The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-09
MONTGOMERY BUYS
 MANY AGE-HERALDS
Birmingham NewSboys on the
 Streets of Capitol City
GAVE PEOPLE FIRST NEWS
Citizens of Montgomery Were Anxious ly Awaiting News of Baltimore Fire and When Train Arrived Age
 Herald Sold Like Hot Cakes.

All of Montgomery was talking yester- day of the Age-Herald and it's enterprise in sending a member of its editorial staff and four newsboys to the Capital city to give the people the first news of the dis- astrous fire in Baltimore.
 At every station along the Louisville and Nashville railroad favorable com ment was heard and at the capital the citizens showed their appreciation of the Age-Herald's efforts to keep the public informed by purchasing hundreds of copies of the fire edition.
 The train bearing the member of the Age-Herald staff and the four newsboys left Birmingham at 6:1O o'clock and for three hours the boys kept up rapid fire of comment that kept the passengers in continual good humor. Every time the train stopped the boys were on the ground like flash and in few seconds the citizens who happened to be around the station knew what had happened. The papers went like hot cakes and the newsboys were happy. It was a new sem sation to them as well as a profitable en- terprise.
 Montgomery Anxious for News.
 Practically the only information ob- | tainable of the disaster in Montgomery until o'clock was through the bulletins l which had been posted up by the stock and cotton exchanges. The appetite Of the Montgomery public was well whetted by the time the train arrived from Dir mingham and the newsboys were not slow in appreciating the situation.
 The moment the papers had been thrown from the baggage car Bart Brown, George Moore, Fred Bradley and John Hawkins, the four Birminghams newsboys, struck bee line up Commerce street and within five minutes the mer- chants and business men were electrified by. that familiar sound Here's yer Age Hurl all bout the Baltimore fire" The adventure of the trip added to the boys energy and in and out of the stores and hotels they went on dead run. Ten of the Montgomery newsboys were waiting at the train in response to A telegram sent from here and they soon joined the lads from the smoky city. After taking in the business section the boys scat tered in every direction and within an hour had practically taken in every prin- cipal resident street.
 Enjoyed the Cheerful Yell.
 Going up Commerce street and into Dexter avneue the race between the boys grew exciting and the citizens of the capi- tai city enjoyed the cheerful yell of the visiting newsboys. Many times the cry of the newsboy was the first intimation the people of Montgomery had that calamity had occurred and the papers were eagerly sought.
 By noon the ne1 | boys had sold a large majority of the papers they had and several were returning to headquarters for more Reports came through the ex- changes that the loss would go to more than s1O0. 00OO0, and rumors were sur rent on the streets that the loss would be more than five times that amount. It was impossible to secure any definite information in the city, as neither of the telegraph companies could get connec- ton with any place near Baltimore,
 As the rumors increased the amount of the loss persons interested purchased the Age-Herald to form an estimate for themselves, based on the statements from authentic sources. The sale of the Age-Herald did not cease until the regu- lar edition of the Montgomery Journal was on the streets at o'clock giving later dispatches. The report of the Age Herald, with the exception of the amount of the loss was still the most complete published up to a late hour yesterday afternoon.
 Boys Worked Rapidly.
 The newsboys from Birmingham and also those of Montgomery. covered the entire city within less than two hours. They were sent into every office building in the city, as well as several of the public buildings. The methods of the Birmingham boys used in selling papers semed to be surprise to the Montgom- cry people, as they were exceedingly ac- tive and energetic. and their shrill cries rang out clear over the noise of the streets attracting attention and assisting them to sell many paper.
 The newsboys who were carried down from Birmingham were delighted with their trip. George Moore. the oldest of the party, and the spokesman, talked of the manner in which the Montgomery peo- pie took to the enterprise. He said:
 Newsboy Talks.
 At first the people seemed to be knock ed out, and those who had not heard the reports of the fire thought we were fax ing them. but after they caught on they l bought the papers fast. Its harder to sell papers in Montgomery than in BIr- mingham, for the folks down there don't seem to understand what 1t was done for. We heard just lots of the men say that | they thought the Age-Herald was the greatest paper in the state; that 1t cer- tainly showed 'get up and get to sell papers in the streets of Montgomery six hours before any of the Montgomery pa- pers told any of the story of the fire.
 q heard more than one man say that