The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-08

Upstairs the health bandit fastened on Justice Harason of the supreme court and sent him home for few days, where he read voumlnous records by com fortable S6 a ton coal fire and worked out cases in spite of nasal obstruction and chilly sensations. Chief Clerk Harry Gunnels opened the door across the hall and let the monster into the educational department and was punished by having to entertain ''it' for several days him self besides having other members of his family affected. Director Thomas M Owen of the history department was drawn into the net and while he was at his worst, spending most of the time at home, telegram brought the intelli- gence that the Jefferson county brand had l laid up both his father and mother, and | he and his sister, Miss Dollie Owen, hur- l ried to their bedsides. Judge J. M. Car michael, president of the convict board, was out one day for himself and helped Mrs. Carmichael nurse a like selection another. And there are others. only few escaped All those effected, how ever. are back to service again save MT. Screws. MT. MeDavid insists that he still
 has it. but his looks give him away, while Auditor Sowell consented some days l ago to "sit up and take notice" Justice l Haralson is out az in, MT. Gunnells never owned himself whipped and MT. Will
 son forgets his troubles in the many calls from contested bills, suburban lots and market gardens.
 
 Well, Houston county is county all l right, though prisoner who could not se- 1 cure his liberty otherwise tried to get the l supreme court to declare 1t without honor l in the big family of Alabama. This new l offspring of the paternal commonwealth
 was authorized by and specially favored l of the new constitution, which allowed
 neighboring counties to give to It to the l reduction of their own areas below 60O0O0
 square miles. And there Is general re- l jocng that it has firmly established it's right, because it has given already many
 good things to the state and it's people. In l the enterprise of it's capital, Dothan. fn- | spiraton is found for many other places, l and the town and county and many tcoun- 1 ties around have been effectively adver- l tised by the well edited and plucky Sift- | ings published six times week in the seat 1 of government While the failure of the 1 county might not have lost the people the l Siftings the saving of it establishes the paper firmly as the witty. wise and ener- l getic prophet of the wire grass Long 1 may the paper and the county and the 1 town prosper as the native riches of the
 section give every reason to expect they
 will.
 l Some days since in a wrte-up of the 1 Alabama Pythan order omission was 1 made of the name of Col. A. M Garber of Taladega as one of the living past grand ehancellors The oversight was without excuse. Any man who can think of the state Pythian affairs and not remember that Colonel Garber has been identified
 with them for many profitable years, evil dences his lack of knowledge on the sub
 ject Incidentally it is not out of place to mention that so far this popular Talla- degian Is the only known candidate for Attorney general of the state and in the light of the race he made four years ago promises to be formidable in the contest.