The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-20

tattleSDufS News. Hats OH 10 blIlhlhs ham, the great industrial center of the south, where more than 10000 men have recently returned to work at good wages
 Andalusia News: The old veterans who Were present at the reunion last week at Birmingham pronounce the gathering one of the most successful in the history of the organization.
 Fort Payne Journal: It is reported that tine visitors to Birmingham during the reunion left more than $1,0000 in that town and the general impression seems to be that they all got the worth of their money.
 Pell City Progress Never did sea swal- l low a ship with greater ease and satis- i faction than was the reunion multitude 1 absorbed in the mighty embrace of a Birmingham welcome.
 Marshall Banner: The Confederate re- union at Birmingham last week was at tended by 45,000 visitors, and was a great event in attendance, enthusiasm and the splendid reception given by the Steel City.
 | Limestone Democrat: Birmingham eov- cred itself with glory in the manner in which it handled the reunion and treated the old veterans last week. Every return ing veteran and visitor brought back good reports of the splendid Magic City. Pell City Progress: Birmingham was not yet born when the heroes she had the honor of entertaining last week per- formed the deeds their meeting com memorated, deeds that will finger in song and story so long as language lasts. | Carrollton Alabaman-Her erald: Birming ham gave the old veterans a rousing re- ception on the occasion of the annual re- union last week The city was crowded with visitors and the veterans from this county speak highly of the attention shown the visitors.
 Centreville Press: Those old Confed- 1 crate soldiers who attended the Birming ham reunion are all enthusiastic over the attention and treatment shown them by l the people of Birmingham. It is no oath bound organization, but you can't bribe one of them to tell on the other. l Greenville Advocate: The next reunion will be held in Memphis. They promised to do something great for the remnant of the old vets. But if they do any better than Birmingham did they will just have l to get busy. Even the chronic kicker could not find anything to kick at in Bir- mingham last week.
 1 Talladega Mountain Home: It must make Birmingham swell with pride to note the praise the state press Is heaping upon it because of the successful manner in which it entertained the Confederate | Veterans reunion last week. All Alabama is interested in the Magic City, and its success in any endeavor Is noted with pleasure by the entire state. | Carbon Hill Weekly: The reunion at | Birmingham last week had the tendency of drawing together more people possibly that had ever before been in the Magic City on any previous oc- casion Birmingham did well by the old | veterans, and her praises will be sound- 1 cd from most every state in the south. | This was indeed great time for Bir- mingham.
 | Ashville Southern Aegis: Birmingham is covering itself with glory in the count it made of the reunion, and pro- 1 poses to utilize it to advantage. A big boom has already been agitated on the heel of it. and if Birmingham don't | reed try. Already it's newspapers are taking the pains to let the world know that before Birmingham began there was no creation.
 | Tuscumbia Alabamian-Dispatch: Bir- mingham is to be congratulated on the I excellent manner in which she entertained the old veterans at the reunion. One old veteran returned and informed us that his entire expense while in the city was only 20 cents that they would not let him spend anything, that a part of tine time he was not very well, and that consideration.
 Eufaula Times Many thought that
 
 could carry out in trying to entertain the old veterans and the big crowd of people that attended the reunion. But that was mistake, for all who attended this big reunion tell that 1t was one of the best managed affairs that they have ever at tended, and to cap the whole climax there was not an accident to mar the pleasure. Birmingham citizens did them selves proud in providing amusements and taking care of the vast crowd that visited them for a week.
 Greenville Advocates: The eighteenth rannual reunion came to a close in Birmingham last week. It seems to be the consensus of opinion that it was the best of the IS. Tine weather was fine from beginning to end While it was warm some of the time breeze was blowing which rendered the hot sun hearable The citizens of the great city v;ed with each other in doing all in their power to make the occasion one long to be remembered by the hundred thou sand visitors. The hotels boarding houses and the private residences, whose doors were opened to the throng, did not take advantage of the opportunity for extor- tion The charges were extremely reason able and satisfactory.