The age-herald., 1899-06-08
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ment. Moore & Schley, of New York, are said to have the matter in charge. The Tennessee, which has a larger capital than any other industrial company in the south. 1 has property in Tennessee and Alabama it's principal possessions being here in the | Birmingham district. The Virginia com pany owns property in Virginia, Kentucky, l Tennessee, and Alabama. Facts regarding the proposed consolidation are not obtaina- 1 ble at the moment, and so nothing can be | stated definitely; but the main point is probably true, and this, it is claimed, has caused recent fluctuations in the Tennes- see stock. The people of the Birmingham district will await the development of the matter with the greatest interest for every 1 body here is directly or indirectly concern- 1 ed.
 "The Montevallo Girls school matter still 1 thrusts itself upon the public, and I wish | there was an end of it. said man who has taken a deep interest in the institution ',fhis continued agitation may be largely attributable to Dr. Eager's unaccountable hesitation in accepting the presidency out of which Captain Reynolds was forced There appears to be nobobdy who doubts l. that Dr. Eager intends to accept and has so intended from the outset of trouble that will cost the school scores Of pupils. Dr. Eager caused it to be stated in the newspapers more than a week in advance tha this decision would be publicly an nounced in Montgomery last Sunday; but no such announcement was made. pr. Eager decided that that he wasn't ready after all to decide; and so the learned dl- vine places himself somewhat in the atti- tude of swearing he'd neer consent, con sented It is perhaps of no great moment whether Dr. Eager accepts. There are others Meantime the whole unhappy bus!- ness seems to have been conducted with lamentable lack of dignity, if not entire disregard of the welfare of the school"
 
 "Former President Reynolds card, made public today, is of nature to cause sober reaction The charges made against him that he exacted toll from pupils and others he declares to be scandaously false; and he does not mnce words in the declaration. He denies the grave charges and denies in language that is as vigorous as 1t is un- mistafable. As for the young woman who rushed into print with signed statement that she had given receipts to Captain Rey- holds for $40 and received but $25, the for mer president points out that she owed him each month SIS for board and s2 for laundry bills from a Birmingham laundry. Now, everybody will agree that SIS month for food and lodging is reasonable enough, while thousands will testify that $2 month for laundry service is engagingly satlsfac- tory. Many persons will sigh when they reflect upon so reasonable a sharge. But apart from all these charges the mischief al the Girls school has been done; and Dr. Eager might as well accept his new job today as next Sunday, for he is practically certain to say 'yes,' more especially as his throat is said now to be in an unsatisfac- tory condition. Let us turn from Monteval- 10 to Auburn and see what we shall see. And, by the way, swiftly following upon the Auburn commencement comes the State University. Some professors were bounced there last June. May be others VIII have to walk the plank this year."
 
 q learn from The Age-Herald that even New Orleans has taken steps looking to sanitary improvements, thus following the tardy action of Mobile" said commercial traveller. Mobile began some months ago to arrange for a system of sanitary sew craze, something the town had never had so much as half mile of. In New Or leans there is not a sanitary sewer in use. Surface drainage prevails, and there need never have been any wonder that yellow fever existed in the city Such streets as are paved are ill-paved; and New Orleans, with nearly SOo,OOO inhabitants, hasn't a Norlr Nla oil; how voted in favor of $14,OOO 900 in bonds for the putting of sewers, for street-paving and for public parks. This almost takes ones breath away; though it is said that several years will be required for carrying out the improvements. The sanitary en- gineers will have considerable difficulties to deal with because the city lies so low. Memphis gave several years ago the best lesson the south has had as to the merits of sanitary sewerage, and if New Orleans had acted at the same time the history of yellow fever in the south would probably have been different We Americans have lost sight of the needs of New Orleans in discussing the necessity of draining Ha- vana."
 ''The so-called American editor who was called down in Germany for publicly abus- ing the president and government of the United States was doing no more than is done by thousands of native born Ameri- cans who travel in Europe" said man who spent year abroad. Tt is quite common to hear Americans in hotels, cafes and other public places apply scurrilous remarks to the president, if they have foreigners for listeners. In loud and seemly language they make vulgar boasts about our common country, and in the same manner decry the countrys presi- dent. Foreigners do not understand this; are unable to comprehend it; and so they form the conclusion that America is a big country with a sufficient number of traitors to elect rascals and bribe-takers to the presidency. It is enough to make a real lover of his country boil over with wrath; but in Europe one yer yseldom sees -ba tlv af bai