The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-08-28

improvements and utilities, and educa-
tional interests of the city, also promotes
the best interests of individual citizens
1t makes property more valuable, fur
nishes employment to wage-earners and
brings customers to all but the drones
who do not bestir themselves to take ad-
vantage of their opportunities.
Nashville Tennessean. No wonder Biz
mingham filled the bases three times In
one game here. Her team has to mako
up in this way on the road Getting the
bases full is penitentiary offense in Ala
bama.
Sumter County Call: There is hardly a
man in Alabama that wants to move the
capital from Montgomery to Birmingham,
Birmingham does not want it. It will
rest many day where 1t is before she
puts in bid for it.
Tuscaloosa Times Gazette: There will
probably be much qualification over the
state that the Greater Birmingham bill
passed in the shape 1t did. That was one
of the best things that the Governor has
done, insisting on the bill including all
the surrounding towns. Some of them
are not so pleased, of course, but If left
to themselves it would probably be many
years before these places would come in
and there are several advantages in hay
ing one big city.
Alabama Courier: Birmingham might
very properly be called the Magic City,
since its population went from fifty or
sixty thousand to more than double that
number by one stroke of the pen. The
legislature passed what Is termed the
Greater Birmingham bill and it takes in
Ensley, Pratt City, Fairview, Graymont,
West End, Elyton, North Haven, North
Birmingham, East Birmingham, Avon
= dale, Woodlawn and East Lake, making
one Of the largest cities, both in popula-
ton and area in the entire south, and
perhaps the very largest in point of area
in the country. Hence the word magic"
may well apply to Birmingham now.
Montgomery Journal: For some rea-
son, best known to itself, the Atlanta
Journal does not take kindly to the en-
gagement of Birmingham into a great
city and falls into sarcasm to detract
from the glories that might attend such
enlargement. Here is sample:
1.-THE city of Birmingham has decided
to enlarge its boundaries.
ALREADY, on one or two occasions re-
Gently, it has inhaled a deep breath and
succeeded In expanding its proportions
somewhat after the manner of the frog
In the fable.
"But 1t casts its eve abroad-per-
haps beyond the Chattahooche-it re-
Allies that when the census man comes
along next year he may write, Meme,
meme, tekel uparisn, instead of $50 900
Inhabitants
$50 Birmingham has decided she lust
must save 10000 Inhabitants from some
where
1.-THE legislature rather peremptorily
refused to remove the capitol over
there.
'Is Birmingham to come back by an
nexing Montgomery to her own corpor-
ate limits?
1--WE are reliably informed, however,
that Mobile will not be included and
1t Is possible that Huntsville will es-
cape"
The Journal may be jealous of the
outlook for the big Alabama iron center,
perhaps it Is. But there is no reason for
such thing, In fact, there Is no reason
for Atlanta being envious of any city.
Atlanta Is able to stand up square and
hold Its own In any contest. So the
attitude OF the Journal Is hard to under
stand. Anyhow, We are all proud of
Greater Birmingham.