has asked some hundred men with
in the past two or three weeks who was
their choice for this high position and the
answer has almost invariably been; 'T
have not decided yet; l am not going to
be In a hurry ito chose my man."
Remsey Ripples
The Ramsey correspondent of the Liv-
fngston Home sends these interesting
notes:
Corn is legal tender at 80 cents per
bushel, and coming in pretty fast.
Eli has dug potatoes and says he has
fine chance of seed.
Corn gathering is still being pushed Wig
orousy on.
Cotton picking moves on very slowly
Potato crop will be short.
We are glad to see the cool nights, which
usually means plenty of fresh meat to the
Industrious farmer.
Millions of Matches
The Demopols Dispatch prints this safe
ment:
Forty-six million eight hundred thousand
matches were received here last week. A
car load was bought by M. Ely and Mayer
Bros. There were 100 cases, fifty gross in
a case and sixty-five matches in a box
Here is plenty of material to start fires
this winter.
Looking for Rib
Editor Joe Adams, of the Ozark Star.
tells on one of his friends:
During the freeze last winter a certain
young man vowed that he would take unto
himself a rib before another cold snap and
from the frequency of his visits to neigh
boring towns We are convinced that he in
tends to keep his vow.
Woc1en Mills In Dale
The Ozark Star says:
Thomas j. Killebrew, the proprietor of
the Kilebrew wooden mills at Newton, was
t.tt n.oV 0at. t.