The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-28
PLANT TO MAKE LIME.
New One Will Be Erected by Annis-
 ton Company.

ton Company.
 Anniston, June T-(SpeciaD-The An niston Lime and Stone Company of this place has just purchased a valuable piece of property contiguous to the Tredegar tract where they will erect another large industry surpassing its present plant at Cobb City. The land is what is known as the old Nesbitt mill property, and Is one of the most valuable water powers in the State. During the war it was quite famous because of the production there of wool, meal and wheat which entered largely into the Confederate supplies. In the basin there are two large springs or never failing supply exceeding In capac- ity the Coldwater Spring, anu the water has been subjected to chemical analysis and ascertained to be excelently adapted to many commercial purposes and will ultimately be utilized for some of them. Four large lime furnaces, the very lat est that human ingenuity can contrive. will be erected just as soon as plans can be drawn up and bids obtained for their construction. A large power house will be erected right away and one-hundred horse power dynamo installed which will be used in connection with the water power in operating the machinery. pumps. drills. etc. It is quite probable that contract will be effected to furnish arc and incandescent lights for Jacksonville, only a few miles distant from the mill. The State Normal School. located there, has upwards of 500 pupils, and other in- stitutions are in a thriving condition. All of these plans are the outcome of well conceived ideas of the company's President, R. H. Cobb. who long ago with characteristic keen observance saw the natural advantages possessed by this location for tho purpose for which 1t Is now to be used.
 It was not until noon yesterday that the fire which broke out at the cotton warehouse here Wednesday was extin- gIished. Watchmen and men were at work all night with streams of water. There were 800 bales of cotton damaged, 7O0 bales on the inside of the warehouse and 100 on the platform near the tracks of the Southern road. Every bale was more or less damaged by either fire or water and it is estimated the loss will amount to $10,000. covered by insurance. Tho cotton in the warehouse constituted the unsold stock of Anniston. Sanders, Swann & Co. owned 5j0 bales and 250 bales were owned by the Woodstock Cotton Mills. It is thought the fire originated from a spark from a passing engine. Two men were overcome by smoke and heat while fighting the flames Wednesday afternoon. but they are now fully recov- cred. It was the most disastrous cotton fire to occur in Anniston and but for the prompt action at the compress. at the car works and the quick respond of the fire department the damage would have been much greater.
 Mrs. Stone, mother of Mrs. w. H. Weatherly. died at 10 o'clock last night at the home of Mir. Weatherly on Wilmer Avenue. The cause of Mrs. Stones death is thought to be heart failure as she was apparently well and hearty only a short time before.
 Mrs. Duncan Watson, mother of County Whitesides died near Jen- kins Tuesday and was buried yesterday at Rabbit Town Graveyard.