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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-11-29
The South'S "AlPS Well"
By R. H. EDMONDS.


Ten years ago the South fought its
first skirmish in the endless battle
that ever RACES for the worlds COM
mercial supremacy. It's pig-iron en-
tered the markets so long dominated
by Pennsylvania furnaces, and, to tho
dismay of those who had affected to
despise its rivalry. won a substantial
victory. Alabama iron became O fac
tor in every iron-consuming centre,
and from this position it could not be
dislodged. About the same time
Southern cotton mills were forcing
their product into successful competi-
tion with the output of New England
mills. But as Pennsylvania iron and
steel people took refuge in the claim
that the South would never advance
beyond the iron-making stage, that it
could never become a factor in the
higher forms of finished goods and in
steel-making, SO the New England
mills lulled themselves into a sense of
security on the claim that though
Southern mills might make coarse
goods, they could never acquire the
skill and the capital needed for the
finer goods. In the light of what has
been accomplished within ten years,
it seems very strange that such argu-
mcnts as these should have done duty
in so many newspapers and in so
many gatherings.
A Prophecy.
Judge Kelley-"Pig-Iron Kelley"
as he was familiarly known-had been
wiser than his people. Nearly twenty
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velopment in new gold regions. Ten
years ago the South's output of phos-
phate rock was not more than 750, 900
tons; this year it will be 2,00O,O
tons. What this means in the diver.
si6cation and improvement of agricul-
tural conditionsis too broad subject
for treatment here.
The Forests.
Possessing one-half of the standing
timber of the United States, the South
is building up immense lumber and
woodworking interests, and through.
out the entire lumber region business
is as prosperous as in the iron dis
tricts. .a.lt
Cotton is still King.
Thong b the value of the grain now
raised in that section exceeds on the
farm the value of the cotton crop, cot
ton is still the dominant power id the
business life of the South. No other
country has such monopoly, of any
agricultural staple of such worldwide
influence as the South has of cotton.
Cotton and cotton-seed bring to South.
ern farmers an average OF $500, 000,-
900 year. The comparatively new
industry of cotton-seed oil making
now employs over $40, 1000, 900 Of
capital, and yields an annual product
of upwards of $50, 100000 From
Galveston alone the foreign exports
of cotton oil and cotton-seed meal are
averaging nearly 1000 tons a day. OF
this industry the South has almost as
much of monopoly as it has of cot
ton-growing, but in the manufacture
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One the delightful and suggestive the teachers leaflets issued
by College Agriculture Cornell University for the public
schools entitled "The Birds and t. by H. Bailey This illus
all and girls always wanting hammer and nails
something useful the which
the picture Any ingenious other patterns
better cutting mupes
numbers easily house with
swallows pigeons that like
live families colonies The doorway important
the bird larger opening
the inhabitants dangers of and other
which build houses aside from doves and buebd
martins the
hkadee opening
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financial panic following the Barring
failure. The South, suddenly brought
down from it's dizzy speculative
height, had to face new conditions.
The business world recognized that
the supreme test of the South's in
herent advantages and possibilities
had come. It faced the situation-its
iron-masters steadily reduced the cost
of iron-making until furnaces which
had been turning out So and 50 iron
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Remains of an old.Timer.

The skeleton of a prehistoric sea
monster resembling a shark was un-
earthed recently at the quarry of J.
n. Davis, who lives ten miles south Of
Bonham, Texas. Its jaws were about
four feet in length, and, though buried
several feet in solid limestone, were in
good state of preservation, the
enamel being plainly visible on the
teeth,
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SEVEN CASSAvA.ROoTS.

produce -four that rivals the best OF
wheat. They give juice that makes
an excellent table preserve. They
weld an abundance of starch of q SUI
perior quality. They also make re-
markable showing in fattening cattle.
If one-half of what is claimed by the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture and the Jamaica Agriculture So
ciety be realized, the problem of what
to do with the vast areas of almost
arid lands of the Gulf states is TO be
solved by "cassava."
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held its own during this period, but
its iron-makers entered foreign mar
kets, and demonstrated>that the South
could dictate the price of iron for the
world. Alabama iron set the price in
England and on the Continent, as we'll
as in japan, and even from Jerusalem
came an order for it. This marked q
revolution in the worlds iron and
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Deepest Wells.

A curiosity, at least, is this com
pilation of the deepest wells in tho
world: In Europe, one at Passy,
France, depth, 1000 feet; at La Chap.
ellie, Paris. 2950; at Grenelle, Paris,
179S; at Neusalwerk, near Minden,
22sS; at Kissingen. Bavaria, 1857; at
Sperenberg, near Berlin, 4l90, which
is said to be the deepest in the world;
at Pest, Hungary, 1882. In the United
States there are wells located at ST.
Louis, depth, 3S43 feet; at Louisville,
2OS6; at Columbus, Ohio, 2775l; at
Charleston, s. c., 1850.
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steel interests. Henceforth the world
was the market for Southern iron.
When this point had been reached,
the next step was to build steel-works
commensurate with what has been ac-
complished in iron-making; and to-day
two gigantic plants-one TO make steel
billets, and the other to make finished
steel products-are nearing COM
pletion at Birmingham. They have
cost about S2,500,000. They have
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CHAPTER Y.

TIE HON. CLARENCE STANLEY.
1t WIS in her native city that Mary
Hamilton first met the Hon. Clarence
Stanley; anil, although, as he had told
her, he was an Englishman by birth
and education, she soon perceived that
he was also, as ho claimed to be, an
old Californian. He had come to the
country when a boy, having quarreled
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furnace crowded to it's utmost capac.
ity, which will soon be the case, the
output of Southern iron in 1900 prom
ises to be nearly fifty per cent. larger
than ever before. The demand for
coal exceeds the production, though
that is now at the rate of 100000, 900
tons q year. There is almost feverish
activity in enlarging the output of
old mines, in opening new ones, and
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Had 1t in Various AssortInents.
1t was in one of the big department.

It was in one of the big department.
stores. -. 80 - .:.,s&::k
"What do you wish to-day.
madame" asked the courteous floor
walker.
Nothing. L" ,..
Sixteenth floor. Take the ele-
vator. We have nothing there in
large and varied assortments. James,
ring the bell for the lady, "-Harper's
Bazaar,
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New England's greatest corporations
is spending S2,500,000 in building
in Alabama what will be the largest
cotton mill ever constructed as a sim
gle enterprise. The recent advance
in the price of cotton is bringing pros
perity to the farmers, and if it holds
for the balance. of the season, will
mean $75, 900, 600 more to them than
they received for last years crop.
In diversified interests the same
story of progress and prosperity runs.
The Newport News Ship Yard, with
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The first electric railway in the
world was built in Ireland, from Bush.
mills to Giants Causeway. ...
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comotive Works are competing with;
the Baldwins in exporting locomo-
tives; the Maryland Steel Company
has been furnishing steel rails for
Russia's Siberian Railroad, for Aus.
tralia and other distant regions; Ala-
bama coke has gone to Japan, and the,
export of both coke and iron is only
limited by the fact that the home de-t
mand now exceeds the supply. 81
The south's Story in Statistics. !.
Statistics are often uninteresting,:
but the story of the South's progress
cannot be told, more clearly than I'M
the comparative illustrations scattered
through this article, in which reliables
estimates are, given where exact fg-,
ures are not obtainable. a;
Surveying the whole Southern sitn-;;i
alton, what has been done and what is
under way, it can be truly said that -,
"all's we'll, ,"-Hsrper's Weekly.
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The Phosphate Industry.

uemauu meets every TON produced,
with profit that makes GLAD the
stockholders. '..,.,
The Phosphate Industry.
Turning from iron and coal, with
the almost fabulous profits which
they are yielding, to other industries,
phosphate-mining looms into promi-
nence. Up to ten years ago South
Carolina was the only American source
of phosphate rock, and our fertilizer
factories, as well as those of Europe,
had to depend upon the few hundred
thousand tons which that State an
nually produced. Then it was dis.
covered that Florida had vast phos-
phate beds, and soon that State sur
passed South Carolina in this indus
try. Two or three years later similar
discoveries were made in Tennessee,
and the mining activity which has fol-
lowed reminds one of the tales of de-
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The South will become enormously
wealthy through the change, but New
England will not be made the poorer.
The First Skirmlshes.
Just about the time when the South
was winning these first skirmishes,
and when it's people were dazzled by
the new opportunities of employment
and wealth creation which were open
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already booked heavy orders for steel
billets for shipment to Pittsburg. A
number of furnaces built during the
boom of 1Ss9-9O, and which have been
idle ever since, have lately been
bought by strong companies, and are
low being put into blast. With every
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-29

stance and without moments hesltn-
tlon have answered that never would
Undertake any such think ns that. and
simply for the MASON that I have none
~ the jacknl nature In me.
J shalt win my ease because Of tho NOR
IT. ~ II. becaus" my legal and constl-
tutlonni rights are such that thoy ud-
NIT " no denial. take u that mon-
bcr1 Or Congress arr men Of chuuc-
ter, and held In esteem by the people
who have sent them here. ! know Moth
lnF OF their private lives, 81 course. but
] tnke u That their election ~ "a prnc-
teal certificate ~ good character and
what their personal shortcomings may
be- ~ certainly nothing 90 me. ana
would scorn TO make such defense
as IL suggested by those who inaih-
unte that the lives " certain represent
tniivcs nrc not altogether above te-
prunch
1T IL charged that left Utah FOR
the purpose " ovnding the process ~
the law. A. matter ~ fact. there In
no charge made against me now that
was not made against me before and
during the campaign that resulted In
my election After the campaign I lived
In Utah, within easy reach m the law.
II anyun" had aught against mo. I now
81 heard uf 70. and whatever faults I
had were. N course, open 10 the law.
but no movement whatever was made
10 lflNN me N"lNIN iNN courts OF my
State In the latter uurt ~ Septnm-
bcr my business affairs called me East
and " fow weeks 1ftcrWurl it began to
be chnrgsd that ! had lot Utah to
avoid Threatened uruF Hcutl1n. MY cnn-
mics made % strong onort Co hatch M
"a case against me that would amount
To- felony Tor which they hoped 10 get
out oNtrnhitiuu papers. ana thus cons
tribute 90 the sensational agitation.
As soon uH I heard ~ this effort l
lmmcdiutel. wrote tho officials In my
home county and also In Salt Lax"
CITY that n. In the execution ~ their
duty they found 10 necessary 10 get out
10 vibrant Tor mo. th.rr would be- no
uoccsFlty 60 Get out nxtradltlnu papers
ms I would start Tor Utah 49, soon as
such warrant was iHgucd. 4 few days
ngu there was issued a warrant Tor my
arrest ON u charge Of mlsdcmoanur,
tho trial ~ which ala not necessarily
require my presence. and my attorney =
were instructed 10 accept service ~
the warrant and enter "a plea ~ not
guilty. but before the warrant WAS
served the shcrin N tho county was
ordered not to serve H."
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The Mexican Central viii build a new
station at Juaroz.
Hlg live stock shipments have marked
this weeks railroad traffic.
About 100 people went up to ogden on
the Rio urandoH opera excursion last
night
p. w uns. auditor FOR tho Oregon
Short Line. returned today from Port
land, oregon.
Portland. oregon. &. to have sixty
thousand dollar car shed 90 Boz erected
by the Northern Paclnc Terminal COM
rany
The survey for the Moscow a Eastern
railroad In Idaho IL now complete and
Negotiations for "a right ~ way have
been commenced.
Tho Southern Pacific railroad has
been excluded from representation on
the floor 81 the Ncw York Produce cN-
change.
The Niagara Fails Power company
have orierr1 eight new chnuroling ma
chine. which are To- b. used Tor cutting
out d new wheel pit.
u 10 announced that agent l.. \.
He'll OF the Plant system ~ railroad
and steamship lines, viii continue with
that company with headquarters IN
fhiCuEo.
Tho Metropolitan Street Railway
company of New York has placed with
the uoubcrt Manufacturing company "
that city nn order Tor nine heaters each
weighing 3g.eQ0 pounds and having an
aggregate capacity of ii.Oo1 horse pow
rr The GnuhCrt company ~ erecting
new works at linyornt. y ?.
The Pyle electric headlight for loco
motives promises to do much to pre-
vent heudond collisions. The rays are
said tu b. very pcuotrating like those
~ the scarchllght. and readily seen ut
% long distance nH the engine sweeps
around curves The Rock Island road
announces its intention 10 yquip al it,
engines with thu Improved light
Notwithstanding un onoft thnt was
made ut the lost meeting ~ the western
Passenger association Geo stop the vest
yrn homvHDekUtF excursions, next year
viii fer nH many Of these uH have been
run IN any yonr heretofore, Tho big
Industrial developments of IN" West
win bring mote uf these oNcurslonlstH
than ever.
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Route to the Coast Which Proposes
a Pleasant Novelty
CONNECT WITH BURLINGTON
VIII Provide an tnequaiicd scenic
Panorama aud Drain gtich VIM
Ing aud Industrial Country.

Now that It IL almost m assurance
that the burlington Will build into salt
Lake there is some hard thinking be-
Ing done by men Interested IN railroad
construction. II iH reasonable TO con.
cludo that the Burlington will want
some way out to the coaat-that Salt
Lake does not mark the end % this
lines building.
Some day. not far distant" re-
marked a gentleman familiar with rail-
roads and railroad routes In this coun.
try. you Will see now line M rails
laid west from salt Lake Co the Pacific
coast. 7 have heard 20 scheme pr1pusod
which Involves the purchase % the salt
Lake a Los Angeles road. toguthcr
wiuh the Snltair property and which
VIII send line out over practically the
route projected for tho salt Lake n
Los Angeles road NJ the outset NJ ltH
building The plan would be- ~ build
"a line across the lake 10 the south end
~ Antelope island. tO which point the
Snlthir pavilion would be- removed. on
the island ~ the nnoat beach To be-
found anywhere ON the lake. plenty NJ
pure. fresh spring water for tho use
u the resort. and some ~ the pfctticat
scenic Views OF which the world can
boast.
ION the island. which IL simply a
mountain ln the lake. will be built a
gravity railway running around the
mountain. THIS viii be- operated with
very little expense and ride upon II
VIII give such O. view ~ the entire lake
ana valley as can not b. obtained In
any other way. and aside from The Wow
the novelty and hvalth.giylnE excite.
mont M the ride Will induce thousands
III ALI %
From this new island r,aort the rail.
road will run ngnin through the lake.
striking the shore ut o. point 10 the
south ~ sunHhury island and near the
warm springs, ruing ON west To- tap the
Deep Cu'vk mining country and cone
unuiug Co the coast through some uf
the most productive territory which can
br found along any practicable route
90 the Pacific ocean. Not only would
such "a line Dick M murr business on
the way than any other lime, but n
would be shorter and present such
scenic and pleasure facilities as would
bring 10 n the bulk OF the tranH-cuu-
iingntnl passenger trnnlc
THE burlington viii build into salt
Lake, that Il "a certainty IN my mind
una the line I have spoken 81 gives that
road q splendid outlet 10 the coaHt-und
that is what thu Burlington ls looking
FOR There has been q great deal ~
t1lk MS 10 what the Southern Pacific
people Intend tp do Ia the way NJ short
onlng their line and doing away with
the expensive promuutory haul,
think that MT much MISUNDERSTANDING
VIII be done there Tor some time Ia
como; ana whom any reconstruction ID
done By that company II win be- IN the
building of u line around the south end
of the lake and into this city nut be-
that mo- n may. the line I have deH-
cubed viii. az no distant day. boz In
lively operation"
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WARD ENTERTAINMENTS.

The Twcniy-third ward Primary as
sociation held a social yesterday at
which Presidents Smith and Bnssct u
the salt Lake stake. were present The
visitors We're accompanied by a NUM-
Dor OF aids for that district Of the city.
the parents ~ many ~ the children
wsro out with picnic and q good time
wuH enjoyed by all who participated.
The Twenty third ward sunday school
will give an entertainment next Fri
duy Tor the benefit ~ the school. they
contemplate the purchase Of "a silk hln-
uer for use ON the occasion of their
Jubilee. December iith. \ line program
has beon prepared,
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WILL GET SuB-STATlON.
Improved Postal Facilities Ordered in
Washington for salt Lake City.

Postmaster Thomas has returned
from Washington. u. G., whittier h.
went to attend the national convention
OF postmastrra NJ tho first class. Mr.
Thomas says that he succeeded In
securing for this city the aub-stntiun
tetltloncd FOR hy % number ot business
men short time previous In his de-
Iurturc. Funds for the establishment
N this nub-atuuOn will not be available,
however. until nvNt July, because the
Congregational appropriation fur such
purposes has been exhausted. In al.
dltion tp the ruh-Htntlnn the postuilicc
department az Washington has ordered
tho employment here NJ two more ear
rirrs aud two additional office clerks.
Mr.. Thomas enjoyed his eastern trip
ne well na the interesting proceedings
OF tho convention.
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rxrrnlrscED A sIuMr.
Bonds of u Concern Iatherrd by stnhI a
stranb Take q Tumble.

New York curb brokers are much In
'prostc1 On heavy slump which u's
currod ON the Philadelphia market on
TUESDAY loo Seattle a San Francisco
railway a Navigation i've per cent
bonds. Some sales N these bonds were
reported iu this market recently at 33ia,
They We're offered down in Philadelphia
from that price 20 "a before sale was
made. These bonds, 90 iH uudorstopd.
were 1nntcd boy Stahl q Struuh. of Phil
udrlrhn, who suspended lnHt Friday,
The Seattle q san Francisco Railway
a Navigation company wnF lrcorpnfni-
od ln March ~ the present ycnr with
Mn authorized capital ~ t3ono.u0l. ana
81 100000 nrHt furiyyour gold i've pnr
cent bonds. Tho company ~ said to
own about 5000 acres ~ coal lands near
Senttlc. wash, - acres u terminals az
Seattle. with ai miles of railway and
some steamship property. In october
~ this year Il was reported that the
company had acquired the Seattle Ter
mnal Hallway q Elevator company.
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The Pennsylvania company acquires
control of The baltimore q ohio. ". X.
Vanderbilt. IN the Interest % the New
York Central, takes over the controlling
holding Of ]. y. Morgan ln the Ciove-
land. Cincinnati. Chicago a st. Louis
and the Chesapeake a ohio.
The two deals have been accomplish
ed together. The executive heads % the
Pennsylvania ana New York central
have worked together. u iH improbable
that either the one great system nc-
qulred by the pcnnsylvanln or the two
important properties acquired by New
York Central Interests. viii De- forth
with attached Ia open corporation mcr-
uafH.
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Mr. u. =. Spencer and wife viii leave
Tor the East IN n couple NJ days. Mr.
md Mrs. spencer expect Co visit a
number Of eastern cltier and will re-
main In New York q couule NJ weeks
Mir Spencer viii call at the office VI tho
Trlplcr Liquid Air company iu New
York. whore he viii PROBABLY meet some
old friends among whom may be- SEN
ntors cannon and Dorsey Mr. Chn-
non was In London but was summoned
by cable 90 return on account nj the M
nesa " senator Dorsey. who o. proai-
dent OF the Trlpler cumuuuy.
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Lake Superior shipping facilities have
this year been taxed o. tha utmost ca
puclty owing to the large shipments OF
ores and grain frum the lake ports.
Tho vessels which have been chartered
hy tho owners ana shlnUrrs OF ore
now represent an nErruuuir tonnage uf
Is, 10000 tons Tor th Hctaln. and II 10
estimated that the total shipments In
this line before the SEASON D. over viii
reach 20 900 600 tons
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GREA TEST
HUMAN
BLESSINGS

4 skin without blsmlsh and body nour-
ishei with pure blood, such Is the happy
condition produced by curlcuRA SOAP
and CuTlcuRA Ointment, externally, and
cuTleuRA RnsOLvnST, internally. In the
aevsrest eases u tofturing. dlsiigurlng,
itching, burning and seaiy humofs.
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Ladies' neccod linod fast black Cotton
Gloves, zoe grade at, e. ..,.... 80. 90.
iOc
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i5c
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dc
children black good wool Mittens.
all Sizes, az, a pair .. =. o.. e. q" ....,.
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Sold even uslsfs rrtrs 1gnsst,ti 40 o. CrficufA
Soar ~ Oisfarar ~ hss1tftEr lhalfiEsl, 49,
iutfsa Data Asn tHfa. tunr., sole ifepss beslou.
81" Hes " Cut ugmafi,' vtpsst toek, nee