The age-herald., 1900-03-10
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

l bins. democrat. of the Fourth Alabama district, and seat William F. Aldrich' re- publican. On account of the comparatively
 great negro majority in Dallas county, 1t 1 is improbable that any republican house 1 will ever allow democrat to represent the | Fourth district for an entire term. MT. Plowrnan was turned out to make way for l MT Aldrich and now Mir. Robbins has been I for the second time unseated for the same purpose Alabama democrats will
 regret that MT. Robbins was not suf- fered to retain his seat. It Is not l generally known that MT. Robbins | was at one time an active newspaper man. l Nearly twenty years ago he and Chappen | Cory purchased of Colonel Robert Mckee the old Southern Argus, which was then published in Selma and MT. Robbins's name appeared as the responsible editor. MT. l Robbins was born in Dallas. but spent his | boyhood and was educated in North Caroli- na He is a member of the Dallas bar. MT l Aldrich is engaged in coal mining at AL l drich in Shelby county, in which business | he has greatly prospered. He was former l ly associated in the mineral industry with 1 his brother former Congressman Truman H. Aldrich of Jefferson, and Colonel Corne- Illus Cadle, now a resident of Cincinnati. and chairman of the Shiloh battlefield | commission. These three notable men from l the west were pioneers in the development l of Alabama's mineral wealth, having begun 1 their work more than thirty years ago. Many warm words of praise are being | spoken and printed regarding T. R. Cor | don and Foster F. Stockton in connection | with their recent purchase of the Anniston 1 Evening Star and the Anniston Republic, and the excellence of these papers under their control demonstrates that they merit all the commendation which they are re- ceiving Mr. Gordon is the editor and MT. Stockton the business manager of the pub lications, and this is a combination Of tai- l ents not easy to equal in this state. The Weekly Republic, recently so well conduct ed by Dr. T. W. Ayers, is one of the his toric journals of Alabama. It was founded as the Jacksonville Republican by the one- | time State Treasurer J. F. Grant, sixty l three years ago. He was succeeded on the paper by his son. State Senator Lon ". Grapt, wf,o conducted the Republican with ability. Several years ago Lon Grant dis
 posed of the property, and went to reside
 on his beautiful farm in the famous Alex
 
 Stockton will make the Star and the Re-
 public a great power in Calhoun county
 and the state, and in their labors ito that
 end they will have the best wishes Of all
 the newspaper workers of Alabama.
  MT. Robbins of Aldrich is registered at the Morris. Rather an odd coincidence at this particular time, in view of contest set- tied in congress.
 Several months ago there was printed in | this place, as many persons remember, short interview with Colonel J. M. Falknsr-.x regarding the Anglo-Boer war. In course of his remarks Colonel Falkner pressed the belief that Joe Wheeler, - l 10000 cavalry, could conquer the Boers within few weeks. Asked yesterday if I he recalled his observations, Colonel Falk- | ner answered: 'T have often thought of l what I said as quoted by The Age-Herald | at the time, and more especially have re- fected over the matter during the past few | days. The British had to come at last to l Wheeer's tactics of war, and the result Is l disastrous to the Boers. General French. with his brigades of cavalry ffankng and routing the Boer army, reminded one of | the brilliant movements of Wheeler in our civil war The fact that he was not sup | ported by the infantry was not his fault. | He did what Wheeler would have done in similar circumstances. His work was thor oughly we'll executed, and the Boers, amazed and astounded, fled so precipitately that they left their cooked meals untasted. That is not astonishing to those of us who | fought under Wheeler or who have ac- l quainted ourselves with his methods of fianking the enemy. But what is most as- tonishing is that the Boers got away with out losing their guns and supplies. Their skill in that particular is worthy of the praise Lord Roberts so frankly bestows."
 
 Speaking of General Wheeler, the aues- tion arose at a social gathering of friends last night as to the number of years he has been a member of congress. The fact is here stated upon the authority of the con- gressional directory, and Is supplied by General Wheeler himself His name was placed on the pay roll of the house for the first time on the 4th of March, 1SS0 He served two years, and was succeeded by | former United States Senator Luke Pryor, of Limestone MT. Pryor declined to be | candidate for the succeeding, or Forty ninth, congress and General Wheeler was again elected. He has been elected to every congress since. That is to say, General Wheeler has been a member of congress seventeen years, and is now in his eighteenth year of membership. The con- | troversy that still rages around his name on account of his commission in the United States volunteers is too familiar to call for comment here.
 At one of the largest of the great public schools of Birmingham the other day, the pupils took rising vote as to the war in South Africa. The report of the result, as given by two of the pupils, was ten for the Boers and all the rest for the British, which Is certainly interesting. The vote
 was not taken during study hours; there | fore the teachers knew nothing of the | martial ardor of young Birmingham. Colonel Jack Cranford, the big merchant