The age-herald., 1899-07-08

drive, which nature has been so bountiful in providing, will be absorbed by some elec- tric railway company, and thus deprive the citizens of the county of the possibility of driving over this magnificent highway I have no doubt thatif the enterprise is prop erly laid before our revenue board and be- Iore our road commissioner, it will receive proper attention.
 Armor Plate Factory
 "The club should appoint a committee of thirty-one-live being a quorum-upon the subject of the location of government armor plate factory in the Birmingham dis trict. There is no point in the United States better situated. We are located the proper distance from the seacoast. so as to be free from outside interference. and upon account of being able to furnish coal, iron l and steel at less cost than at any other point in the country, armor plate can be made In this district at great saving to the government, and if all other advant- ages should be eliminated this should be hdueement enough for the government to build It's armor plate factory a this point Our congressman, tine Hon. o. w. Under wood, informs me that he will do every thinS within his power to obtain the loca- lion ot the plant at this point, and will take pleasure in joining the club in its ef- fert to this end. If an active committee oi influential citizens is appointed and 20 to work and formulate full statistics of the district, and then lay the same before con- gress, and will supplement this by appear- ing in a body before the congressional committee having the matter in charge. | l believe wil
 to get the armor plate factory here. State Fair
 Many of our leading merchants have l called my attention to the importance of | having re-established annually the Ala
 bama State Fair The annual state fairs | heretofore held at this point, conducted as 1 they were on a moral plane, free from | gambling and other objectionable features 1 proved a great benefit to the farmers
 throughout the state. It furnished an in- l cehtlVe to the growth of a better grade of 1 crops and to the raising of better stock
 It brought them into fellowship and into
 competition with each other, thus enabling l those who were behind to catch LID bv 1 SdtheFihS valuable information, and those l "ho were ahead to still push on towards l SIedtef improvement. A state fair held l NN~" Aetii WOuiQ aGu much ouSHHesS or our merchants and haln our PeopIe generally. This can be easily nm uelStood when 1 state that by act1al count . Hfe thousand people passed through tne S"tes Ill one day during the hoIdmp ol one or our state fairs in this city. altacn hereto correspondence which idS taken place between the honora hIa commissioner of agriculture and uvsolT anu ieaVe II to the club to take such action in Hhe matter as it may deem best: iioh. l. Y. Culver, Commissioner of Agri- culufe, Montgomery, Ala.-
 Lear SIT: A large number of our ;n,nor- .ant citizehs have been importuning mo to Write to you to see what arranganooot no,,,9 pe made looking to the holding of 2 stato iair m Birmingham this fall rhc,. are of .he opiiiioh that, with aid from the state snroush you' supplemented by additional luiius raised m Birmingham. d successful state falr could be held As the ronresaoto tive of the farmers throuehout tha s+at our citizens are unanimously of tbo a3 Ion that you should head movaroent os this kind. They believe the acriculturai in terest is entitled to considerable ottontio, and they think there is no better way to auVertlse and to aid this interest than by n state Ialr. or course if such an updertalr- sible. "io pos-
 Asking an early reply, and with hieh ye- gard, believe me to be,
 ~ Very truly yours,
 NoIshed "F. Y. ANDERSON"
 Major r. Y. Anderson, Birmingham. Ala
 Dear Sir: l have been absent from my ofhce for some days. Upon my return I i1nd your letter of the 16th in relation to n state fair. In reply will say that am and nave ever been a state fair man. but can do nothing without the appreciation and consent of the governor. If you can get him interested, then he can direct me what to do in the matter, and will cheerfully esmply with his wishes or orders.
 Yours truly,
 fSigneO "I. r. CULVER
 Commissioner of Agriculture"
 Commercial Club Bulletin
 "I recommend the issuing of a quarterly bulletin by the Commercial Club giving the sta tistics nf th., district nm to 4o o.I