The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-10

the census to show az, OOO' at least All
of which is news to Birmingham. If the
Mobile Register should get into the habit
of advertising Mobile even half as well as
the Age-Herald advertises it, the Register
would do that noble and prosperous old
town some good. The same applies to the
Journal and Montgomery Birmingham
would rejoice if each of those towns con-
tanned ten times their present population,
for there would then be just that many
more good people to pay pleasing tribute
to birmingham, which must always be
Alabama's first city in fact. Mobile hasn't
got any suburbs and Montgomery hasn't
got any she wishes. The better part of
Jefferson County, the most populous coun-
ty in the States of the South except New
Orleans, Is in fact Birmingham. There
about half as many white men wage-earn-
ers in the real Birmingham as the entire
population of Mobile, to say nothing of
Montgomery The railway tonnage of Biz
mingham Is many times larger than the
entire cotton crop of America, and Jeffer-
son County pays nearly one-sixth of all
the taxes of Alabama. More than half the
bank deposits of Alabama are here in Bir-
mingham. Therefore the little filings from
Montgomery and Mobile are not only ugly,
but are very cheap and nasty. What would
Birmingham trolley car or Birmingham
constant street crowds look like in Mont
gomery or Mobile?
And Tlanter, which an important
city before Birmingham was even thought
of-Tlanter's ESTIMATED population of
''12S.0OO to 10000" is really about $1,000!
Mere gush is cheap. Only deeds accom-
plished count for something.
Hon. Phares Coleman and Mrs. Coleman
were in Birmingham yesterday, and at
noon proceeded to Blount Springs, where
they will remain a week.
Few young men In Alabama are so widely
known and honored as this gifted recorder
OF the Alabama Supreme Court who en-
joys the enviable distinction of filling
high public position with single minded
Sdelity to duty. Recorder Coleman is a
citizen of very great usefulness, and his
notable ability is promise of still higher
usefulness in the years that are to come.
Mrs Coleman is one of the brightest and
most charming of the young matrons of
Alabama, and her influence Is very great
for good. Mrs. Coleman was Miss Peterson
of Greensboro a sister of President Peter
son of the Alabama Industrial School for
Girls at Montevallo.
Recorder Coleman and Mrs. Coleman
made a brief visit to their father, Judge
A. A. Coleman. 1t is noteworthy that this
oldest and most distinguished of the cir
cult judges of Alabama is the hardest
worked. There are now five hundred cases
on the dockets of Judge Coleman's cir
cult the local Tenth circuit and that num-
her is said to be about twice as large as
the cases in any other one of the States
circuits. Judge Coleman, on the shutdown
side of 70, is as indefatigable in his judicial
| work as he was more than forty years
| ago, or even in those days of civil war
when he worked hard as judge and never
received any compensation for his labor.
Fifth avenue and all the adjacent streets
were darkened by dense dust throughout
yesterday afternoon and evening. Fifth av-
enue is more used by persons who drive or
walk for pleasure than any other thorough
fare in Birmingham, and it Is one of the
busiest highways in the whole world Yet
1t is anomalous to say of one street that
1t Is the busiest when all the lower district
of Birmingham is in fact the busiest.
Robert H. Thach has returned to town
after spending two weeks in Virginia. Mrs.
Thach will return home shortly.
w. W. Thompson came to Birmingham
from Georgia yesterday and proceeded to
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