The age-herald., 1900-02-27

congress, and his democratic friends of the Fourth district will take pleasure in working for him." said well know politician. "Dr.
 Williams is the grand master of Masons | of Alabama, and is highly esteemed
 throughout the state He is very accom- plished man and has done splendid work for the democratic party. He was a presiden- | tial eector in 1892 If Dr. Williams should get to congress he would make an impress sion at once and would reflect much credit on Alabama"
 "The number of physicians who hold of | flee in the Masonic grand lodge of Ala bama is quite a coincidence" said a mem | Der of the grand lodge. "The first three officials are doctors-Dr. B. Dudley Will | jams, the grand master; Dr. R. M Cum ningham, the deputy grand master. and pr. R. J. Reddin, the grand senior warden. Skipping the grand junior warden we come | to the next officers of the line-the grand deasons. Dr. Mitchell, of Oneonta, is the grand senior deacon, and Dr. Lovelace, of Pratt City, is the grand junior deacon. The grand lodge never had a finer set of of- hcers than it has now"
 "A friend of mine down south who owns big sawmill, says that trade is wonder fully gool," said Birmingham man who returned yesterday from west Florida and south Alabama. He is cutting 100000 feet day he tells me. and receives $500 more on each days output than he received on similar outputs eighteen months ago. That is remarkable evidence of the rise in the price of lumber, representing as 1t does for the one mill a gain of S1 800 a week, or nearly $1O0,0O0 a year-a handsome fortune in itself. But sawmill men waited ten weary and almost disastrous years for bet ter times, and they are entitled to their present good fortune"
 "The outlook for Gadsden was never be- fore so bright as 1t is now" said Stone wall Kyle, the banker of that city. "Gads- den is prosperous, growing all the time; and there is no reason why 1t shouldn't. It seems to me that no town in Alabama has better prospects. We have an abun- dance of both brown and red iron ore, and 1t is of an unusually high grade for Ala bama ore, higher in fact than the Birming- ham ores; and it can be mined at aston-' ishingly low cost. In making pig iron Bir- mingham has the advantage in cost of coke of 20 cents ton, brt GadsacG has other advantages of it's own."
 Hon. Wiley c. Tunstall of Hale and his son, Wiley Tuntstall, the younger, city so- licitor of Anniston, are in the city.
 Hon. Charles D. Waller of Hale is in Bir- mingham.
 
 Former State Senator Boykin of Gadsden is in Birmingham.
 MT Shelet Berney has returned to the city after stay of six months in Mont gomery, and will resume his residence here permanently. MT. Berney is remarkably inn proved in health.
 Hon. J. H. Thorton of Talladega, a can didate for commissioner of agriculture, Is in town.
 Retail trade during the week just ended has seemed quiet, and yet my re- celpts exceeded those of the corresponding week of 1899 by several hundred dollars" said a prominent merchant. There will be no decided activity until April That is usually the best month in the year, with the exception of December. Our merchants are laying i'm large stocks for the spring trade. The value of the stocks carried be- tween now and summer will amount to 9 per cent. over the stocks of last spring. There are many retail houses in Birming ham whose retail sales will run up to S15, 900 in the month of April, while three or -four will aggregate over $25.O0O each. Our out-of-town friends are coming more and more to appreciate the fact that Bir- mingham is the best shipping center in the south. No city between Cincinnati and New Orelans offers such bargains, and shoppers certainly save money by coming here."
 .sNew Orleans is growing and improving in every respect" said John T. Richardson of the Crescent City. But the old French quarter so quaint and attractive to tour ists, remains intact Of all the cities in pne United States none is so picturesque as New Orleans and few are possessed of greater historic interest,"
 'rHavana is being modernized to cer- tain extent, but it is still very European in its appearance and general character" said John F. Williams, commercial tray eler, who has recently spent three weeks there. "I found a large English. speaking colony in Havana. Thousands of people from the United States and thousands of Engdshmen are scattered throughout Cuba The number of Germans is also large There must be at least three hundred Ger mans in business in Havana, to say noth- ing of the Germans who have come to look around The German club is one of the largest and most elegant in Havana and it is worthy of note that the Germans are the only people who can drink beer in Cuba. Beer flows freely at the German club, but nowhere else in Havana is it found. never heard any one order beer at hotel bar. Beer Is bilious drink in the tropics, but with my Teutontc friends it seems to be all right. As for the big enterprises in Cuba, English capital is dn the lead, but American capital is now be- ing invested quite freely. Havana will grow rapidly. It will probably double its