The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-15
Rev. Henry M. Hurst
 Praises COrdOva

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 I am mortified that the good people of Cordova, as reported by MT. A. G. Sulli- van, should be so much exercised over a report made my me over flood conditions at that point last Monday. I was stop ping for the night at the Erckert hotel and in an effort to find out something of conditions as to other portions of the state, I called The Age-HeraId. In the conversation over the phone with pool connection with some one at your office, we discussed conditions over the road I had just passed, the Frisco l was not talking for publication and hence never qualified all that I said. After the con- versation was over, your representative asked that he might weave what I had told him into a story for the morning paper I consented. On account of poor connection there were some 4tfrors as to what l said exactly. In the first place he got my initials wrong, ''P. M" I told him that I was on the way to Chandler Springs with my family and he got it Talladega Springs. It was also a misun- derstanding as to the water tapping the ties. did acute to him what another said as to standing on the bridge and wash ing your feet in the river" This state ment was made by Captain Cunningham on the Seminole Limited but as such was not the case. I suppose 1t was just one of this good humored fat Irishman s hyperbolical expressions. The fact is, l did not get out and examine carefully to see, for I was looking at the water, and MT. Editor,' it was there, 40 gallons m. very much, great portion of the way from Cordova to Birmingham, of my first trip in a steamer up the Tennessee river. I am very sorry, indeed, that my express sion as to the town being covered in water has so disturbed the peace Of mind of MT. Sullivan and the other good folks of Cordova. Though that was an un- qualified statement. but the ordinary reader ought to know that it hadn't cov- cred Cordova's sky-scrapers, the band. stand, the smoSestack of the cotton mill and the beautiful residence section on the Highlands. Now, for sure, a reliable gen. tleman told me today that he saw some Cordovaites fishing on the streets. He didn't say that was on Broadway, right in the white light section, but likely it was back street.ek M M
 Mr. Sullivan should not get so used up and think that even if the report had
 
 the future of the town, for other towns of not quite so much importance perhaps Tuscaloosa and Mobile, Prattville and Clanton, Montgomery and Selma, for ex- ample, are just waiting for the waters to recede to get down to real business again.
 As to Lock r backing water, I was governed by the comment of the pas sengers, but as far as I am concerned I could not swear, only from hearsay, that there is such a lock- MT. Sullivan (evi- dently a kinsman of John L., from the way he gives uppercuts) insists that get out and take a trip to Birmingham oftener that might get used to clouds and rivers of water and enterprise" do go to the Magic City quite often, but I can't get the Seminole on which I usu- ally go to stop at Cordova, but I have heard of this most excellent town and I shall make an opportunity to look upon the enterprising point, if I have to swim up Main street. An! now don't take it all so seriously The fact IS, all I saw last Monday as 1 passed through Cordova was seething, surging water, for I never looked for anything else-and Alexander, there was some of it. As to my state ment regarding the ''water-spout," I