The age-herald., 1900-09-16

so many minutes at each of two or three street crossings, thereby making him so many minutes late arriving at his hotel, where he remained so many minutes be- fore going down town. Once in the fatal street he was detained so many seconds by the crowded condition of the New York | sidewalk, and then hurried around cor l ner and forward to-death! Strange destiny, that of Durfield who went happy away for happy holiday, well-earned and long looked for, and who | will today be laid to rest on Oak Hill! If | he upon his travels had been delayed one l moment less or one moment more the fatal | flagstaff would have found different vic tim. Seldom sounds the eternal if more | loudly
 | Speaking of Oak Hill there was an in | interview in this place last Sunday in | which complaint was made concerning the | condition of that silent city. The com /, plaint attracted wide attention and caused l much discussion, and Sexton J. P. Lam- | bert was quoted to facts: T wish to state that there is a com l mittee of five gentlemen, known the | cemetery committee, who have full power 1 to investigate any neglect on the part of the hands employed in the cemetery" | Sexton Lambert said. Tn reference to the dirt that is left over from filling graves, out of eight or nine hundred which have been dug since I have been sexton, there l have not been over eight or ten from which the dirt has been placed in walks or drive, and then only by the promise to 1 remove 1t as soon as possible. IL would be absurd to expect the city to have a driver and wagon to remove surplus dirst every time we have a funeral The dirt is left on the lot to do whatever the owner sees proper to do with it.
 Tn reference to the hands working on private family lots, during work hours I would like to ask the author of last Sun day e complaint question: Have not I and my men compiled with every request you have made in regard to your lot? And have ! l not had all the lots in the front of the cemetery cleaned regardless of whose they were, and with just two men to do all work?
 "I have at the cemetery only two men, who are on duty every day in the year, and work many a Sunday all day long, and often after working hours, and frequently haven't time to stop and eat their dinner because they have to get ready for fun eral.
 T have had guard and some prisoners little over a month and half this whole year, and they were the weak, lame and sick, not fit to do much work. With my two men, I have made every effort to keep, as I believe, nineteen acres, and about half of the walk and drive; and all on a steep hillside, and kept in spite of the extremely constant and severe rains which we have had this spring and summer, and which caused weeds to grow beyond control. There has been more trash removed this year up to date than any year before. Any one who cares to come out and see for themselves can do so, and If any further information is wanted I will gladly give it."
 
 Colonel R. H. Seymour of Sumter County was in Birmingham last night on his way from Montgomery, where he had been un- der treatment for several weeks, to his West Alabama home. Colonel Seymour be- ing very i'll and feeble, was in charge of his son, former Consul w. H. Seymour, and Mrs. Seymour, and other members of the family. His condition is deplorable.
 It will be remembered that several months ago Colonel Seymour was assaulted by some men in Sumter County and was shot almost to death fourteen bullets k.Nsng been afterwards extracted from his body.
 
 Birmingham Is fast town In all the es- sentials, and too fast in at least one par ticuar, namely, vehlcular traffic. All sorts of vehicles are dashed through the cross ings of the streets at frightful speed, and no serious attempt is made to check this outrage.
 "I have travelled In nearly all of the United States and never saw In any town such wild and reckless driving as goes on daily in Birmingham" said Hon. B. M. Allen "When people cross our streets they imperil their lives; and this outrageous danger is constant"
 The question Is being asked, Has there ever been any person arrested in Birming~ ham for violating the city law against reck- less driving, except In cases where per- sons had been killed or heplessly wound ed?"
 Atlanta derives It's prominence from its proximity to the Birmingham coalfields" is an interesting statement in a new and most excellent school geography, copies of which have been received by Prof. w. T. Taylor, the learned teacher of higher ed- ucation.
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