The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-29
THE ALABAMA PRESS.

The Marion County News thinks there is something sweetly feminine about MT. C1eveland's no
 The Mountain Eagle thinks mo negro Is ever bothered about theoretical rights or ethnological problems, who has water melon on the brain"
 The Mobile Register has recently in- stalled a monster new press, and now comes out an up-to-date, ten-page daily, one of the handsomest in the south. The Jasper Mountain Eagle thinks it was real mean in Roosevelt to hie himself off out west leaving Payne the task of keeping the postohfice scandal down."
 The Mobile Herald, in referring to the 'spunk' of the chambermaid who re- fused to make up Booker Washington's bed spells the word with two p's. Is that sarcasm or one on the printer?
 The Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette says: ''The Alabama press did well to pass resolutions about an exhibit at St. Louis. It Is something Alabama, might, could, should, would and ought to have"
 The Marion County News remarks that Better schoolhouses, better teachers, and better results Is what the people want. All these things cost money, and as the people want them they will have to foot the bill''
 The Alabama editors have a fruitful theme in the recent meeting of the Press association in Anniston. The write-ups of Anniston and the experiences of the pencil pushers" at the convention make entertaining reading in the state press.
 Under the caption of Looking Back the Montgomery Advertiser condones with the southerner who leaves the south land for the north and then wants to come back again. The Advertiser is of the opinion that corn bread and hominy are two things hard to beat.
 The Selma Morning Times now carries at its masthead in bold letters the fol- lowing slogan, Our Choice for President; William R. Hearst of New York" EoItor Nunnelee is now busy telling his read CTS through his editorial coiumns the va- rious and sundry reasons for this an- nouncement.
 The Mobile Herald signs mournfully that Mobile may dream of a new depot, but she awakes to a sad reality" The dream must have been on the order of a nightmare, or perhaps that vision the Birmingham fans once had of the Coal Barons at the top of the ladder.
 The Columbia Peoples Advocate Is landing on Calera with some vigorous editorials for that towns very commend able desire to secure the county court house. The Advocate suggests that the s75 900 which would be necessary to move the courthouse be expended on the roads of Shelby county.
 The Selma Journal is scoring the citi- zens of that town for not sending rep resentative to the sessions of the League of Municipalities, held In Birmingham this week. The Journal sees a sad ten- dency on the part of the citizens to "cut out a path of their own and keep in 1t rather than take advantage of the ex- perience gained by others"
 The Northport Breeze calls attention to the growth of Tuscaloosa. Ut looks some thing like Birmingham at Allen & Jemi- son corner" where one of the largest buildings in the state, outside of Birming- ham, is being erected. The new building will be occupied by the Allen & Jemison Hardware company. and will add much to the attractiveness of the City of Oaks.