The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
BRAVE VETERANS AROUSE
 ENTHUSIASM IN PARADE
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must manufacture all the finished prod ucts in iron and steel. We will come to that in due season.
 Maj. W. N. Screws
 Maj. W. W. Screws, editor of the Montgomery Advertiser. spoke as fol- lows:
 .Is is doubtful if this unique celebra- tion has a parallel in the history of the United States. It is in a class altogether of its own and will go down in state annuals as a great day, celebrating a great event. When the constitution of Alabama which was adopted in 1875 went into force Birmingham was known as a place on the map of Alabama where two railroads crossed, but the wise men of that day did not realize that in the course of a few years its importance would necessitate a change in that in strument solely for it's benefit. The growth of no other city in Alabama has ever received such a tribute to it's energy and enterprise. It was thought that the limitation on municipal taxing power which applies to small and old towns would suffice for this embryo giant. This mistake was promptly recognized and when an opportunityto remedy was given, the people of every locality in the state gladly joined in correcting it.
 My first visit to Birmingham was in the last days of October in 1872, and the mode of travel was in the caboose of a freight train. The South and North Ala ho !. tween Birmingham and Montgomery so as to permit of a passenger train. left Montgomery with the late Col. Eli s. Shorter, who had an appointment to speak here at night In the interest of Horace Greedy, who had been indorsed for President by the national democratic con- yention, which met in Baltimore that year. Somewhere between Birmingham and Calera we entered the car which brought us here The old Relay house, where visitors stopped. was the most im- posing house in the place. At night with wild, bleak winds blowing there was a gathering of between 50 and 100 men at a street corner and there mounted on an improvised platform made of a big dry goods box Colonel Shorter paid glowing tribute to the great Greeley. It is a safe assertion that more people during any hour of the day now pass the corner where Colonel Shorter stood than were living in the county of Jefferson 3s years ago. Jefferson county stood high in the way of service to the state, and even when Birmingham had not even reached the swaddling clothes period. many of her sons had grandly Illustrated the county in the forum and on the field of battle. In all the emergencies that have full share of responsibility and dis charged her full portion of duty.
 Name of County
 Tt is one of the remarkable things in the wonderful rise and progress of Bir- mingham that the name of the county is not overlooked or altogether forgotten. Outside the corporate limits of Birming- ham in this imperial county live sO,OoO people. This is a greater number of peo- pie than live in the entire territory of either of the other counties of the state which have large cities. Indeed, cities in other states which have shown great in- crease in population are more largely in- debted to annexation of outlying territory than is Birmingham. Some of them took in whole counties and left a beggarly array of people outside of corporation lines. This is in striking contrast 10 what was done here, for there still re- main outside three times as many peo- pie live in the average Alabama county.
 You, citizens of Birmingham and lief ferson county, have cause for Jubilatior | over the great reputation that has gone abroad based on your utilization of thu great resources placed by kindly provi 1ence within your reach and control. l is well to note the fact that while outside l interest and Capital were readily draw to this section of Alabama 1t was thu