The age-herald., 1900-07-05

is in a condition that would be disgraceful to the poorest village between the seas. Mud, waste paper tons of nameless filth make hideous the rough and unsightly roadway. Yet fronting on the filthy way are the United States government building, one of the principal hotels, the telephone exchange, a daily newspaper office, and many other busy places of business, in cluding the most important station for trolley cars in Birmingham. All the thoroughfares in the business district of the city are disgustingly filthy; but none is so disgraceful as Second avenue between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. Whilst the work of purifying the morals of the town is in progress, some attention might be given to the cleaning of the streets.
 Les go cross wonder: dere's whur de gals is all gittin on de kyars!" said one cornfeld darkey to another at Second avenue and Nineteenth street.
 Ives got CT Tub dis day, shorei'
 Great is the power of Hub over even the lowliest.
 July 4. 1776r Wonder what that is for?" said one citizen to his two com panions as they paused to look at great white globe, dated and revolving, in show window of Loveman-Joseph's. Apparently the men were foreign-born.
 What is the meaning of July 4, 1776?' '
 Great is the Republic whose natal day is not known to it's citizens! The asking of the primary significance of July 1, 1776,' is mournful commentary upon the "sanct- ity" of the ballot.
 County Solicitor Harrington P. Helfin and John Mcqueen; Clerks of the Criminal Court William Burgin and John Bradley, and citizen Paul Greene will depart this morning for Fowl river to fish. Fowl river is partly in Mobile County, and for many miles it is a tidal stream. Whether all these fishermen's fish be fowl or all their fowl fish. orwell, the whole thing is probematical. The fishermen declined last night to guess for publication; said they'd be away a week or two; and went to bed early.
 Hon. B. M. Allen, Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, will depart tomorrow for Alt lantic City, where the Grand Lodge of Elks will meet next week.
 
 Congressman John Hollis Bankhead ar rived in Birmingham last night, and is at the Morris. After the adjournment of Congress, Colonel Bankhead went to visit his daughter, Mrs Perry, who was Miss Louise Bankhead, at Sans Souci, the fam ous country seat of the Perrys, near Greenville, s. C., and there he fell in with the ripened wheat crop, which he pro- ceeded to harvest. For two or three weeks the distinguished Alabamian was a har- vester, and doubtless he found more en- joyment in the fields than he could have found in halls of legislation.
 W. H. Thomas and c. H. Bowers of Washington, leading officials of the South ern Railway, are at the Morris.
 Colonel Francis Gordon Caffey and Cor don Mcdonald of Montgomery Fourth of Julyed in Birmingham
 One good man of Kansas City was not kept at home by the Democratic Conven- ton. He is Adoph Goodman, and he is at the Morris
 George w. Traylor of Atlanta, known throughout the South prosperous to- bacconist, is at the Morris.
 
 Amongst the late arrivals at the hotels are Captain Charles L. links and H. K. Bunkley, Union Springs; J. s. Bennett, Charlotte, N. C.; William H. Chandler, F. Hatchett, and George M Marks, Jr., Montgomery; R. M. Cary, Pensacola; H. M. c. Vedder, New York; w. G. Broadway, Gadsden H. L. Walker, Gurley; c. L. Hare, Tuskegee.
 R. A. Brantley of Atlanta is spending a few days in Birmingham private busi- ness. He has many friends here as has Mrs. Brantey, who was Mrs. Ed Linn of this city.
 George T. Rosson of Mobile, the noted expert accountant, is in Birmingham. Robert c. Middleton is at the Morris.