The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-10-03

THE EDITORS
AND THEIR TALK
Editor Frank Gist. of the Coumbiana
Chronicle, who is secretary of the Fourth
congressional district democratic commits
tee, writes:
We asked Hon. John b. Knox the other
day If he would enter the race for senator
in the event there was free-for-all race.
He replied: II am for Morgan, and do not
think the way to help elect a man is to run
against him. l will not be candidate SO
long as Morgan stands for reelection"
Truth in Aristotle
The Frulthurst Vineyardist fmoralizes
thus
''Oh, my friends, there are friends.'
was Aristote's saying. We must admit
there is more truth in this than there seems
to be at first.
Unpaid for Apparel
There is much of homely truth in this
from the Moulton Advertiser:
1t is sickening to witness a lot of poor
people, too poor to make decent shadow,
breaking their Hecks trying to keep up with
the rich people. A girl looks better, and
if she knows right from wrong, no doubt
feels better, in common clothes paid for
than in finer garments not paid for.
But Dewey is Not the Country
The CORTLAND Enterprise somewhat con-
fuses love of country with love for a citi-
zen
CORTLAND is patriotic. Just soon as the
news flashed over the wires that Admiral
George Dewey had anchored off New York.
up went our big flag, and she is still flung
to the breeze.
carpenters and Legislators
The Wetumpka Herald says:
The New York carpenters out on
strike because their pay is not raised to 81
per day. Why, the wise legislators of Ala
bama only receive 81 per diem!
John Don't Forget
The Albertville Banner thus refers to the
gifted Jack of Clubs:
Congressman John Burnett don't forget
the wool hat boys when he meets them in
town. John was carefully looking after
the pleasure of all the delegates who at
tended the Coosa river convention.
Good Times in Bibb
The Centreville Press very cheerfully
says:
Talk about your hard times! The people
of Bib county don't know what hard times
are They have plenty ITO eat and wear
and a shelter al night. Many have farms
that a princely living can be made on II
they are only managed right.
The Poet of Chiggersville
The poet of Chiggersville thus MARBLES
for the Lafayette Sum
Cotton's gone to six cents
Farmers gettin' gay;
Merchants are rejoicin,
For they soon will get the pay.
The Ship That Hcbson sank
The Calera Shelby Sentinel revives menu
cries of a daring deed:
The man who sold the Merrimac to the
navy depa rtment Is dead. 1t Is to oe
hoped that he will be forgiven for his share
in the transaction.
Hard on Morgan
Editor Armstrong, of the Scottsboro Citi-
zen, prints this paragraph without COM
ment:
A contemporary alludes to Senator Nor
gan as the Gladstone of America"
risky widowers
The Paint Rock correspondent of the
Scottsboro Age is an observant person:
Two silver-haired widowers left here in
a surry on last Saturday afternoon donned
in their Sunday outings to fill appoint
merits, we presume, in foreign climes-
thus creating our additional sympa thies for
the fair sex. =
Cause and Eject
1t came in the good old-1fashioned way,
as John G. Sake said The Gadsden Peo-
pies Voice says:
Walter Gilliland and wife are all smiles
1T is a 12-pound GIRL 1t came on the 18TH
Walter will move to Alfalfa this fail to go
into the mercantile business at that place.
Thousands for Railroad
The residents of comparatively thinly
populated neighborhood in south Alabama
show practical commonsense. The Mobile
Register says:
Residents in the Butler, Choctaw county,
neighborhood have subscribed to the West
Alabama railroad in land and money ST.
200. They give practical evidence that they
want the road.
Simmons, TaterI and Postum
The Headland Henry County News is just
attacking:
The weather is getting cool and tho
snakes are getting into their dens, and the
persimmons are ripening. All we need is
some potatoes and a 'possum dog.
VIII and His Books
There are thousands of VIII Scarboroughs
in Alabama these glad autumn days. Tha
Eutaw Wing and Observer says:
We are glad to see our young friend,
Mr.. Will Scarborough, trudging along to
school every morning with an arm full of
books for the purpose of better preparing
himself for business and the responsible
ties of life,