The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-06-23


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 Headland Posti President Roosevelt has for the present laid down tho pen, but the Big Stick ls kept within easy reach. Centerville Presss The government should now investigate and find out what the boarding houses and hotels are put ting in their hash.
 Pine Belt News: Close observers of sec- retary shaw's presidential boom are be- coming convinced that there is consider able Host motion" about 1t.
 Andalusia News: Mir Bryan is not chasing the nomination. but If the nomi- nation chases him, 1t probably will find him making no efforts to get away
 Attalla Mirror: President Roosevelt re- fused to interfere in the hanging of a murderer in Massachusetts. This shows that he can let some things alone when he tries hard enough.
 Luverne Journal: Senators Morgan and Pettus can discern the importance of their positions by the long range aspira- tions of other statement even in their own state of Alabama.
 Andalusia Times: The salary of the An- dalusia postmaster has been raised from $1e00 to $1700 year. This is a fairly good showing, we think, for town that has been built in five years
 Tallapoosa Courier: The reports say that congress and Roosevelt are getting together on the meat inspection bill. Teddy seems to be the third branch of the congress of the United States.
 Demopolis Times: The postoffice de- partment has issued orders prescribing a standard iron box for use on rural mail routes. This will put the empty "schnapps" tobacco boxes out of busi- ness.
 Monroe Journal: Alabama can recall no time in its history when so great en- thusiasm for education permeated it from the outer circle to the center, and every line of school and culture effort Is receiv- ing attention and help.
 Gadsden Journal: The Montgomery Ad- vertiser objects to having it said that 1t is already in the Bryan band wagon. Yet grandma" wants us to distinctly under stand that she holds a reserve seat ticket and can get in when she chooses
 Franklin Times: James Armstrong, edi- tor of the Scottsboro Citizen, has entered the race for representative from Jackson county. Editor Armstrong will make High Jackson an excellent and brilliant representative should the good people send him to Montgomery.
 Brewton Standard: From the large lumber mills come the the reports that lumber has not been so scarce an article in years as 1t is now, and the indica- tions are that the demand for all grades of first class lumber will be stronger dur ing most of the months this year than 1t has been for a long time. There Is in fact an abnormal demand for 1t.
 Mobile Register: In Pensacola the peo- pie have got the jungleized meat scare, and have taken to fish as a regular diet and there is not enough fish to go around In New York city the sale of canned goods has fallen off, and the people are demanding fresh meat. AS the result the price of meat has advanced a cent and a half a pound. Whatever happens, the consumer pays the freight
 Sumter Sun: Farmers are the class of people needed in Sumter. there are enough merchants here to spare. If half the merchants in the county closed their stores and went to farming, the county would be better off. A retail merchant is convenience and not necessity while the farmer is a necessity, because he produces food and clothing.
 Ensley Enterprise: Mir. G. H. Bodeker. who has for sixteen years been connected with the Birmingham police force, is a candidate for chief of police of that city. MT Bodeker is one of the best known men in police circles in Birmingham, and he has made splendid reputation as a brave and competent officer He is well qualified for the high office he seeks, and he will no doubt make a strong race for the place.
 Tuscaloosa North Alabamian: The Age Herald suggests that Alabama should have homecoming" week and says that there are 3O0,0o0 Alabamians who have wandered from the old fire side We heartily indorse the suggestion, but the All. is off on its figures, for we know that more than 3O0OOO printers have "rraduated', from the North Alabamian office. but then even If 1t takes a few thousand extra to make the home-com- ing a success let's have 1t.
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