The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-14
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His excellency, the Honorable Charles
Culberson governor of Texas. and United
States senator-elect, Is expected IN Dade-
vile this week on a visit. Dadeville is the
county town of Tallapoosa and there Gov
ernor Culberson was born about forty years
ago He married there the daughter OF
Mrs. Kimball, and he goes now to visit her,
and to renew his acquaintance with old time
friends. Governor Culberson is one OF the
youngest, If not quite the youngest, men
who ever served Texas as governor, and he
will be the youngest of the senators-taK-
ing the seat now occupied by Roger ".
Mills, one of the Oldest men in the senate.
Governor Culberson is an Albanian; his
father, the Hon. David B. Culberson, hav-
Ing been born in Talladega and the gov
ernor himself having been born In Talla-
poosa The governors father was for many
years a member of congress from Texas
and was for time chairman of the judi
ciary committee of the house, the highest
honor that can come to lawyer member,
save only the speakership. The elder Gull
berson, or Judge" as he is familiarly
called. declined reelection to the house,
ana was dppOlHlSu d AhCihoSA "a 49,
tional committee for codifying the laws en-
acted by congress. On that work ne Is
now engaged. and it is likely to employ
his time for some years to come.
A pathetic incident in the life OF the elder
Culberson was the death of his wife, one
of the loveliest and most gracious OF SOUTH
ern women, who passed away after union
that covered forty-nine years he mas
not yet recovered from the shock causeo
by her death.
II is a matter of more than passing IN
terest that Governor Culberson' sehaloi
elect is native Alabamian. He was DORM
at Dadeville. Another governor Oh Iexas'
Mr. Roberts was a native OF Alabama anu
Governor Hewitt, of Iowa, was born III the
good county of st. Clair, wherein Cover
nor Rufus w. Cobb first saw the nght'
and where, according to the prediction OF
Judge James Greene, the next governor OF
Alabama-John w. Inzer-now makes his
home Judge Greene may reckon without
his host, so to speak, but the county Oh
the Twelve Judges, is famous for success
full and distinguished sons.
.This bitter cold reminds me somewhat
of Russia said a globe-trotter In the
lobby about the end of October every
year the dwelling houses in Russia are
sealed up, as it were. The outside wlndo"
blinds which are used throughout RUSSIA
are closed and the windows are hermeti-
cally sealed. Through the long, dark WIN
ter the Russians live by artificial light. In
their far northern latitude there is little
daylight; perhaps two or three hours a
day Even in Scotland, in midwnter, there
are only three or four hours of daylight.
In ST. Petersburg there are no wheeled
vehicles used in winter. Drags, carriages
ard all sorts of vehicles are placed on
runners and the sleigh bells jingle cease.
lessly Once 1 witnessed the blessing of
the Neva. The Metropolitan of st. Pc
tersburg, attended by brilliant cortege of
ecclesiastics, assembled on the river,
which runs sluggishly through the Russian
capital, and after some servants had
broken the -ice, he blessed the waters.
Contrary to the general impression the
Tsar was not present.
The friends of Hon. w. ]. Bullock, of
Franklin county, will urge him for the
judge under the bill now pending in the
legislature in the event it passes.
Mr.. Bullock is one of the ablest lawyers
of the state, and has rendered very valua-
bic services to the party He has long been
a member of the democratic state executive
committee. Mr.. Bullock passed though
Birmingham yesterday en- route to Mont
gomery. He will be a candidate in the
event the bill passes, and his friends are
confident that he will be elected.
Dr. John P. Rails, of Gadsden one of the
seven or eight survivors of the Alabama
secession convention, survives, hale and
hearty and enjoys the sunset of life. He
was the only secessionist elected to the
convention elected north of Tuscaloosa
county, and made one of the bare majority
which voted Alabama out of the union
DR.. Rails writes that the convention on the
FIRST day of its meeting by formal resolution
passed unanimously resolved that we would
resist Abraham Lincoln. We differed as to
the mode of action. The union men said:
Let us call a convention of all the south
ern states; demand new and satisfactory
guarantees; and in default of securing these
we will secede in body, and in this way
possibly avoid war;" The other side said:
mo! The constitution is alseady sufi-
cient guarantee if it was regarded"