The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-20
GREATER BIRMINGHAM

Columbus Ledger: Atlanta isn't "smil- ing" so much since Birmingham became great.
 Lafayette Sun: And now it is Greater Birmingham. Here's hoping she will be the largest city in the south.
 Columbus Ledger: Atlanta is making very envious eyes at Birmingham since the latter has ontstripped the former and become a great city.
 Montgomery Times: The Selma Journal accuses Birmingham of airing herself a little over her enlarged importance She means perfectly we'll
 Ensley Sun: Now Bessemer wants into Greater Birmingham-why not make the corporation line and the county line one and the same and let them all in.
 Baldwin Times; A city that can pump its population up from 100000 to 125.oOO in one day is a hustler Birmingham did it and had breath enough left to shout over it.
 
 Hanceville Hustler: Greater Birming- ham has our congratulations. It is the best thing that ever happened, and makes up happy in the prospect of being a suburb of the great town.
 Columbiana Peoples Advocate We guess Birmingham is- satisfied now she has got all the suburban towns in as Birmingham property. Birmingham is the coming town of the south.
 Roanoke Leader: Since Birmingham has become Greater Birmingham Roanoke cannot be called the largest town in the state, even by it's most loyal inhabitants. Roanoke. however, continues to be the biggest town in the state to it's size. Greenville Living Truth: Big Birming- l ham has grown bigger by expansion. As soon as her furnaces start up again 1 in full blast Birmingham will be big ger and buster than ever. All of Ala bama is interested in Birmingham, and many of the people of the state have investments there and are financially in terested in the welfare of the Birming- ham district
 Florence Times: The Greater Birming- ham proposition won out in the recent election by an overwhelming majority the vote standing 2499 for and Ss7 against the swelling process. Even the outlying suburbs voted to be absorbed by a good majority. As an outsider we also wanted to cast our vote for the big city. The fact is we are proud of Birmingham, and when we tackle Stranger from outside we like to brag little about 1t.
 Jasper Mountain Eagle; As far as we can tell from the study of the published map of Greater Birmingham, Dora, Cor dova and Jasper are not included While we are glad this is so, We are also glad that Greater Birmingham won. 1t is now great city, but nothing to what it is going to be. All the now vacant territory on the map between the diff ferent suburban towns will some day be filled in, making a solid city of about 40 square miles.
 Athens Courier: It is now Greater Bir- mingham. The election to determine whether or not the surrounding towns of East Lake, Woodlawn, Ensley, Elyton and several other of the small towns would cast their lot with Birmingham was carried In favor of the annalgama- ton into Greater Birmingham, by hand some majority. This makes Birmingham the largest city in Alabama, giving her nearly 15O,0 900 people and 42 miles of ter ritory the largest city in America, per haps, In point of territory embraced with in it's corporate limits. Just how these small burgs will feel dressed in city garb we do not know, but it does seem they will find it very burdensome pleasure before they obtain the city like airs that have to cOp,a in time