The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-13
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE

courts, the general assembly failed to pro-
vide for a supernumerary solicitor, and in
| that particular fell into an error that
causes some annoyance" said Hon. John
| w. liner, of st. Clair. There were some
| lawyers who failed to perceive the neces-
| sity for a supernumerary Judge; but that
| fact has got nothing TO do with the propo-
| sition that a solicitor should have been
! provided for in the act. l have been up
to Bangor ito represent a client Judge
! Aston. uae supernumerary judge, is hold
| ing COURT but Solicitor Hunt could not be
| present, and the result is that l Shall have
| to go back TO Bangor next week, when the
| solicitor will be in attedance upon the
| court. 1t was the first time l had met
| Judge Aston since he was elevated to the
| bench, and l glad to say that as
| judge he charmed me- He is a STRONG,
| fearless man, and withal one Who desires
that Justice Shall be DONE"
| Here Is a little invention that is making
the fortune of the inventor" said War
| wick MCGUIRE, of Louisville. widely known
as popular travelling salesman of hats.
MI MCGUIRE held out for inspection an
| oed-looking bit of thin metal about half
| mon long, polished as If covered with nickel
| or dipped in molten tin. 1t was Sharp at
/ one end, and broad and blunt at The other,
and through the middle of it was a
small round hole. Through this hole was
run a loop of small wrapping thread, and
| upon the thread was a small white thin
| pasteboard tag. The purpose of this was
10 mark the price on goods; the price being
written on the tag, and the bit of metal
| drawn through the goods without damage
| and locked, thus being securely fastened
1T is singular that nobody ever Thought
| of this before" said Mr. Mcclure, for the
| invention saves a great deal of labor and
prevents the making of many mistakes
as to prices articles of all sorts. 1t is
OF the grea test value to merchants, for it
| can be affixed to hat, say in one-fourth
OF the time required to otherwise mark the
| nat. The bit of metal is made. the string
run through, and the tag put on, all 10y
machinery; and. considering dts adyant-
ages, 1t is remarkably cheap, costing only
ABOUT a dollar and ten cents a thousand
or something like that. 1t is an invention
needed by all the merchants of Blrmins
| man, and of the country, and there cannot
| De any surprise that it is proving itself to
be successful 1t shows what inventive
| accomplish. The fact that nobodv has
heretofore thought of this is amazing-it
seems so simple, yet it is of such great
value"
| Warwick Mcclure is one of the host hat
statesmen on the road" said one of Mr.
McGuire's follow-commercial trave1ars
lie mas remarkable capacity for display
ba
When many other men would fail. He has
in his sample room some neatly roa5a hor,
Dee racks, in which he places his hats. so
| that intending purchasers can see at a
glance the goods Mr.. Mcclure has to sell
He is the only travelling man T know who
Is provided with these racks. And Mr. Nc
CURE has the virtues of patience and perse-
Verance He will stay in Birmingham, for
example, six weeks at a time, thereby en-
aiding dealers to leisurely and thoroughly
examine his samples He is never in !.
hurry, never nervous but is at all times
tranquil. The result is that he is one of
the most successful statesmen in the coun-
try. He has been coming to birmingham
and this district longer than almost any
other travelling man. and therefore he
knows all the dealers in hats, and is on
friendly terms with most of them, He is
good all-around fellow, and is very popu-
lar with business men and the general pub
lic"
AT the Alabama conference of the Meth
odist church at Mobile, Bishop Gambler APP
pointed the Rev. DR.. II. Urquhart to be the
editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate
the organ of the Alabama Methodists, pub
lished in this city. The Rev. ]. o. Andrew
sometime editor of the Advocate has been
assigned to the Church Street Methodist
church in Selma. DR.. Urquhart is one of
the best known Methodist ministers in Ala
bama, one of the most highly esteemed,
most generous, and most learned. He is a
man whose life is gentle and whose deeds
are always Christian-like He has occupied
all the higher places in his conference and
has adorned all of them. A former editor
of the Advocate and right well beloved
man, Rev. J. M. Mason, has been appointed
presiding elder of the Montgomery dis
trdct.
'tWe have all the work we can do" said
President r. W. Boland, of the Birming-
ham Machine and Foundry company, the
plant of which was burned several months
ago, but has since been rebuilt. ''There
was a time when we sought orders and
went out of our way to make sales; but
now purchasers seek us, and gladly pay the
increased prices that are due to the. in
creased cost of production. Some man will
come along and ask for certain machinery
or castings, and we tell him that we have
got what he wants, but the price is high
compared with what it might have been
a year ago. That is all right about the
price, I'll pay it, he will say. Thus the
present condition of our business is very
different from what it was, and very hap
PLY different. We are working night and
day to fill our orders, and we hope to give
that full measure of satisfaction which we
have never yet failed to give"
Ross H. Cobb of Admission, one of the |
largest lime manufacturers in the south, |
was in Birmingham yesterday. His COM