The age-herald., 1899-06-11

day recently, he did not say he was not in favor of Bryan for president. Nor did he say he favored the reconstruction of the Chicago platform. Representative Banlzhead feels impelled to make this statement because of certain false reports sent out from Washington a week ago. and which originally appeared in the Nash vile Banner. ..,-44.5.4,.,.z.t..
 "It may be years before the Highland Avenue and Belt Line railroad gets out of the courts," said a property owner "and in view of the deplorably bad condition of the track and rolling stock, and the hopelessly inadequate service the city council should take steps to forbid the running of dummies altogether if tho taking of such action be possible. Although the line is in the hands of a receiver ap- pointed by the United States court, as- suredly the city has the right to protect it's citizens from possible injury or death by 1 an admittedly dangerous car service. It is questionable if any court has power to subject the public to the dangers that at- tend every passenger who travels by the Highland Avenue route. The bridge near Twenty-second street is notoriously Sale, anu OiG Ol lnGSS ddS liSIe VIII DO a great disaster there unless something is done in the meantime to prevent it. Un- der it's charter from the city the road Is required to keep good footpaths over the bridge and safe roadway for vehicles The footpaths are unsafe, and the roadway has been closed for a year. As for the worn out, wheezy old dummy engines and the rickety old cars, they are liable to break down at any time, and therefore likely to cause the death of innocent per sons. Two parties at law are contending for what each contends to be it's rights, going like shuttle-locks back and forth from court to court, absolutely regardless of the public rights in the matter. And not only are passengers subjected to dan ger, but property along the line is much damaged as to value l know nothing about the merits of the claims of either of the parties at law, and care nothing; but the public should be protected. It might be we'll for the city to grant a charter for a new road to parallel the present one. That would get this vexatious case out of court in short order."
 Professor John Massey, president of the Methodist college for girls at Tuskegee, who was yesterday elected president of the Girls Industrial School at Montevallo, is the best-known educator of girls in Ala bama, and is one of the states best and most useful citizens. Professor Massey has held his present position for some twenty five years, and to the patrons of the col lege he has given the greatest satisfaction Under his able direction the college has always prospered. In view of his advancing years. his election to the presidency of the Montevalo school presents to himself some serious questions Professor Massey is about seventy years old, and it has been understood to be his desire to pass from the Tuskegee college into that quiet and restful retirement which he has so fully earned by long years of untiring devotion to tie cause of the higher education of girls His name and his achievements are hon. ored wherever there is intelligence in Ala bama, and all the people will wish him well whatever he may elect to do in this new emergency.
 Virgil Bouldin, of Jackson county who was in Birmingham yesterday attending the meeting of the trustees of the Monte- vallo school, was one of the most promi- nent young men in the legislature of 1S96- 97. He won a high place in the lower house. and was expected to be one of the leaders in the present general assembly, but, like many others, he contracted the war fever early last year and enlisted in the volun- teer service as a private. He desired to be common soldier, and his services were promptly accepted. Therefore the present legislature has known him not in it's delib- eradons More will be heard of him in the time to come.
 While the demand for lumber is good," said Frank H. Lathrop, the proprietor of | the big lumber mills at Riverside, "prices 1 have not risen in proportion to other build- ing material, or pig iron say. The supply of timber in this section is being rapidly exhausted, and it becomes constantly more expensive to get to the mills" The East End Quartette, the bright and newsy suburban journal pub,isEe1 at Wood l lawn, is growing in a way very gratifying 1 to it's proprietors The name Quartette has been given to the paper because it repre- | sents especially the four towns of Avon- dale, Woodlawn, East Lake and Gate City,
 
 
 General George D. Johnston, of Tusca- l loosa, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 MT. NJ " Joseph is spending Sunday with 1 old friends in Selma.
 
 Colonel w. A. Henderson, general coun- | sel, and M. H. Dooley, general claim agent, 1 of the Southern railroad, arrived in the city l from Washington last night.
 | Former Representative Thomas S. Flow l man. of the Fourth district, a trustee of | the Montevallo school is in Birmingham. 1 Captain Plowman, who takes a deep inter- 1 est in the school says that they will be- 1 gin at once to spend $35,OO0 on new dormi- | tories.
 | Major Emmet O'Neal, of Florence, is in | town.
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