The age-herald., 1900-04-23

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 Court. marry. ask favors. and seek work before D. m"
 Thou hast an excellent birthday, and thy money and business will increase fast; thou wilt travel and change with success. The young will court or marry.
 A child born on this day will be fortu- nate and rise rapidly in life;. it will be brave.. valiant, generous and kind, and meet much sympathy and respect from all"
 General Charles NJ Shelley expects to 80 to Montgomery today, and will receive his friends they arrive to attend the meet ing of the state democratic convention which will assemble at noon on Wednesday in the auditorium in that city. General Shelley's chances for the nomination for governor of Alabama are considered very strong and he and his friends are growing hourly more confident unquestionably the situation is exceedingly encouraging Apart from the delegates instructed for the general he is certain of receiving n large percentage of the uninstructed votes on .,e first ballot in the convention, and his best informed friends look for his no,.anation early in the balloting. General oAsiie4 POSlllOu IS very SiTOnS. lie nus opponents, but no enemies His long ca reer in the service of the democratic party has won for him friendship, good will ad- miratio1 and personal devotion, and has aroused resentments, no animosities He is loyal democrat, able and expe- rienced leader and man without objec- tional fads or isms. He ought to be governor, and it is apparent that he will bel
 Hugh Morrow of Jefferson will be in all probability the youngest senator in the next general assembly of Alabama At twenty-seven he has been nominated with out opposition as the senator for the most populous county but one in the south. That would be an honor to any man. TO one y.ung as MT. Morrow it is an en- viab,e 1istinction very rarely accorded in this country. And, best of all for himself and the public service there is none who questions his eminent fitness for the sen ate He is able, alert, studious, and no man has a higher moral character. MT. MOTION was graduated from the state uni Versity seven years ago, and is Il lawyer
 Augustus Benners, nominated f1. repre- sentative. is next to the younges' .nan on O. u. Morrow, is member of the bar. The honor which has been placed upon him is fully merited He .s one of the closest students at the bar. and is a man of wide scholarly attainments and strone intel lectual force. His character is most ad- mirable. and personally he is generous and companionable.
 Henry K. Dill nominated fo" represen- tative, is also quite young man, being about B. He also is lawyer, and a stud ious man of unusual accomplishments and abilities and is worthy of that generous public confidence which he enjoys.
 A. J. Riley occupies a responsible posi- ton in the engineering department of the Tennessee company at Pratt City, and is a man known to all the county for his high character and sturdy worth He is one of the best citizens of Jefferson. and one of the best of all good fellows who were ever named on a legislative ticket. l" A J,' as he is widely known. is turned 40 and every year of his has been worthily spent
 E. P. Lacey is successful physician at Bessemer. and is 40 years old. He has for several years enjoyed the highest rep, utation as a man and physician, and he will make his presence strongly felt at Montgomery.
 J. H. Leath is a printer in the service of the Birmingham News, and is district or ganizer for the American Federation of Labor. He is 35, and deservedly enjoys the confidence of the general public and the great labor organization which he repre- sents. He and the cause of labor alike fortunate in his nomination, and so are all the people.
 Frank P. O'Brien, the sheriff of Jeffer- son, is one of the most widely known and highly honored men of Alabama, and his nomination is distinctly fortunate for the state. At 56 years he will be the father of the Jefferson delegation, and one of the most experienced of the legislators; he having previously served two terms in the house.
 It will De observed that four of the seven nominees are under 40. and two under So and the average age is 34.
 Thomas M. Owen, who received num- Der of votes for legislative nomination in the Jefferson county convention on Satur- day, was in no sense a candidate. He has but recently resumed his residence in this county; and the votes giver. him may be accepted simply complimentary to a very able and popular young man.
 
 Hon. William J. Curtis of New York will deliver the annual address to the Alabama Bar association, at it's forthcoming meet ing in Montgomery The 23rd annual meeting will be held June 15. and 16 President Joseph J. Willett will deliver his address at the opening in the morning of the 18th, and about noon of that day MT. Curtis will speak Many valuable pa pers will be read by members who have accepted the invitations of the executive committee in these particulars, and the various committees will submit their re- ports. On the second day, the 16th, the meeting will be held as heretofore at Jack sons lake, five miles from Montgomery where there will be served a bountiful barbecue dinner in the good old southern way. The coming meeting promises to be the largest attended and most interesting of recent years; and, naturally enough, the popular, ever-honored, and gifted see-