The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-01-02

Meridian Dispatch Birmingham citi-
zens now take so much iron In their
water the pig iron production of Ala
bama at present outranks that of New
York.
Charleston News and Courier; Al
though Birmingham contains only 100
blind tigers, 1t is probable that 1t con-
tains also few specimens of the newly
discovered blind fleas.
Mobile Item: The police docket in
Birmingham on Christmas Day con-
tanned a large list of DRINKS. II not
mistaken, we think we were told pro-
hibitfon oh tains in that city.
Greensboro Waterman: Again At
lanta has scored. President Taft
stopped over in the city nearly an en-
tire day. We shall not be satisfied now
until Birmingham has him at least two
days.
Houston Post: The esteemed Louis
vile Courier-Journal thinks that if Biz
mingham can lay claim to 100 blind
tigers Houston ought to claim 600. No.
indeed. The sightless Bengals do not
infest the jungles of Houston.
Talladega Mountain Home: Birming-
ham was 81 years old on the gath. In
that many years it has become the
foremost city in the state and nothing
less than a calamity can prevent 1t
from becoming the foremost city in
the south in less than half that many
more years.
Mobile Item: Jefferson is one or
Alabama's prohibition counties, yet its
coroner succeeded in finding all, in
fact, more liquor than he needed, ac-
cording to reports from its chief city.
And it is said there were large num-
Der of arrests in Birmingham for pub
lie drunk during the Christmas holi-
days. We ask: Does prohibition pro-
hibit?"
Charleston News and Courier: We are
authorized to deny the story that the
dimpled widows of Houston. Atlanta,
Birmingham, Charlotte, Jacksonville,
Chattanooga and Savannah, whose red
hair became entangled in the mistletoe
Friday night, broke their necks getting
out, although several fine rats" were
lost in the engagements and disengage-
ments.
Tuscaloosa Record Birmingham
council scandal has been put to flight
ANONYMOUSLY by the more commanding
deed of that Pittsburg aggregation.
The latter's up-to-date methods of
graft however, were met by equally
up-to-date methods of detection, as
witness the flash light phi otograph of
the councilman as he stretched forth
his hand to receive his bride. An
interesting picture, that.
Chattanooga Times: In Birmingham
Christmas Day furnished the police de-
partment "24 drunks;" in Rome there
were "a; in Chattanooga there were
only arrests on Christmas Day and
one of them only was for drunk or
disorderly. The most ardent prohibit
ZIONIST will hardly deny that as be-
tween the three cities named. "regula-
ton" has the best of the temperance
argument by an overwhelming ma
jority; and as temperance is the con-
sideration, regulation that regulates
has very much the better of the argu-
ment in this instance at least.
Gadsden Journal: Birmingham has
done well to go after her grafters early.
IL the Magic City is to rival Pitts
burg some day in wealth and popula-
tion it will be a distinct advantage to
have established a precedent demand
ing at least ordinary honesty in NUM-
cipal office holders. When city counts
It's millionaires by the score and its
people are so engrossed with the gath
ering of dollars that civic duties are
forgotten and politicians are allowed
free hand in municipal affairs a
break in a we'll established public SEN
timent condeming dishonesty in public
office will be a great help in keepinS
some of the peoples money from pri-
yate appropriatiOn.