The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE

/ several HOuiS III 1ollHlluSldLl ySoASAdoS-
| General Longstreet and Mrs. Longstreet
arrived in the city at II o'clock yesterday
coming on the Southern train from the east
| They proceeded to the Morris and registered
| there as James Longstreet, Mrs. James
| Longstreet, Gainesville, Ga, and went i'm
mediately to their apartments. General
| Uongstreet wrote the names and address in
! hand remarkably clear for so old man.
| There was a rush at the time, and as the
| general awaited his turn at the register
1 Mrs. Longstreet rested in chair by the
| elevator, seeming to be much fatigued. In
| receiving one or two questions from Clerk
! Hughes the general had to make use of a
! speaking tube, owing to his marked deaf
ness. He was recognized by two or three of
| the many loungers and bystanders, none of
| whom ventured to address him. He looked
| very old, but in no degree feeble. He stood
! as erect as a young man. His tall figure,
| long white side-whiskers, the betting,
| shaggy eyebrows, and his dignity and VEN
| cradle aspect lent to him an air of rare dis
| tinetion. 81 wish to proceed to Meridian
| by the afternoon train,'' he said to the clerk
| of the hotel. 1.-THE train for Meridian will
| leave at AIS" the clerk replied; and the
| elevator shot the aged soldier into the up
| per spaces of the hotel. 1t was noted that
| General Longstreet was strong and almost
| bouyant, in spite of his years.
| General Longstreet is the highest ranking
| surviving officer of the Confederate army,
| and now fills the office of United States
commissioner of railroads, a position for
merly held for several years by that other
| full general of the Confederacy, Joseph e.
| Johnston, and later by Major-General Wade
Hampton. Public comment to the effect
that Wade Hampton was hanging on" to
office under the republican administration
was so fiercely resented by the grzzled
| South Carolina warrior that he sent MS res
| ignation to President Mckinley. The pres
| ident accepted it and appointed General
| Longstreet When the war between the
states was ended there were five full gen
erals of the Confederacy Only Dongstreet
survives. The old warriors on both sides
are passing OF the twenty-one distinguish
ed figures that stood about Lincoln at
Gettysburg when that great spirit spoke
the most eloquent words in our tongue
there lives now but one-Gen. o. o. How
ard. The march of the heroes is down the
other side now.
.tThe chairman of the investigating COM
mittee of the Alumni Association of the
State University has ordered a meeting at
Birmingham on next Monday, December
4th" said Sterling a. Wood las This COM
mttee is required TO report to a general
meeting of the association, it is not thought
that it will give out anything for publica-
ton on its own account. The executive
committee will assemble at Tuscaloosa at
the same time as the board CT trustees of
the University, December 20th, and will
advise and consult with the trustees in TIE
ordinary way In The meantime, those
members charged with investigation will
pursue their work in an orderly and sys-
tcmatic manner
Trade is a little slack at the moment
and we are having a breathing SPELL said
Robert f. Gould of st. Louis, who travels
for one of the largest wholesale fancy
grocery houses in tne United States. "Busi-
ness this season has been better than ever
before 1t has been with great difficulty
that orders could be filled. Indeed, it Was
impossible to fill them as rapidly as
booked. The result was that we have been
simply oyerrun with business. We expected
a great deal, but were not prepared for
The great rush that came It was unex-
ampled in the history of the trade. We
are now catching up somewhat; but the
prospects for business at the moment are
brighter than they ever have been before
and the demands upon the wholesalers will
undoubtedly be very great
''SUgor interests n / OniSiaOa in
prosperous and satisfactory condition."
said Major Phil Campbell of Sheffield, who
is largely interested in sugar production
from cane. Last year our company ac-
CURED some sugar producing land near New
Orleans and improved it, putting in ma
ohinery at a cost of 500, Go0 sugar machin-
cry being very costly. When we had got
the property in full working order and
things in operation it represented an OUT
offer of 100000 for the property as it now
offer if $1,000,O0o Cor the property as It now
stands. The offer was not entertained seri-
orsly. as we had no wish to sell out. The
actual sugar-fnaking industry is now i'm
progress That part of the business lasts
only about sixty days. The process of
making sugar is elaborate and compli-
Gated, and is very interesting even to per-
sons who are used to seeing and taking
part in its working"
Sam M. Adler has returned from a stay
at French Lick Springs, Indiana, and from
an extended tour of the east, entirely re-
stored to health and strength. Mr.. Adler
suffered from dangerous attack of fever
that was prolonged for several weeks; and
so it was necessary for him to go away
for the benefit of his health. Mrs Adler
accompanied him. AT Indianapolis he fell
into the hands o fthe interviewers, to whom
he talked of great Birmingham. Escaped
from the reporters, he went to Chicago.
Buffalo, Niagara Boston, New York and
Washington.
Badly Sharpe of Memphis formerly one
of the most popular young men of Birming-
ham, is in the city for short stay
Robert c. Redus is dangerously i'll at the
Wilson & Brown infbrmary, First avenue;
fact which causes very general regret in