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The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-19

for the party to get view of this city.
This point is near where the opening OF
Seventeenth street would be, If con-
tinued. 1t is about 400 fezt above Bir-
mingham and furnishes splendid point
of observation.
There were more hills to climb at Ish-
kooda and the crowd had not entirely re-
covered from the climb up the hill at
| Green Springs Every one was jolIied
along, however by the thoughts of the
lunch that was waiting in the baggage
car. Ishkeoda furnishes a large amount
of the iron ore for the district. the an
alysis being about 40 per cent. There
are several openings hundreds of feet
under ground and the ore Is of superior
quality.
Sons one, perhaps, feeIingly yelled
dinner and the crowd rushed back to the
train. There was at once an onslaught
on the baggage coach. The crowd lined
up around the table, there was no cere-
mony. This smell Of cedar gave a re-
minder Of a country picnic and one thing
is certain, appatftes were never better
There was John W. Tom1inson with
a plate of ham, Representative Gaines
failed to remove his plug hat and Com
modore Howell was fond of turkey and
celery. 1t must be remembered that
the brilliant young congressman from
Tennessee was the only member of the
party with the high hat headgear.
TIL. Aldrich did the honors for all
within range of his voice by telling an
ecdotes and aus this lunch passed off-it
disappeared.
Once all were standing close to the
table, when some wag said in a loud
| voice, 'lean back and take bracer."
The wag SIT the example and every
one leaned against the wall. That was
not the only "bracer."
Put in good spirits and other spirits
the crowd was ready to see more when
the great Howard Harrison Iron works
at Bess5dner was reached. This was
one of the greatest treats of the visit.
Vice-President and General Manager
Nichols took charge of the crowd and
| explained everything in a brief, business
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likeway. This is the largest pipe works
in the south and among the alrgest in
the world.
The gigantic pig iron furnaces Of the
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad COM
pany at Ensley were inspected. Many
of the party went to the top of the GU
po1a, while others were too tired. While
the majority were witnessing run,
Commodore Howell and the naval board
were being shown the bi-product coke
furnaces in course of operation.
A visit to Pratt mines. slope No. A,
and the Thomas furnaces, and the train
began the return trip to Birmingham.
The members of the armor plate board
were much surprised to find that steam
coal could be had in this district at 90
cents per ton.
In this connection Representative I'm
derwood cited the fact that in Carne-
gie's report to the government he item
ICED coal at more than SO per ton.
Just before reaching the city Repre-
sentative Gaines inquired of General
Wheeler if he was tired.
mo" promptly replied the General.
who is a veritab1e bundle Of energy.
at merely wanted to sse if miracle
could possibly happen" said Mr.. Gaines.
81 knew you were not tired"
There was a hearty laugh, and by
this time the train had rolled into Bir-
ningham THE party went direct to the
Morris, where dinner was served in the
private dining room.
After this several of the members were
entertained by the Southern club.
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j. G. Caldwell, president of the rolling
mill, showed the board through his plant
He made a run of steel while the COM
mittee was present. He made it with
out delay and then ne carried the COM
mittee quickly through the rolling mill
plant where they saw great blllets of
steel rolled into boiler plate and into
long strips of commercial steel He
showed them the greatest rolling m.X
plant south of Mason and Dixon's line.
The naval people were surprised to find
a plant Of such magnitude in the south.
'That fellow knows his business said
Commodore Howell as the special train
containing the committee pulled out of
Bessemer. Il have never heard man
explain a. great manufacturing business
so thoroughly and completely in such
a business-like way, and in so few words
as that gentleman has DONE
The commodore spoke of Col. F. p.
Nichols who had just shown the commit
tee through the great Howard-Harrison
lfOh WOuhS dt DtSSCuiCIs NIL. MENUS
met the committee and showed them
through his great concern. He walked
quickly he talked quickly, he explained
thoroughly. Everybody was interested.
Mr. Nichols himself seemed interested.
He had good cause to be. He had just
received three requests for bids on fur
nishing from $4,000 to $4,000 tons of iron
piping to three different foreign coun-i
tries. One came from France and was
for 1000 tons. Another came from Bir-
minghan, England. and was for $4,000
tons. The third came from Odessa, Rus
STA, for thirty odd thousand tons.
IF I can just fin that order from Biz
mingham, England" said he. IT shall be
happy, and I think 1 will"
If you have not seen these great pipe
works, you have missed a treat. 1t is
\ worth a days trip to see how pipes are
made. They make pipes in these works
from two inches IN diameter to six feet
In diameter. They make pipes which
the ordinary man can walk through
standing erect. 1t Is sight to see.
These pipes are nodded In great pits.
There II a core which stands upright
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Stockholders Meeting.

In pursuance of a cain made by the
board of directors, a meeting of the
stockholders of The SloSs IRON and Steel
company will be held at The office of the
company, in the city of Birmingham,
Ala, ON the 4th day of November, 1897,
ait 10 O'Clock a. M, to CONS d + the advfs-
ability of purchasing additional property
and developing and improving TIRE same.
as we'll as the property now owned by
DIT; and, If SO deemed adviaable, to de-
ternnine the manner of paying. for. the
same, or of raising money for that pur-
pose, whether by an issue of bonds, or
ci.her evidsuce of indebtedness. or of
increased capital stock: and further, to
consider whether the company should
issue and dispose of Its bonds or ether
evidence of Indebtedness, or incr aise the
capital stock, for said purposes, in
anunt not to excsed $1,000000
Books for the transfer of stock will be
closed from October 23d, 1897, at II M. to
November 9th, 1897, at 10 a. m.
j. w. MCQUEEN, Secretary.
O.
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vented from going on account of an IN
disposition.
The party from washington is as fol-
lows:
Commodore Howell, Lieut. Endfcott,
Capt Mccormick, Lieut.. Perry and
Lieut.. Fletcher, accompanied by Lieut..
Chambers, secretary, and c. w. knight,
clerk; NJ. V. Richards. land and indus
trial agent of the Southern railway, and
NJ. A. Hayes. press agent of the same
road.
Those who accompanied the board over
the district were:
Representative John Wesley Gaines,
Percy Warner, A. M. Shook. Joseph W~r-
ner and f. ]. Fuller, of Nashville; J. II.
Lory. of Baird's Springs, Tenn. who
represents an English syndicate.
Representative o. w. Underwood. Rep
ressntative Joseph Wheeler, Representa-
tive T. s. Plowman, J. s. B. Compton,
assistant general superintendent of the
Southern railway; I. S. Chandler, L. e.
Bruns F. B. Nichols. L. j. Cornwall.
William H. H. Judson and H. w. Crook,
of Bessemer; w. M. Newbold, superin7
tendent of this Louisville and Nashville;
John Ward, general manager of the Bir-
mingham rolling mill; Erskine Ramsey,
chief engineer Of the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company; A. H. Stsv-
ems, agent of the Central of Georgia
railroad; Solon Jacobs, commercial agent
of the Central of Georgia railroad; Maj.
w. A. Moody, superintendent of Ala
bama Car Service association; A. J. Fra
ger, superint sndent of the Southern rail-
road; C. A. Wickersham, superintend-
ent of the Alabama Great Southern rail-
road; G.. B. Mccormack, general man.
ager of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad company, city; A. III. Carpsn-
ter ]. w. Worthington, city; P. G. Shook,
w. ]. Boles, NJ. v. Joseph, r. H. Wat
kins, w. B. Phillips, W. J. Miner, J..
w. Caldwell, w. M. Brewer, J. w. john
son. Robt. Jemison, J. W. Tomlinson,
T. H. Aldrich, E. K. Campbell, e. w.
Booker, w. T. Underwood, w. 3. Leedy,
H. T. Beggs, Joseph Ripley, Kirkpat-
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M. v. RICHARDS,
The Land and Industrial Agent Of the Southern
Railways. Talks About What He Saw.

"The manufacturing plants and mines
Of the Birmingham district seen yester-
day and the telling facts brought out as
to the cost of the raw materials and the
iron and steel products, certainly make
a fine impression upon the stranger"
The speaker was NJ V. Richards, land
and industrial agent of the Southern
railway, who escorted the armor plate
committee from Washington.
There We're so many things to see,
all Of wonderful interest that 1T was
hard to properly examine everything,
/ and harder still to fully grasp the sig
nificance of what was presented for in
spectionL
'"The day was a busy one for all in
the party, but It was a day wel1 spent.
rhe local committee had program ar
ranged well calculated to bring out the
advantages Of this district for an armor
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THE MORE YOU SAY THE LESS PEOPLE
= REMEMBER" ONE WORD WITH YOU
SAP POL 20

and which is wrapped with grass rope
and covered perfectly smoothly with
wet clay. Around. this goes the mold.
Between the core and the mold the mol
ten metal is poured with great crucibles
and allowed to stand until 1t cools, and
then Id is ifoisted by great cranes
smoothed off by machinery, and Their
heated again and lowered into gr-~t
watts of coal tar. Every piece Of pipe
is carried into the testing machine.
where water is pumped into it under
great pressure. The pipe must stand
pressure of from one hundred to four
hundred tons per square inch. Failing
to stand this enormous pressure, it must
be broken into scraps. 1t is rarely, how
ever. that a defective pipe is turned
out.
The full capacity of this great plant
is three hundred tons of pipe per day.
1t is said TO be the most complete pipe
works in the world.
1t is considered the most successful
enterprise in the Birmingham district,
and it deserves to be, too, because the
active manager of it. Mr.. Nichols, is
checked full of good sense and energy.
He knows his business AT least that
is what Commodore Howell says, and
Commodore Howell seems to know a
few things himself.
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plate plant in such way that they
could not be overlooked.
First there was the visit TO the steel
mill. in which we saw the run of steel.
and the rolling mill. Then in success
sion came visits to the mines of Dolo-
mite, ore and coal and to the furnaces,
and with all this was the array of facts
and figures presented as to the charac-
ter of the raw material and the cost of
mining and manufacturing.
81 have long understood something of
the mineral riches of this district and
of their development, and upon former
the mines and furnaces; but never have
been SO greatly impressed.
1.-The completion of the steel mill is
the final achievement which sets the
supremacy upon the iron and steel in
dustry of The birmingham district
There seems nothing now to prevent
this district from becoming the great
est iron ana Steel uiStfacl u the "o1i"'
There is no other locality in the United
States, I am sure, which can show SO
many of the advantages necessary for
the success of any kind of a plant using
ore, iron or steel.
"Of course the future alone can de-
eide whether the government will build
an armor plant If it does, I am sure
the advantages of the Birmingham dis
trict will receive much consideration"
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Grant of Letters Parliamentary

State of Alabama, Jefferson County.
Adam Stass, deceased Estate of.
Letters testamentary upon the last will
and testament of said decedent, having
been granted to the undersigned, on the
2sd day of September 1897, by the Honora-
BILE Al. T. Porter, Judge of the probate
court of Jefferson county. Notice is here
by given that all persons having claims
against said estate, will be required to
present the same within the time allowed
by law or that the same will be barred.
ELIZABETH STASS,
9-2I-oaw- 3wks Executrix.
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WILL LEAVE TONIGHT.
Committee Will Conform to the Commercial
Club Program.

When the armor plate board reached
Birmingham arrangements had been
made for Ut to leave today at IL O'CLOCK.
when Commodore Howell and Mr. v.
Richards who has the trip in charge
were Informed of the programme that
had been arranged they readily agreed
to remain here all day and leave for
Sheffield tonight at 1910.
The programme for today is as follows:
Leave at 10 a. m. over Southern for
Blossburg, Brazil and Coalburg, return
ing at p. m. over Alabama Great South
ern to Birmingham; thsn carriages
around city.
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TWO BIG CONCERNS
And Two Big Men Who Know Their Business
Conducting Them.

OF all Things the arnpor plate commit
tee saw yesterday, the two most inter-
estng to them were the rolling mills
with their steel plant and the Howard
Harrison pipe works. Commodore How
ell, chairman of the naval committee.
was much Interested in both. He was
interested because they were explained
to him quickly and in detail. The men
at the heads of these two great concerns
know their business.
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In my opinion the next congress will
provide for such.
yes, think birmingham is natures
selection"
The Alabama congressman spoke in
similar vein.
That Birmingham wcs the natural To-
cation was demonstrated to the board
yesterday.
Yesterday mornig the members of the
government armor plats board had a
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-19
BIG CONTRACT LET.
John A. Carson and Company Will Build
Fifty Miles of Railroad.

Special to The Age-Herald.
Selma, Oct. 1S.-A contract has been
signed between the Erie Construction
company and John A. Carson & Co. for
the building Of fifty miles of The Atlanta
and Alabama Air Line railway. MIR. Car
son Is a Dallas county contractor of re-
sponsibility and experience.
The new road, which means so much
for Selma, is now a surety. Work will
begin, unless yellow fever interferes,
Oct. 20.
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Last Saturday at Cape May, N. J., the
trials of the Holman friction-geared To-
connective were given on the tracks of the
South Jersey railroad and soma remark
able records were made, considering the
weight of the rails-seventy pounds
and the sand ballasted and poor roadbed
whers the run was made.
The locomotive, in charge of Engineer
McLain and William J. Holman, Jr., the
SON of the inventor, with four coaches,
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-19
A ROSTER OF THE PARTY.
Members of Armor Plate Board and Man,
Prominent Men.

Chairman Rufus N. Rhodes, Of the
Commercial club committee. was pre-
vented from going on the trip on ac-
count Of receiving dispatch that some
of his relatives were sick. -l
Chairman f. Y. Anderson. of the en-
tertainment committee. was also pre-
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started in the morning from Winslow
Junction for Cape May, a distance of
Sc 1-10 miles The distance was covered,
including start and stop. in fifty-hve
minutes.
In this run several spurts were made,
and for a distance of two miles at one
place, passengers say a sped of 104 miles
an hour was reached. In the afternoon
the engine, which weighs seventy
tons, made two trials over a measursd
mile of track, starting three miles norm
of the mile and going over the meas
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ured mile in the first trial in "A 3-5 Sec
onds, and in the second trial in AZ sec
onds.
Unfortunately for the exhibitors there
were two curves in the track on which
the start was made, and one ait the other
end of the measured mile, which caused
a loss of at least two or three seconds
This is the locomotive whose four dr3v-
ers rest on two small wheels, and these
in turn upon three Others, which rest
upon the track They are all propelled
by friction and not by cogs.
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-19
ANNOUNCEMENTS.


is candidate for nomination by the DEM
ocratio party, for the office of senior
judge of the city court of Birming ham,
10-10-tf
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rick. Fred Sloss, Sterling s. Wood, of
Montgomery and others.
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There Is

There Is
no music like
the melody of
health. When
every fife-string
is in perfect
tune, and the
pure, rich, red
blood dances
through the ar
teries to the
quick step of
health, life is
truly worth liv-
ing. But the hu-
man body is the
m o S t delicate
and intricate of
all instru, tents.
Just one little
s tring out of
tune will make
a general dis
cord. The body
may apparently
The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1897-10-19

be in the best of order in every way, save
that there is slight disorder of the diges-
ton. The sufferer hardly notices it, and
does not think it worth troubling about It
is just one little string out of order, but It
soon puts every organ in the body into
jangling discord. The blood no longer re-
ceives the proper supply of life giving ele-
ments with which to build up new and
healthy tissue. Instead it receives the poi
sons thrown off by improperly digested food
and the effete material with which the in
testines are clogged. Diseases of the blood
and skin or wasting diseases like consump-
tion are the result.
The best of all known medicines is DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. 1t
keeps every life-string in perfect tune. 1t
corrects all disorders of the digestion. 1t
invigorates the liver. 1t makes the appetite
hearty and keen and assimilation perfect.
It fills the blood with the vital-elefnents that
build new and healthy tissues, firm mus
cles, and strong, vibrant nerve fbers Acting
through the blood it tears down inert, half
dead tissues and causes them to be carried
off and excreted. It acts upon every organ
of the body driving out impurities and dis
ease-germs. It is the great blood maker
and hesh-builder. 1t cures every kind OF
humor from the common simple blotch or
eruption to scrofula. 1t cures eczema, salt
rlieun, and all skin affections. 1t cures 98
per cent of all cases of consumption. Thou
sands have testified to its wonderful merits.
All good druggists sell it.
DIR. Pierce's Pellets cure Constipation.
The Brunswick times., 1897-10-10

School shoes for boys and girls just
arrived at Palmer's.
The Brunswick times., 1897-10-10
NOTICE OF LEVY OF SPECIAL Tx.

Whereas, Glynn county courthouse was so
badly wrecked and damaged by wind storm
in the month of September, A. d. 1896, so that
upon investigation by the commissioners it was
found unsafe to be used by the county as a
courthouse and a menace to the public safety
to remain in its unsafe and unsOund condition.
and TO that end 1T was deemed eKpedient in the
discretion of the commissioners, owing to the
almost annihllatiOn of the building, to have the
same raZed to the ground and,
Whereas, the county officers are now domi-
ciled in the city hall of the city of Brunswick
and the mayor and council OF said city are re-
quiring large rental for the use thereof, and,
Whereas, in the Judgment of the commission
ers, and in pursuance of the duties envolved
upon them as such officers it is necessary to
have permanent building for a county court
house for the use of the courts of said county
the county officers and for the safe preservation
of the records of such courts and officers, be it
therefore
Resolved, That tax of forty eight per cen
tum OF the state tax he, and the same is hereby
assessed and levied upon all the taxable prop
erty, both real, personal and mixed, in the
county OF Glynn, subject to taxation, for the
purpose of raising and creating fund to be
used in the erection and furnishing a county
court house in and for the use of the county OF
Glynn. Said levy of tax made to raise in part
such sum as the county commissioners may
hereafter deem, in their Judgment, by further
levy or other and further means, to provide, for
the purpose of erecting and furnishing court
house, not to exceed in cost when fully com
peted and furnished the sum of forty thousand
dollars ($40,000).
This September Is, 1897.
JAMES S. WRIGHT, Chairman,
(SeaD. II. H. HARVEY,
E. f. CoNEY,
OF Roads and Revenues of Glynn
County, Ga.
Attest:
J.C. LEHMAN, Clerk.
The Brunswick times., 1897-10-10
The Happenings Of the City as
Caught by "The Times"
Men.
MATTERS PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Brief Statements of the Many Things That
Make Up the Busy Round
of Life.

Supt. w. r. Beauprie, of the South
ern. was here yesterday.
Mrs. D. It. Dunn was reported ina
very critical condition yesterday.
DR.. A, D. Gale, sr., continues very
seriously i'll. His condition did not
improve yesterday.
B. F. Quar.es, jr., southern repre-
sentative of A. Hess & Bro, shoe man
ufacturers, is in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Keen, now of
Lumber City, are spending several
days at the Pennick house.
At the shoot of the gun club on Fri
day afternoon Mr.. j. E. du Blgnon
made clay pigeon score of. 36
straight.
Mr.. PaOlo Pavesich, the artist, left
last night for Atlanta. The fine work
done by Mr.. Pavesich here has caused
many compliments.
a~ Mrs. D. W. Folsom and Miss Cook,
Of Brunswick, are guests at the home
OF w, H. Bradley. on Thomas street,
WaycrOss Journal.
Little Miss Annie Kemp, daughter
of Mr.. a. H. Kemp, celebrated her
sixth birthday yesterday by pleas
antly entertaining her'little friends.
There will be no services at the
Presbyterian church today, either
morning or evening, as Rev. r. G.
Gilmore is attending the presbytery
Messrs. c. M. Tilton and Albert
Smith left last night for st. Simon in
small boat. They will spend Sun
day as the guests of Mr.. Ed. Elliot at
Ocean pier.
About ten bales of cotton nave thus
far been picked from Chief Beach's
sea island cotton farm. Samples of
the product have been distributed
through the north and east.
The OglethOrpe is showing a daily
improvement in the number of arri-
walls. Manager Porter has won golden
opinions from both the local and trav-
cling public on his management of the
hotel
The Brunswick times., 1897-10-10

Head of arlington
in beuth II gold
to put
threads the
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tOp a scar n1o is Dc sprng o
thread dG8 OnWi11n ouofor
p n
OF
a
rand ddrawers nickel
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The Brunswick times., 1897-10-10
For Over Fifty Years.

AN OLD AND WELL TRIED REMRDY,
Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for over fifty years by mil-
lions of mothers for their children
while teething. with perfect success.
1t sOothes the child, sOftens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind colo, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhwa. Is
pleasant to the taste. Sold by drug
gsts in every part of the world.
twenty-five cents bottle. Its value
is incalGulable. Be sure and ask for
Mrs. WiDslow's Soothing Syrup, and
take no other kind.
The Brunswick times., 1897-10-10

A big lot of school shoes at PAImer's
The Brunswick times., 1897-10-10

Supt. w. R. Beauprie, of the South
ern. was here yesterday.