The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-01-22
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Yesterday was perfect day in Birming-
| ham,. Within the days space were sweet
hours of prayer; between the dawn and the
| twilight there was a splendor that bathed
the earth and sky in glory not surpassed
in this climate; never more splendid in this
or any valley After many days of storm,
of rain and commotion of the elements, 1T
seemed that peace and softness and genial
sunlight had come and so died the day.
and SO came even-time and the splendor Of
the starlit night. The. church bells VII
brated their notes upon a perfect day; YES
pers came at perfect hour splendid shad-
! ows fell upon a splendid night.
John Roszell of Clay county and John Ca
+ hill, South Carolinian we'll known in Bir-
mingham. have acquired large area Of
! land in Clay, and the land Is richly stored
with iron pyrftes. The purchasers purpose
! developing this property upon an extensive
| plan. Tire land, which lies about nine miles
| from a railway line, is regarded ito be of
! great value, and doubt is entertained
! that spur line of the Central Railroad OF
Georgia will be run out Ito the property. 1t
/ appears that the greatest value of the land
/ is considered to be in the chemicals that
can be manufactured from the remarkably
rich store of pyrites.
"A traveller through the northern coun-
ties might imagine himself to be in Ten
| nessee or Kentucky, or some of the more
western states, if he judged by the amount
OF land planted in wheat" said Colonel c.,
e. Osborne a Tennesseean, who represents
a great fertilizer factory. GAS far south
a line that runs across Alabama be-
tween the Georgia and Mississippi lines,
! there has been great deal of wheat plant
| ed. perhaps more than ever, and south of
! that line the acreage of wheat is doubt
less greater than it has ever been before.
Broadly speaking that is fortunate. Farm
ers will not contemplate ploughng up the
wheat to plant cotton. But the farmers
| are preparing to plant more cotton than
| usual Judging by what l can ascertain,
| cord one, as the farmers are going to plant
| cotton on every acre possible. They grew
last year seven-cent cotton on four-cent
| basis; and they are enthusiastic on cotton
| Our sales of fertilizers to cotton growers
this season have been heavier than ever be-
| fore. The farmers preparing for a
| great crop of the 'feecyt staple There
| need not be any doubt in respect to that
| Our trade in fertilizers is over for the sea-
son; but we are satisfied. We have ex-
ceeded all previous records in the bust
ness"
James r. Hardaway, c. c.. Torbett and
NJ. M. Mccall of Opelika are in town. These
| gentlemen are interested in a cotton factory
at Opelika. Mr. Hardaway, known to all
Montgomerians and thousands of others, as
Big JIM" in contradistinction to a kins-
| man of his of the same name, formerly rep
resented the cotton factory at Prattville,
founded by the famous Daniel Pratt; and
for two or three years was "a wooden manu-
| facturer in north Georgia. He is man of
marked business ability and great charm
| of character.
1.-The census to be taken this year VIII
| show Increased urban population in all sec
lions of the country" said a wide-awake
| commercial traveller.
MANY southern cities will show large
| gains. Louisville, which had $1,000 in 1890,
has fully 100000 now; Nashville, with 5000
in 1890, has 100000; Memphis with $4,000 in
1890, has 9O,OOO New Orleans with 2I2,O0O in
$780, has over 100000; Atlanta, with $4,000 in
1890, has 100000. and Richmond, with 81,
in $780, has over 100000. Atlanta is claim
| ing, l believe, 100000, but it will do we'll to
| get up to the hundred thousand class.
| Greater Birmingham has a population now
| of 10000 or 100000 But the city of Birming
| ham will hardly come up to 45,0o Look
| ing ahead to 1910 Birmingham, If her SUBJ
! urbs are annexed, will be far larger than
| either Richmond, Atlanta or Nashville
Noble ]. Wiley, of Montgomery, only son
of Colonel Ariosto A. Wiley, state senator
| and candidate for congress from the Second
| district, is at the Morris.
John S. Pope, of Louisville, is in town.
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