The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-27

Columbus Enquirer-sun: The mission
arv shirt seems to have been thoroughly
aroused in Birmingham last night.
Savannah Press: A swell resident of
Birmingham insists that rthe future Lin
coin will be born in fat instead OF
! log house"
Talladega Reporter: How else could
Mr. Taft get back north without going
through Birmingham? Well, Talladega
had Bryan, anyway
Montgomery Times: The Birmingham
meeting of Presbyterians shows the Won
derful capacity of that denomination for
missionary achievement.
Gadsden Evening Journal: Birmingham
| is having a mad dog scare. All the
CANNES not muzzled today are marked
for slaughter tomorrow.
Knoxville Journal and Tribune; Biz
mingham is discussing the question of
having a commission form of municipal
government. It's coming.
! Twin City telegram Birmingham, At
lanta and other towns in their class can
take back seat now since a former De-
caturite is to have a place in Mr.. Tafts
/ cabinet.
Richmond News-Leader 1.-THE presi-
dent-elect merely wunk' at Birmingham"
says the Selma (Ala) Times. The
which we respectfully submit is very
! suggestive.
Savannah Press: Birmingham leads the
cities of the south in the endowment fund
! for a permanent home in Washington for
the exploitation of the souths products
and advantages.
Tuscaloosa Times Gazette: Birmingham
| is quite behind the times. Tuscaloosa
passed its dog muzzle law and has used
! it enough to be ready to repeal 1t and
! here Birmingham is just passing the or
| dinance.
Savannah Press: The sporting editor of
a Jacksonville paper believes that when
the missionaries in Shanghai telegraphed
the missionary convention in Birmingham
the east calls, they did 1t because they
wanted the west to ante.
Walker County News: The Presbyterian
Laymen's Missionary meeting has held
Birmingham spell-bound this week 1t is
a great gathering of great men and earn
! est workers, and must rebound to the good
of the cause.
Scottsboro Progressive Age: May the
Lord preserve u.s. The jingoes continue
to declare that war with japan is inn
minent and the Birminghamists are emit
| ing blue smoke in effort to get an ex-
ira session of the Alabama legislature
! called.
| Troy Messenger: Birmingham will not
rest until Governor Conner calls that ex-
ira session of the legislature for
| Greater Birmingham Birmingham, like
! Atlanta, has the growing spirit and there
is no stopping her. Let her grow and
may she soon be Greater Birmingham
| for sure.
! Walker County News: Birmingham has
organized business mems league for the
purpose of drawing more trade to that
| city. This is wise. There is no reason why
| the immense trade of Walker and other
western counties of the state should be
handled by Memphis and Nashville, but
much of it really is.
Franklin Times: Birmingham was the
/ host to one of the noblest gatherings
last week ever held in the south, the
Laymen's conference of the Presbyterian
| church. Visitors and delegates were pres
ent from all parts OF the union. The
| leading feature of the conference was lay
! ing broader plans for missionary work
both at home and foreign fields.
! Gadsden Journal: Birmingham is enter
tanning a party of business men from
| Milwaukee. We presume the stuff that
| made the Wisconsin city famous is not
| lacking. Perhaps the boys from the city
| Of Pabst and Schlitz brought little of
| the bottled entertainment with them. Be
! ing no doubt advised of the great Ala
bama desert this action would be per-
fectly natural
Pensacola Journal: II the example of
the Presbyterian Laymen's Missionary
| conference which subscribed 100000 in one
! fell SWOOp at birmingham IHuTSuay ~
| followed by all other Christian denomi-
nations, it will not be long before the
| gospel will have been preached in all
lands, and then-well, everybody knows
what to expect and twill be high time to
clean the inside of the ''whited sepul-
chres."
Gadsden Journal: Birmingham is to
have a commission form of government.
Governor Conner will call an extra session
of the legislature and among other things
| will recommend that the state lawmakers
pass the necessary legislation to enable
the Magic City to put its affairs on a
business basis and free itself from poll
tics and graft. Experience has demon
strated that government by commission is
a real success, and If Birmingham can get
the system inaugurated we predict that it
will cost less to conduct the cty's affairs,
that better results will be obtained, and
that better progress will be made than at
any period in the city's history.
Must Serve for Peonage.
Montgomery. February 26.-News was
received here last night that the United
States court of appeals has sustained