The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-07-15
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1.-THE death of kings was a subject for
conversation suggested by King Lear. Here
| in Jones valley, and all over the state. po-
| ltical discussion has been excessively an
| mated. or hot" as the phrase goes, for
| the past three or four days, all on account
of some expressions of political opinion ut
| tered by an illustrious senator of the
| United States. But of warmer personal in
! terest has been the warmth of the weather
| Without having regard to the records pre-
served by the official charged by the Amer
| lean government with the regulation of all
| sorts and condition of weather 1t may be
+, boldly and BADLY stated that the atmos-
pheric conditions prevailing during the past
seventy or eighty hours have been abnor-
maliy oppressive. One is absolutely indll-
ferent to the registering of thermometers,
barometers and wind-guages: one is aware
only that tho heat has been whitening,
whiting, and charged with degree Of COM
mon, vulgar cussedness that makes of the
"oldest inhabitant" a giboering lunatic,
gone mad because he can recover from
memory's musty store nothing like it.
Deeply interesting would be Information as
to the number of inhabitants for whom
gentle" sleep overcame the fiery heat on
the nights of Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday. Yesterday it appeared that the
entire population were wilted, and there
weren't in Birmingham exceeding four
amiable persons. 1.-The heat is killing
Haven tslept for three nights" That was
the common password between men down
town. What women thought or felt was
not discovera5le: but they must have
thought numberless things reserved for
horrid and torrid men to give speech to in
mems rude, crude way.
So the tide of politics ebbed very low
yesterday. Certainly there was great deal
of talk regarding Senator Morgan's opin-
ions expressed to The Age Herald's cor
respondent at Selma and given out by this
newspaper yesterday morning; but the dis
cussion was mild-mannered, almost per-
functory-it might be said to have been
desultory in fact. No speech of Senator
Morgan could fail to cause discussion. The
Age-Herads interview with him was of
the grea test political importance. But no.
body was found during very hot day who
was willing to be qAoted concerning the
senator's remarks, except General Charles
NJ. Shelley, VINO was free in saying:
Morgan is too big a man, too great to
be tried by a local jury"
Younger men generally were disinclined
to say anything for publication; feeling, in
a dignihed way, that few men Of any age
are worthy to sit in judgment upon one of
such underworld fame as John Tyler Nor
gan. The glamor of his splendid achieve
ments is greater now than ever it was be-
fore; his deeds are to his public prouder.
1t may seem impertinent to speak of the
senator in a reference intended solely to
apply to the impersonal, intangible, hot at
mosphere of a horrible day in July; but
Morgan is so great man that even a
chronicler of small beer may take liberties
with his famous name.
There has much been said in the newspa-
pers about the recent death of Major A. II.
Drewry, the owner of the famous old
colonial Virginia country seat, Westover,
on the James river below Richmond. On
the Westover estate is the Drewry's Bluff
of civil war history. The battery at that
point was equipped at the personal expense
of Major Drewry, then a man of great
wealth. Westover was originally the home
of the Byrd family, the mansion having
been built by William Byrd, the founder
of Richmond, and a notable figure in the
records of the old Virginians Members of
the Byrd family removed to Alabama some
sixty or seventy years ago, and settled in
Perry and Dallas counties, where their
wealth and social station gave them COM
manding positions. One of the descendants,
Captain William Byrd, became well known
in Birmingham several years ago. In 1898
he removed to Washington to accept a po-
siton in the department of justice An
other descendant is Mrs. Glass, the accom-
plished wife of Mr.. Frank P. Glass. of the
Montgomery Advertiser 1t is presumed
that Major Drewry's estate will revert to
the family of his brother, the late DR..
Drewry, of Richmond.
A terrier belonging to a man not locally
known displayed remarkable intelligence in
FIRST avenue last night The owner entered
Parker's drug store, followed by the dog, q
beautiful white-and-tan creature. After
making some purchases the man. and dog
went away, the man leaving his umbrella
and a package of cigarettes on seat in
half block, he directed the dog to go back
and fetch the umbrella. The dog did so in
stantly. Then the faithful animal was dis
patched for the cigarettes, which, after
making some search for them, he hurriedly
conveyed to his master. The man said
that the dog was two years and half old
before he received any training of any sort.
e.
uPusipaSs in RirninPhau was never he-
fore so good as it now" said E. N. Cullom.
''This applies to every kind of business. 1
am now myself building fifteen substantial
dwelling houses; and have recently sold
such property to the value of 100000"
Paschal Shook has returned to the city
from Pittsburg and the east. Mr.. Shook
now spends most of his time in the Pitts
burg district in the interest of the Tennes-
see Coal, Iron and Railroad company.