The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-09
ALABAMA PRESS

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Roanoke Leader: The prompt bill payer
is useful and popular citizen. And his
class is increasing.
Atmore Spectrum: senator Tillman
ought to get some pointers from Mr.. Bev-
erdge on methods of getting legislation
passed while you wait"
| Admission Hot Blast: There was a mighty
rafting of the packed meat cans when the
big stick came down among them.
Andalusia News: And the boys tell
US that fish are biting down on the river.
Seems to us that fish always bite well
along about grand jury time.
Tuscaloosa Times-Gazette: If there
should be an increase of fifty academic
students at the university next year there
would be serious trouble In finding DOR
mitory room.
Sumter Sun: Beans have dropped to 10
cents per bushel, but the larger part of
the crop brought $3.50 per bushel, and the
same land has another crop on it. This
is farming some
Greenville Living Truth: NJ Witte is
said to have retired from the Russian
cabinet as a result of impaired health"
His chances for a long life are undoubt-
eddy increased by his retirement.
Huntsville Tribune: We fail to see how
railroads can possibly find cause to COM
t,iai in in hot of ad
legal reason for declining to issue free
passes. Certainly it will prove relief
to them.
cullman Democrat: The workings of
the old convention plan got black eye
In Tennessee last week. The cost of the
primary is almost prohibitory, but there
is healthy absence of machine politics
when all the people speak by secret bal
lot.
Columbia Breeze It is said that the
coming fashions will make our girls look
as their grandmothers did. but no decree
of fashion can ever make them act as
their grandmothers did. And as Job said
to his sympathizers after giving vent to
wild lamentation over his boil hobby.
That's no JOSH"
Selma Journal: A big wheat crop seems
to be assured the wheat growers. Ala
bama used to raise a good deal of wheat,
but has almost ceased to produce 1t. 1t
can produce it again. 1t is a mistake to
think that wheat will only grow in cold
country For centuries Egypt was the
granary of the world.
Greensboro Watchman: At the COM
mencement of the State university at
Tuscaloosa last week, the trustees of that
institution conferred the degree of LII. D.
or thirty-nine different people. We ought
to be ashamed to admit 1t, but really this
highly honorary degree which is sup
posed to mean a great deal, was conferred
upon some men in Alabama we had never
heard of before and-upon some we have
heard Of.
Marion Standard: The weather has been
fine for the raising Of chickens this spring
and they are said to be plentiful all over
the country. The hatchings were little
late on account of the cold weather. and
they are just now being marketed. 1t has
been several years since the country has
had a good chicken crop, which is no
doubt indicative that summer protracted
meetings will soon be inaugurated.
Canebrake Herald: After long delibera-
ton, and carefully studying into the fit
ness of the man for the high position he
seeks. the canebrake Herald has decided
to give It's support to the candidacy of
Chief Justice Samuel d. Weakley OF Biz
mingham, who is a. candidate to succeed
himself as chief justice of the supreme
court of Alabama-having been assured
that he is friend of the people and
stands firmly with Mr. Conner in his fight
for railroad rate and other much needed
reforms. In fact, we find that Chief Jus
tice weakley's principal opponents in this
campaign are the railroads. their lawyers
and other of their officials and employees.