The age-herald., 1900-06-07

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 "A child born on this day will have
 successful life, whether in employ, or in
 business for itself"
 q see that a wind and rain storm has
 partially wrecked the so-called White
 House of the Confectionery at Montgomery
 said Montgomeran yesterday. If that
 building had been entirely destroyed it's de-
 struction would have made for the peace
 and happiness of the historic capital of the | state; for differences of opinion regarding the hired private lodgings of Jefferson Da- l wis have caused much heart-burnng to | our local Daughters of the Confederacy.
 As everybody knows the fair Daughters have been not altogether united and happy | concerning the proposition to purchase and preserve the White House. and they nave had some more or less parliamentary tits
 at their meetings. Therefore, it wouldn't have been an unmiXed evil if the old 1 building had passed entirely away on the | wings of the wind. But you must not Tor | the world say that l said anything about l it. And I'll tell you in strict confidence l that the Montgomery Daughters are the | brightest, loveiest and most progressive of | all the fair descendants of Confederate sol l diers Now, there! l fling my glove in
 the face of the world, and challenge you ito hold your tongue about what l have
 said In point of fact, l haven't said any | thing, have I?'
 | John Witherspoon DuBose is i'll at the 1 home of a relative in this city. He came
 to Birmingham from Elmore county few
 days ago suffering from rheumatism, and l some complications have developed which | cause concern to those immediately near
 him. This information will produce wide l spread regret. There is not in Alabama d l more accomplished man of letters than l the distinguished author of that mastery | Life of Yancey, which from the first won | the unqualified commendation of the crit | ics and the warm praise of students or l history. It is a monumental work, and rep
 resents many years of patient labor and
 research by a man of remarkable ability
 MT. DuBose has been for several months | at work on an exhaustive paper covering | the history of the Canebrake section of
 Alabama, his purposing being to contribute | the paper to the Transactions of the Ala ] bama Historical Society. None is so worthy ] as he for such a task Himself of the Cane
 brake, he lived through the years of it's | nobler civilizations; knew its people, their l lives, their customs, shared their unsur- | passed hospitality; and so it is fitting that | he tell the story of it all. The people of l this state the record of whose deeds he
 as so brightly illuminated will wish for
 this sout-hearted brave-spirited courtly l and wise gentleman of the old south
 speedy restoration to health.
 | One of the requirements of applicants for | positions as teachers in the public schools l of Jefferson county was to name the best | two Alabama poets, novelists, historians
 and scientific writers respectively. A stu | dent desired to name three poets, Father | Ryan, Samuel Minturn Peck and Howard | Weeden and submitted Augusta Evans Wilson and Mary Johnston as the noveists; Hannis Taylor and John Witherspoon Du l Bose as the historians, and Eugene Smith
 and William B. Phillips as writers on scien-
 tihc subjects He desired also to ask atten-
 ton to Meek as a poet, Lupton as a writer | on scientific subjects, and Garrett, Brewer. J Pickett, and owen historians. The his I torldnS IaylOr ana Du6OSe unuOuDleuly eIl- | joy very high rank.
 | Colonel Francis Gordon Caffey of Mont
 gomery, one of the brightest young men at
 the Alabama bar, has been spending two
 or three days in Birmingham. Colonel Calf
 fey was associated with the lamented | Henry Clay Tompkins in law practice, and | after Colonel Tompkins' death the young lawyer joined Alexander Troy and Thomas
 II. Watts in forming at Montgomery one
 of the strongest law firms in the state. l Possibly Colonel Caffey is aware that the l law is jealous mistress, for thus far he
 has not devoted much of his time to pol- | ties.
 Professor Joel DuBose has returned to | the city after a prolonged stay in Washing | ton and at the University of Tennessee, and is at the seminary in Eighteenth street. l It is understood that Professor DuBose is
 engaged in an important and ambitious lit- | erary undertaking, and one so learned as 1 he and of much experience of men
 should feel confident of success. He is ac- | companied home by his bright young son,
 Master Benjamin DuBose.
 There is accommodating evidence that the | forthcoming meeting of the Alabama State | Bar association at Montgomery will be
 the greatest gathering of lawyers held in | the state in many years The meeting will | embrace the 18th and 16th of June, and | will be of more than ordinary importance
 to lawyers The session of the 16th will
 be held at Jackson's Lake, the beautiful pleasure resort five miles north of Mont gomery. With characteristic courtesy, the | Louisville and Nashville railroad company
 has placed at the service of the associa-
 tion a special train to convey the mem l bers to and from "the Lake"
 ! Professor Willingham of Clay county is
 in the city. He is a teacher who has
 achieved notable success, and it is said that
 his school at Lineville is one of the best | schools in Alabama.
 | J. A. Thompson, school superintendent of | in norl1a