The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-11

abroad did 50 in order 10 enjoy one of the
most perfect days possible in this delightful
| climate in any season of the twelve-month.
| So the fair prospered because of nae
| weather And in the early afternoon Judge
| Feagin decided in effect mat Tie police did
not have the legal right to prevent the full
| success of the fair This mad a most slim
ulating effect upon everybody, VIA the pos
sible exception of the "unco guid," and so
the attractions and prospects of the fair
| frightened wonderfully.
|
| The republican leaders of the state are
| in Birmingham in great force, and they
| will hold an important meeting today. There
| Is every indication that 1t will be the larg-
| est meeting of republicans held in this
state since 1896. In fact, it is not impossible
that the meeting will be larger uaan state
| conventions of that party are ordinarily i'm
| presidential years Certain 1t is phat it will
| be large, and will represent the controlling
| Forces of Alabama republcar:sm. Two
weeks ago there was a republican meeting
here attended by some sixty men. Resolu-
| lions were adopted in favor OF Colonel Will
| liam Youngblood, an auditor OF the United
| States treasury, and tLle Alabama member
| OF une republican national committee; and
| TIE meeting was favora'p1e to Julian H.
Bdneham internal revenue collector for
| the position of state chairman, now held
| by United States District Attorney Will
| liam Vaughan. Thus it was a practical
| movement in the conflict between the
| founsblood and Vaughan factions of the
/ Alabama republicans. The meeting today
| VIII be an emphatic response to the olaal-
! lenSe OF fortnight ago. 1t is thought that
| the meeting will be attended by perhaps
| Two hundred leading republicans from the
various counties. Mr.. Vaughan will be en-
| Enthusiastically endorsed.
| The call ISSUED today for meeting of the
| populist leaders in Birmingham on the 24,h
| OF november viii cause much speculation as
| 10 what position That party will assume i'm
| me pending canvass for state officers The
call in question is very inluentiallv
signed, as The phrase goes. Amongst The
siSheIs are two former nominees for gov
erhor, Mr.. Goodwin and Mr.. Deans; and
| also Probate Judges Adams of Chiffon.
LohSsnore of Shelby, Zell CASTOR of But
| ler' and street of Marshall. acknowledged
leaders of the popul:st party 1t is an in
terestfng question whether There shall he
next year another alliance between the nan
ullsts and republicans. The coming confer
| ence VIII prcca5ly develop the partv policy
| in that direction
The wiregrass country is very nrosnor-
Gus just now, and the people are bopeful
and happy" said Editor Joe Adams of the
| ozark star one of tie best county rape~s
| in the state. 1--WE have the most hear+;f,,
section of this country ana +bo $500. -,
ant to live in; and our people have adj
| vanced far in acquiring the lessons of in
| dusmy and thrift. Farmers are making
| their own meat and bread, molasses and
almost everything else needed on the farm
| They are living WELL and living on what
| they have themselves produced. The adj
vance in the price of cotton has enahled
many of them to pay out of debt. and
others TO materially reduce their obliga-
,lohs. Dale county, for instance, is in bet
| ter material condition than it has been be-
| lore IN many years Our people are getting
out OF the old habits of improvidence. and
are making for prosperity and permanent
| Independence
Amongst the numerous probate Judges in
| Birmingham at present the one most in
| OF Randolph. He is a bridegroom. Judge
Blake was married at Helm Thursday
| TO Miss Zera Strickland, and his bride is
WITH MIN at the Morris. He is quite a
| young man to have won the probate judge
snip of county like Randolph. But Judge
Blake is an unusually strong, resoiute man.
| He is possessed of keen intellect restless
energy and high character; and no such
man as that can fail in any undertaking.
Judge Blake is making his own way in the
| world and making it we'll. In his marriage
| he will receive the best wishes of thousands
of men and women who have not the hap
piness to personally know him. Judge
Blake is younger brother of DIR. w. H.
Blake, state medical inspector of con-
victs.
81 read with much interest Mr. Ryan's in
terview on the subject of a night school
of technology" said George R. Harvey, the
well known mechanic engineer and a
graduate of Cornell university "Birming-
ham is the place of all others in the south
that should have such an institution. Young
men of small means working in the shops
ought to have an opportunity of acquiring
scientific knowledge. What they need is a
night Sehooi Wnere mathematics, engineer
| ing, drawing, chemistry and all other use
full branches are taught. There is no boy
| of any ambition but would be glad of the
opportunity and be glad to pay a moderate
tuition fee. say $40 per year. The plan out
lined by Mr. Ryan struck me as being en-
tirey feasible"
''The most important addition to the
hardware trade is sewing machines said
Gustav Baurmann, of Chicago, an old hard
ware man. within the past year all
hardware dealers have added the sewing
| machine line. In every other respect the
hardware business is about the same as
| when 1 first knew it."
Judge ]. c. Kumpe and D. c. Almon, of
Lawrence, are in the city. Judge Kumpe
| is the only democratic probate judge Law