The age-herald., 1900-03-28
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

| or VeTOend and BefnafQ f. OsNdit oi 1uS-
 kegee. Young Catts is the son of smyly M. Catts, formerly of Pleasant Hill,
 Lowndes county his mother being dangh~ ter of Dr. Hugh Caffey, the first demo-
 cratic probate judge of Lowndes to hold office after the days of reeenstruetion She 1 and her sister were beautiful types Of the young southern gentlewoman; and there
 has mot dwept in Lowndes a better man than
 their father. It is understood that young Catts stood almost perfect examinations for West Point: and the chances are that l he will distinguish Himself in his prepara- tfons for the life of an American soldier.
 It is a curious fact, by the way, that not
 one of ths years large class of future West Pointers bears a historic or even widely known name, unless Clifford Lee Corbin be excepted, he being a son of Ad- jutant General Corbin: his appointment
 coming direct from the president. Evi- dently no distinguished notable man has boy whom he desires to enter West Point this year; or if such boy lives, he | failed in his examinations. It Is reason- able to presume that the war craze of the past two or three years would have fired the martial ambitions of all sorts and con ditions of I5oys. An attempt will be made during the present congress to enact law
 that will serve to keep both West Point and Annapolis fu11 of cadets all the time. Reference Was made in this place yes- terday to the long and distinguished career of Rabbi Isaac M. Wise of Cincinnati, and his personal connection with Birmingham. His death causes sorrow to all Jewish Americans. As has been stated, Dr. Wise dedicated the Birmingham synagogue; and it was eminently fitting that nfr. B. Steiner, president of the local congregation. sent
 a telegram of condolence to pr. Wse's family. Rabbi Newfield of Birmingham wiA attend the funeral of hds late master The great rai5ibi, who is now at rest. was truly father in Israel; there is scarcely another left to take his place A daughter
 of Dr. Wise married Adolph s. Ochs, form
 erly of Chattanooga, and now manager and principal owner of the New York
 Times, which he has made one of the
 greatest journals in the world
 The "spring openings" of the fashionable
 dry goods stores continued yesterday, and
 immense crowds from the city and sur
 rounding district attended. The stores had loSl ilOlulIS OL luelr DSduIy anu general attractiveness and heavy sales were made The displays and the crowds made up powerful object lesson as to Birminghams greatness At Drennen's, Grambs's most nerltorious band again furnished charming music, greatly to the delight of the throng- ing customers and visitors. The band stand was under the immense light-shaft extend- ing from the roof through the five stories to the ground floor. Tn playing one of the beautiful selections Manager Grambs placed the cornet player in the attic, and the notes of that instrument, coming down | from such high place and mingling with the music Below, produced weird and thrilling effect Naturally enough the pro- prietors and employees of the various stores are greatly exhausted by the hard work of the past ten days.
 Harry Walker has sold the Athens Lme- stone Democrat newspaper to Erie Pettus and a newspaper man from Lebanon, Tenn. MT. Walker, who Is a bright and highly cultured young man of many engaging I qualities. contemplates coming to Br- 1 mingham to reside. Erie Pettus is well known throughout the state as a member of the present legislature. He is a candi- | NdtO Aoi iC-ClcClloii lO ciic ulOuSo as d Sup- porter of Senator Morgan. He is about the youngest of the Alabama legislators. and is gifted with unusual intellectual ability. Mir. Pettus will be welcomed to the ranks of newspaper workers.
 F. c. Gammons and s. F. Gates, of Bridgewater, Mass, a,re at the Morris. Mir. Gammons is vice-president of the Con- al tIon of the gin manufacturers of the United States. He has charge of the factory at
 Bridgewater. and also directs the export
 trade of his company, which owns the great Birmingham gin works and the famous Pratt factory at Prattville. ". T. North ington, Daniel Pratt and Joseph B. Bell, of Prattville, came to town to meet MT. Gammons.
 William IA Davis, John M. Caldwell, and
 J. B. Goodwin. of Anniston, came to town yesterday. l. Former state senator w. c. Boykin, of
 Gadsden, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 
 | Editor Percy Clark, of the Selma Tele- gram, is in town.
 
 | and very popular bA southern insurance | circles, IS in Birmingham, where he has numerous warm friends. MT. Knowles is the jolliest. happiest, most companionable of men. As a story-teller he is probably | unequalled in the south and unexceled in this country. It is related of him that he can tell stories all night long, never tell the
 same story twice, and never tell any story that might not be related in any lady's drawing room, so remarkably versatile and clean of speech is he. Moreover MT. Knowles never tells dull story. G. w. Pursell of Los Angeles, Cal is at | the Morris.
 | c. R. Winship and George Winship we'll | known cotton gin manufacturers of Atlan- | ta, are at the Norris
 The number of visitors to Birmingham | during the past week or ten days has been