The age-herald., 1899-05-02
THE ACE-HERALD l
 ALWAYS FIRST To Give the News to the
 People,
 4 STROKE OF ENTERPRISE Was Yesterdays Extra Contain ing Senator Morgan's Letters. SPECIAL TRAIN TO MONTGOMERY With Twelve Bright Birmingham News
 boys Aboard.
 AT RECORD BREAKING SPEED Distance Covered in Ninety Minutes Actual Running Time-Took the
With Twelve Bright Birmingham News
 boys Aboard.
AT RECORD BREAKING SPEED
Distance Covered in Ninety Minutes Actual Running Time-Took the Capital City by Storm 'Ex-
 tras" Sold Like Hot Cakes

The Age-Herald gave Alabamians the first opportunity to read the splendid opin- ions of Senator John T. Morgan on the constitutional convention issue.
 More than this, The Age-Herald carried several thousand papers into Montgomery, and for the first time the lusty shout of Birmingham newsboys was heard on the streets of the Capital City yelling at the top of their voices "Age-Herald extra" Latest in politics. and so on. The people of Montgomery were startled. Questions were asked on all sides; 'What did it mean?' What is the excitement?" but no one could find out until they had purchased an Age-Herald and read the profound and logical arguments of Senator John T. Nor gan on the subject of the attempt to re- peal the constitutional convention.
 The politicians who had arrived day in advance to discuss the political situation were amazed to see printed in plain type the views of the great senator from Ala bama in The Age-Herald when they had not previously known that such things had been written.
 The news was received in Birmingham early Sunday morning and The Age-Herald knowing these letters of Senator Morgan to be two of the greatest political docu- ments of the present age, or perhaps of any age, went immediately to work and is- sued an extra edition informing the people on the greatest. of all political questions which today confront us
 Chartered Special Train
 IT u-ac all iyanortant tbot tIa ,,a.,e raooh Montgomery. Something had tos be done. A special train was then chartered and twelve of the smartest newsboys in Ala bama were secured. The train carried nothing but Age-Heralds and the news boys. accompanied by one or two members of the staff. The train consisted of one engine and a passenger car, and printed on long streamers attached to each side of the car were the words, "Age-Herald Special
 Engine No. 50, with car attached, in charge of Conductor W. O. Broyles, En- gineer J. W. Daniels, and Flagman W. J. Ponder, pulled out from the Union passen- ger station promptly at Ill o'clock.
 Often before had Engineer Daniels made record breaking runs, but for some time he has been confined to the regular old schedule. At last he was loose again. His old time spirit came back to him, and he decided to see what he could do. Over trestles, through cuts and round curves the abbreviated train dashed at fearful speed and when she reached @ long level stretch the little newsboys in the car would stop talking to marvel at the veloci- ty of the train. Ten minutes were requir-
 zI-4 water tank the train continued Its racing speed and arrived at Montgomery at 3:06. Leaving off the ten minutes spent in get ting water the run of ninety-six miles was made in one hour and forty-three minutes. In other words, ninety-six miles were run in nearly 90 minutes. This is perhaps the best run of railway train in the state of Alabama.
 -The Capital City
 Immediately upon the arrival of the train the boys went to work with will. As they ran up Commerce street they could not hand out the "extras'' fast enough. Thousands of copies were sold. Everyone interested in state politics bought the Age-Herald.
 On the streets of Montgomery the work of the Age-Herald was commented upon as being the greatest feat of up-to-date journalism every displayed in the south. Those who did not agree with the letters of Senator Morgan could but compliment the Age-Herald.
 The Montgomery newsboys at first were a little envious of their hustling brothers, but they finally became reconciled and joined heartily in the fun. The negro news boys of Montgomery attempted to "guy" the white boys at one time. but when joint force of the Montgomery-and Bir- mingham white newsboys got loose behind them the colored urchins made a rapid retreat to the river and left the scene of action. All the newsboys from both cities then took a sociable bath in the river and were happy.
 The following is list of the bright boys