The age-herald., 1899-11-15
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

l N<N--A0AN
 Farms North Carolina" said Major Frank
 Y. Anderson MT. Vanderbilt teaches
 lesson to our southern agriculturists that
 has needed to be taught these forty years
 He demonstrates facts of vital material im- | port to all the south. Having acquired
 kingiy estate in western North Carolina, | he has proceeded to develop it as no other
 rural property in the south has ever been
 developed. He has spent millions of mon-
 ey at Biltmore, and on his splendid estate
 employs 400 or 800 men, all of them south
 erners and all of them receiving good
 wages. MT. Vanderbilt gratifies his own
 tastes and desires and does the south a 1 service of incalculable value. We have in
 Alabama a number of men who are working
 wonders in stock raising, and in this partic-
 ular they are powerfully aided Joy Mir Van
 derbilt Men like Colonel Falkner and
 Mitchell C. Scott al Montgomery, Isaac
 Ross at Auburn, James Crook in Calhoun | county, Mir. Bates in West Alabama, and
 others that could be named as representa-
 tive men in the raising of stock in Ala
 bama, are powerfully aided by the example | of Mir Vanderbilt This generous man Of
 many millions is doing a great service to | the south"
 There were perhaps ten thousand persons | who passed the turnstiles into the state l fair grounds yesterday, and the day marx | ed a brilliant success for the management | of the fair. All Alabama was represented, | and many other states contributed to the | success of the great show. The officers or | the fair were radiant in satisfaction, and | we'll they might oe. Not only is this state | showing deep interest in the enterprIse' | but many other states feel earnest con | cern. Apart from the live stock, general | agriculture and special attractions, the races were the most interesting eyer seen 1 in Birmingham. During the afternoon MT. Ratz Hanley, secretary or the races ana | famous in the racing circles and amongst | the horsemen of the United States, necelVeh | numerous telegrams from owners or racing | stables asking if they could be given stalls | and A chance at the Alabama State fair. | Amongst those who telegraphed Mr. Han ley were J. H. Valentine, Samuel Farmer, Butch DeBold, Charles McCafferty and Joplin x Grimby. This is an indication or
 the national interest that is being taken In
 the fair The attendance at the fair is in- creasing each day The people of Alabama
 are manifesting their appreciation of the
 greatest fair ever held in the state.
 "For the first time in fifteen years man has been sentenced to hang in Ialla- dega" said Solicitor Alexander M. Garber of the Talladega city court I've nave
 been for two weeks trying Nathan Rag land, a negro, charged with murder, and at last convcled him. Judge Miller put the usual question to him, asking [him if he had anything to say why sentence Of death should not be pronounced against i.im. Judge, can I say what l want to
 say?' the prisoner asked. Anything you
 wish to say will be heard the judge an swered. Then the man proceeded to tell a dream That he had experienced of a black velvet pail being placed over him and black cap upon his head. He proceeded | with his statement quite calmly and told | she most dramatic story l ever heard in a | court room. He concluded by exclaiming I with most thrilling effect, And the black cap was lifted and my life was saved. The | judge, the jury the members of the bar, | myself and the spectators were deeply moved. The incident was tardllingly dra- | matic.
 l Editor F. H. Richardson, of the Atlanta | Journal. will tonight deliver an address be- l fore the woman's congress in this city. MT. | Richardson is one of the most polished, 1 eloquent and entertaining platform speak CTS in the south. He is a scholar, stu l dent a thinker, and philosopher. His | thoughts, inclinations, and emotions are all. l toward the higher life. Of sanguine tenn | perament and poetic impulses, all the range l of his vision is bathed in sunshine. He is | brave, true, manly soul loved fby all them | that come to know him well. As writer, | he is terse, vigorous, logical and convinc- 1 ing. He is an honor to journalism and to
 the intellectual life of the south. MT.
 Richardson was for years Q1e WasCltn gaon | correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution.
 Subsequently, he was made editor of the | Macon Telegraph which place he resigned l to accept the editorship elf the Atlanta 1 Journal, which position he now fills with l distinguished ability.
 State Senator John Rather of Morgan is l fin Birmingham, enjoying the State Fair and
 the varied attractions of the most attractive town upon this continent. Senator Rather
 is exceedingly popular throughout the Ten 1 nessee valley, and no member of the upper | house has more friends in that legislative l pOuy IHdn ne. SeDthlOr hatnSrS Q1St1n- l guished father General John D. Rather, l of Colbert, was the president of the senate l many years ago, and, in effect, declined l tine tempting and coveted honor of the gov I ernorship of Alabama. General Rather is 1 understood to be in the enjoyment of ex- l cellent health, and to be taking a deep in | terest in the political movements of the l day.
 Charles H. Marshall, of New York, presi- l dent of the Alabama Mineral Land com l pany, is in Birmingham, accompanied by 1 William A. Davis, of Anniston, the compa-
 ny's general manager. MT. Marshall is a | leading investor of New York, and whilst
 he is largely interested in Alabama this is | his first visit to the state in nine years He
 is surprised and gratifed at the remarkable
 development now in progress in this state. | He and MT. Davis went to Ensley yester-