The age-herald., 1900-01-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

that so Is difficult of explanation The weather was cold but certainly not ex- cessively so In point of fact, the atmos- pslere was above the freezing temperature throughout the day, and during most of tine time the sun was unclouded still the day was not pleasant. The cold northwest wind prevailed to such an extent that it kept at home thousands of persons who desired to come down town. Every day Is bargain day in Birmingham. In Mont gomery Atlanta and other suburban towns, Mondays and Saturdays are bargain days for them that go a-shopping; but every day of every week in every month or the year is bargain day" in Blrming ham. There was no particular reason why yesterday should have been dull in Bir- mingham business circles, but it was dull. The ordinary work Of selling goods was not of special noteworthy moment. The streets were less crowded than usual. Fewer fair faces than usual were seen; fewer faces of any degree. Therefore the business of the town was dull. Business is dull always when there be few fair faces in the streets. Salll the afternoon was splendid; tne afternoon almost divine There was a golden glory about it all that was splendid beyond all words to describe. The sunset was immeasuraIbly beautiful! This was the halo about the crown of a superbly beautiful afternoon No human words can properly tell of its unsurpassed glory. Yet the day was dull in the brsi- ness affairs of this towni
 Selma, the Moores Bluff of the long gone years is of more promise now as to material development than ever before said David M. Scott. Selma has remarka- ble railroad facilities, and these are being constantly extended. We have just got the Louisville and Nashville line open through to Repton, and so on to Pensacola and Mo- bile. There is probably not a town of Sell mas size in the United States that has better railroad accommodations In addi- dion to that, Selma has got all the year around direct water connection with the sea at Mobile. However low the stage Of the water at Selma may be. there is al- ways water enough In the Alabama to float boats away to Mobile, conveying cotton, coal and iron, Selma is the key to the situation, in so far traffic is concerned It is at the moment the legitimate coal iron and cotton depot of Alabama. It seems to me that Selma future is assured. It is at the head of the all-the-year-round nav agation of the interior of Alabama, and there is not in my mind any question as to dts future greatness. It Is not only a won derfully beautiful town; but 1t is progress sive and contains the best people in the world Bts water supply is excellent. hundred artesan wells bubble there now, supporting In the sanitary sense the growth, development, health and prosperity of one of the most attractive towns dn the world. Through the roots of the splendid lve4oaks springs the pure water that makes Selma cleaner, more beautiful, more att traotdve."
 'T saw thousands of fishes feeding in the beautiful ornamental lake at Springville, St. Clair county, this morning." said J. M. Williams, the well known and popular travelling saleman of tobacco, from Lynch burg. Ut was wonderful sight-exceed- ingly interesting to me. The lake is sup piled with water of extraordinary clear- ness from a great spring in the town. The stream that flows from the spring is many feet in width, and is wonderfully clear. The water that fills the lake is so clear that 1t is easy to see the lakes bottom and the vast number of fish, some of these being prehaps two or three feet in length. The fish are called up to be fed very much as you and used to call up the chickens on the old farm when we were boys. There is this difference: No word is spoken to the fish, but noise is made on the blanks above the feeding place; and the fish dart | swer to the summons at feeding time. Beautiful Springville takes it's name from it's famous spring, and that spring supplies the water for one of the most beautiful lakes in the world"
 R. H. Greene of Montgomery, formerly of Jefferson, and cousin of Judge Samuel E. Greene of the Jefferson County Criminal Court. has decided to be candidate for state auditor. This fact is of much inter est. MT. Greene is one of the most attract i've men in the young democracy of the state. He is a man of learning and wit and is possessed of an infinite spirit of good humor. He is not of the type of him whom George Meredith termed as being "careless of social opinion" but he is, as Meredith wrote, ''unbuttoned and a laugher." He sees the humorous side of things, and moreover the serious side. Withal he is a serious man and a pious one, a strong, resolute, loving and lovable man. Whatever betide him in the pursuit of his aspirations to great office, he shall have the good wishes of many good men
 Hon. John W. Abercrombie, state super intendent of education, Is in Birmingham. MT. Abercrombie is displaying remarkable energy and skill in conducting his office, and is making an enviable reputation. He is mnn worthy of the honor he bears, and he bears himself worthily. It Is interesting to note that under the old constitutions, that is to say the state constitutions that preceded the constitution of 1875, under which we are now governed, the head of the school system of the state was desig- mated as "the superintendent of public instruction"
 Hon. Joseph J. Wdllett of Anniston is in