Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1881-06-18
SOUTHERN TOWNS.
III, Mushroom Places Dev"i"pr"
the war Iron Manufactures


The average Southern town winch ii"s
crown M sine. the war. sllrr"uh"ihc
r,ilrnal >tatlou, consists ot Two l" NV
lrinkiuc saloon. few stores ana a Setr'
8 ..,l.in. or ehautir> of planks or i"SS'
., . Ij-h,r and thlthcr, without hi"'"
reference to town III the l't'nc'
ri,r,urL a long range of country mere
ara. -, ,.urc, on the SIDE "f the rHllr"au
.r,.k Tie trains ar" hlf constantly
ylj-tliu., tuaN"il running over ''''',' ~
,.ul.. This i the caNc WITHIN HlSh' ~
N.,,,o,,n.rv. Ala. where there are s"'l'c
I,n,o inhabitants bccaelunaiIy one
,;r.l. . steam -aw-mill put ny slnc" 'ilt
v',r il. ,u,. midst ui the wool. saving "u'
l',,'t,.r The river, are fnll. almost 7"
,L,. L.y,] 80, thr landscape. IL hiEh "a''i'
and th.v arc Principally c'n''''' IL
l,.,,lIuc the surrounding b"tt"ihS AZ"
,.r..,,ln., new SOL for agriculture. Ait-
,.,h,r tie, most hopeful country III ''''
-.r,b for various occupations. Is fl"!iE
.l.. ,,n,u,tdiulmcS oi Alahama, tennessee
.,.j ,,...r,,ll where ! -a0 a numhr "'
,r.,. ,,,,.lu....~. and III Two ar three ca''.
...,,,, mills. built hv Northern cali'ai
,...r,...t manner. One Of the furnaces
| which .,v-~ tn" nam" To thr lAl'iu"'
.,,;.., was called "Stoncwall. after
! ~,nu,vall Jackson. The next was 'a!i'"
! ..U,. U,...,,,y,.l" after Gicn William lc-
...-r,...l sherman. and l. operated hv "N-
! senator Warner. OF Alai'amA, VII" was
~, ,,.u Sh.rmau's staff. Warner g"'
NJ, Tn. train at his station and talked T.
,...,- f,r ~ Rome. Tia, and Sald I" me
| ..1l,.r,. .r,. iu,, four towns IN III" SVi'ii
Which arr picking MP rapidly nat
..,...,,,o Rome. Atlanta aud BlrulhH'
Lau Ala. Nv mothcrin-law, Justice
Wn.L,. "f the supreme Court, j. l'''i
.,,.l with ne III the IccumNch ln,ii"''
w. worked along for S"In" YcarN d''i."
hard times without mu IA returns. h'
! ~. ar. now making money. and :" are
r.. .,,r,..... generally III tins section. "
Which There. are dozen or more All
,lcn are charcoal furnaces. AMI NV"
,I..... ar. ,ail tn lr the largest charc"a
, ,,r,,.,,...s ~ I'm. world We have order
| ,r IRON a long WAY ahead. The AL
S. y,.ta.,,., If making iron here Are cneal'
, u.,, ot materials and "t Labor.
He ,aid that they paid al'"nf one dol
. lar = Iav for labor and pad about i"f'
! nr ,iftv cents fur cut wood per c"rd.
ol.n understood him Z" say that the ms
,,,iol entering into ton oi lr"n procure
mn ii, land cost only ahout slxty-hN
! cents. presume he meant without L
> I.r Tins was disputed 10y Mr.. f"lSr
vino tLouell, Warner must have had s''l
!, dollar, and half. Int | am pref'
;, .,rc L,. said siNty-iive cents Warm
sand that the present Governor ol Al
= lama was a pretty fair man. and ina
u vlil. the Statc was not lmproplhs hi"c
II ministry would soon start up. tai
Lo1 inst burst at Rome. TIA. and Sci;
= for Warner was Just g"inS mp I"
a vl,ot had become Of =. .Wp Of his furn'
" monrv deposited there. lhrongh"
e ,bc south there Is a rising opp"siti"h
,uv more stat" banks. and general .
y rnsition ,o my further noise about WI
n i cnll.l states right" | nave sh"'
ii ,,u in another communication how I
" ,.xasucration against ''NtatcN rights,
T. called. has broken ont among the hi'
re locmatic soldiers of the rebellion, W
o. want a better living for their families
l les, political theory.