The age-herald., 1900-11-27

jority of whom were consumptives Every
 convict released on Dr. Blake's reeom-
 mendation deserved release; there will not l be any doubt about that!
 President Trapp, Dr. Blake, and Cap tain Booker are to be congratulated upon their most admirable showing" -
 "The size and importance of some of | the so-called country stores of this day | would have astonished wholesale mer- chants fifteen. or even ten years, ago." said man who keeps informed as to gen. era1 business. There are general stores in many of the smaller towns which are | really department stores.' as we now un- derstand that phrase, and would be worthy of large cities. They sell very nearly every thing and sell staple goods in very large quantities. Take a store like Jack Gran ford's in Jasper, for example. Jasper is very small town but Jack Cranford is a very big merchant. He enjoys an immense trade, which comes from Walker, Fayette Shelby, and Tuscaloosa Counties, and Is a very prosperous man. And Jack Cranford deserves it all, for in addition to his busi- ness ability he is one of the best and big 6SSt-hSdllSu HIGH III Aldpdlid.
 "The Jefferson County Democratic con vention which nominated the present Sem ator and county Representatives in the Legislature, adopted a resolution in effect instrucling the Senators and members not to vote for any bill annexing any suburb of Birmingham to the city proper, unless the bill provided that the proposition should be submitted to a vote of the citizens of the suburb in question:" said suburban citi- zen yesterday. This would seem to make 1t inconvenient for the suburbs to be em- braced in the city limits without suburban consent, by the present Legislature. Mean time some of the people of some of the suburbs are trying to get their respective suburbs incorporated independently, which will leave them free to pile up big debts for Birmingham to assume when the in- eyitable annexation or consolidation shall take place. The thing of the debts looks plain enough"
 "The Improvements just begun at the Birmingham Union passenger station will increase very materially the attractiveness and convenience of the station," said leading railroad official '"The present wing of the station occupied as a baggage room, Southern Express offices, and railroad su- perintendents' and trainsmasters' offices will be extended 621k feet to Nineteenth street, and both floors of the enlarged building will be devoted to similar pur- poses Adjoining the extension will be a high arched court for the use of baggage and the mails, and then will come another extension in the form of a one-story or namental structure to be devoted to the city offices of the Louisville and Nashville Rairoad-[fr. deFuniak's, Capt. Sid Jones', Capt Mort\ner Williams and so. The entire exten>)n will have a frontage of 135 feet Morris avenue and across Nineteenth street, and will present very handsome appearance. The work will cost about $25, 900.
 "Other and more extensive improvements, including extension of the station shed to Eighteenth street, are under consider ation, and will probably be ordered. It is admitted the station waiting room ac- commodations. are very inadequate" '"The bold burglars badly burglared the office of Probate Judge Samuel M. Adams at Clanton last night" said a man who was in Clanton yesterday. Burglars forced entrance into Judge Adams of flee and blew open the judges safe, and stole $40 in money, No clue. The force of the explosion was so great that it blew the safe door off and out through the win dow; all of which proves that the burglar, like the murderer in Alabama, is growing bolder and bolder, and bolder every day!"'
 
 William A. Davis and D. c. Blackwell of Anniston are in town.
 ,/E. P. Amerine of Montgomery is in Bir- mngham. He reports that Colonel Sey- mour of Sumter, who was shot fourteen times several months ago, is showly re- covering; fact which will be pleasing to the many friends of the Seymour family throughout Alabama"