The age-herald., 1900-05-20


 was a good show and successful one. The Elxs are deserving of all manner of credit for their enthusiasm in the work and for the intelligence displayed in get ting up the show, making it thoroughly en- tertaining and for making it a financial success. It will be repeated next year probably on a larger scale. The mer- chants will doubtless have larger and bet ter displays and the manufacturers will also probably join in. Nothing succeeds like success.
 Speaking of success there are several things Birmingham wants and which she should be successful in getting within the next year Primarily, we need an in- creased police force and more fire engines and firemen. The latter will bring about very much cheaper insurance rates, and would be great saving to citizens who pay insurance upon their property
 There are three things from the general government which Birmingham wants and which Birmingham can get if the proper push and energy are displayed. They are a government army post; government armor plate plant; and third, but not least, rural free postal delivery out of Birming- ham. Only recently the government has established rural free delivery in Davidson county, Tennessee. The carriers leave the Nashville postoffiee every morning at o'clock in their buggies with speedy horses and deliver mail to every section of David son county before noon. Of course, there are other postoffices in Davidson county, but they are all branch offices of the main Nashville office. Such delivery in Jefferson county out of Birmingham would be of tremendous benefit to the citizens of every town and hamlet within ten miles of Bir- mingham, as well as to the business peo- pie of this city. The service which has only recently been put in operation out of Nashville has been eminently successful. Already, have it from Washington, Con gressman Underwood is working on the plan for the county. The movement should receive the enthusiastic support ot every one. It will be remarkably conven- tent It should, and probably will, be put In force within the next six months l have great confidence in Congressman Underwoods ability to accomplish results in Washington.
 
 Clark Howell is going ahead over III Georgia. He has just been elected to tne Georgia senate. and 1t is foregone con cluson that he will be made president or the senate In Georgia the president ot the senate is a lieutenant governor. In ms younger days Clark Howell was a mem- Der of the Georgia house of representatives and was speaker of the house. His frlends will probably urge him for governor two years hence and, judging from the news paper reports, MT. Howell will doubtless he governor at some time in the future. But what he wants with these political or fees I cant understand. MT. Howell IS only 36 years old, and yet he is the editor of the greatest newspaper in Georgia, ana one of the greatest newspapers Tn this country. That is greater honor ana d higher position than to be governor or Georgia or any other state. Political or flee is attractive, it is true but If Clark Howell will stick closely to his newspa- per. he will make moro fame and fortune than by dabbling in politics. Henry Grady died better known, more famous and more beloved by virtue of his work on the At lanta Constitution than all the men com bined who have been governor of Geor- gia
 Speaking of Henry Grady, I think he was the greatest editor and the most per feet orator this country has ever pro- duced. His writings commanded great CT price, probably, than those of any oth- CT plain, ordinary citizen, outside of the great political offices, in this country. I remember once, when associated with him, an offer he received from the New York Ledger It was to write five articles on southern development and the south in general each to be a column and a half long, and to be furnished weekly the price offered being 15 cents word. Grady was always poor and always needed money. Not he didn't make it, but because he gave it away or threw it away whenever he had it. He had not the faintest idea of the value of dollar, though when he died he left an interest in the Atlanta Constitu- ton which was worth more than $1oo.OO0 to his wife.
 The day he received the telegram from