The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-20
ALABAMA PRESS


Tri-County Weekly: The man who burns
daylight is Independent of the Rookie
fellers.
Cleburne New Era: Will all our legisla-
tors be able to survive the regulations
they are making in Montgomery.
Coosa Argus: The Thaw jury is COM
posed of married men who of course have
passed through many trials before.
Headland Post: Senator Foraker de-
serves the thanks of the Texas city as the
man that made Brownsville famous.
Cullman Tribune: Fire-eating Foraker
has learned that it makes a big difference
as to whose woodpile the niger is in.
Montgomery Advertiser: Watering his
stock is duty that a good farmer never
neglects. Neither do some corporations.
Jacksonville Record: Contractor Oliver
seems to have accumulated about every
thing In sight except the canal contract.
Talladega Reporter: No, dear reader,
that extra $500 of congressman does not
mean that increased value in free garden
seeds.
Sheffield Standard: Mr. Carnegie has not
yet raised" Mr.. Rockefellers $32, 000OOO.
The public is anxiously waiting to hear
from him.
Dadeville Spot Cash: The anti-pass leg
islature has again resumed business at
the same old stand, after nice little free
trip to Mobile.
Admission Star: If the matter must come
to crisis, the whole civilized world will
| look on aghast at the Titanic death strug-
gle between Captain Hobson and Japan.
Ozark Tribune: Alabama needs a road
law that will authorize any county to is
sue bonds for the purpose of improving
the roads In the county Good roads are
what we need right now more than any
thing else.
Mobile Herald: Future histories of Ja-
inaica will probably give a brief para
graph to the swettenham- Davis incident.
The muse of history uses the blue pencil
unsparingly.
Pine Belt News: 1t is now stated that
the cakewalk originated in darkest Africa
centuries ago. First thing we know, some
one will bob up and assert that monkey
dinners started among savages.
Gadsden Journal: They tell us of times
when to call man a liar in Texas was
to prepare for a funeral. All this has
changed, else the Lone Star state would
have occasion to elect another senator or
so out of business for want of citizens.
Greensboro Waterman: The expert bull
fighters of Spain made 5000 900 last year by
killing these animals. Some men in Amer
lea make lot of money the same way.
But the Spanish fellows are mercifu.
They do not insist on people eating the
carcasses.
Atmore Spectrum: All railroads, banks
merchants and farmers small ones and
all, pay taxes, but Mr.. Conner has sent
out a decree by This legislature that cot
ton mills of $4,000 capital or more are
exempt for ten years. How about justice
in the proposition? We fall to see 1t.
Selma Journal: This country has come
to a strange pass when it runs all over
Central and South America, taking care
OF saddle coored natives and at the same
time trys to force open the Golden Gate
10 horde of Asiatics who would shortly
have complete control of the great state
OF California.
Admission Star: If any one doubts that
Mr.. Conner is governor of Alabama In fact
as well as In name, he has but to consult
tho records Of things which he said he
would do, and of things which he has
done. He is doing some of the things a
little too thorough to suit ALL but he is
doing them.
Huntsville Mercury: According to Wash
ington dispatches, birmingham is to lose
her chance for a sub-treasury because
the southern delegations could not agree
as to the location. This is too bad Bir-
mingham seemed to be away ahead in the
lead of the other cities mentioned, and
should have it.
Limestone Democrat: 1t would be a sad
joke on some of the Alabama newspapers
If 1t developed that the railroads are not
sorry at the passage of the anti-pass law.
At any rate, IL the railroads want to
advertise with the newspapers they will
be very apt to do it, for they will be sure
to get back more from the Newspaper
fellows than they pay them. Travelling is
one thing that a newspaper man will do,
no matter what the status of the larder
or bank account.
Florence Herald :ssIIon. John II. Bank
head is giving material aid in the passage
of the Richardson bill, II. b. 245i3 now
pending before Congress, for the improve
ment of navigation and the development
of Muscle shoals power as proposed by
the TIydro-E Electric Power company,
which service is greatly appreciated by
the people of the Tennessee valley. When
1t comes to doing things, Colonel Bank
head is, as usual. found In the lead, and
his action fully justifies the people of this
state in choosing him as alternate sem
ator of Alabama.
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