The age-herald., 1899-12-19
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joint debate has been agreed upon be- tween Hon. John W. Tomfnson and Com gressman Jesse F. Stallings, candidates for the democratic gubernatorial nomination. The places, dates and general details are yet to be agreed upon but the mere state ment that the two distinguished leaders are to face each otheranpon the musings will arouse widespread interest. Mir Tomlinson returned homo Saturday night from Slis campaign tour Of the north ern counties, looking as if his work agreed with him. He was genial, jolly. happy, and perfectly confident of his own success. Congressman Stafiings arrived in town from northern Alabama yesterday fore noon, and departed in the afternoon for Washington traveiing over the Southern Railway. Whilst he was here ale and MT. Tomlinson met in the friendliest of spirit. Mr. Tominson proposed a ioint debate, and MT. Stallings assented to the propos- ton. Thus the two candidates are to do battle from the same stump"
 Editor Percy Clark of the Selma Tele- gram was on Saturday morning mistaken for Senator Morgan at Fackler, Jackson county, which beat he was enabled to carry for the senator. Governor Johnston spoke at Fackler on Friday, and made a good impression. The next morning MT. Clark addressed the citizens in behalf of Nor gan In the course of his remarks he re- ferred to the senator's age, saying in ef- feet, that it was idle and unjust to contend ha h 1ic that Senator Morgan had grown old in ble and unequalled service to the state and the nation, and assuredy the people would not re5uke him for serving them so we'll After MT. Clark had finished his speech, he mingled with the crowd and had a happy time One man approached him and said MT. Morgan, 1 heard MT. Johnston's speech; but since I heard you I am going straight to the polls and vote for you" Another man came up and made a similar speech, and yet third; and then the elo- quent young Selmian realized that he had been mistaken for the venerable and ven era ted Senator Morgan.
 MT. Fleming duBignon, of Savannah, Ga, was in the city yesterday. MT. duBignon was here to argue a case before the United States court He returned to Georgia in the afternoon. "I hope" he said, "that Alabama will return John T. Morgan to the senate. Morgan is one of the greatest men the south has had in the senate for many years, and it would be loss to the entire south were he defeated"
 MT. duBignon is chairman of the state democratic committee of Georgia, and was for many years president of the Georgia senate, and was candidate for United States senator at one time.
 
 Last week the democrats of Macon, Ga, elected Bridges Smith mayor of the city. and in doing they honored a man who adorned Georgia journalism during all the earlier years of his life. Bridges Smith was formerly city editor of the Macon Tele- graph, a position he resigned to accept the city clerkship of Macon. He has held that place dozen years CT more, and now he quits it for the mayccalty. It is said that Macon thus loses the best city clerk it has ever had, and secures a good mayor. As newspaper worker, Mir. Smith was pains- taking, energetic and thoroughly capable, and his retirement was a distinct loss to the press in general. Newspaper men every where will extend to him hearty congratu- lations and will wish for him entire success as the mayor of one of the best and most enlightened of southern cities.
 T. w. Martin, the widely known secretary of the Georgia State Fair Atlanta, is in Birmingham. He came to town yesterday. and was received at the union passenger station by Thomas G. Hewlett, of the Ala hama State Fair Mir Hewlett went west together to secure at fractions for their respective fairs. and they became great friends.
 Major James Spence, of Tuscaloosa, was in town yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Spence Major and Mrs. Spence were re- turning from Talladega, to which city they went for the purpose of attending the funeral of David Spence, Major Spence's only brother.
 General James Longstreet and Mrs. Long, street spent several hours in Birmingham, yesterday on their way from Mississippi to their home at Gainesville Ga
 The season for the lawful killing of deer will expire with the 10th of January, and ambitious Nimrods of Birmingham are pre- pairing for last chance at buck-ague One of those who will go to Greene county to join Judge Roberts, Dr. Morgan, J. P. Me Queen, Judge Mobley and the other deer slayers in hunt on their famous pre- serves is MT. Sydenham Moore, who has been in that county recently dealing death to cartridges. There is reliable information that MT. Moore was in Greene lon a visit to his plantations, and while there passed the time pleasantly shooting cartridges" It will be observed that he actually shot the birds. Now for the deer!
 City Clerk Edgar L. Mitchell of Besse- mer was in town yesterday. He says that Bessemer is prosperous and there is plenty of money there. During the thirteen years of his residence there he has never known the town to be so busy so prosperous. There is nSt decent dwelling house vacant in the town. There are fifty families want ino